Thursday, December 2, 2010 - Page 2
Work

Remove Unwanted Entries From Ubuntu’s Messaging Menu

The Ubuntu Messaging Menu gives you quick access to email, chat and other social applications from your menu bar. If you want to hide some of the apps, though, you can remove them with a quick Terminal command.


Money

Kogan LivePrice Gives A Discount For Pre-Production Orders

Lifehacker AU

Ruslan Kogan likes stirring up trouble and doing online retail slightly differently. His latest trick? Letting people buy gadgets cheaper if they order them before they’ve been produced, then pushing the price up as the release date gets closer.


Communicate

Optus Automatically Removing Network Lock From iPhones

Lifehacker AU

Having a network-locked iPhone can be a major nuisance if you want to use a different SIM when travelling overseas. Optus (which dominates the Australian iPhone market) appears to be eliminating that hassle by automatically unlocking iPhones connected to its network.


Fix

Build Your Own DIY Video Camera Pan Mount

newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/NnmhTjPHHOM&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":332.5,"ratio":0.615,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} );

Gathering steady video shots is tough, but add panning your camera and it quickly becomes costly and complicated. Here’s a quick DIY solution for smooth pans using a kitchen timer and some velcro.


Work

Official Google Reader App For Android Now Available

Android: Google’s Reader webapp is pretty good, but we’ve longed for an official, native Google Reader app since we started using Android. Today, Google made that dream come true, with extras like volume-key navigation, multiple accounts, and sharing.


Work

Disable The ‘File Can Harm Your Computer’ Message In Chrome

Every time you try to download an application in Google Chrome, it gives you an annoying prompt at the bottom of your browser asking if you are sure. You can’t disable this message outright, but you can make your downloading more keyboard-friendly.


Organise

Balance Your Mind, Not Your Work

It’s commonplace to feel we need to find a balance between our work and our lives, but sometimes that just isn’t possible. Instead, you may be better off aiming to keep a healthy body and mind.


Organise

Evernote’s New Beta For Mac Adds Shared Notebooks And Stacks

Mac: Popular archiving tool Evernote today released a new beta version for OS X users, adding the ability to share notebooks with other Evernote users and an option to sort notebooks by stacks.


Fix

Turn Two IKEA Chest Of Drawers Into A Bed

One of the greatest challenges of small spaces is finding a place for storage. This clever IKEA hack combines chests of drawers to create a bed, giving you extra storage without taking up extra space.


Work

Chrome Now Sandboxes Flash For More Secure Browsing

Adobe Flash Player is now sandboxed in the latest dev channel release of Google Chrome, bringing a huge security benefit to Chrome users. Here’s why: