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New flybuys Earns Discounts Faster (But They're Not Good Discounts) Impress the boss when he comes over for dinner with professional napkin folds. The Napkin Folding Guide web site has 27 step-by-step tutorials that demonstrate how to create steakhouse-style folded napkins. Each step of the tutorial is accompanied with a picture and instructions that will have you folding your way to a promotion in no time. Martha Stewart would be proud. Napkin Folding Guide
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Linux users: Setting up read access for your Google Calendar from the integrated Gnome calendar (included with Evolution) can be achieved with one terminal command. In fact, it is surprisingly simple to set up a self-updating subscription to your Google Calendar. You only need to enter the following command once and your calendar will automatically update. Go to your Google Calendar and find out your private ICAL URL (This can be found after clicking Manage Calendars > Your Calendar Name) Now, open a terminal and type : /usr/lib/evolution-webcal/evolution-webcal YOUR_PRIVATE_ICAL_URL
That’s all there is to it. The dialog shown in the screenshot will appear and you’ll be able to customise how frequently you want the Gnome calendar to update. When you click the calendar in the Gnome menubar, your events will be displayed.
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Mac OS X only: Open source system-wide notification software for Mac, Growl, gets an upgrade to version 1.1 with a new feature that smartly positions multiple notifications. Assign custom styles, sounds and screen positions per application in Growl 1.1, which will place new notifications where there’s available screen real estate. See more on the positioning feature straight from the developer’s mouth. Growl 1.1 is a free download for Mac OS X only. Growl [via MacUser]
“Have you ever known people who have to turn on a TV or a radio the moment they enter a room, or can’t stand to do work without some sound on? These are people who are desperately afraid of confronting some truth about themselves, so they try to drown it out with constant distractions.” —MetaFilter user Pastabagel [via]
A messy desk can get in the way of getting things done. If clutter’s killing your productivity, reevaluate your workspace and clear away anything you don’t need. The Coloradoan suggests: Take an objective look at the workspace. Stand at the entry or doorway and look into the space. Is it welcoming? Do you want to go in or not? Do other people dare enter the space? Can you see the top of the desk or work surface?
Do you find that the mess on your desk causes anxiety and a distaste of work to be done? If so, start organising your space so that you’ll want to return to work the following day. Photo by alismith44. Don’t Let a Messy Desk Disrupt Productivity [The Coloradoan]
One of the best ways to discover new music online is with Last.fm, a music recommendation community. Last.fm serves you up new tunes based on a marriage of your unique preferences and the rest of the huge Last.fm community. Last.fm is a pretty simple way to listen to tunes, but there are a few quick and dirty ways you can oomph it up a little. Keep reading for fifteen ways to tweak your Last.fm listening experience.
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You’re trying out a new Word template and need to quickly stick a few paragraphs of test text in it: instead of copying and pasting the old boring “lorem ipsum,” type =rand() and hit Enter. Older versions of Word will fill in a few lines of “The quick brown fox” automatically; Word 2007 will insert random text. You can even specify the number of paragraphs and sentences in each paragraph substituting p and s variables with numbers using =rand(p,s). Pretty programmer-friendly feature for a non-geeky word processor—go ahead, you know you want to fire up a new document and try it yourself. How to insert sample text into a document in Word [Microsoft Help via The How-To Geek]
