Today's sewing machines are sophisticated embedded systems with exacting precision, automated stitch control, and touch-screen interfaces: Photo: Brother International SQUINT-FREE: When appliances go digital, some difficult tasks become easy. The Brother Quattro 6000D sewing machine shown here has a camera above the needle plate that shows the stitching area on a built-in LCD screen. My Aunt Yetta sewed quilts—and most of her family's clothes—on an antique treadle sewing Read more [...]

Web 1.0 = Websites, e-mail newsletters and “Donate Now” buttons Web 1.0 is one person or organization pushing content out to many people via websites and e-mail newsletters. The donation process is not interactive or public. You donate and then receive a “Thank You” email. It’s one-way communication. Web 2.0 = Blogs, wikis, and social networking sites Source First off, let’s define Web 2.0. The term “Web 2.0″ was more or less branded by open source and freeware advocate Tim Read more [...]

With so much information on the internet, you would think that finding out what the biggest lie is would be impossible. However, in actual fact the biggest lie on the internet is not a story, piece of news or some other feature, because it concerns users rather than content producers. Yes that is it, we all have to acknowledge that we have read the terms of use of most sites and services that we use, but do we, do we ever and that is why “I have read and agree to the of use” is the biggest Read more [...]