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HowStuffWorks Simplifies Holiday Shopping With 'Stuff Guides' PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Addressing the need for independent, expert buying advice and expanding on its core concept of explaining "how stuff works" in easy-to-understand language, HowStuffWorks.com now offers comprehensive guidance to help gift givers shop smarter -- on- or offline -- this holiday season.
Of Porsches, stuff and stupid while men The Inquirer
Fix: install openoffice, configure Firefox to open .doc files with that. (At least until someone works out how to use a doc file to hack openoffice) Might be interesting to find out from MS whether the free word viewer program is afflicted by the same bug, or not.
Shootout's a breeze Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
The second that final horn to end regulation roared Thursday night, the Calgary Flames should have saved themselves the trouble, waved the white flag, skated for the exit and surrendered the second point. The Flames are a bunch of 9-to-5ers. How could they compete with the Wild, which punches the time clock and works overtime every single night? At least it certainly feels that way, and
Meet the Crawlers Search Engine Roundtable
I probably covered or sat on the Meet the Crawlers session dozens of times. So not sure how much new stuff you'll get out of me from this panel. This used to be the go-to panel, until people realized the
Options Trader: Thursday Wrapup SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance
Phil Davis submits: Thump! What was that? I don't know keep driving! You know that never works out in a horror movie, and I'm not sure it's going to work out in the markets. What happened today?
Get the facts you need to make the choice between Windows and Linux. Just click on the whitepaper of your choice to Linux Today
"In my last post, I was overflowing with praise for the value of Ubuntu for the non-profit world and said I'd discuss 'how Ubuntu works' in this entry. Well 'how' is beyond my technical expertise and is undoubtedly a complex dance of 0s and 1s and static electricity.
Sandwiches by day, chocolate by night Chicago Sun-Times
By day, Katherine Duncan makes sandwiches at Potbelly Sandwich Works in the Merchandise Mart. Well into the night, in a rented kitchen on the North Side, the 22-year-old coaxes cream, butter, sugar and chocolate into pillowy caramels and rough-hewn truffles and dreams the American dream.
Fashionable tricks add style to holiday wear Knoxville News Sentinel
The holiday season is a great time to try a new look, be it a blouse that works with tuxedo pants and jeans or a black-tie frock that's the stuff of fashion fantasy.
2 SMART New York Post
The Jets' offense is based on speed. But it's not how fast their legs move, but how quickly their brains work. "It is truly a thinking man's offense,'' CBS analyst Phil Simms said before alluding to Chad Pennington. "It was made for him.'' Led by
Critic's pick Lexington Herald-Leader
Sufjan Stevens Songs for Christmas Singalong Indie-pop songsmith Stevens designs holiday music the way some people knit sweaters. Take the way a piano chimes in and out of Peace, the most recent of the five EP discs that make up Songs For Christmas. Then listen to how bubbly synthesizers sit beside light, rustic folk on Hark!, the boxed set's second holiday sampler. Finally, watch how faith, pop

How Stuff Works: Beam, Arch and Suspension Bridges
Bridges support tremendous weight, span huge distances and all the while withstand the greatest forces of nature. Find out about these engineering feats (as
How Stuff Works: Battery
Batteries power all sorts of things -- they're in our cars, our PCs, our cameras, our cell phones Find out all about batteries, from the basic concept at
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How Stuff Works: Christmas
For hundreds of millions of people around the world, Christmas is the biggest holiday of the year. Have you ever wondered where traditions like Santa Claus
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Howstuffworks "How Differentials Work"
Car wheels spin at different speeds, especially when turning. The differential is what lets a car make turns with ease. Find out how this key component
Howstuffworks "How GPS Receivers Work"
A GPS receiver uses signals from satellites to pinpoint its exact location. Find out how the GPS lets you find your way around the globe.
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How Stuff Works: Anesthesia
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