How to Secure Your WiFi in 3 Easy Steps

Wardriving, which means driving around looking for open WiFi networks, is as easy as driving around with a laptop.  If your network is insecure, anyone who can get within about 150ft of your router can see everything going over your network.  They can get your financial data, passwords, and steal your identity.  Protect yourself in three easy steps. Continue Reading »

Ten Ways Your Business Can Benefit from Twitter

Everyone is jumping on the Twitter bandwagon.  Some for good, but most are lost or have no battle plan on how to capitalize on Twitter without becoming a spammer that everyone hates.  Here are the top ten ways to responsibly capitalize on Twitter without annoying everyone. Continue Reading »

The Pitfalls of Working Online From Home

Everyone would love to stay at home, work for themselves, and make tons of cash.  There are millions of websites promising tens of thousands of dollars a month by doing little more than sitting on your couch.  These are all scams.  What about the one you read about the other day?  Scam.  What about that one on TV?  Scam.  The one in the newspaper classifieds?  Scam.

If you seriously want to make money from home online, it’s going to take a lot of sweat and hard work.  It won’t be easy, but it can be done. Continue Reading »

How to Teach Your Child to Tie Their Shoes

One of the most frustrating, yet rewarding, things a parent can do is to teach their child to tie their shoes.  Many parents leave this task up to the Kindergarten teacher.  They may be missing out on a great shared experience with their kids. Continue Reading »

Why Do You Want to Quit Your Job?

Why do you want to quit your job?

This is a question that will be asked by many people.  If you are deciding whether or not to quit your job, you will certainly hear this from someone.  It may be your boss, your coworkers, and your partner or spouse.

Before you decide if you are going to quit or not, you should be able to answer this question for yourself.

To help you get started, here are some common reasons.  Some are good reasons.  Some are not.  This may help you decide if you really should quit. Continue Reading »

I8-D Site is Doing Great

I just wanted to say that the transition of this site from all of the crazy hobby sites I’ve started into something that I take very seriously is going great.

Now I know that many of you are reading this site and thinking, “What the heck is this site about? It looks like you just write random articles.  Isn’t there a theme at all to your writing?” Continue Reading »

OP-ED: Are There Limits to Stupidity?

Rather than rehash the boundless limits of the stupidity of the recent comments of Pat Robertson, I thought I would ask a more in-depth question.  Does stupidity have a limit? Continue Reading »

How to Draw a Perfect Pentagram of Any Size Using Golden Ratio

Pentagrams are seen everywhere today, usually as an Americana Barnstar. Making a perfect pentagram is easy. All you need is a clean sheet of paper, ruler, calculator, and a pen. Continue Reading »

How the NYT Stumbled on the Google Nexus One Review

I read this story at the New York Times about the Nexus One from Google.  It seemed like an honest article, at first.  I was a bit stunned at some of what the author wrote or alluded to.  While much of the review is positive, it was apparent that the author was searching for things to shrug off the phone. Maybe it was an attempt to appear impartial gone awry. Continue Reading »

How to Download and Convert Youtube Movies

So you want to download Youtube movies?  There are several methods with different results.  Below are the top 3 methods to download and convert Youtube movies as FLV, AVI, MPEG, and MP3. Continue Reading »