Build a Vortex Cannon [Science]

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Jason Fitzpatrick.
Categories: Contributors, DIY, Weekend project.
If you've been sitting around all week wondering how you could combine smoke, speakers, and a love of novel physics experiments into an excuse to tinker in your workshop this weekend, building a smoke-shooting vortex cannon should cover everything nicely. More »


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Easily Add Clouds to Any Picture in Photoshop [Photoshop]

Posted on by Whitson Gordon.
Categories: Contributors, Image Editing, Photography, Photos, Photoshop, Pictures.
There's nothing like a clear blue sky in real life, but it doesn't create for the most interesting photos—Weblog MakeUseOf has a nice tutorial for easily creating clouds to spice up the skies. More »


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Learn How To Fold Thousands of Origami Figures at Origami Club [Paper Craft]

Posted on by Jason Fitzpatrick.
Categories: Contributors, DIY, Paper.
If you've wanted to learn origami but never got around to checking out any library books on the topic, the massive collection of origami tutorials at Origami Club can help get you started. More »


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MiddleClick Adds Easy Middle Clicking to MacBook Touchpads and Magic Mouse [Downloads]

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Whitson Gordon.
Categories: Contributors, Downloads, Featured Mac Download, Laptops, Mac OS X, Mouse, Mouse gestures, Web browsers.
Mac only: No longer must Mac users move to the keyboard to open links in a new tab—free, open-source app MiddleClick sits in your menu bar and allows you to use 3 fingers to middle click on Apple's multitouch devices. More »


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Speed Up Windows 7 Taskbar Navigation with a Registry Hack [Annoyances]

Posted on by Richard Mordini.
Categories: Annoyances, Contributors, Registry, Taskbar, Top, Windows, Windows Tip, windows 7.
Windows 7's taskbar is undoubtedly a great addition to Windows, but if you've got more than one application window open, you've got to either click twice or patiently hover to navigate to an open window. Reader Richard details how he fixed this: More »


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