RerunCheck saves you from the time and frustration of setting aside time for live television, only to say: Wait a second, "Starring William Petersen?" CSI is a $%*# rerun! RerunCheck is very straightforward search, having you type or grab a show name from a list of popular entries. RerunCheck tells ...

Someone must have heard your complaints about TinyURLs not being tiny enough. Through the magic of Unicode, Tinywarro.ws makes your URLs even more minuscule. How tiny? Tinyarro.ws turned Lifehacker's URL into http://➡.ws/투, TinyURL by comparison turned our URL into http://tinyurl.com/3yw6ew&mdas...

Windows only: Don't mutter to yourself about how slow your drive is, benchmark it to know exactly how fast it is (or isn't) moving. HD_Speed gives you real-time feedback on any drive's transfer speed. All disks are not created equal, so if you have a nagging feeling that one of your flash drives is ...

Windows only: If you're facing the monumental task of editing your iTunes metadata and files, and there's no easy way to pull it all off, check out Teridon's iTunes Scripts before giving up your free time. Teridon's iTunes Scripts is a collection of small scripts available as both PERL and EXE appli...

Your mother always told you you'd never sell enough gold records, or fall hard enough from a high enough office, to make the cover of a magazine. Prove her wrong with spoof site WriteOnIt. Photo by Photo source by HiggySTFC. WriteOnIt it is a web-based application that allows you to make spoof magaz...

If you have some vintage plastic items that are yellowed with age, they're not always destined for the curb. Retro-obsessed geeks have created a cheap, homemade solution for restoring old plastic. Manufacturers add various chemicals to the ABS plastic used in most electronics to act as flame retarda...

Windows only: You've got a hard drive filled with media, but no idea what you want to watch or listen to next. Pick Me produces a list of random files for you to choose from. Pick Me is a really, truly tiny application (about 122k) with a singular function. You point Pick Me at a directory and it re...

Brian Connolly was tired of cramped desks and messy wiring, so he built his own desk and wire management system to have the spacious and tidy spread he desired. Pics, and full-view video, below. Connolly put a good deal of planning into his setup before he dropped the hardware on it. The desk is con...

Media files, data synchronization, and remote backups, oh my! Home computing has advanced to a point where it's practical to run your own home server, and we're running down the five best tools for the job. Photo by Rudolf Schuba. Earlier this week we asked you to tell us what software you used to p...

If you'd like to keep your operating systems and disks completely separate without having to keep cracking open your case, creating your own hard drive switch might work for you. Computer building and modification site Extreme Tech has a tutorial on making a basic selector switch for the power cable...