The UK's famed for its rather dismal weather, but you might've noticed that the weather's been more wet and torrential than damp and dreary recently. So, we've rounded up a list of flood-busting items you might want to stick under your bed. Y'know, just in case. Read More >>

The Internet endured the longest Twitter outage in eight months last night. And it's still kind of busted in places. WTH Twitter? YRU being such a tool? What are we supposed to do? Work? Read More >>

First of all: don't do this, it's dumb. But if you absolutely HAVE to spend three days camped out in front of your local iStore to get your hands on the new iPad, here's everything you're going to need to survive the soul-crushing ordeal. Read More >>

So I lost some laptops. Three. Three laptops. I got the last one back, but even if I hadn't, I've learned enough about the hell that that puts you through to have some advice if you end up unexpectedly computerless. Read More >>

A workplace with constant access to the internet can be a knife in the face of productivity, and a total nuclear disaster for any actual deadlines. Here are a few tools to help you stay on track and on time. Read More >>

iOS 5 dropped today, which is fantastic, I guess—if you own an iPhone. However, if you're like me and, well, don't want the same bells and whistles on your phone, might I suggest the following? Read More >>

Christopher Columbus was kind of a bastard. Still, here we are 519 years later celebrating his accidental discovery of San Salvador. So in honor of navigation and discovery — things that actually deserve adulation — here are six awesome nautical exploration tools, past and present. Read More >>

Filmmaking is an exorbitant, costly hobby. But with the advent of DSLR video recording, it's become much cheaper. Maybe not cheap but cheaper. And there are plenty of accessories that will help transform you into a savant. Here are five: Read More >>

It's like mountaineering but in reverse-canyoning mixes aspects of hiking, rappelling and spelunking as you make way through deep crags and crevasses. But down in a canyon, a boulder on your arm is just one of the many things that can go wrong. Read More >>

Autumn's officially here because the leaves that were on the trees in my yard last week are now all over my lawn. Bugger that. These seven tools will get my yard cleaned, primped, and ready for hibernation. Read More >>

Just because we've been cooking delicious food for centuries doesn't mean we should stop innovating. Technology and science are driving cooking's latest wave, yielding delicious results in the process. Here are seven tools that will make you a master chef. Read More >>