Aptus is a Latin for suitable, appropriate, or fitting. The Aptus pen is the ultimate in modern writing instruments. Takumi Yoshida wanted to blend elegance with pure functionality. In strict mechanical requirements, pens are very thin. We add volume to it so it fits our hands better.
Instead of a plastic or metal tube, the Aptus [...]

No more pretending! Everyone knows that every person has used cardboard boxes for tables, chairs, shelves, tv stands, et-cetera. Tim Brown does not deny this. He makes it O.K. for everyone to keep a full house of cardboard goodness. Each Idea* product is a cardboard construction which opens and constructs into itself, creating the shelf [...]

Though a lot of money sneaks into next generation gaming, smaller, browser-based games are far from extinct. Everyday, tons of them are released on the world wide web.
As a reply to this huge part of the free gaming community, there will be one weekly MUO Gaming compilation of Flash games.
For this very first episode, we [...]

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(1) Budurl - New URL shortener that offers advanced [...]

Have you ever been embarrassed by your Mac’s chime after switching it on, especially if you’re in a quiet environment like your school or university library? Most elements on Macs are pretty poised and sophisticated. The chime is an exception. It isn’t exactly irritating but it isn’t elegant, either.
To avoid these embarrassing moments, I would [...]

This week on the show we are listening to some cool podcasts for geeks, we will take a first look at the Android phone and also do a roundup of some Make Use Of stories.
I’d love to hear from you. Send me your MP3 files containing comments about the show, reviews of your favourite websites [...]

While looking for some portable apps to add to my USB drive I came across really cool utility for working with PDF files. The app is called PDFTK Builder. It’s a standalone program (so you can carry it around on your USB driver) that allows you to:

- Merge multiple PDF files into one
- Insert certain [...]

Check out the top picks from MakeUseOf ‘Geeky Fun’ during the last week. As usual, thanks to everyone who emailed us the links, this wouldn’t be possible without your contributions.
1. Professor Wikipedia (video)
2. How Do The Rivals Feel About Google Chrome (cartoon)
3. Geek on The Last Judgment (cartoon)
4. How a Geek Goes Out to Get [...]

By Evan Ackerman
This electron micrograph of long finned squid suckers is one of National Geographic’s Best Science Images of 2008. Have a look at the entire gallery here, or see the first place winner (a picture of diatoms on an invertebrate) after the jump.

Tiny green diatoms create the illusion of a fernlike forest as they [...]

By Andrew Liszewski
To celebrate the release of The Matrix trilogy on Blu-Ray in Japan, Warner Brothers has created this ridiculously over-the-top packaging where the 7 discs in the collection can be stored inside a 2-foot highly detailed model of the Nebuchadnezzar. The 7 discs include a copy of The Matrix trilogy and The Animatrix on [...]

Recently Google unveiled Moderator. Moderator is a tool that allows you to crowdsource questions and suggestions.
To put things in perspective, Google Moderator was developed as an internal tool to see what questions a majority of people wanted to ask during a talk and then ask the top questions to the presenter. However, it found more [...]

I have had just about enough of my Metro application having to be updated and getting caught out there without updated subway directions. Sure Metro is great for when I am underground and can’t get online but when I am in front of a computer there is this great new website to help me get [...]

By Andrew Liszewski
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, while I’m not exactly thrilled with having to deal with Customs lineups and random security searches whenever I fly to the U.S., I’m more than willing to take the ‘just suck it up’ approach, instead of the ‘let’s poke the bear’ approach. So in [...]

By Andrew Liszewski
Surprisingly it’s been over 12 years since the original Tamagotchi was released, and following in the steps of television and then the Game Boy, the keychain-sized fad is hoping to gain some popularity once again by introducing a color screen! The concept is still the same, you’re in charge of taking care of [...]

By Andrew Liszewski
Tired of people trying to sneak a peek at your screen while you’re surfing at the airport? Or maybe you have a penchant for clicking NSFW links even while at work? If that’s the case, the next time you upgrade your laptop you might want to seriously consider the Latitude E6400 from Dell. [...]

You do it because you’re completely hardcore. I will right here guarantee you that if cars like this begin to be driven in rallies, rally racing will be the new most popular race on television- nay, the new most popular sport in the world. Released at this years Los Angeles Auto Show Design Challenge; witness [...]