Being a geek in a world of “non-tech-savvy” people can get frustrating, but it has its advantages on April Fools’ Day. Here are some of our favorite geeky pranks you can play on your unsuspecting co-workers and friends tomorrow. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/COtZncS0MRU/celebrate-april-fools-day-with-these-harmless-geek-pranks Yamila Diaz

Do you find you have trouble coming up with coherent plans for things you want to do in your life? Do you find that, even if you have a plan, keeping track of it and staying motivated are really tough to maintain through to your goal? Join the club. No, really: Join the club. OK, technically [...] Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/03/get-motivated-and-get-things-done-with-fitango/ Taryn Manning

Zen Coding made quite a splash when we first covered it almost a year ago. For those who aren’t familiar, Zen is a fantastic form of shorthand for quickly hand-coding HTML. And today, a new version is out! Here are some of the goodies version 0.7 brings to the party: Text nodes: Writing something like a[href=/]{Click here} now works, and puts “Click here” within the link. New actions added: Increment/decrement number under cursor, evaluate math [...]

According to a developer post from WordPress, the popular content management platforms has its sights set on becoming both lighter and faster than ever before. The company is focused on moving ahead, and that means it’s time to leave behind some old technologies. A minimum of PHP 5.2.4 will be required, as will MySQL 5. IE6 support is also being shoved to the back burner — security updates which only affect the aging browser will [...]

El Bulli’s Ferran Adrià: Most important chef in the world, most brilliant chef in the world, or over-scienced, over-indulgent, overwrought auteur—however you think of him—there are perhaps few who have been more important to modern cooking in the last couple of decades. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/EL-drMIvu-Q/youve-never-thought-about-water-the-way-ferran-adria-does Sarah Silverman