Thursday, July 16, 2009 - Page 2
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Achieve Your Goals By Keeping Them Quiet

Sure you can use peer pressure to achieve your goals, but you can also use a method involving far less public humiliation: Keep your goals to yourself.


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Ditch Your Shoes For Better Runs

Some studies have shown that walking barefoot can ease your body’s aches and pains, and we’ve already told you that expensive running shoes aren’t a necessity; now Wired’s throwing in their two cents with an explanation of how barefoot is better.


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Google Reader Notifier For Windows Tells You About Unread Items

Windows only: System tray notification application Google Reader Notifier for Windows tells you when there are unread items in your favourite RSS reader.


Design

The Fifty Percent Grey Desktop

Reader taipan snake’s desktop combines the LiteStep alternate desktop shell with an excellent Rainmeter configuration for system stats.


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Follow The “Rule Of Three” When Entertaining

Whether you’re planning an informal get-together or fancy sit-down meal, striking the right balance between too many and too little guests can make or break a party. Here’s a quick rule of thumb to follow.


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Gmail Tasks Keeps It (Too) Simple

A late arrival to the crowded space of web-based to-do lists, Gmail Tasks has graduated from experimental status and is now available to all users by default. Should you start moving your to-do’s into Gmail Tasks? Short answer: Not yet.


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DIY Steadicam Provides Scorcese-Like Smoothness For $10

Your home videos are probably shaky enough when you’re standing still. What if you wanted to track some moving subjects, but don’t want to make viewers seasick? DIYer YB2Normal demonstrates a homemade video stabiliser that runs about $US10 to build.