January 2012
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Automate Holiday and Birthday Card Sending with...
Originally posted by my good friend @jessleemiller
So I mentioned a few posts back that I love receiving things in the mail, however I love sending them even more! That is why I got SO excited about Tiny Prints’ offer to keep track of all the important dates in my life by sending cards to friends and family.
Seriously y’all, this is amazing! I put in birthdays and anniversaries, picked out...
Put Rain-X on your Shower Doors to Make Water... →
December 2011
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Automatically Unmount Volumes When Your Mac Sleeps
Jettison eliminates the hassle of manually ejecting external drives before you put your MacBook to sleep. With Jettison, you just close your MacBook, unplug and go!
Product Review: North Face Storm Peak Triclimate...
Great in Cold Weather
I was able to put this jacket to the test on a hike in the Rockies. It was -10° F, but I was toasty for the entire 2.5 hour hike. Not only did this jacket keep me warm, it didn’t allow in any wind or moisture.
I really like the removable/replaceable liner because it can be used in extreme cold or just slightly cool weather. It may seem a little pricey, but...
November 2011
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Survive a Mugging by Carrying a Decoy Wallet with... →
The only thing worse than a mugger is a mugger who is pissed off because he has to leave empty-handed. Carrying cash may save your life. Make it a point to always have $100 on you to satiate a potential attacker, but keep it in a decoy wallet separate from your real wallet with any important documents or identification cards you may need.
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Resize Finder and Windows Explorer Columns to Fit...
I have to browse through lots and lots of files in my folder structure on my Mac. I prefer to use the column view (pictured above) because it allows me to quickly navigate through the entire folder path. But since I have a tendency (read compulsive disorder) to name folders and files with intricate, detailed names, it becomes difficult to read the entire name in the default finder column size.
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October 2011
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Instantly Turn Any Text into a Sticky Note with... →
If you’re a fan of the Stickies app on the Mac and want a really quick way to create sticky notes out of existing text, here’s a keyboard shortcut that can save you some time. Just select any text from any source and press Command + Shift + Y.
This will automatically open the Stickies application (if it’s not open already) and create a new note containing that text....
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Switch Phone Batteries with a Coworker to Save...
If your place of employment requires you to have a work phone, it can be difficult to keep it charged on the go. More than likely, everyone in your company has the same phone, so if you’re running low on power, ask one of your coworkers to swap batteries with you. This is a quick way to keep your phone in operation without tethering yourself down with hours of charging.
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How to Properly Plug In Your USB Cables
From Lifehacker.com:
Look at the top of your next cable. On one side is the manufacturer’s logo, and on the other is the USB symbol (sometimes with another manufacturer logo underneath the symbol). The USB cable always plugs in with the USB symbol facing UP on your laptop. If you have a vertical monitor with USB ports, the USB cable always plugs in with the USB symbol facing you.
September 2011
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How to Remove Ink Stains →
August 2011
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How to Understand and Set Up a Home Wireless... →
Here’s the complete guide that will teach you how to pick out the best network hardware, get to know it better, make it perform at its best, and access just about anything on your network from practically anywhere in the world.
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Top 10 Products You Don't Need to Buy (Because... →
I have made a few of the household cleaning agents before, including the homemade LCD/screen cleaner, but the drain de-cloggers are a good addition to my arsenal.
Shortcut Of The Day: Put Your Mac or Your Monitor... →
If you’re finished working with your Mac for the day and want a quick way to turn off the monitors or put your system to sleep, you don’t need to use a hot corner or special app to do it, just a keyboard shortcut.
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July 2011
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The DIY Stain Removal Infographic Is a Quick... →
Despite how careful you are, stains happen. This handy infographic notes the most useful household items for removing common clothing stains.
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HOW TO: Upload iPhone Photos to Google →
Who says Android phone users get to have all the fun uploading photos to Google+? You can do that with an iPhone, too, using any app that can send pics to Google‘s image organizer, Picasa.
Read Full How-To Article »
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Google Cheat Sheet Offers Helpful Tips and Tricks →
Everyone’s talking about Google+. Those who have yet to get an invite want one, and those who are members are still trying to figure out what the heck it’s all about. Google+ user Simon Laustsen, an electronics technician from Denmark, has created a handy cheat sheet for those of us still trying to get the hang of Google+. It’s already been shared more than 1,000 times via Google+, and the...
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Navigate Google+ with Keyboard Shortcuts
Just discovered a new shortcut from a friend on Google+. Press the button ‘J’ to scroll down and ‘K’ to scroll up one post at a time. It is super quick and effective, saves the hassle of scrolling manually with mouse.
View the Google+ Cheat Sheet »
Do you know any secrets that you want to share?
