Want to study at Yale? MIT? For free?

If you’ve been wanting to go back to school but either can’t afford it or can’t work it into your schedule, this list of over 200 free online classes is an educational gold mine. Subjects includes the sciences, mathematics, engineering, computer science, language, arts, design, health, agriculture, law, politics, history, […]


Free Classic Books Online

If you’re on a budget or just want to travel light, Book-bot.com has a collection of over 14,000 books which you can read online at their website. All the books listed are over 75 years old and no longer under US copyright, so they are now considered “public domain” and […]


The Bigger Picture: 24 Hours of Flights

Using actual flight info from a single August day in 2008, Artist Aaron Kolbin created images which have now been merged with a Google Map and featured in Wired.com. Have a look, and note that as with any Google Map, you can double click to zoom in on a particular […]


Portable Solar Chargers: Tempting Toys

Solar power and technological gadgets are two things that interest me, and I recently obtained a small, portable solar charger which allowed me to fulfill my dreams of charging my devices with free, universally available power. Well, almost. It turns out that while these devices may be tempting gadgets, they’re […]


The Insane Minimalist Packlist

When it comes down to it, there are only three things you need to travel to another country: your passport, money and clothes for the flight (even though security these days makes you wonder if it would be easier to just travel nude). While it may seem crazy to get […]


The Best AA Rechargeable Batteries

We’ve all met the fate of dead or dying batteries, whether in a simple remote control or a high-end digital camera. If you find yourself regularly replacing batteries in your electronic devices, then perhaps it’s time you moved up to rechargeable batteries. Not only can you stop throwing disposable batteries […]