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We’ve featured a few ways to keep your Windows desktop neat, but if you want to temporarily hide your Mac’s desktop icons, you can do so with a simple AppleScript and Automator.
Want to keep track of what’s happening here at Lifehacker, but sometimes feel a bit overwhelmed by our full RSS feed? Our Facebook page features a hand-picked selection from the key stories of the day. If you’re on Facebook, it’s an easy way to get your daily dose of technology and productivity goodness. [Lifehacker@Facebook]
If you need to type special characters often, the regular method might be a bit annoying, since you have to remember so many different key combinations. Free utility AX simplifies the process by letting you toggle through special characters with one key.
Chrome: Turn Off The Lights is a simple extension with a simple function — fading the screen so you can watch a video or check out a slideshow undisturbed.
Click the lamp button in the address bar (or as Chrome would have it, the omnibar) and the background fades without disappearing entirely; click again and the normal settings are restored. The extension supports YouTube, Picasa and Google Image Search, and is useful if you want distraction-free viewing but don’t want to go fullscreen. Turn Off The Lights is a free extension for Chrome only.
When it comes to resumes, less as more seems contradictory since it’s tempting to want to fit your life’s work on a single sheet of paper. Instead, focusing on just three big accomplishments can help create a stronger resume.
Dear Lifehacker, Like most Lifehacker readers, I love Dropbox. And I use it a lot. But I’m wondering: What sort of bandwidth limits does Dropbox place on my file sharing? Could I use Dropbox to host static files for my website?
You’ve always been able to hack a YouTube URL to seek to a specific time, but now all it takes is a right click.
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Corkboard.me is a simple and handy web app that creates a virtual corkboard of sticky notes. Changes are saved to your personal, auto-generated URL, letting you share your corkboard with anyone.
