Thursday, November 1, 2007
Stop Even More Junk Mail with ProQuo
11:30PM Kevin Purdy | You already know you’ve got more than a few options when it comes to halting junk mail and
Ask MetaFilter Roundup
11:00PM Gina Trapani | Will using superglue or gorilla glue to glue together the LCD screen case on a laptop computer work? How do I move a folder containing a WMV video to a DVD? What are my rights when being pulled over by the police for no reason? What can I spray on flea market/thrift store furniture to make sure I kill potential bedbugs at all life phases? Should I install Ubuntu on my PS3? More »Recover from a Hangover
10:30PM Gina Trapani | You threw back a few too many pumpkin-coloured vodka shots at the Halloween party last night and woke up this morning dressed like a nun with a raging headache. Sucks to be you! Luckily, health web site Diethack has a few tips for getting over and through that hangover. Quick tip: get yourself some ginseng. Take about 1000 mg to 3000 mg of ginseng before the party. You will be able to support the effect of alcohol better and your mind will be more focused without having to resort to a cup of coffee. Ginseng also helps the liver in its job to neutralise the toxic agents in alcohol. Ginseng accelerates the decomposition and the elimination of alcohol. Even if you didn’t get the ginseng pre-party, it can help the next morning. Happy hydrating, friend. Ways to Minimize The Effects of a Hangover [Diethack] More »
Make Your Toilet Flush Less Water
10:00PM Gina Trapani | Want to save water and money your next visit to the loo? A simple modification to your toilet might do the trick. Web site wikiHow says that just by filling a large plastic gallon container with sand and water and placing inside the tank, your toilet will use less water with each flush. Most plumbers would recommend actually installing a low flush toilet instead of going this DIY route, so do proceed with caution, but still sounds like a common sense way to save agua and a few bucks. How to Convert Any Toilet to a Low Flush Toilet [wikiHow] More »
Update Your Quicksilver, Don’t Panic
9:30AM Adam Pash | If you’ve been trying to download and install Quicksilver in order to get Leopard up to snuff, you’ve probably noticed that the Quicksilver site is down. In fact, it’s been down for quite a few days now. Fear not, Quicksilver lovers, as the application’s developer contacted us to let us know that the last version we posted about included a bug that caused some Quicksilver installations to ping for updates like crazy, which brought down the homepage. That, consequently, has meant no one has been able to download Quicksilver or any Quicksilver plugins for a few days. So, whether you want to install Quicksilver fresh or you’ve already got it installed, go grab the latest version from the link below (it’s a direct link) and help put out the fire for the folks who who so kindly bring us Quicksilver free of charge. Quicksilver v3814 [Blacktree] More »Five Things Yahoo Search Can Do That Google Cannot
9:00AM Adam Pash | Did you know that you can jump straight to a Wikipedia search or start composing an email directly from Yahoo’s search box? Weblog Digital Inspiration highlights five cool Yahoo search tricks—like the two mentioned above—that Google doesn’t do. For instance, type !wiki google in Yahoo! search box to search Google in Wikipedia.com. Other popular shortcuts are !ebay, !amazon, and !flickr. You can also execute these from the Firefox search box without changing the default search engine. The post also highlights lyric search, ordering keywords in queries, and the linkdomain operator (which returns how many times one site links to another). It’s not that these non-Google supported features will get many users to switch from Google to Yahoo, but some of the arguably worthwhile features might take you to Yahoo’s doorstep on specific occasions—especially Yahoo’s lyrics search. The Five Things That Yahoo! Search Can Do But Not Google [Digital Inspiration] More »
Speed Up a Slow My Computer with a Simple Tweak
8:00AM Adam Pash | If you’re used to taking a coffee break because of long hangs every time you fire up Windows Explorer, the How-To Geek weblog suggests turning off network folder and printer searching in Explorer’s folder options. Just open Explorer, go to Tools -> Folder Options and click on the View tab. At the top of the File and Folders list, uncheck “Automatically search for network folders and printers” and click OK. If the networking issue was your Explorer slow-down culprit, you should notice a significantly faster startup next time you open up My Computer. Troubleshooting “My Computer” Opening Slowly on Windows XP [the How-To Geek] More »Minimize Windows to Thumbnails with ThumbWin
7:00AM Adam Pash | Windows only: Manage and minimise your open windows to desktop thumbnail previews with freeware application ThumbWin. At first glance this application might seem a bit frivolous, but after diving into the preferences, you’ll notice a tonne of worthwhile functionality—from fully configurable keyboard shortcuts, several different management options including drag and drop arrangement and resizing of thumbnails, and the ability to exclude certain windows by name or type from being thumbnailed. Add to that a small memory footprint, and this is a tempting application to add to your startup items. ThumbWin is freeware, Windows only. ThumbWin (translated) [via CyberNet] More »DVD
6:30AM Tamar Weinberg | One year ago, you backed up DVD’s to your PC’s hard drive in one click to avoid problems playing skippy, scratched optical media. More »
