TechLifeWeb

Sites that I found interesting for August 24th 2009 through August 25th 2009:

• How To: Run an ‘Honesty Trace’ to Counter Roadside Bombs – Changing up routes is standard in military operations, but creating “honesty traces” (a term borrowed from the British in Northern Ireland, who did the same thing with tracing paper) can help troops avoid falling into unexpected — and potentially deadly — patterns. via @MitchWagner on Twitter.
• Supercook: recipe search by ingredients you have at home – Supercook is a new recipe search engine that finds recipes you can make with only the ingredients you have at home. To begin, simply start adding ingredients you have in the green box on the top left. The more ingredients you add, the better the results will be. via @nicmcc on Twitter.
• Avoid the top 10 mistakes most commonly made building and HTPC – The gang at MissingRemote.com have compiled a list of the top 10 mistakes people most commonly make during their build process of an HTPC. I can't stress that this applies for novice users as well as experts, as its usually the obvious things that are forgotten that cause the most hassle!