Monday, August 17, 2009
Fix
Turn Your Car’s Cup Holder Into A Laptop Stand
11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | Need to use your laptop in your car? Don’t purchase a pricey laptop stand for the passenger seat or shell out for a dashboard mount. With some creative DIY-action you can turn your cup holder into a laptop stand. More »
Organise
Blind Search Reveals Which Engine You Really Prefer
9:30PM Kevin Purdy | If you saw blind results for your search terms from Google, Bing and pre-Bing-partnership Yahoo, would you always choose Google? The Blind Search site lets you take a blind taste test of all three search engines and pick your winner. More »
Work
4:00PM Angus Kidman | This week is National Science Week, which aims to promote science to people of all ages across Australia. To celebrate, here’s 10 classic Lifehacker posts with a science bent — perfect for educating yourself or inspiring the scientific curiosity of kids. More »
10 Geeky Projects For National Science Week
4:00PM Angus Kidman | This week is National Science Week, which aims to promote science to people of all ages across Australia. To celebrate, here’s 10 classic Lifehacker posts with a science bent — perfect for educating yourself or inspiring the scientific curiosity of kids. More »
Fix
2:00PM Angus Kidman | The ABC’s long-running investigative program Four Corners turns its attention to Internet crime this evening, with an episode investigating the scope of online crime in Australia and the lack of security in many wireless networks. More »
Four Corners Investigates Online Crime
2:00PM Angus Kidman | The ABC’s long-running investigative program Four Corners turns its attention to Internet crime this evening, with an episode investigating the scope of online crime in Australia and the lack of security in many wireless networks. More »
Travel
12:00PM Angus Kidman | It’s an obvious way to sell a netbook computer: using the mobile phone “monthly payment over two years” approach, complete with a wireless broadband contract so you can use it anywhere. Which of the three bundles currently on the market offers the best value? More »
Comparing Netbook Broadband Bundles
12:00PM Angus Kidman | It’s an obvious way to sell a netbook computer: using the mobile phone “monthly payment over two years” approach, complete with a wireless broadband contract so you can use it anywhere. Which of the three bundles currently on the market offers the best value? More »
Money
10:00AM Angus Kidman | Those iTunes card discounts keep rolling around like clockwork — this week, Woolworths has 20% off $20, $30 and $50 cards. Not quite as good a deal as two $20 cards for $30, which crops up now and again, but still a worthwhile saving. Thanks Suwandy! [via OzBargain]
Woolworths Offering 20% Off iTunes Cards
10:00AM Angus Kidman | Those iTunes card discounts keep rolling around like clockwork — this week, Woolworths has 20% off $20, $30 and $50 cards. Not quite as good a deal as two $20 cards for $30, which crops up now and again, but still a worthwhile saving. Thanks Suwandy! [via OzBargain]
Work
The Attic Playground
9:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Most people think of attics as a place to stash boxes of Christmas ornaments and dusty boxes of mementos. Follow the example of today’s featured workspace, and the attic becomes a place for 8-core workstations and Rock Band sessions. 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 »
Work
ControlPad Turns Your Number Pad Into An Application Launcher
8:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows only: ControlPad is a lightweight application launcher that uses the number pad on your keyboard as a quick launcher for applications and system commands. More »
Design