June 2011
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5 DIY Ways To Deodorize Stinky Things
Something in your life getting a little stinky? No worries — it happens to the best of us. Whether it is your musty bedroom, stuffy car or four-legged friend, unpleasant odors have a way of infiltrating our daily lives. This infographic shows 5 DIY ways to deodorize bad smells no matter where they are coming from.
April 2011
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Quickly Access Firefox 4's Panorama View with...
The newest 4.0 version of Firefox has a great built in feature for organizing your open browser windows and tabs. Pressing CMD+SHIFT+E allows you to quickly access Panorama View, showing thumbnails of all your open browser windows.
But if you want to take organization one step further, simply drag your open window thumbnails and stack them on top of each other to create tab groups. You can even...
March 2011
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Paste HTML Is a Free Testing Ground for Your HTML,...
Paste HTML is a tool that’ll let you paste or type in some HTML and publish it anonymously on the web so you can see what that code can do.
The process couldn’t be more simple. All you have to do is visit Paste HTML, enter some code, publish it, and look at what you made. Paste HTML supports HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. You can even use Markdown if you want.
It’s a very simple...
Help Japan Relief Efforts, Get a Cool Shirt →
japanreliefinfo:
Palmer Cash is selling these cool Help Japan shirts to help raise money for Japan relief efforts with all profits going toward Japanese relief efforts.
They’ve designed several shirts for this Help Japan line, with each shirt containing the prefecture and city symbol of the cities most affected by the earthquake and tsunami. Check out all the designs...
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Option-Click the Airport Symbol to Quickly See...
By holding the Option key on a Mac and clicking the symbol for your AirPort settings, you get the fastest path possible to seeing your connection strength, transmit rate, and other details.
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DIY Fake Recycling Box Makes Your Car Less... →
The best way to make your car less tempting to would-be thieves is to avoid storing your valuables in it. If you absolutely have to, though, this little DIY trick will help you hide them in plain sight.
How to Tell If You're Compatible With Another... →
Dating site OKCupid’s blog, OKTrends, is a constant source of fascinating conclusions drawn from user statistics. In their latest post, they’ve figured out the three questions best determine your compatibility with another person—and they’re not what you might expect.
How to Make a Perfectly Poached Egg →
The perfectly poached egg is soft and runny on the inside but firm on the outside, like a little egg present. Don’t be intimidated if you’ve never poached an egg—making this heavenly breakfast (or brunch or dinner) treat is easy.
How to Tell Which Loaf of Bread Is the Freshest in... →
grocery stores use a very simple color-coding method to tell which day a given loaf of bread was baked.
February 2011
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[Update] Easily Download YouTube Videos from the...
Download YouTube videos right from the video’s landing page just by changing the URL. All you have to do is swap the “Y” in the URL with a “3” and you are taken to a download page for that video.
Example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuPwwGEeSLo
changes to
http://www.3outube.com/watch?v=QuPwwGEeSLo
That’s all there is to it. Quick and simple.
UPDATE
It...
November 2010
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Think of Complaints as Opportunities for...
You know one of the least productive things I’ve seen happen in the workplace since I began mowing at sixteen? Not looking at complaints as an opportunity to solve problems.
Workplace complaining or gossip is inevitable and will happen even in the best work environments. You’re not going to escape it, and it isn’t always a negative thing.
Most of the time, people try to...
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Healthy Lunch Alternatives
I haven’t packed a “box” lunch since I had my little red Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers lunchbox back in 1st-4th grade. But this site (lunchinabox.net) really makes me want to call my mom and have her send it to me.
If you’re looking for a way to create some healthy meals for your work-lunch without spending a lot of time or creating a big mess, you should check out...
September 2010
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Easily Take a Screen Shot of Your iPhone
Received this tip from a girl at work (@jessicaroselee). To take a screen shot of your current screen on your iPhone, all you have to do is press the “home” key (the big button on the front) and the power key (on the top) at the same time. The screen capture is then placed in your photo album and is ready for sharing.
This can come in really handy if you need to tell a friend how to...
August 2010
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Make Upload Windows Jump to Your File
If you’ve ever uploaded a picture to Facebook or tried to attach a file to an email using the “add attachments” button, you know it can be a pain using the tiny pop-up file uploader window to navigate through your folder structure to the file you want. If you’re on a Mac (and some versions of Windows) you can make this process much quicker by dragging the file to the upload...
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Catch Fruitflies with Vinegar
Now that summer is almost over, you’ll probably be traveling a lot more to get in that last minute vacation time. Hopefully, you won’t leave out any fruits or vegetables while you’re gone. If you do, you’ll probably end up with fruit flies. Those little pesky bugs can stick around for weeks while you try to smash, squish, and obliterate them all. It can be become pretty...
March 2010
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FollowUpThen: Free, Fast and Simple Email Reminder
FollowUpThen is a boost to anyone’s productivity toolbag. If you always find yourself making notes to follow up on emails you send to friends, family members, or clients, then you should try FollowUpThen.
