Sunday, October 4, 2009
Work
Evernote Beta For Android
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Android: It’s not quite up to the iPhone’s standards, but a free beta test release of Evernote gives Android users text and audio notes, picture and file uploads, and fairly quick access to their online brains. More »
Design
Turn Paint Chips Into Pixelated Artwork
10:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Creating some pixel-based art doesn’t have to involve tediously drawing and painting in hundreds of squares. Use this simple technique and you can create your own pixel art in an afternoon and without any paint drips on your floor. More »
Money
Ditch The “Fake It Until You Make It” Mentality Concerning Wealth
9:30AM Azadeh Ensha | You can’t judge a book by its cover. You know this if you’ve watched a fancy vehicle pull up to a much-less fancy-abode. The takeaway lesson? Being rich and appearing rich are two very different things. More »
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Famous Locations Shows You Where Movies, TV Shows Were Filmed
9:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | If you’re the kind of fan that loves to dig into the history and process of film and television production—we’re talking to you, Google-Map-wielding LOST fans &mdash ;you’ll love Famous Locations, an index of where your favourite stuff was filmed. More »
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Use Daily Cleaning Frenzies To Triage A Messy House
8:00AM Azadeh Ensha | Work and other responsibilities can leave household chores off the must-do list. Rather than holding out until visitors or calamity demand too much work, try incorporating a daily “cleaning frenzy” before the situation gets dire. More »
Fix
Create Circuit Board Standoffs From Inexpensive Nylon Tubing
6:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Standoffs elevate a circuit board for wiring project, but you’ll pay a premium at the local computer shop for a few, or have to order them in unnecessary bulk over the web. Use nylon tubing as a cheap, convenient stand-in. More »
Work
3:00AM Kevin Purdy | You’ve probably heard about a hard-to-get hugely new service called Google Wave. Lest ye forget, there are plenty of web-based collaboration tools that don’t require learning a new way of speaking. Here are a few of our (mostly free) favourites. More »
Top 10 Web Collaboration Tools (That Aren’t Google Wave)
3:00AM Kevin Purdy | You’ve probably heard about a hard-to-get hugely new service called Google Wave. Lest ye forget, there are plenty of web-based collaboration tools that don’t require learning a new way of speaking. Here are a few of our (mostly free) favourites. More »
Work
Google Chrome Dev Channel Updates With Better Extension Support
1:30AM Jason Fitzpatrick | The Google Chrome developers have released a new version this week with enhanced support for extensions and a—dare we say it—proper extensions menu you can access with ease. More »
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