Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - Page 2
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Make Your Own Sports Drink On The Cheap

Yesterday we showed you how to make your own tonic water, but if you’re more of an active type, why not make your own sports drink as well? The New York Times has a simple recipe that shows you how.


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Web Sites Using Flash Instead Of Cookies To Track Your Activity

Wired reports that over half of the web’s most popular sites are using Flash to track users who block traditional browser cookies.


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Set Themes, Not Goals For Better Time Management

It always seems like there’s so much to do and so little time to get it done. To better manage your hours, productivity weblog Zen Habits suggests that you forget about setting goals and try picking themes instead.


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The Teeny-Tiny Home Office

Lifehacker reader Gordyhand recently moved his home office from the biggest room in his house to the smallest and made the most of the space downgrade with some careful planning.


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BatteryCare Displays Detailed Battery Information

Windows only: System monitoring utility BatteryCare shows detailed information about your battery’s wear level, capacity, and consumption—and even shows the CPU temperature as an added bonus.


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Ten More Neat And Productive Android Apps

The Android Market keeps growing and phone choices are slowly growing, but finding the best, most useful stuff remains a challenge. We’re helping out with a roundup of 10 apps that get things done and make life easier.


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Kill Mobile Phone Speaker Buzz With An Electrostatic Bag

Sick of the buzzing you hear over nearby speakers whenever a call or message arrives at your phone? We’ve previously posted a ferrite bead cable fix, but keeping a protective electrostatic bag nearby can also kill the buzz.


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Use Remember The Milk To Plan Groceries And Meals

Web-based task manager Remember the Milk stands out for its ubiquity, and a few of its users have suggested novel ways to use its tags, priorities and separate lists as a multi-person household grocery and meal planner.