16 ROOMS WITH A VIEW YOU’LL WISH YOU HAD

“16 Rooms With a View You’ll Wish You Had” has some of the most beautiful views we’ve ever seen in London, Cape Cod, the Australian Alps and beyond.

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ILLUMINATED DIORAMAS FROM HAND-CUT PAPER

“This Couple Makes Beautiful Illuminated Dioramas From Hand-Cut Paper” has some remarkable art works cut from paper.

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15 INCREDIBLE THINGS CUT IN HALF

“15 Incredible Photos of Things Cut in Half–” Search on that phrase to see how odd things look inside. A Leica camera lens looks incredibly complex, jawbreaker gum balls are beautiful, an engine is a marvel and a photo copy machine looks bizarre.

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CUTTING THE CORD

According to Forbes Magazine, a fifth of American TV watchers are “definitely” or “probably” going to drop cable TV this year. That’s around 20 million people. Are they right? Should you join them?

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GETTING THE MUSIC YOU WANT

It’s easier than ever to fill up a portable device with music to take on the road. A free Windows program called “FreeMake YouTube MP3 Converter” can collect music and voice from any YouTube video. This lets you make your own playlist from favorite movie scenes and concerts. You might also want to take up dialogue from great movie moments. We think there’s nothing better than the blues and jazz from the movie, “The Blues Brothers.”  So we tested FreeMake by pulling a couple of the best scenes from that movie (they’re all great) into our computer. The program quickly and easily converted the music to digital. We picked up some voice along the way as well, getting a few […]

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NEWS YOU CAN USE

The much-touted Facebook “Paper” is a news app for the iPhone, but it only works if you have the latest iOS 7 operating system. If you have an older iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, it won’t install.

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SELF-DESTRUCTING MESSAGES

Blink, for Android phones, allows users to send each other self-destructing messages – you know: like the old Mission Impossible shows — including text, photos, videos and voice messages. Around 51 percent of users are in the U.S. The next largest group (over 15 percent) is in Saudi Arabia.

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TRACKING YOUR BABY’S MOVEMENTS

The “Bellabeat Tracking System” for Android or iPhone lets expecting parents listen to their unborn baby’s heartbeat. It also has tracking tools for things like fetal movement and pregnancy weight gain.

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EVERY HOME A WORKSHOP

Most of the stuff that comes out of a 3D printer looks like really low quality plastic toys. We’d call it junk, but that would produce a huge outcry from the hobbyists who love it. Okay, we’re calling it junk anyway.

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GOOGLE DRIVE EXPANDS TO 15 GIGABYTES FREE

Drive.Google.com –Google Drive now offers 15 gigabytes of free storage, or 100 gigabytes for $2 a month, or $10 a month for a terabyte.

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