5 ways to instantly find cheap gas

If soaring gas prices are draining your wallet dry, here’s five ways to find cheap(er) gas anywhere:

On your computer

1. Widgets

On the computer, find cheap gas quickly with widgets. For Mac users, the aptly named Gas widget tracks the lowest price for Regular, Plus, and Premium gas grades. If you’re on a PC, check out the […]

The perfect way to parallel park?

I just passed my driving written test and now have a permit to learn how to drive. Yes, that’s right, I’m a 26 year-old metropolitan boy who’s still afraid of asphalt. Fortunately, Fearless Driver, a local San Francisco driving school, promises to ease this fear. They even have a nice little tutorial for everyone’s dreaded […]

How to cure traffic jams

Think traffic jams are an unbeatable force?

Bill Beaty, an electrical engineer and “traffic physics” enthusiast, doesn’t think so.

After conducting his own experiments, Bill’s discovered a simple trick anyone can do to relieve two common types of traffic jams: the “merging-traffic jam” and the “traffic wave”

The strategy is to simply maintain a large space in […]