Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Work
ItsHidden Offers Free And Anonymous Torrenting
11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | If you’re of the mindset that what you do with your BitTorrent client is your business and not that of people snooping, sniffing, and prying at your packets along the way, ItsHidden offers free VPN server to anonymise your activity. More »
Organise
Try Out Google’s New Search Architecture
11:00PM Kevin Purdy | Google’s asking searchers to go ahead and kick the tires on its new search infrastructure, noting that most users won’t notice a difference in search results, but doing so helps them “push the envelope” on speed, size, comprehensiveness, and other benchmarks. More »
Money
Invisible Hand Shows You The Best Web Prices On Your Items
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Firefox: Invisible Hand is an apt name for a deal-finding Firefox add-on. Visit a priced item page at more than 50 U.S. or UK retailer sites, and a subtle drop-down bar informs whether you’ve got the best price out there. More »
Work
AtTheBigRiver.com Quickly Short-Links Amazon Products
9:30PM Kevin Purdy | Want to turn your friend onto the unappreciated genius of Big Star? Send them to big-star.atthebigriver.com and they’ll land on Amazon’s search page, no gigantic URL or searching on your part required. AtTheBigRiver.com aims to make Amazon linking easy. More »
Travel
4:00PM Angus Kidman | We already know that Brisbane has non-existent Wi-Fi options at stations, but plans to offer Internet access on stations and trains are slowly taking shape. More »
Queensland Citytrain Wi-Fi Inches Closer
4:00PM Angus Kidman | We already know that Brisbane has non-existent Wi-Fi options at stations, but plans to offer Internet access on stations and trains are slowly taking shape. More »
Travel
2:30PM Angus Kidman | Want to take a trip but don’t have any cash? Finance blog Money Compare rounds up 12 ways to see the world that involve spending little or no money. More »
How To Travel For Free
2:30PM Angus Kidman | Want to take a trip but don’t have any cash? Finance blog Money Compare rounds up 12 ways to see the world that involve spending little or no money. More »
Design
1:00PM Angus Kidman | If you’ve got a bunch of pictures from a special occasion, then you might want to do more than share them on Facebook. Using Google’s free Picasa editor (a favourite among Lifehacker readers), you can easily create a life poster with the best images. More »
Make A Life Poster Using Picasa
1:00PM Angus Kidman | If you’ve got a bunch of pictures from a special occasion, then you might want to do more than share them on Facebook. Using Google’s free Picasa editor (a favourite among Lifehacker readers), you can easily create a life poster with the best images. More »
Work
11:30AM Angus Kidman | Microsoft isn’t making the Office 2010 technical preview widely available a la Windows 7, but if you want to suggest possible improvements, MakeOfficeBetter.com is a possible route. More »
MakeOfficeBetter.com Seeks Suggestions For Office 2010
11:30AM Angus Kidman | Microsoft isn’t making the Office 2010 technical preview widely available a la Windows 7, but if you want to suggest possible improvements, MakeOfficeBetter.com is a possible route. More »
Work
Repeat “A-E-I-O-U” To Read Faster
10:00AM Azadeh Ensha | Work and study can both involve a fair amount of tedious reading, which is why knowing how to get through and comprehend text quickly is a useful skill to have. Looking to learn? Try incorporating the A-E-I-O-U method. More »
Communicate
10:00AM Angus Kidman | Internet service providers often sell modem and router hardware, but rarely do much to brand it beyond adding basic customer settings before shipping. iiNet’s BoB is a slightly more versatile beast, offering two USB ports for charging and connectivity and allowing up to five handsets to be connected for use with VOiP services. More »
iiNet BoB Is An All-In-One Router And Charging Station
10:00AM Angus Kidman | Internet service providers often sell modem and router hardware, but rarely do much to brand it beyond adding basic customer settings before shipping. iiNet’s BoB is a slightly more versatile beast, offering two USB ports for charging and connectivity and allowing up to five handsets to be connected for use with VOiP services. More » 
