Monday, July 20, 2009
Work
Do You Avoid Shaking Hands?
11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | A firm handshake is a solid building block in a business relationship and also a fantastic way to share in whatever germ-laden trip the owner has recently taken it on. Do you abhor the handshake? More »
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Avoid These Automobile-Destroying Foods
10:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | Who hasn’t partaken of a little dining while on the road? While the best bet is keeping your hands at ten and two with no interstate munching, at minimum avoid these accident-prone foods. More »
Work
RIAA Says DRM Is Dead
9:00PM Adam Pash | The RIAA have finally declared DRM dead for music, according to all-things-BitTorrent weblog TorrentFreak. You won’t see us arguing, having avoided DRMed music like the plague ever since it started gaining ground in the post-Napster 2.0 world, but the steady decline of digital rights management in recent months has been a welcome move all around. More »
Fix
4:00PM Angus Kidman | Finding Internet Explorer 8 a bit sluggish when it comes to opening new tabs? Badly written browser add-ons might well be to blame. More »
Make IE Open New Tabs Quicker
4:00PM Angus Kidman | Finding Internet Explorer 8 a bit sluggish when it comes to opening new tabs? Badly written browser add-ons might well be to blame. More »
Communicate
2:00PM Angus Kidman | LG has opened its online application store for users of its mobile phones, and there’s a handful of interesting (and free) productivity applications amongst the offerings. More »
LG Application Store Opens For Australia
2:00PM Angus Kidman | LG has opened its online application store for users of its mobile phones, and there’s a handful of interesting (and free) productivity applications amongst the offerings. More »
Travel
12:00PM Angus Kidman | Queensland Rail is planning a Wi-Fi network across its trains and stations– but is it possible to just ‘borrow’ a wireless connection while travelling around Brisbane’s major CBD stations already? Road Worrier decided to find out with a little slurp sleuthing. More »
Testing Brisbane’s Railway Wi-Fi Network
12:00PM Angus Kidman | Queensland Rail is planning a Wi-Fi network across its trains and stations– but is it possible to just ‘borrow’ a wireless connection while travelling around Brisbane’s major CBD stations already? Road Worrier decided to find out with a little slurp sleuthing. More »
Work
10:00AM Angus Kidman | Got a graveyard nearby and a GPS device? Then you can help out with a global scientific project designed to track the impact of climate change and pollution. More »
Gravestone Project Needs Your Help
10:00AM Angus Kidman | Got a graveyard nearby and a GPS device? Then you can help out with a global scientific project designed to track the impact of climate change and pollution. More »
Organise
8:30AM Angus Kidman | Kick off your Lifehacker Monday by making sure you didn’t miss any of the biggest posts from last week: More »
Last Week’s Best Posts
8:30AM Angus Kidman | Kick off your Lifehacker Monday by making sure you didn’t miss any of the biggest posts from last week: More »
Fix
Turn A Shoe Organiser Into A Vertical Herb Garden
8:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Don’t have enough space in your place to grow some herbs? Turn a shoe organiser into a vertical garden and as long as you have even a balcony railing with sun exposure, you’ll have more than enough room. More »
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