In an attempt to nail down what psychological aspects factor into “the successful life,” researchers have been following 268 Harvard students from the 1940s until now, conducting extensive physical and psychological tests each year.
City living has its perks, but spacious apartments usually aren’t one of them. Today’s featured workspace combines a living area and workspace with an equal dose of technology and well-executed design.
Linux or Mac OS X only: The Command-Line Fu web site writes up a quick-and-dirty trick to move files and create a symlink in a single command—so you can move files without breaking anything.
We recently helped you get to know your edible outdoor greens, but if you’re looking to grow—not eat—your plants and your thumb is anything but green, here are a few low maintenance options.
Windows only: Free application TimeLeft is a Swiss Army knife of time-related utilities, including reminders, countdowns, timers, stopwatches, auction watches, and more. If you want to keep track of something timely, TimeLeft can help.
Whether or not you’re an active disciple of David Allen’s popular productivity manifesto, Getting Things Done, you may be aware that GTD has a useful—but complex—processing diagram. If it’s too much for your tastes, the UI/NUI/UNI/NUNI system is a simple, easy-to-adopt alternative.
Windows only: All-Glass Firefox v2 extends the super-slick Windows Vista Aero transparency effects to almost every piece of the Firefox interface.
For many, it’s a common sense thing, based on the name of the appliance itself. But those who do scrub down dishes before loading them in the dishwasher waste water and electricity, and may harm their more delicate items.
Windows: As we foreshadowed last week, Service Pack 2 is officially available for download, bringing better Wi-Fi and BlueTooth connectivity, processor compatibility, native Blu-Ray support, and faster search to Windows Vista.
