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Candlepower has been used for a long time to convey the brightness intensity and luminescence of flashlights and other lights. The only problem is that it is not a scientific measurement and has been used by some companies to grossly exagerate the brightness of their lights with absurdly large “candlepower” numbers.

This article is about telling you how to get $1000 electronics and other products for pennies on the dollar and then to explain why it’s a big sham you should avoid at all costs (unless you like playing the lottery).

What is wrong with this pool?

Wait. They aren’t swimming. Is this this the twilight zone? Wait just one minute, I think I’ll have to beat the comments and call this fake!

We’ve all played with an Etch-a-Sketch . Like the yo-yo and the hula hoop it seems to be a staple in the American array of classic toys that have spanned the generations. And like Lego’s this little “toy” has become a popular form of “outsider” or “folk” art and apparently it’s own cottage industry.

Want to know where fires are breaking out around the country? The US Forest Service maintains coordinates of active fires that you view in Google Earth.

Lutec Australia PTY LTD has created a proof of concept over unity motor, that in this video runs at a claimed 362% over unity.

We might have sold the first one in the entire country. Either way definitely have the newest pictures outside of Pelican’s official marketing. Take a look at this amazing lighting system with more uses than just the military.

So I woke up late. Thus I felt more compelled to get right to work than usual.

Though I had other projects to work on, I was going to check CoTradeCo and maybe post something, then get to work.

I sit down at my computer with my coffee, open firefox, head straight over to CoTradeCo and as the page loads I begin to notice that there are no vowels in most of the words on the page.

Then music begins playing. We don’t have music on our site? Was some other program running?

In the village they can guarantee your privacy because there are no computers.

Sales down? Maybe you need to bring this guy in for your next sales meeting.

Apart from being a fantastic “parody”, using one of Lily’s songs as the basis for this letter, Dan Bull is helping to bring to light the fact that what we call digital piracy isn’t as simple as people make it out to be.

I understand how scissors can beat paper, and I get how a rock can beat scissors, but there’s no f-ing way paper can beat rock.

What exactly have we become conscious of? Carline Myss questions whether the consciousness movement has created a hybrid spirituality that has made us weak and narcissistic.

You remember the teachers who affected you the most, not what they said, but “the way they were” with you, with the subject matter, with their knowledge. Being in the moment brings an awareness and presence to doing that you can effect on those around you.

Imagine that you are dealing with a terrible situation, a loss in your life, or some other difficult time. If you could accept that as it was and stop denying how things are and come to find there is some kind of beauty and understanding within that. How beautiful would that be?

Will you take the red pill or go for the blue screen of death?

Try hitting CTRL + ALT + DELETE!!!

You didn’t think those pieces turned simply by pressing a button did you? Enter the dark future that is…Tetris.

Tired of just throwing away old batteries? This tip will show you how you can give your old batteries new life!

Tired of not finding a connection to an unprotected WiFi hotspot when you are out an about. Mark from Infinite Solutions shows you how to dramatically improve your Wi-Fi connection.

Learn a little known trick for using your microwave to keep your produce fresh.

You’ve played the game on your PC. But did you ever think about the real men and women the game is based on? This shocking new film reveals the horrors and glory of real minesweepers protecting freedom everyday!

Honestly I never truly mastered expert level and so playing this even more difficult wrap around challenge mode is beyond my abilities of reason. I’ve been watching the minesweeper FRAPS of the truly gifted mine sweeping champions and hope someday to be able to master this. Thanks for the tip Mark!

A monitor engineer doesn’t have the luxury of simply EQ-ing to flavor.

Good basic tips to start checking a microphone and wedge. Ringing out, cupping, EQ-ing out problem frequencies.

Feedback is never a random event. This video discusses setting up stage monitors to reduce feedback potential and some things you can do when it does suddenly happen mid-show.

Watch a training video for the M7CL mixing console and find links to many more M7CL and other Yamaha Pro Audio gear resources and self-training.

Many people think they have a “computer guru” as a friend. They call them for help all the time. Learn the truth about getting help with your computer.

We often want more in our life. More happiness, more friends, more free time, more things. More. Be careful what you ask for and how you go about achieving it. That is the topic of this video from Happy Product and Mark Osbourne.