Saturday, April 11, 2009
Work
Experimental Firefox Extensions No Longer Require Login
9:00AM Adam Pash | We’ve been highlighting our favourite experimental Firefox extensions for a while now, bringing you the best extensions yet-to-be approved by Mozilla. One of the bigger annoyances when it came time to install an experimental extension used to be that you had to register with and login to Mozilla beforehand. As of today, however, you can now install experimental extension by simply clicking a checkbox and getting on with your day. That should make our next experimental roundup a little more reader-friendly, so thanks Mozilla!
Work
The Beginner’s Guide To Creating Virtual Machines With VirtualBox
8:00AM Kevin Purdy | Virtual machines can seem juuuuust a bit too geeky for most otherwise computer-friendly people. That’s sad, because it’s an easy, free way to try or use a separate OS without messing with your hard drive. More »
Fix
DIY Handlebar Bookstand Marries Your Workout With Learning
7:00AM Adam Pash | For most of us, working out in and of itself isn’t always the most fun. If you’re in that boat, mutli-tasking with your workout can make all the difference. More »
Organise
Chrome Bookmark Sorter Rearranges Bookmarks Recursively
6:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: Reader James got tired of waiting for Google Chrome’s bookmark manager to allow better sorting options—so he wrote up a small app that gets the job done. More »
Communicate
Avoid The Seven Deadly Sins Of Networking
5:30AM Adam Pash | Many of us consider networking a necessary evil of maintaining a healthy, robust career, but it doesn’t have to be. In reality, it’s more often than not bad networking that puts people off networking altogether. More »
Work
Save The Last Flash Movie You Watched
4:00AM The How-To Geek | Linux only: Reader Blake writes in with his method for quickly making a copy of the last Flash video you watched in your browser. More »
Work
Office Layouts Throughout History
3:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Office life wasn’t always about peeking over your cubicle wall like a curious prairie dog, once upon a time offices were veritable fields of desks. More »
Work
TuneConnect Controls ITunes Playback From Any Computer In Your Home
2:30AM Adam Pash | Mac OS X only: Free, open-source application TuneConnect controls iTunes playback on any computer in your house from any other computer through an attractive interface focused on album art. More »
Design
The TRS-80 Retro Desktop
2:00AM The How-To Geek | Reader Kandy477’s desktop combines a picture of an ancient computer with system stats and Launchy to make a simple, fun desktop that doesn’t take up a lot of resources. More »
Communicate
