The usual advice for eating good food on a budget is to cook your meals yourself with items bought from the grocery store. However, we are social creatures, and often it is important to get out of the house and eat in public. But how do you do that...
Intro and Background Apple Inc. was founded as Apple Computer in 1976, though it was not officially incorporated until 1977. At the beginning, Steve Jobs was the leader and public face of the company, though he largely depended on friend Steve...
If you are looking for a new turntable, congratulations. Listening to music on vinyl is a great way to hear truly natural, warm sound. But there are some things to watch out for, especially amidst the turntables sold at modern big-box stores, as...
Home video was an exciting new thing in the late 1970s. Some electronics makers tried to make video discs like CED and LaserDisc the dominant format, but they were too big and bulky for common use. Thus the battle for dominance came down to VHS vs....
CD's were first produced in the early 1980s, but they didn't become a popular craze until the early 1990s. Part of this was due to the technology gradually becoming more affordable to the general public, and part was due to a campaign to paint CDs...
In 1985, the Beach Boys released a self-titled album intended to bring them into the then-modern world of shiny, sleek radio pop. Many fans dismiss this album as a failed experiment, but in this 50th anniversary year of the group, the 1985 album deserves to be re-evaluated.
A lot of newer HDTV sets have only one set of inputs for composite and component devices. Learn the differences between the two, and how you can hook up more than one older device to your new TV without having to change cables around each time.
The road can be a dangerous place. Whether it's your neighborhood, a two lane highway, or the interstate, you never know when you'll run across something that obstructs your path. Here are five examples of road obstructions and how to drive safely over or around them.
John Belushi left us too early, and left Dan Aykroyd without a solid movie making partner for the rest of his career. Here is a look at five films starring Aykroyd that would likely have starred Belushi as well, and how the landscape of 1980s Hollywood would have been vastly different.
As a long-time user of Mac OS X, I have come to rely on five keyboard shortcuts that make my computing life much easier. I find that some people are unaware of these key combinations, and I'd like to share them with you to improve your computing tasks.
I first started watching Arrested Development with the premiere of the second season on Fox in 2004. Strangely enough, I was prompted to do this by the massive tie-in the series had with Burger King. In my younger days, I enjoyed eating at that...
Keeping your vehicle's tires properly inflated is one of the most important but also one of the most overlooked aspects in staying safe and preserving your vehicle's gas mileage. Now, learn how to do that from the comfort of your own driveway.
A viewer of the 2005 film version of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" becomes a fan of the books years after passively watching the film, then tries to analyze the differences between the two and what about the film upset so many fans of the original radio play and books.
The Friday the 13th films have been part of our culture since 1980. Eight films in the '80s, one in the '90s, and three in the 2000s have cemented their status as a box office draw. Here, I detail how I first came to be a fan of the series, and what I think of the first eight films, the further...
Against all expectations, The Cars returned to life in 2011. So does their latest effort match their earlier legendary albums? Read on to find out.
If you have an HDTV but you don't yet have an HD cable box, you should still be able to see at least the major networks (CBS, ABC, NBC, and Fox) in HD. Read this post to find out how.
When you attach an antenna to your TV and complete a channel scan, you should see all of the major networks in HD. This means you will be able to watch local news, daytime shows, prime time series, late night, and even professional sports in HD for...
Just because you have an HDTV doesn't mean you have start donating all of your earnings to the cable company. Learn how to get HD signals for free with equipment you either have or can find easily!