Monday, October 19, 2009
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DIY Hand Strap Keeps Your DSLR Off The Ground
11:35PM Kevin Purdy | A long camera strap is great for carrying a camera hands-free, but if you’re more concerned about dropping your photo rig, Photojojo’s got a cheap and customisable hand strap anyone can make. More »
Work
Windows 7 Recover Discs Gets Your System Out Of Tight Spots
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Windows 7: If you run into a boot-up error with Windows 7 and don’t have a recovery disc handy, you’re usually in for some manic fiddling, or you’re just out of luck. NeoSmart’s recovery discs, however, can set things right. More »
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4:45PM Angus Kidman | We’re great believers in using Twitter for all kinds of things, but can it really be effectively used for losing weight? More »
Using Twitter For Weight Loss
4:45PM Angus Kidman | We’re great believers in using Twitter for all kinds of things, but can it really be effectively used for losing weight? More »
Money
2:00PM Angus Kidman | Pizza and movies: two perennial geek obsessions. So any deal that offers free movies with pizza has got to be worth thinking about. More »
Pizza Hut Offering Free DVD Rentals With Pizza
2:00PM Angus Kidman | Pizza and movies: two perennial geek obsessions. So any deal that offers free movies with pizza has got to be worth thinking about. More »
Travel
12:00PM Angus Kidman | It’s my ultimate travel nightmare — arriving in a busy location at 2pm to discover that the hotel room booking never came through. What’s the best way to deal with that issue? More »
Finding Accommodation In A Real Hurry
12:00PM Angus Kidman | It’s my ultimate travel nightmare — arriving in a busy location at 2pm to discover that the hotel room booking never came through. What’s the best way to deal with that issue? More »
Money
10:00AM Angus Kidman | Back in July, we suggested that the ACCC wasn’t likely to let massive fuel discounts in return for large amounts of supermarket spending become the norm. Last week, it proved exactly that. More »
ACCC Keeping Tight Watch On Petrol Discounts
10:00AM Angus Kidman | Back in July, we suggested that the ACCC wasn’t likely to let massive fuel discounts in return for large amounts of supermarket spending become the norm. Last week, it proved exactly that. 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 (which was, if you missed it, Book 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 (which was, if you missed it, Book Week): More »
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Firefox Now Auto-Blocks Microsoft .NET Extensions
7:00AM Kevin Purdy | Firefox users on Windows probably have the .NET Framework Assistant extension installed, even if they don’t remember asking it to install (they didn’t). Now Mozilla is blocking the extension for all users to stop a security breach. More »
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3:00AM Adam Pash | Rather than wait around for your software to notify you of updates (let’s face it, a lot of applications never will), these five handy tools keep an eye on your apps, alert you when an update’s available, and streamline the updating process. More »
Five Best Software Update Tools
3:00AM Adam Pash | Rather than wait around for your software to notify you of updates (let’s face it, a lot of applications never will), these five handy tools keep an eye on your apps, alert you when an update’s available, and streamline the updating process. More »
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