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Shaving cartridges are expensive—the current crop of Gillette's razors, for example, cost over $2 a pop to refill. Refilling a traditional razor, on the other hand, can cost mere pennies and shave just as well. - Bassam Islam

The neat way to eat a chicken wing - Bassam Islam

My WQE paper submission for Fall 2009 - Bassam Islam

Seen on the way to the Grand Canyon ... - Bassam Islam

Precorder has been developed to bridge the gap between the current revision of WebOS and a future release that will enable video recording. It is capable of recording in multiple combinations of audio and video and includes support for using the built-in LED for lumination while recording in dark areas. Video recorded with Precorder is viewable through Palms built in video application. - Bassam Islam

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Check out the ever-expanding list below to see which applications already support Growl for Windows. - Bassam Islam

The 'mvapp' method is a Linux command that allows moving your Pre apps and now email to the (much larger) media drive by using symbolic links. This will save space on internal system storage (/var) and allow more App Catalog apps to be installed, up to media drive limit (gigabytes) rather than the 64MB limit. - Bassam Islam

via xkcd.com So true, and so depressing ... - Bassam Islam

Installing WebOS and Preware guide - Bassam Islam

Although wireless is simpler for a lot of people, due to multimedia sharing, bandwidth on my home network and my slight paranoia about wireless security, I really wanted to use a hard wired solution for home networking. Having a wired network allows me to have a private, high speed, network at home for Internet access, file sharing, media streaming, online gaming (console or PC), IP security cameras, or any other use of standard ethernet type wiring. Lets get to it with considerations and planning! - Bassam Islam

SnowChecker is a Mac OS X program that provides a neat interface to browse compatibility data found on snowleopard.wikidot.com. It has several features, including: * Scanning for applications on your hard drive to display only relevant compatibility data * Robust search * Sorting - Bassam Islam

"I've read that the only devices worth purchasing extended warranties on are those that involve water in some way, such as washing machines or fridges with ice-makers/water dispensers. I guess those tend to break down more often. My washing machine is having trouble with leaks right now, and I kind of wish I had bought the extended warranty when I bought it 2 years ago. :-(" - Bassam Islam

The Complete Guide to Google Wave is a comprehensive user manual by Gina Trapani with Adam Pash. Google Wave is a new web-based collaboration tool that's notoriously difficult to understand. This guide will help. Here you'll learn how to use Google Wave to get things done with your group. Because Wave is such a new product that's evolving quickly, this guidebook is a work in progress that will update in concert with Wave as it grows and changes. Read more about The Complete Guide to Google Wave. - Bassam Islam

Note: J. Kenji Lopez-Alt (of Good Eater) brought his analytical cooking expertise to us last week in his first installment of The Burger Lab. This week he starts another bi-weekly column, The Food Lab, dedicated to unraveling the science of cooking. Today, learn about what happens under the shell when boiling eggs and how to make the perfect soft and hard boiled eggs. - Bassam Islam

via youtube.com Disney World seemed very appropriate for this tilt-shift video. ... - Bassam Islam

As a Kindle 1 owner, the Nook is definitely an interesting-looking device. Already, Amazon has announced a PC reading application for Kindle books, and sharing of notes and highlights across Kindles and iPhone apps. - Bassam Islam

I like this... your users are frequently blind and stupid - Bassam Islam

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via graphjam.com Seemed appropriate for today ... - Bassam Islam

Process Hacker is a feature-packed tool for manipulating processes and services on your computer. - Bassam Islam

Speeds up podcasts and offers a modified RSS feed - Bassam Islam

From basic image retouching to complex effects, Phoenix delivers the key features of a desktop image editor with the simplicity and accessibility of a web-based application. - Bassam Islam

By Jesus Diaz, 12:00 PM on Thu Sep 10 2009, 55,993 views (Edit, to draft, Slurp) ... - Bassam Islam

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By Joanna Stern, 9:09 PM on Thu Sep 10 2009, 19,123 views (Edit, to draft, Slurp) ... - Bassam Islam

Uses the Keurig coffee pods. Pricey, but wonderful! ... - Bassam Islam