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New flybuys Earns Discounts Faster (But They're Not Good Discounts) If you’re lucky enough to be in the company of highly intelligent people, it’s a good idea to try and soak up as much of that as you possibly can. Self-improvement site Quick Sprout has a few ideas for making the most of being around these kinds of folks:Join in conversations (virtual or otherwise), but put your best foot forward. In other words, don’t be obnoxious. Gain knowledge from the specific sector that person’s reputation is in. Learn from their failures as well as their successes.
I can’t agree with this practice strongly enough; I know that I’ve gotten quite the education this way in various circles I run in (yay, Lifehacker!).
Whose Shadow Are You Standing In? [Quick Sprout]It sucks that your favourite gadgets have more functionality than their default software exposes, but it rules that several software applications are built to unlock that potential for free. Whether it’s your iPod, Xbox, router or iPhone, we’ve covered some incredibly ambitious free software projects that unlock features and enable unauthorised but oh-so-useful applications to run on them. Get our top 5 favourite pieces of software to unlock your hardware and chime in with your own in the comments.
The UK show How Clean Is Your House is chock-full of useful tips, including this doozy: For use in empty refrigerators/freezers – good for when you are moving out. The ladies filled a normal baking tin with unlit, plain (with no fuel or other products added) charcoal briquets and let them sit in the fridge with the door closed. The porous property of the charcoal will absorb the odors.
For those of whose housekeeping habits are, shall we say, mellow, this is a good one to remember. How Clean Is Your House[via Wise Bread]
Make your mouse even more powerful with Web Worker Daily’s list of nine mouse energising tips, including vertical scrolling, mouse gestures, and controlling productivity applications with your scroll wheel. I realised my mouse was woefully underused after reading this list; however, I intend to rectify that right quick. What’s your favourite super mouse trick – what has just made your mouse the ultimate Jedi of the mouse pad? Let’s hear your thoughts in the comments.
Nine Ways to Make Your Mouse Roar [Web Worker Daily]Anyone who’s looking to increase the value of their home fast would do well to check out the DIYNetwork’s weekend sweat equity projects. These are the improvements that are going to give you the most bang for your buck – anything from updating a basement to installing a tile shower to adding better lighting. If you’ve recently sold your home or are looking to sell it in the future, what projects did you tackle that were well worth the sweat? Let’s hear it in the comments. DIY Network Sweat Equity
One of the best productivity tips I’ve found—courtesy of David Allen’s book, Getting Things Done—is keeping “buckets” for your ideas. In other words, you want to have reliable, fail-proof system to record your thoughts whenever or where ever you might find yourself. I’ve tried a number of different capture tools and methods: from the notepad “suckered” onto my windshield to the mini-digital recorder that took 7 key presses to record a message. Obviously, some worked better than others, so today I’ve got five simple-to-use capture devices that will make sure you’re prepared when your next big idea strikes.
Embedded PowerPoint images can be quickly extracted with a little trick from technology blogger Amit Agarwal: To extract pictures from the PPT slideshow, all you have to do is export the Powerpoint Presentation as an HTML web page (File -> Save As -> Select .html from the File Format drop down). PowerPoint will automatically extract every picture embedded in the PPT file and save it to the local folder. The same technique is also used to extract sound from presentations.
A quick and easy way to get all those images at once.
Extract Pictures from PowerPoint Photo Slideshows [Digital Inspiration]If you’ve already tweaked Google Reader, but you’re still on the hunt for even more GTD hacks, then John of Library Clips has just made your day with an exquisitely detailed article on how he has set up his Reader workflow. Every step is all about personal productivity here: from labels and tags to outside tools he uses to supplement his feed organisation.
My GTD in Google Reader [Library Clips]Sleeping and flying to some people might seem to be an impossible feat; however, search directory Mahalo’s got a good list of tips that can help you grab those elusive z’s. For example: booking the right seat plays a huge part in getting your best sleep, as does avoiding alcohol (yes, really) and wearing loose clothing. I’ve found that wearing headphones with comforting music and bringing my own snuggly to cuddle with does the trick…that and reading anything by Tom Clancy (kidding, kind of). What’s your secret sleep tip on a plane? Let’s hear your ideas in the comments.
How to Sleep On a Plane [Mahalo]
