The Tech-Recipes tutorial blog writes up a quick guide on docking the Recycle Bin icon as a separate item on the Windows 7 taskbar, instead of underneath Windows Explorer.
If you’re looking for a simple way to catalogue your piles of movies, music, books, games, and software GuruLib is a handy tool for cataloguing them all in the same place.
Microsoft originally promised that Windows 7 would be released within three years of Vista—which would put the release date in January 2010—but now the folks at Redmond have confirmed that Windows 7 (and Server 2008 R2) will officially be ready for the 2009 holiday season. We’d already heard plenty of rumors regarding the Windows 7 release date, and while almost everyone was positive that the shiny new operating system would be available in 2009, this is the first confirmation from Microsoft. [Ars Technica]
Windows only: Outlook Add-in Sender’s Time Zone makes easy work of dealing with recipients in multiple time zones—no more calculating times in your head.
Apartment Therapy blogger and professional organiser Kyle Freeman has done his share of decluttering, and in all his experience, he’s learned one thing is vital to an efficient organisation session.
Firefox with Greasemonkey: If you find yourself killing a wee bit too much time on less than productive websites, NoAddict is a tiny Greasemonkey script to nudge you back to work.
Mac OS X only: System utility Loginox makes short work of changing your Mac’s login wallpaper to anything you want.
Windows: There are a lot of great add-ons for Microsoft’s premier productivity product, but there’s no central spot to turn them on or off. TopAlt EnableDisable controls Microsoft Office add-ons with simple check-boxes.
Among frugality blog Wise Bread’s eight tips for re-using old, nearly-busted socks in creative ways, there’s this little gem: Drop in a good amount of baking soda, then stuff them in your footwear when your feet aren’t in them.
