How to squeeze more life from your batteries

Lifehacker has come up with their Top 10 Battery Hacks, Tips and Tricks. While many of the tips are sensible practics that everyone, and not just frugal folks should do to squeeze more life from your batteries (e.g., turning off the LCD screen of digital cameras to save battery juice, turning off 3G when not in use, disabling all that eye candy stuff that suck power, etc.), the one that really got me chuckling is turning Size C batteries into Size D in a pinch with quarters! Now, who would have thought of that?

Recycling Your Tech Stuff

Are you one of those who have accumulated all kinds of electronic gadgets and equipment that have become obsolete and now gathering dust somewhere around your home? Why not recycle them? You could get a tax write-off or even cold hard cash. This Computerworld article, Recycle Your Tech Gear: It's Easier Than You Think explains to you the ins and outs of tech recycling and how you could even get some cash from your old stuff.