Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Design
4:00PM Angus Kidman | Photoshop’s been around so long that it’s easy to ignore the options on even its most basic tools. Photoshop guru Helen Bradley outlines five additional features you can use when cropping images. More »
Better Cropping Techniques In Photoshop
4:00PM Angus Kidman | Photoshop’s been around so long that it’s easy to ignore the options on even its most basic tools. Photoshop guru Helen Bradley outlines five additional features you can use when cropping images. More »
Money
2:30PM Angus Kidman | Had a bunch of jobs and a bunch of different superannuation funds? SuperSeeker helps you track down superannuation payments you may have misplaced or forgotten about. More »
SuperSeeker Finds Your Forgotten Superannuation Payments
2:30PM Angus Kidman | Had a bunch of jobs and a bunch of different superannuation funds? SuperSeeker helps you track down superannuation payments you may have misplaced or forgotten about. More »
Work
12:30PM Angus Kidman | Windows might have some fancy tricks up its sleeve, but easily generating a list of files in a given directory isn’t one of them. For that, your best bet is heading back to a good old-fashioned DOS prompt. More »
Create A List Of Files In Windows
12:30PM Angus Kidman | Windows might have some fancy tricks up its sleeve, but easily generating a list of files in a given directory isn’t one of them. For that, your best bet is heading back to a good old-fashioned DOS prompt. More »
Work
Firefox 3.6 Beta 2 Available For Download
12:00PM Adam Pash | Windows/Mac/Linux: Less than two weeks after they released the first beta, Mozilla is back with Firefox 3.6 beta 2. This release includes over 190 bug fixes from beta 1 in addition to the already existing performance boosts and support for one-click themes. More »
Organise
10:30AM Angus Kidman | It might not be worth paying extra for extended warranties, but it’s certainly worth exercising the ones you already get. But what happens if there’s a problem and you can’t find the documentation? Reader Alan recommends taping the warranty to the device itself. More »
Tape Warranties To Large Items For Easy Retrieval
10:30AM Angus Kidman | It might not be worth paying extra for extended warranties, but it’s certainly worth exercising the ones you already get. But what happens if there’s a problem and you can’t find the documentation? Reader Alan recommends taping the warranty to the device itself. More »
Work
Magnetiser Downloads Torrents When No Torrent File Is Available
10:00AM Adam Pash | Firefox: If you’ve used a BitTorrent search engine that lists lots of torrents but doesn’t actually host any torrent files (like Torrentz), most of the time you still have to go to other third-party sites for the download. Not so with Magnetiser. More »
Fix
DIY Interactive Multitouch Display
9:00AM Sarah Rae Trover | Touchscreens are all the rage right now, so it’s no surprise that there’s a large DIY movement to accompany their popularity. Instructables user Turkey Tek details how to construct your own DIY multitouch display. More » Advertisement
Investing Made Easy With Macquarie Edge
If you’re anything like most Australians, you might think online trading is a bit like speaking a foreign language. Most Australians confess to not knowing enough about trading to properly consider taking part, although nearly half of all Aussies wish they were more involved in the sharemarket. When you don’t know much to start with, where do you begin? Macquarie has come up with the answer, and it’s called Macquarie Edge. More »
Money
8:30AM Angus Kidman | Two $20 iTunes cards for $30. No listing fee for eBay auctions starting at 99 cents. They’re two of Lifehacker’s discounts that always come back. The iTunes card special is at Australia Post until November 29, while the listing deal runs from November 11 until December 6. Got it? [Australia Post and eBay, both via OzBargain]
eBay, iTunes Up To Their Usual Discount Tricks
8:30AM Angus Kidman | Two $20 iTunes cards for $30. No listing fee for eBay auctions starting at 99 cents. They’re two of Lifehacker’s discounts that always come back. The iTunes card special is at Australia Post until November 29, while the listing deal runs from November 11 until December 6. Got it? [Australia Post and eBay, both via OzBargain]
Work