Wednesday, September 7, 2011

How it works

How it works


Review: New book explores how willpower works

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 04:45 AM PDT

"Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength" (The Penguin Press), by Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney: Self-control, as it turns out, is like a muscle: It can be exhausted from overuse but it can also be strengthened through exercise.

How to upgrade a WordPress theme after you've hacked the heck out of it

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 02:52 AM PDT

Have you ever wanted to upgrade a heavily modified theme and seamlessly knit all your changes into the new code? Here's how.

Q-C artist builds unique kayak

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 07:18 PM PDT

As an artist who works with lost arts, John Ketner says when he gets curious about how something is built, "I build it."

Scents and Sensibilities: How Your Nose Actually Works

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 08:17 AM PDT

From pheromones to disease detection via the sense of smell, or what your nose has to do with the neurochemistry of nostalgia

How They Spent It: Recipients Reflect on 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 09:39 PM PDT

Read What if someone you cared for vanished forever, and you were handed a check for their expected lifetime earnings? In effect, that's what happened to thousands of people whose loved ones died in the attacks of September 11, 2001. Never before in American history, and never since, has the government made payments to the families of the deceased, as it did through the 9/11 Victim Compensation ...

'Batman: Arkham City' Getting New Game Plus Mode: How It Works

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 09:05 AM PDT

One of the many lovely aspects of "Batman: Arkham Asylum" was just how much there was to keep you occupied beyond the main story. The Riddler's trophies, hidden character clues and those crazy shadow puzzles made for some interesting brain teasers without requiring actual brawn. We've already learned that "Batman: Arkham City" will offer up [...]

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