Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Money
Make Your Refrigerator Far More Efficient
11:00PM Kevin Purdy | You’ve probably heard that keeping your refrigerator and freezer fully stocked is a simple way to keep them running efficiently. But what if you happen to lack for food, or want to optimise even further? More »
Organise
Use Drobox To Synchronise Multiple Rainlendar Calendars
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Lifehacker reader Madlin found a useful synergy between folder syncing service Dropbox and the embeded desktop calendar Rainlendar. Since they both work on all platforms, it’s easy to synchronise calendars between every desktop. More »
Work
My Phone Syncing Service In Free Beta For Windows Mobile
9:30PM Kevin Purdy | My Phone, Microsoft’s over-the-air backup and synchronisation service for Windows Mobile devices, has opened up to anyone running Windows Mobile 6 or higher, offering 200MB of free cloud storage space. More »
Travel
4:30PM Angus Kidman | I headed to Kuranda today figuring that a relatively isolated rainforest community of only 650-odd people would stretch the patience of any self-respecting mobile broadband network. Instead, I found better service than you can get in Cairns. More »
HLO Day 19: The Kuranda Broadband Trail
4:30PM Angus Kidman | I headed to Kuranda today figuring that a relatively isolated rainforest community of only 650-odd people would stretch the patience of any self-respecting mobile broadband network. Instead, I found better service than you can get in Cairns. More »
Communicate
3:00PM Angus Kidman | In our recent post about expanding the Do Not Call Register, several commenters hoped their personal fax numbers would also be covered. The good news: they will be. More »
Do Not Call Fax Exemptions Will Cover Everyone
3:00PM Angus Kidman | In our recent post about expanding the Do Not Call Register, several commenters hoped their personal fax numbers would also be covered. The good news: they will be. More »
Money
1:30PM Angus Kidman | You’re out, you’re shopping and you want to find the nearest store with a good sale or a decent lunch. Web and mobile app Mall Shopper aims to provide the answer by providing details of all the current specials in a particular location. More »
Mall Shopper Finds Deals Near Where You Are
1:30PM Angus Kidman | You’re out, you’re shopping and you want to find the nearest store with a good sale or a decent lunch. Web and mobile app Mall Shopper aims to provide the answer by providing details of all the current specials in a particular location. More »
Work
12:00PM Angus Kidman | Last month, Kensington released a range of “dedicated netbook accessories”, including mice, cases and locks. The gadgets all do what the label says, but the question remains: do netbook peripherals need to be distinguished from those for their regular PC notebook cousins? More »
Does Your Netbook Need Its Own Accessories?
12:00PM Angus Kidman | Last month, Kensington released a range of “dedicated netbook accessories”, including mice, cases and locks. The gadgets all do what the label says, but the question remains: do netbook peripherals need to be distinguished from those for their regular PC notebook cousins? More »
Fix
Use Your Old Coffee Grounds To Clean Dishes, Kill Fleas And Much More
11:00AM Adam Pash | Your coffee grounds are good for a lot more than a liquid pick-me up, so before you trash the next batch, read on for ways to reuse them instead. Hint: a flea rinse is involved. More »
Money
10:30AM Angus Kidman | Here’s yet another reason for the Twitter-reluctant to give the social networking/micro-blogging service a try: it can be a way to save money and organise your finances. More »
Use Twitter To Save Money
10:30AM Angus Kidman | Here’s yet another reason for the Twitter-reluctant to give the social networking/micro-blogging service a try: it can be a way to save money and organise your finances. More »
Travel
9:00AM Angus Kidman | My recent roundup of the many and varied trials of 3G broadband software established pretty clearly that every piece of client software I’ve tried has major issues, but didn’t cover one crucial player in the market: Optus. More »
HLO Day 18: When Broadband Software Sucks, Part 2
9:00AM Angus Kidman | My recent roundup of the many and varied trials of 3G broadband software established pretty clearly that every piece of client software I’ve tried has major issues, but didn’t cover one crucial player in the market: Optus. More » 