Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Work

Fast Duplicate File Finder Finds Your File Dupes

11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows only: A little sloppy file keeping can lead to a lot of duplicate and space-hogging files. Dig up all the dupes with speedy Fast Duplicate File Finder. More »
Fix

Make A Quick, Spicy Sauce For Last-Minute Dinners

11:00PM Kevin Purdy | If you lack for foodie friends, you might not have heard all about sriracha, a pan-Asian chili sauce that’s potent but not too spicy. One blogger suggests a quick tweak that makes it more mellow and perfect for meat flavoring. More »
Work

Firefox 3.5 Upgrades To Release Candidate For Beta Testers

10:30PM Kevin Purdy | If you’re already running the latest build of Firefox’s 3.5 beta, you’ll be able to upgrade sometime today to a release candidate version Mozilla considers “stable for daily browsing”. Direct downloads for everyone, meanwhile, arrive sometime this week. More »
Communicate

TweetDeck Adds Multi-Column iPhone Client, Multi-Client Syncing

9:00PM Kevin Purdy | Windows/Mac/Linux/iPhone: TweetDeck, the Twitter client that helps cut through social noise, has unleashed a clever version of its popular multi-column app for iPhones, as well as made it easy to synchronise columns and work with multiple Twitter accounts. More »
Money

Kmart Offering 10% Off iTunes Cards

4:30PM Angus Kidman | This week’s iTunes bargain: Kmart is offering 10% off all cards for a week from June 18. (The even better two $20 cards for $30 deal at Big W also runs until June 24). Kmart [via OzBargain]
Work

Google Apps Sync Might Wreck Your Outlook Search

3:10PM Angus Kidman | Google has been talking up its Outlook synchronisation tool for Google Apps users, but early adopters have been experiencing major issues after installing the software. More »
Organise

Organise Your Home With The SPACE Method

1:00PM Angus Kidman | Feeling overwhelmed by clutter and can’t find anything? Julie Morgenstern’s SPACE system remains the best way I know to get organised and keep your possessions under control. More »
Work

Aussies Addicted To External Hard Drives

11:00AM Angus Kidman | There are lots of options if you’re looking to make a backup — burning to DVD, copying to a USB key, pushing everything into the cloud — but it seems that Australians are particularly keen on external hard drives. More »
Work

Lifehacker Pack 2009: Essential Free Mac Downloads

9:30AM Adam Pash | We’ve featured countless apps or all sorts over the years, but if you just want a quick look at the best free downloads for your Mac, this post’s for you. This is the 2009 Lifehacker Pack for Mac OS X. More »
Communicate

Phones And Net Are Cheaper, But We Complain More

9:00AM Angus Kidman | Prices for every type of communications service have fallen in Australia– that’s good news, right? Unfortunately, it increasingly seems to be a case of “you get what you pay for”. More »