This easy-to-use service allows you to simply add a new recipient to any email in either the CC or BCC fields such as [email protected] After the specified time has passed, you will...
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Create Quick Reminder Alerts with Online Timers
Ever find yourself needing to create a quick reminder but can’t justify creating an iCal or Outlook event? Quickly pop open a browser window and type a reminder right into the URL bar using online timers like TheTinyTimer.
Simply type in “thetinytimer.com/” and then an increment of time. You can type anything from 2m (for 2 minutes) to 3days2hrs20mins15sec. It is very intuitive....
February 2010
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Hack Your Wallet for Note Taking
Ever find yourself out and about and need to take a quick note, but don’t want to lug around a notepad all the time? Just stick a post-it note or two to the inside of your wallet. Then you will always have the ability to jot down a quick note no matter where you are.
You can even layer post-it notes on top of each other to create a traveling post-it pad right inside your wallet.
And...
Engage Your Customers in Social Media; It’s... →
Knowing what is going on in your market, maintaining good relationships, and making your brand look good is key in getting repeat and new business. Social Media is a great place to…
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How to Properly Clean a Computer
Cleaning your computer is a simple task. Actually doing it right can increase the life of your monitor and polished shine of your case.
First, turn off the equipment you want to clean and make sure the display (i.e. screen) and bottom of the computer is cool to the touch.
Apply whatever cleaning solution you have purchased or made yourself sparingly. Too much can cause streaks and wear down your...
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Quickly Switch Tabs in Firefox
Sometimes I have lots of tabs open all in the same Firefox window. Clicking on each one to find the right tab can take up a lot of time or be irritating if there are more tabs than there is room for on the screen.
You can navigate around Firefox tabs with the below keyboard shorcuts:
Press Ctrl+Tab to go to the next tab (or rotate forward).
Press Ctrl+Shift+Tab to go to the previous tab (or...
January 2010
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Know When Caps Lock is On with CapSee [Free Mac...
Guest Writer: Brandon Kaetzel
CapSee is a cool little tool for warning you whenever you’ve “accidentally” turned on the Caps Lock. It shows up on the desktop to let you know you’ve hit it just like OSX’s built in volume control and screen brightness notifications. Best of all it’s free from ThreeMagination.
CapSee [download page]
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Anonymous asked: Hey Josh.
I have a lot of bookmarks on my computer that I'm afraid I'll lose should it crash. Do you have an online site you'd recommend using that's compatible with Google Chrome that will back them up?
Jared B.
I have a lot of bookmarks on my computer that I'm afraid I'll lose should it crash. Do you have an online site you'd recommend using that's compatible with Google Chrome that will back them up?
Jared B.
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DIY Screen Cleaner
Guest Writer Josh Tucker (@itninja)
Almost everything has a screen these days. Mobile phones, laptops, TVs, portable DVD players… the list goes on an on. If you want to keep all of these screens clean, you could end up spending a small fortune on “screen cleaner” from your local drug store.
So why not make your own?
All you need is:
Distilled water
Isopropyl alcohol (91% or...
SharedVue Expands to Europe with DemandGen... →
The team at SharedVue is proud to announce its new partnership with Munich-based DemandGen to provide support for clients with a European presence and to promote SharedVue’s Cloud…
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WatchDispose of your old Christmas tree and save a few bucks in the process by chucking it in the fireplace. It makes a fun crackling sound and leaves a fresh pine scent. But use caution when burning your Christmas tree or any conifer tree; as the resin pockets in the wood are exposed to the fire, they may pop. Be sure to use a fireplace screen. You may need to cut and let it dry for a few weeks to get...
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Pack a Gun to Protect Valuables from Airline Theft...
Lifehacker.com
If you don’t like your bags being out of your sight and it makes you uncomfortable to think that airline workers are rifling through your stuff, you can take advantage of the TSA’s own security rules by—eek—packing a gun.
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How Easy-to-Use Is Your Website? →
I read a fantastically well-detailed post this afternoon over at Smashing Magazine’s blog. The article discussed the author’s online experience in shopping for sheets by comparing the buying…
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How to Activate GodMode for Windows 7
Guest Writer Josh Tucker (@itninja)
It may not give you invisibility or the ability to walk through walls, but Windows 7 has it’s own GodMode.
Create a new folder anywhere on your machine. Then, change the name to read:
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
Once you hit enter, you will discover a world of Windows 7 hackery and tweaks. Open the new file that is created and you...
Get Free Access to Online Newspaper Articles with... →
Online newspaper sites like the Financial Times require users to sign-in if they want to read more than one article on their site. The New York Times too had such a restriction in place earlier but they seem to have dropped that requirement now.
The Wall Street Journal, on the other hand, is a subscription-based site. They do offer free access to some of news stories but all the premium content...