I very recently posted an auction for my old Dell Inspiron 6000 (take a look if you like). She’s obviously old and has seen better days, but hopefully somebody will find it useful as a parts laptop. The challenge here was to make an older laptop look half-way decent in an eBay listing photo. How to do it? Here’s how:Yes, I know the laptop is old...

Said honestly it’s amazing that if you ask someone, "Where’s the best place to buy or sell stuff online?", the the typical answer is "eBay". I disagree with this. The best place is Craigslist (abbreviated commonly as just "CL"). First, a few facts about CL:It’s been around just as long as eBay has (since 1995)....

Most of us have a trail of old cell phones, computers and other gadgets in our nerd wake. Personally, I have several old cell phones that I personally have no use for any longer. And I just added another one to the list now that I switched to the Iphone 3G. What do we do with these things? My closet is full of old hardware I have no use for.There are things...