Saturday, November 14, 2009
Work
From The Tips Box: Multiple Logins, Firefox And Electrical Tubes
12:00PM Whitson Gordon | Readers offer their best tips for logging into the same site with two accounts at once, running multiple versions of Firefox on the same Mac and threading wires through long electrical tubes. More »
Fix
Eat Breakfast Like An Olympian With “Super” Oatmeal
10:00AM Sarah Rae Trover | Dietician Bob Seebohar has guided the diet of many Olympic athletes; here he demonstrates how to prepare an oatmeal breakfast that aims to give you the energy of a gold medallist. More »
Work
DVD Knife Quickly Extracts Any Clip From DVDs
9:00AM Whitson Gordon | Trying to extract clips from a DVD is usually a roundabout process that involves a lot of waiting. Free utility DVD Knife makes it easy to extract clips from any part of your DVD. More »
Design
The Gingerbread Announcer Desktop
8:00AM The How-To Geek | Reader andykashyap85’s Mac desktop proves that sometimes simplicity is all you really need for an awesome desktop that helps keep you motivated. More »
Fix
Temporarily Magnetise Your Screwdriver For Fumble-Free Repairs
7:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | When you’re tinkering, especially on a project with tiny screws, it can be intensely frustrating to have a screw disappear into the carpet or inside your project. Temporarily magnetise your screwdriver with this simple trick. More »
Work
Configuration Mania Gives You about:config Options In Plain English
6:30AM Adam Pash | Firefox only: If you love tweaking every aspect of Firefox with the browser’s very useful about:config feature, but you get frustrated trying to decipher cryptic configuration strings (what’s a 0 or 2 mean for layout.spellcheckDefault?), Firefox extension Configuration Mania is for you. More »
Organise
EventSync Syncs Your Facebook Events To iCal
6:00AM Whitson Gordon | Mac only: A few weeks ago we detailed how to add Facebook events to your Google Calendar, but if you’re an iCal user, free utility EventSync is a good alternative, especially if you want to filter which events are synced. More »
Communicate
Apostrophe.me Ends Your Apostrophe Ponderings
5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | If you’ve ever paused mid-stroke and thought “Does this need an apostrophe?” you’ll want to take a peek at the apostrophe-use flowchart at Apostrophe.me for a cartoon-driven refresher. More »
Fix
Make A Lost Screw Finder From A Blank Media Spindle
3:30AM Sarah Rae Trover | Even folks with steady of hands can lose an important screw while assembling a project. To find your missing pieces, the DIY mavens at Make share how to turn a CD spindle into a vacuum attachment to round up lost parts. More »
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