One of the top headlines of the day is about rising gas prices throughout the nation. An AP report says that prices have gone up an average of 20 cents per gallon nationwide in the past two weeks. San Francisco has the highest average price of $3.10 per gallon, while Alaska has the lowest.

One reason instructional videos are so popular is because they teach us how to accomplish a task in very short period of time, as opposed to reading a whole book that covers far too many details. If you're a visual learner like me, then you might enjoy a British site called Video Jug full of short clips explaining how to do just about anything in three minutes or less.

I started reading this article by NewsFactor on Yahoo! News regarding the new Sony DSC-G1 wireless digital camera, and I couldn't help but imagine the possibilities the future holds. First, let me tell you more about this digital camera. As a member of the Cyber-shot line, the DSC-G1 is slightly thicker than newer models, yet it does what no other Cybershot camera has been able to do. It can send photos wirelessly to a computer or up to four other digital cameras simultaneously as long as they are Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) capable. This 6-megapixel digital camera can store up to 7,500 VGA quality or 600 full-resolution photographs in its 2GB of built-in memory! That's insane.

We're all guilty of spending a good chunk of company time sitting in our cubicle catching up on our blog reading, updating our social network profiles, or scanning the latest headlines on the RSS reader, among other things. This month alone has employers worried that hoops fans will be spending more time on ESPN.com than on the projects at hand due to March Madness. It can get really uncomfortable when the boss pops in to see how a project is coming along, and instead he finds you watching a basketball game on CBS Sports. Yikes! Talk about embarrassing.

I live in sunny California, but even I tend to get depressed when I'm too busy to go outside during the day. Some people even develop a disorder called S.A.D (seasonal affective disorder), which comes from the lack of exposure to natural sunlight. This disorder causes you sleep more, and/or turn to sweets when depression sets in. So until you head to the beach for spring break, let me introduce you a sunshiny alternative that will alter your mood year round.

Ricky Montalvo, who coined the phrase technosexual a few years ago, says a "technosexual is a geek in need of style, and the stylish in need of geek." In other words, the edgy, chic-geeks of today who carry several designer gadgets in their messenger bags, and are all about the Web 2.0 lifestyle. The New York Times says yet another corporation is going after the web-savvy, technosexual crowd more interested in electronics, and less impressed with current fashion or celebrity fragrances. Calvin Klein wants to revive its once popular unisex fragrance by passing it off as the fragrance for thumb-texting technosexuals "whose romantic lives are defined in part by the casual hookup."

We've all heard how most keyboards harbor more bacteria than a toilet, and the fact that we don't clean them as often has a lot do with it. Most Fridays are pretty slow at the office, and probably the best time to schedule in a quick keyboard cleaning. But before you put on your rubber gloves check out my tips on how to clean a keyboard. They're all pretty simple, unless you decide to do some deep cleaning.

Lifehacker always has some great tips, and thanks to their ingenious, resourceful blog, I was able to find a few tips that will help you conserve some energy year round and save money in the end. When I shared an office with my husband, we'd notice how hot the room would get compared to the rest of the house. This was because we both had dual monitors, desktops, laptops, a television, printers, and other electrical devices crammed into a small space with one window. I'd also like to mention that, in addition to running all those electronics in one room, we also lived in Texas where summers are unbearable.

As if getting your pooch his own iPod-ready pet carrier wasn't enough, the guys over at Takara Tomy think your Yorkie should also have his own digital camera, perhaps even his own Flickr stream. Oh stop it, that's just too cute! Not to mention possible with the Wonderful Shot Dog Camera (the name says it all) that attaches to the dog's collar to take photos at the press of a button.

Citizen journalism is a powerful thing, and it's here to stay. Anyone with a camera, a blog, and a passion for reporting can eventually ditch the day job, and even become one of the most important people on the web. Just ask Markos Moulitsas of Daily Kos (#23), Robert Scoble of Podtech.net (#25)or Michael Arrington of Tech Crunch (#30) all influential, full-time bloggers who beat out Tim O'Reilly and Kevin Rose on the list. That's pretty influential.