Windows only: Create, save and play back YouTube playlists (they’re even saved in classic Winamp M3U format) in your Firefox sidebar with Windows-only extension YouPlayer. After you install the extension, just open your YouPlayer sidebar to get started. From YouTube, you can drag and drop any video url from YouTube (like the search results page) and it’s instantly added to your playlist. Of course YouTube has got its own built-in playlist feature, but with the YouPlayer extension it’s easy to search YouTube and build playlists on-the-fly while videos are playing in the sidebar—making this ideal for building music playlists from YouTube. YouPlayer is free to download, currently Windows-only.
YouPlayer [Firefox Add-ons]Dearest Lifehacker, I am using Win XP at the office, and—obviously—my default browser is Firefox. The thing is, I have some “intranet” stuff that must be viewed on Internet Explorer, so I want to make a shortcut to open some specific URLs in iexplorer.exe and not in my default browser. Can this be done? Signed, IE Browser Blues
My good friend Blues, Even if Firefox is your default browser, you can create Windows Explorer shortcuts or even bookmarks in Firefox that will open your Internet Explorer-only sites directly in IE in a couple of simple ways.
GuerrillaMail is an anonymous web service that provides you with a temporary email address—perfect for web sites that you don’t want to communicate with you but require email registration. Generate an email address and reload the home page to view any incoming messages. The 15-minute timer displays the amount of time you have remaining until your email address expires, but you can extend your time if necessary. The concept is not much different from previously mentioned 10-minute mail, 2 Prong, or the army of similar temporary email services—though GuerrillaMail even has a (paid) script to host this application yourself, which could come in handy if the guerrillamail.info domain name gets banned. Whatever service you choose, temporary email addresses can really keep your regular inbox spam-free.
GuerrillaMailWeb site Tape It Off the Internet (TIOTI) is an online television portal designed to help you find and watch your favourite TV shows, either through streaming online video, BitTorrent downloads, or links to purchase the episode or season from iTunes or Amazon. The goal of TIOTI is to make finding and watching your favourite television shows easier than your regular BitTorrent experience—sort of a “non-geek” BitTorrent tracker and then some. TIOTI takes some getting used to, but if you’ve never been happy with the BitTorrent experience (even after our beginner and intermediate guides), Tape It Off the Internet might be worth a try.
TIOTI [via TorrentFreak]US-centric: If you live in a city with a thriving Craigslist community, the free, popular online classified ads site is more than just a great place to find excellent deals in your community. It’s also an outstanding tool for selling stuff you no longer need, effectively earning you a little extra cash while helping you declutter your overflowing closets. We’ve already given you the power-users guide to buying on Craigslist, but today is all about the sellers. By following a few simple steps, you can make your Craigslist selling experience simple, painless and profitable.
You already know you can upgrade your Mac’s RAM yourself and save big money, but how much extra memory do you want? Yesterday I added a gigabyte to my MacBook Pro to top it out at 3GB, and as you would expect, things are a lot faster when using hungry programs like Parallels and Photoshop. After the jump, take a look at some of my unscientific 1GB, 2GB, and 3GB MacBook RAM performance tests.
Windows only: If you’ve forgotten an important password but have it saved in its applicable software or web page, password utility Snadboy’s Revelation will reveal it. Open the application, drag your cursor over the asterisks, and the password will appear. This application is a lifesaver, especially if you’re unable to recall all your hard-to-remember passwords. Snadboy’s Revelation is donationware, Windows only.
Snadboy’s RevelationDesigner Stefanos Karagos has created wallpaper that puts David Allen’s GTD system on your iPhone. You can go with the entire flowchart that comes straight from Allen’s book, or you can opt-in for the lesser intrusive wallpaper with the slogan, “Did you GTD today?” as a reminder that it’s time to get back to work. For those of us who aren’t mobile, GTD desktop wallpaper is also available.
GTD Wallpapers for iPhone [anabubula.com via jkOnTheRun]Didn’t get enough sleep last night? Grab a quick midday nap just after a cup of coffee. From Wired’s How To wiki:
Scientists say that a successful midday nap depends on two things: timing and (no kidding) caffeine consumption. Experiments performed at Loughborough University in the UK showed that the sleep-deprived need only a cup of coffee and 15 minutes of shut-eye to feel amazingly refreshed.
