How to Finish a Basement: Framing and Insulating
By Travis Larson From The Family Handyman Originally in How to Finish a Basement: Framing and Insulating Your basement can be more than a utility and storage area. With some forethought and good techniques, you can make it as warm, comfortable ... [... more]
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Big Idea, Small Detail
Unemployment reached a five-year high of 6.1 percent in August. The Department of Labor says another 84,000 jobs were lost (more than expected) and that job losses in June and July were also heavier than had been forecast. That means that so far ... [... more]
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Big Idea, Small Detail: Energy, Money and Environment
Electricity: ho! The next energy frontier may be the ocean. Companies like SeaGen Tidal Energy are building what are essentially upside-down windmills (as well as buoys and turbines) in the sea to take advantage of tides, waves, and currents, ... [... more]
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Interview With Ted Turner
His father committed suicide when Robert Edward Turner III was 24, but there was no time to mourn: The son took over and saved the family's billboard business and grew it relentlessly. Ted Turner launched Turner Broadcast-ing, founded CNN, bought ... [... more]
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I need to charge you for my time
Interviews by Maureen Mackey From Reader's Digest See the original article 13 Things Your Hairsylist Won't Tell You After you leave my salon, I'll worry about what you think. (I work on people, not on cars on an assembly line.) And if you feel ... [... more]
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Hello Layaway, Goodbye CDs and DVDs
NASA engineer Adrian Stoica has developed a technique that may one day help intelligence agencies identify people by the distinctive gait of their shadows. Developed at a cost of more than $1 million, the "more dynamic and more alive" soft- [... more]
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Is Your Boss Spying on You?
It's a fact of life in the 21st-century workplace: The boss may well be watching, especially if you use a computer. A 2005 survey by the American Management Association and the ePolicy Institute found that about three out of four companies ... [... more]
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Hello Hybrid Cars, Goodbye Human Hand Massages
In an attempt to cut down on accidents at intersections, a Tulsa, Oklahoma, ambulance fleet will outfit its vehicles with soul-shaking Howler sirens in the next six months. Researchers are looking into adding subtle noises to those humming ... [... more]
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Big Idea, Small Detail: Money, Health and Education
The free lunch known as the 401(k) match-given to employees by 84 percent of U.S. companies-may slowly be disappearing. Benefits consultant Watson Wyatt Worldwide surveyed 248 employers and found that 2 percent had already reduced or eliminated ... [... more]
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A Dozen Rules of Thumb: Advice on Saving Time and Money
From Reader's Digest Here's a selection of the 1,000 highly opinionated, highly idiosyncratic guidelines in by Tom Parker (Workman, $8.95): 1. To measure water for cooking rice, rest the tip of your index finger on top of the rice and add enough ... [... more]
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The Manager Who Couldn't Write
What launched Amy Tan's career was not a big break, but a kick in the butt. Before the million-copy sales of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife and The Hundred Secret Senses, Amy Tan was a writer. A business writer. She and a partner ran a ... [... more]
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Lay Your Own Extraordinary Hardwood Floor
It's hard to beat the natural beauty, warmth and durability of a hardwood floor. A well-laid floor will last for a century or more and can be rejuvenated by resanding and finishing to look brand new. A real wood floor isn't cheap, but neither is ... [... more]
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