April 20, 2011
Have you ever had the idea to finally sit down and write that great novel you've always wanted to create, but you kept putting it off because the whole process just felt too complicated? Some novels have dozens of main characters and several threads of storyline all going on at the same time. How does the author keep it all straight?
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April 17, 2011
What I have learned so far from the ongoing Sound Sunday Survey is that most of you are interested in rock. Most also download albums they like and click through to the artist homepage. In the coming weeks I will try to incorporate a little more country and classical, and a little less hip hop.
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April 15, 2011
There are a lot of great videos on YouTube. You can find comedy videos, interactive games, high definition podcasts, and even those that teach you things like science and card tricks. And we can't forget about those viral videos. Everyone always talks about the most liked, or most popular, videos on YouTube, but which ones have received the most dislikes?
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April 14, 2011
Do you fondly remember playing with a train set as a child? Maybe you’re currently overseeing the 12.23 from King’s Cross from the safety of your attic, well into your adult life? Despite a few commercial efforts, fully-fledged train simulators are rather thin on the ground. Games like OpenTTD offer control over mass transit, but no option to take the drivers seat yourself. Step in OpenBVE!
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April 14, 2011
MakeUseOf Answers has been answering your questions for well over a year now and being on the editorial site of things has been very exciting and great fun! Today I will provide you a little glimpse into my world. I will show you some of the most funny, shocking, and ridiculous questions I have received and derive the 10 principles of how a question will definitely not be published.
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April 10, 2011
Enter Sound Sunday to preview the new Foo Fighters album and explore free music from a wide range of genres. This week is heavy on the rock and electronic side of things, with a bit of metal and jazz to light things up. Thank to to everyone who completed the survey last week. Everyone who missed it, you can still make your opinion heard.
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April 3, 2011
Last week we asked you how many operating systems you use regularly. Most MakeUseOf readers answered that they use two operating systems in the average week. Full results and this week’s poll after the jump.
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April 3, 2011
Sound Sunday finally! Almost every album in this edition could be a soundtrack. In fact, you can make this entire edition your soundtrack for the upcoming week, with one rich and intensive piece leading to the next. Today I’m asking for your help! Sound Sunday needs a re-design and for that I would love to [...]
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March 27, 2011
This week's mix is full of soul, rhythm and blues, electronic and ambient elements, as well as some metal and jazz. It's a killer edition with very little mainstream. Open your ears to something new today.
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March 26, 2011
If you want a quick and easy way to create a timeline, there are many free online services that make it a snap. Tiki-Toki and Dipity are just two of the many options out there, but their varied features and impressive looking timelines make them a great choice for someone who is looking for a [...]
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March 23, 2011
The next best thing to a time machine is definitely the digital database which store gazillion bytes of data. Thanks to it and the browser, we can literally go back in time and access a nugget of information. Going back to a historical date and learning which major event shaped the future is not only [...]
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March 20, 2011
Last week we asked readers to tell us their favourite IM chat service. The results show that most MakeUseOf readers prefer Google Talk (Gmail chat) over all other IM services. The full breakdown of the 386 votes is this: 38% prefer Google Talk/Gmail Chat; 15% prefer Skype; 13% prefer Windows Live Messenger (MSN); 8% prefer [...]
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March 20, 2011
It’s a Sound Sunday! Many of this week’s albums did not provide a widget I could embed. However, almost all of the music can be previewed at the respective download page, please click through. The upside is that few of them require an eMail in exchange for the download. As always, please share with your friends [...]
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March 18, 2011
“There’s no place like 127.0.0.1″. Didn’t get it? That’s geek humor. Just so that you know, it’s a play on the familiar ““ “There’s no place like home.” From the outside, the world of bits and bytes might seem very dry indeed. But if you have spent any time in a digital office or even [...]
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March 15, 2011
Predictions are a risky business. Even more so if they are about the immediate future. Once shown to be wrong, the words return to their origin like a boomerang and the quotes will forever haunt the speaker. Over the past century, technology has advanced at a pace that almost makes Gene Roddenberry and other ‘futurists’ [...]
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