A few days after Google sent a cease and desist letter to the maker of the CyanogenMod custom Android firmwares—the kind we really dig—there comes some reassurance that the hackers won’t fall silent.
If you’re on a budget and cooking solely for yourself, try extending the shelf life of your food by learning to cook in sequences and freezing the leftovers proportionally.
Windows only: Previously mentioned PeerBlock—a fork of the inactive but still popular Peer Guardian 2—has just released an update complete with various bug fixes and a signed driver that should eliminate some Windows 7 and Vista UAC annoyances. Other than that, it’s just an all-around more stable release than when we last posted about it.
Whether you’re looking to redecorate entire rooms or jazz things up with a few new pieces, knowing how to distinguish quality furniture from shoddily constructed designs can make the difference between enjoying your new purchases and returning them.
In their new-to-us “Lifehacking”* section, Slate asks a few celebrities what kind of tricks they use to get things done. Here are my favourite responses.
Windows/Mac/Linux: VLC—the most popular video player among Lifehacker readers—just released an update to version 1.0.2.
Everybody’s got a wireless network at home, but if you’ve ever wanted to get your iPod touch, iPhone or other wireless device connected but all you’ve got is a wired network at work, school or elsewhere, Windows 7 makes this process trivial.
