I have a bit of an obsession with The Dead Man Street Orchestra – a close group of hobos / musical gypsy’s who catch rides on freight trains across the country and play their hearts out on the streets for fun. If you’re living in the warm South this winter you might be lucky enough

The one laptop per child project has now officially launched and for $399 you’ll send a laptop to a needy child as well as to your own less-needy child! The laptops are pretty cool, have everything from a web browser to an RSS reader and they run on Linux. The project has to be one

If you ever need to grab files off your home computer or set up file sharing on a friends computer, you need Leaf. It’s a small and simple peer-to-peer app that creates simple VPN connections between machines, and its FREE. It doesn’t encrypt the stream so its not suitable for sharing sensitive information, but its

Did You Know? Over eight million tons of trees are consumed each year in the production of paper catalogs. There are other significant environmental impacts from the catalog cycle. The production and disposal of direct mail alone consumes more energy than three million cars. Stop receiving that mountain of unwanted catalogues, and do your bit

Eventually you’re going to need a contract to protect your income. But where do you begin? What should it include? Freelance Switch is giving one away – a great place to start.