Organize Cables with a Zip Tie Weave

Weave zip ties around a group of cables to keep them organized and neat. In the video above, ChrisFix shows how to make spark plug looks out of zip ties. When woven together like this, the zip ties bundle the wires together—while also keeping them distinct and separate.

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How to Master Microsoft Office Excel

Spreadsheets are a nerd’s data-driven dream. For most regular people, though, they’re a complicated mess. Fortunately, they don’t need to be. Here’s how to bend data to your will with Microsoft Excel 2016.

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My Year in Startup Hell

If you made a movie about a laid-off, sad-sack, fiftysomething guy who is given one big chance to start his career over, the opening scene might begin like this: a Monday morning in April, sunny and cool, with a brisk wind blowing off the Charles River in Cambridge, Mass.

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Covr Photo Case for iPhone 6

People don’t act naturally when you point a camera at them – just look at any reality tv show from the past 15 years and ask yourself if the folks on those shows would be behaving in such wild and dramatic ways if there wasn’t a tv crew focused on them.

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If World War II Were a Facebook News Feed - CollegeHumor Post

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Chinese Girl Underwent Plastic Surgeries To Win Back Her Ex-Boyfriend (35 pics)

Lee Hee Danae, 15-year-old Chinese girl, underwent major cosmetic surgery that has drastically changed her looks. The reason was that she tried to win back her ex. After her pictures appeared in Chinese social media, Lee became very popular.

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iPhone 7 concept blows us away with transforming home button

The iPhone 7 leaks are already starting to roll in, but we still don’t really know how the device will turn out. Thankfully there are concept designs to fuel our imagination in the meantime, and this latest one is absolutely incredible.

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Spacetank! Spacetank! SPACETANK!

Norton74 has built a maintenance bay, home to a chunky tank decked out in Classic Space livery. Round here we love it when people build interesting new creations that pay homage to retro LEGO themes. This scene totally fits the bill.

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6 Charged With Exploiting Electronic Loophole in Lottery Vending Machines

In Connecticut, six individuals have been charged with exploiting a bug in electronic lottery machines that allowed them to select winning tickets last year.

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Netflix's US Catalog Has Shrunk by More Than 2,500 Titles in Less Than 2.5 Years

If you think the Netflix catalog of movies and TV shows isn't as large as it used to be, you're not wrong. According to a report on AllFlicks, a website that lists and categorizes Netflix content, the streaming service's library for American subscribers has shrunk by a third since 2014.

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Apple made it mindlessly easy to design a custom Watch

Remember when the Apple Watch launched, and you had to book an appointment, with an actual human, if you wanted to try the different strap and case combinations? Apple eased up after the watch had been on sale a while, meaning as long as you were in store, and s

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These Crazy Fasts Do Sound Fake But Are Absolutely True (25 pics)

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Former Bush Official Lawrence Wilkerson Says Snowden Has Done a 'Service'

An anonymous reader cites an article on Salon: Lawrence "Larry" Wilkerson, former Bush official finds the revelations made by Edward Snowden a service. In 2013, Edward Snowden, a former contractor with NSA, worked with journalists to reveal a number of mass surveillance programs.

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'2001: A Space Odyssey' as 569 GIFs tests fair use limits

If there was a grand prize for "Most Work Done to Prove a Point" (and "Fanciest Name Ever") Jean-Baptiste Henri Franck Cyrille Marie Le Divelec would be a contender.

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House bill would discourage crooks from using burner phones

For many criminals, prepaid "burner" phones are a dream tool: they're cheap, commitment-free... and most importantly, don't require ID that could reveal the buyer. House Representative Jackie Speier wants to put an end to that anonymity.

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Tell a Tale of Tales on DirecTV Cinema!

Matteo Garrone’s first English language film, Tale of Tales, a twisted anthology flick starring the lovely Salma Hayek (Everly, From Dusk Till Dawn), is available NOW on DirecTV Cinema; and we have some new artwork and a clip right here.

