WALL-E ***½ Pixar continues to broaden the aesthetic horizons of tots everywhere with this nostalgic kids' movie about a robot compacting trash on a deserted Earth. Other than the odd cockroach and a copy of "Hello, Dolly!," Wall-E has been alone for hundreds of years, sorting through the rubble of a consumer culture apocalypse, until the arrival of a lady robot. ...more

November 21, 2008

New DVD releases this week ...more

November 18, 2008

Patricia Ohlemiller packed up her Edmund Scientific Astroscan telescope recently and headed to the Gaithersburg, Md., iSold It eBay drop-off center. She hoped to recoup $150, minus commission, of its original $350 value. ...more

October 12, 2008

Sometimes, being old school can be cool. In this case, I'm thinking about an old-fashioned savings tool that could be just the thing to teach children how to deal with growing up in an instant-gratification society. ...more

July 27, 2008

Give up worldly goods and help save the Earth. Oh, and save lots of money. ...more

July 25, 2008

Jeff Yeager is a supremely cheap guy. He re-cants, as opposed to decants, the wine he proudly serves his dinner guests, funneling cheap box wine into premium-label bottles. ...more

February 16, 2008

Pandas dumped on the streets by the truckload. Romantic nights at the pickled-head museum. The Harlem Globetrotters doing rhythmic math routines. A murderous robot Santa, extraterrestrial e-mail scammers and prime time with a mind-control show called "Everybody Loves Hypnotoad." ...more

November 25, 2007

Rich Americans build backyard home theaters. British millionaires join exclusive car clubs. But the newly affluent in China, Russia, India and the United Arab Emirates have embraced a surprising status symbol: American furniture. ...more

October 28, 2007