School holidays don’t finish for another week, and once the Australia Day celebrations pass parents will be frantically . Watching movies is one clear option, but no-one wants to pay cinema prices every day. More »
Google’s coverage of Australia via Street View is already pretty solid, but the addition of a trike to cover non-public roads should result in better photography of off-road locations like Taronga Zoo (where the vehicle was launched this morning), and also of walking paths. Google is accepting suggestions on where the trike should map; you’ve got until February 8. [Google Trike suggestions]
Taking public transport to the airport is usually the cheapest option for solo travellers, but even with those cheaper prices there are some tricks you can use to cut costs still further. More »
Legislation to enable mandatory censorship legislation will hit Parliament next month. To highlight the issue during the week of Australian Day, Electronic Frontiers Australia is backing a ‘blackout’ campaign encouraging people to darken their social networking profile pictures and web sites. More »
You wanted shoe-tying advice, you wanted Google Wave tips and you wanted more cheese. Kick off your Lifehacker Monday by making sure you didn’t miss any of the biggest posts from last week: More »
Designer and blogger Phil Gyford spends a lot of time with six different text input gadgets, ranging from low-tech (pen and paper) to more high tech (full keyboard, iPhone keyboard, etc.) His question: Which gadget provided the quickest means of input. More »
Having all your ribbon and wrapping paper in one location and organised neatly goes a long way towards making gift preparation less stressful. This simple DIY organiser puts your gift supplies out of the way on the wall. More »
Email as a technology has been around for decades, and thanks to wide spread adoption and popularity, it isn’t in danger of disappearing. Check out the five most popular email clients to help you wrangle your email. More »
