Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Work
Restore Ctrl-Alt-Backspace Behavior In Ubuntu 9.10
11:30PM Kevin Purdy | Ubuntu 9.04 disabled the semi-crucial keyboard shortcut, Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, that used to force the X graphical server to restart, and made it wonky to re-enable. Luckily, Ubuntu 9.10, due out in nine days, has a single setting to restore it. More »
Work
Multi Image Downloader Grabs Pics In Bulk From Google
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Windows: Google Image Search is great at showing thumbnail results, but not so hot at making full-size originals easy to download. Free and portable app Multi Image Downloader is a two-step bulk downloader that’s really simple to use. More »
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4:19PM Angus Kidman | Looks like November will be the month when ordering a pizza easily on your iPhone becomes a reality down under. Domino’s is planning to launch an iPhone app on November 11 (according to an invite that recently landed in the Lifehacker inbox), which might explain why Pizza Hut also recently proclaimed plans to release an Australian pizza-ordering iPhone app “soon”. Either way, looks like mozzarella stains could soon be another screen-wrecking hazard.
iPhone Pizza Apps To Explode Next Month
4:19PM Angus Kidman | Looks like November will be the month when ordering a pizza easily on your iPhone becomes a reality down under. Domino’s is planning to launch an iPhone app on November 11 (according to an invite that recently landed in the Lifehacker inbox), which might explain why Pizza Hut also recently proclaimed plans to release an Australian pizza-ordering iPhone app “soon”. Either way, looks like mozzarella stains could soon be another screen-wrecking hazard.
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3:00PM Angus Kidman | At Lifehacker HQ, we’re all about wireless broadband as a solution for travellers. But sometimes a Wi-Fi network ends up looking like a better choice, even if you have to pay for it. More »
What Drives Your Choice Of Wi-Fi Versus 3G?
3:00PM Angus Kidman | At Lifehacker HQ, we’re all about wireless broadband as a solution for travellers. But sometimes a Wi-Fi network ends up looking like a better choice, even if you have to pay for it. More »
Money
1:30PM Angus Kidman | Keeping track of expenses on the road is always fiddly. Getting the discipline to enter the relevant information on your PC is something you’ll need to work on yourself, but if your office doesn’t already mandate an expense system, this Excel template will help simplify the process. More »
Travel Expense Calculator For Excel
1:30PM Angus Kidman | Keeping track of expenses on the road is always fiddly. Getting the discipline to enter the relevant information on your PC is something you’ll need to work on yourself, but if your office doesn’t already mandate an expense system, this Excel template will help simplify the process. More »
Work
12:00PM Angus Kidman | Once you’ve used a smart phone, it’s hard to imagine how you survived without one. But despite the undoubted convenience of access-anywhere Internet, documents and contacts, only one in six Australians currently uses a smart phone. More »
16% Of Australians Use Smart Phones
12:00PM Angus Kidman | Once you’ve used a smart phone, it’s hard to imagine how you survived without one. But despite the undoubted convenience of access-anywhere Internet, documents and contacts, only one in six Australians currently uses a smart phone. More »
Work
From The Tips Box: Quick Copy/Paste, Tarnished Silver
11:00AM Whitson Gordon | Readers offer their best tips for quicker copying and pasting using your mouse and AutoHotkey, toggling displays with a hotkey in Windows 7, removing tarnish from silver, and keeping your laptop cool. More »
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10:30AM Angus Kidman | Australian booksellers are planning to sell e-books via vouchers at physical stores. Any option that gives more e-books should be applauded, but is this really sensible? More »
Would You Buy E-Books From A Bookseller?
10:30AM Angus Kidman | Australian booksellers are planning to sell e-books via vouchers at physical stores. Any option that gives more e-books should be applauded, but is this really sensible? More »
Money
9:00AM Angus Kidman | A belated note that Coles is offering 15% off $20, $30 and $50 iTunes cards until the end of Wednesday October 21. (Thanks to Lee K, who pointed this out to us and then pointed out we hadn’t run it!) Coles
Coles Offering 15% Off iTunes Cards
9:00AM Angus Kidman | A belated note that Coles is offering 15% off $20, $30 and $50 iTunes cards until the end of Wednesday October 21. (Thanks to Lee K, who pointed this out to us and then pointed out we hadn’t run it!) Coles
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