Monday, December 20, 2010 - Page 2
Design

Compose With Fibonacci’s Ratio For Phenomenal Photos

If you’re looking for a way to draw more attention to the crucial elements in your photographic composition, the Fibonacci Ratio offers a way to direct your viewer’s eye to the critical parts of your photo.

Travel

Google Adds Traffic Information For Perth And Adelaide

Lifehacker AU

Google Maps has offered traffic information for Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane since late 2009. Now it has added traffic data for Adelaide and Perth as well.

Work

Remap Your Capslock Key Sans AutoHotkey Or Third Party Apps

Windows: If you’d like to remap your Capslock key to another function without running AutoHotkey scripts or other third party solutions this reader suggested solution uses the Remapkey tool from the Windows Server Resource Kit to solve the problem.

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Turn An iPhone Into A Portable And Compact Teleprompter

Just because you use an ultra-portable camera in the field doesn’t mean you have to give up niceties like a teleprompter. This DIY project mates a Flip UltraHD camcorder with an iPhone-turned-teleprompter for on-the-go prompting.

Work

Five Best Virtual Machine Applications

Most modern computers are powerful enough to run entire operating systems within your main operating systems, which means virtual machines are more commonplace today than ever. Here’s a look at the five most popular virtual machine applications.

Fix

Roll Cookie Dough From The Centre For Softer Cookies

If your cut-out style Christmas cookies seem a bit on the tough side, your rolling technique might be to blame. Roll the dough from the centre outwards for softer cookies.

November 20, 2010
Work

From The Tips Box: Distraction-Free Word, Gmail Sneak Peeks

Readers offer their best tips for using Word as a distraction-free word processor, getting bigger message sneak peeks in Gmail, and getting around VPNs that route you through firewalled networks.

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DIY Touchscreen Stylus From A Dry-Erase Marker

We’ve featured a number of touchscreen styli before, but blogger Dan Provost found these didn’t fit the style of writing required by an iPad. Instead, he created a stylus out of a dry-erase marker.

Organise

The Habits Calendar Is Seinfeld’s Productivity Secret ‘On Steroids’

Building on Jerry Seinfeld’s productivity secret, personal development bloggers Jared and Xavier Shay highlight how they’ve modified Seinfeld’s “don’t break the chain” calendar method as an effective way to stay productive and on task.

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Create An IKEA Bed With A Hidden Storage Compartment

Using the MALM bedframe and SULTAN ALSARP boxspring storage unit, you can create a secret storage area beneath the mattress to give you some extra space.

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