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New flybuys Earns Discounts Faster (But They're Not Good Discounts) Mac only – Danny Orog from APC magazine describes Rogue Amoeba’s latest release, Radioshift, as ‘tivo for internet radio’. It lets you capture internet streaming (or regular radio) on your mac, for later playback. You can search from over 50,000 listings of internet radio stations, and filter by genre or geography.
Looks like there’s a catch or two though, first up it’s paid software ($32) and if I read the article correctly, you need a $US50 radio appliance (Griffin’s Radio Shark) to use it. I’ve contact Rogue Amoeba who make the software to find out about getting a review copy, and hopefully I’ll be able to clarify whether you can use it with any internet radio receiver. I’ll keep you posted!
ExtremeTech has published an overclocking guide for those who want to get every last drop of speed out of their computer. I liked the fact that the article talks you through how to work out which components in your PC are overclockable, and then goes on to explain how to do an ‘overall overclocking’ of all those components.
But I do have to giggle at an article which starts off saying: “Once upon a time, overclocking was considered a risky and dangerous thing to do… Now, it’s almost insane not to.” and then goes on to issue warnings like:
“When you overclock a PC, it’s never truly stable. The PC was not designed to run with different things at different clock rates that aren’t necessarily compatible with each other. What you gain in performance you lose in piece of mind: This thing could crash at any moment.”
I guess it’s horses for courses. I don’t want an Top Gear car which might get insane speeds for a whole 60 seconds before turning into a cartwheeling fireball o’death.. nor does overclocking really appeal to me. I don’t have high performance needs, and I don’t want to sacrifice reliability. Your mileage may vary, of course. If you overclock I’d be interested to hear why, and how much it affects your system reliability.
We love looking at your killer desktops, and after three weeks of saucy submissions we’re convinced that Lifehacker readers definitely know how to put together an excellent desktop environment. If you happened to miss any of our Desktop Show and Tell series—whether it was the Windows, Mac, or Linux version—hit the jump for an all-in-one roundup of the best submissions we received at Lifehacker HQ.
Dried ink on printer cartridges can render your expensive ink unusable, but blogger Bucky decided not to toss the cartridges out and instead soaked the base of the cartridge in WD-40. The result: a cartridge that works again. I got a brain-storm of an idea the other day and decided to try soaking the base of the cartridge in WD-40 to see if it would soften and clean the dried ink and holy crap – it worked!!! (I soaked it over-night and then wiped it off good before reinstalling it in the printer.)
I had to run the printer through three head cleaning cycles afterward, but it cleared the clogged nozzles and it is now working perfectly.
Since printer cartridges are rather expensive, this tip should help save you money while helping you get the most out of your ink. Thanks, Lacy! AU - WD-40 is a very handy lubricant-cum-fix-all spray you can get in the US – I’ve found similar stuff here under a different name. Your local hardware store should be able to help you out.
Yet Another Use for WD-40 [The WVb]Windows only: Freeware application Foldr Monitr watches any user-defined folder and automatically uploads any new photos to your Flickr account. After installing the program and authenticating with Flickr, just select the folder you want to monitor and that’s that. If you’ve set Foldr Monitr to start with Windows and point it to your main photo folder, the app will automatically back up all of your new pics to Flickr as soon as they hit your hard drive. I hacked together a similar solution for automatic folder monitoring and uploading to Flickr that works across platforms, but this freeware, Windows-only solution brings a much friendlier user interface and many more advanced options to the process.
Flickr Foldr MonitrRestore the trusty Run command to your Windows Vista Start menu with the simple step-by-step instructions at weblog IntelliAdmin. Just right-click your Start menu and click Properties. Then go to the Start menu tab, click Customize, and tick the checkbox next to Run command. Your reliable Run command will return to your Start menu where you’ve come to know and expect it. Then again, you can always get to the Run prompt with the ever-useful Windows-R keyboard shortcut.
Restore the Run command in Vista [IntelliAdmin via Of Zen and Computing]If the next rung on your corporate ladder belongs to your boss, you’re probably not going to get promoted until your boss does, and Wired’s How To Wiki details how to secure this kind of promotion. In a nutshell, it’s a two-step process: 1) Learn your boss’s job, and 2) Train your replacement. If you give your boss the opportunity to look good by helping him/her do a better job, your boss is more likely to get a promotion, which frees up your prospective job. If you’ve already been grooming a replacement, who better to be slip into your boss’s position than you? If you’ve ever successfully secured your boss’s job using a similar or completely different method, tell us about it in the comments.
How to Get Your Boss’s Job (And Get Your Boss To Help) [Wired How To Wiki]If you’ve got the DIY outdoors-y bug, you can make your own portable miniature stove using two aluminium cans, sandpaper, a thumb tack, razor blade, coat hanger, fiber glass, and Heet (I’m sure that’s all just sitting in your go bag, right?). It’s a very cool project, but if you undertake it, make sure you proceed with caution. Lifehacker prefers its readers keep their eyebrows. If you’ve got less goodies on hand but still need a fire, check out these alternatives.
Cool Little Miniature Stove! [Metacafe]Windows only: Track your latest Amazon purchases for price drops qualifying for their 30-day price guarantee or just watch your wish list for price drops or availability with freeware application Amazon Price Watch. After you’ve installed the application, Amazon Price Watch can automatically track any item you add to your cart or wish list. That means that as soon as you click the add to cart or add to wish list links at Amazon, Price Watch will prompt you and ask if you want to watch for price changes. Then the application will track the price for 30 days and alert you via email if and when there’s a price drop (or change in availability, Wii hunters). Amazon Price Watch is freeware, Windows only, works with Internet Explorer only (bummer). For web-based price protection at a variety of online stores, check out Price Protectr
Amazon Price Watch [via AppScout]Computer thief unknowingly uploads Photo Booth images to Flickr thanks to the FlickrBooth plug-in. Looks like there’s more than one way to turn your iSight into a security camera.