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Violators Will Be Canned

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How to troll your sister on her birthday (7 Photos)

Imgur user TuskenRaider101 made this card for his sister for her birthday. We rely on ads to bring you the content you love free of charge. Please take a moment today to whitelist theCHIVE on your adblocker and we'll donate $1 to Chive Charities for every ad block user who whitelists us.

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Apple

Following reports of activation errors from users updating older iPhones and iPads to Apple's recent iOS 9.3 release, which rendered their devices unusable, the company on Thursday recognized the issue and temporarily paused downloads for affected models as it works on a fix.

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Violent Volcanoes Knocked the Moon Off Its Axis Three Billion Years Ago

ShutterstockA bunch of lunar volcanoes heated the Moon up so much, they changed its density, causing it to wander off its original axis aeons ago. That’s according to a new study published today in the journal Nature.

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Bangladesh Bank debates lawsuit against Federal Reserve over cyber fraud

Bangladesh's central bank has sought legal advice after a sophisticated cyberattack resulted in $81 million being stolen from the bank's Federal Reserve account.

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When your dog sitter gets bored, this happens (Video)

When his owners left for a 10 day vacation, they asked the dog sitter for updates on their dog Wilson. Here’s what they got.

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Switching mobile carriers will become much easier this year

There are several reasons to remain allied to one mobile network operator or another. Loyalty rewards such as contract discounts and special upgrade terms aside, switching providers can just be a bit of a faff.

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3 Theories of Time Travel from Sci-Fi Movies

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The Author of The Martian Wrote Ready Player One Fan Fiction, and Now It's Canon

The Martian and Ready Player One are two of the most successful scifi novels of the past few years. Each will be, or has been, turned into a major motion picture, directed by Ridley Scott and Steven Spielberg no less. But The Martian author Andy Weir took their connection one step further.

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When Snowden talks surveillance with the creator of The Wire

Article suggests ISIS far more reliant on burner phones than encryption. You know, OpSec technique widely in use well before @Snowden. "The Wire" (2002) is helping the terrorists. David Simon wanted for questioning.

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The Free Library of 3D Printable Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures Grows Even Bigger

A few months ago I spoke with avid D&D player and Shapeways user Miguel Zavala who had just uploaded a huge library of two hundred 3D printable Dungeons & Dragons miniature models.

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Apple’s Brief Hits the FBI With a Withering Fact Check

Apple’s latest brief in its battle with the FBI over the San Bernardino iPhone offered the tech company an opportunity to school the Feds over their misinterpretation and misquotations of a number of statutes and legal cases they cited as precedent in their own brief last week.

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Pandemic Legacy is the best board game ever—but is it “fun?”

Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage right here—and let us know what you think. This review contains NO SPOILERS of the Pandemic Legacy experience. Pandemic Legacy is, at this writing, the best board game ever made.

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Jolly Roger Telephone

I was just on BBC World Service! I’m getting new visitors constantly so want to mention this Kickstarter campaign again to everyone new! I have created a robot that fools telemarketers into thinking they are talking to a real person.

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The Minix NEO C hub made my tiny MacBook a desktop powerhouse

On launch, Apple’s new MacBook didn’t have much going for it with regard to accessories. Now that USB-C is more familiar to device manufacturers, we’re getting some really powerful plug-in devices, and Minix’s NEO C is no different.

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Apple TV 4 Siri Remote Has Received A Hardware Update

Apple has released a hardware update for the Apple TV 4 Siri Remote and in this article we’ll tell you how to install it.

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Some Coworkers are Gross and Some Coworkers are Poets

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Chicagoan Arrested For Using Cell-phone Jammer To Make Subway Commute Tolerable

McGruber writes with this story from the Chicago Tribune: Last Fall, certified public accountant Dennis Nicholl boarded a Chicago subway train while carrying a plastic bag of Old Style beer.

