Saturday, May 2, 2009
Organise
How To Filter And Manage Your Online Social Life
10:00AM Kevin Purdy | You love your friends and enjoy your acquaintances, but their Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn/MySpace activity is killing your productivity. Here’s the two ways, “sledgehammer” and “scalpel,” we recommend for keeping yourself in the loop while minimizing constant distractions. More »
Work
Motion Detection Is An Effective, Dead Simple Security Camera App
9:00AM Adam Pash | Windows only: Motion Detection is a free application that turns your webcam into a motion-sensing security camera in just a few clicks. More »
Design
Multimeter RSS Embeds The Latest News On Your Desktop
6:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: Reader tjmarkham3’s desktop uses an RSS reader modified from the popular Enigma desktop customization —and he’s bundled the configuration into a script that can be added to your own custom desktop. More »
Money
MacRumors’ Buying Guide Helps You Time Your Next Apple Purchase
5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | If you’re wondering when the best time to buy an Apple product is, the buying guide at MacRumors’ will help you make a strongly educated guess. More »
Design
My Drive Icon Adds Custom Icons To My Computer
4:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: Portable utility My Drive Icon easily sets custom icons for each of the drives in your My Computer panel—instead of an otherwise complicated registry hack. More »
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Wolfram Alpha Search Engine Answers Questions, Looks Amazing
3:30AM Adam Pash | Wolfram Alpha is a closed (for now) search engine that looks like an incredible hybrid between Wikipedia and Google’s OneBox answers for simple, common search queries—at least that’s what we’ve gathered from the demo video. More »
Fix
Put Citrus Fruit To Work As Household Cleaners
3:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Eating citrus fruit might be on the top of most peoples’ lists, but in a pinch they can serve double duty as cleaning tools and quite a few other household chores. Photo by Annushka_74. More »
Organise
Vista Shutdown Timer Turns Off Your PC For You
2:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: Tiny utility Vista Shutdown Timer turns your computer off at the time you specify—and even fades the volume out so you can stay asleep. More »
Work
