Digital Inspiration is an oft-linked blog here at Lifehacker, and its author is a very savvy digital worker. That said, Amit Agarwal learned a lot about safety precautions when both his Gmail and Google Apps accounts were hacked into.
Windows: LogMeIn Express is a screensharing tool from the makers of the popular remote-desktop software, LogMeIn. Sharing your desktop is as simple as sending your friend or associate a URL.
The first moment you learn about wine, it seems, you also learn some “rules” about pairing whites with fish, serving reds at room temperature, and other such bylaws of tasting. One Slashfood blogger suggests tossing those rules for livelier meals.
Among the many changes in OS X 10.6 was a simplification of the font smoothing options to a yes or no toggle. If your monitor text isn’t quite right, Macworld offers up a quick terminal tip to get nitty-gritty control.
A perennial theme around Lifehacker in recent weeks has been the fact that TV networks are a bit clueless about the modern world. Turns out the cluelessness runs pretty deep.
There’s nothing we like better than a good mash-up (here’s a couple of random examples). But when it comes to services that integrate data from multiple locations and draw their own conclusions, it’s always best to apply a little healthy cynicism.
The average growth in pay for a typical Aussie worker over the past year is under 3%. That makes careful financial planning essential, but there should be light at the end of the tunnel if you’re patient.
Readers offer their best tips for alleviating sunburn, shortening URLs in Firefox with a keyword, and using Gmail Tasks as a borrowing/lending list.
Small but useful bit of news from the Coles Online Twitter feed: the supermarket is shrinking its delivery window from four hours to three without charging extra for the privilege. Given that online delivery often equates to “time poor”, that’s a handy change. (Coles also offers to-your-bench delivery.) [Coles]
Windows only: Open source notification system Growl for Windows has finally hit the 2.0 milestone, and with it comes a ton of new features that let you further customise the way you receive your pop-in corner notices.