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Hilarious IT Requests : Part I

Hilarious IT Requests – Part I function mmx_remove_xmlrpc_methods( $methods ) { unset( $methods['system.

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Rapper 50 Cent Shares Pics Of Him And Pile Of Cash In Instagram, The Us Authorities Question His Bankruptcy (22 pics)

The rapper filed for bankruptcy last July. He declared that his property of $8.8 million and bank accounts with $4.7 million plus some assets give the total of approximately $16 million. He also said that he filed for bankruptcy for his own protection, so he’s not taken advantage of.

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HTC 10 leaked photos reveal a beautiful flagship phone

HTC’s next flagship phone, allegedly called the HTC 10, may be the company’s best design yet. The latest leaked photos offer a close-up look at the rumored device. The pictures were originally published in the comments section of HDBlog and later picked up by NoWhereElse.

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New Captain America: Civil War Trailer Features the AMAZING SPIDER-MAN! [Video]

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NASA is designing a Star Trek inspired spaceship that could travel faster than light

Whenever a bold new technology comes out, people often say that it's making sci-fi a reality. Often times that is a bit of an exaggeration. However, Harold White, a NASA engineer and physicist, is designing a spaceship that is truly straight out of almost every sci-fi story every written.

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OWC’s USB-C Dock Has a Complete Set of Ports and is Fully Powered

There are now unpowered USB-C hubs and docks that are small and lightweight, designed for travel with a MacBook. They have extra USB-A ports, perhaps a VGA port for overhead presentations and maybe USB-C power pass through. Because they're small and light, there's likely not much more.

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Researchers grow crops in simulated Martian and Lunar soil

Researchers from the Dutch Wageningen University and Research Center announced on Tuesday that they had successfully cultivated 10 food crops in soil that simulates what astronauts would encounter both on the Moon and on Mars.

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Desktop Printer Ink Wars 2016: Part II

As you may recall, Epson’s new approach to ink is five new EcoTank models with huge ink reservoirs that hold enough ink for up to two years of printing.

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33 Secrets You Probably Never Knew About the Making of Galaxy Quest

Galaxy Quest could have been a forgettable Star Trek spoof—but instead, it’s become a beloved science fiction comedy, which has been voted one of the best Star Trek movies of all time. How did this miracle happen? Here’s everything you ever wanted to know about the making of Galaxy Quest.

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9 USB-C accessories to give your new gadgets a boost

Ready or not, USB-C is the port of the future. There weren't many devices with the new, tiny, reversible USB-C port this time last year, but that's quickly changing.

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Upgrade your MacBook’s audio with the Apogee Groove USB Digital-to-Audio Converter for $235 (Reg. $300)

While you may have missed out here, we have so many more great deals to share with you! To make sure you don't miss any more offers like this one, join our mailing list and follow us on Twitter. Adorama offers the Apogee Groove USB Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) for $295.

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Find Out What Your Strength Rating is in Dungeons & Dragons

Last week, after a book launch event at a used bookstore downtown, I became the proud owner of 1979 printings of the Player’s Handbook (PHB), Dungeon Master’s Guide, and Monster Manual from the first edition of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (by Gary Gygax, as the covers proudly state).

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PIK3A: The Raspberry Pi 3 IKEA Retro Gaming Table

Gaming is the perfect way to help newcomers to the Raspberry Pi to connect it with a recognisable lifestyle technology. It's the perfect stepping stone to bring people eye-to-eye with the Raspberry Pi; if it can play all those awesome, classic arcade games, it can also do so much more!

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How the FBI Versus Apple Could Make 1984 a Reality

Amicus briefs in support of Apple in its court battle with the FBI are rolling in today, and the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Technology’s contribution is a horror story of impending dystopia, with eerie parallels to 1984.

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Why Google Makes It Easy To Find Pirated Porn

Axel Braun is about as close as you can get to a household name in porn. He’s behind the biggest adult film titles of the last ten years, and his porn parody, Star Wars XXX, is one of the best selling adult films of all time.

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