Monday, December 6, 2010 - Page 2
Money

Compare, Ditch And Switch Tool Identifies Savings From Changing Banks

Lifehacker AU

Australians love complaining about bank rip-offs, but are often reluctant to make the effort to change. A new tool co-developed by financial advocate Choice and finance comparison site Mozo helps you identify the savings available if you do make a change to a better deal.

Communicate

Textual Is A Lightweight And Scriptable Mac OS X IRC Client

Mac OS X: Textual is a streamlined open-source IRC client for Mac OS X with an emphasis on a clean interface and easy scripting.

Fix

Create Fairy Floss Right In Your Kitchen

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Work

Five Best Text Editors

Despite decades of advancement in computing power, nothing has replaced the usefulness of a good text editor—whether you’re managing a to-do list or find yourself elbow-deep in code. Here’s a look at five of the best text editors.

November 6, 2010
Design

Customise Your Desktop This Weekend

If you use a computer and read Lifehacker, it’s probably safe to assume you’ve customised your desktop. But if you haven’t, or you’re looking for a fresh new look, here are some great options to explore this weekend.

Work

From The Tips Box: Mac Autocorrect, iPhone Bluetooth

Readers offer their best tips for editing on the Mac and using Bluetooth audio with your iPhone.

Work

Command-Click OS X Dock Items To Show Them In Finder

File this under shortcuts-that-might-be-ancient-but-we-never-knew: with just a quick modifier key, you can show any dock item in the Finder, whether it’s an application or a file in a stack.

Work

App Referrer Sends App Links To Your Friends Via QR Codes

Sharing apps with friends is great, but can be annoying when they have to search for apps you recommend to them. With free app App Referrer, you can generate a quick QR code and send them to the Market instantly.

Fix

Make An Old iPhone Dock Fit With Newer Generation Models

We’ve featured more DIY iPhone and iPod docks than you can shake a stick at, but if you prefer the stability and functionality of the official Apple dock, it will work with any model in a slightly disassembled-and-modded state.

Organise

Guilt Trip Yourself Into Getting Things Done With Dry Erase Markers

We’ve talked about using dry-erase markers to create hard-to-ignore to-do lists, but reader usobe0 takes it to a new level, writing his to-dos on his main source of procrastination: his TV.

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