Saturday, February 27, 2010

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From The Tips Box: Freezer De-Icing, Shortest URLs

12:00PM February 27, 2010 | Whitson Gordon

Readers offer their best tips for defrosting the ice in your fridge and freezer, and making a healthy chocolate-like pudding. More »


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ProConLists Helps Weigh Decisions Before You Make Them

10:00AM February 27, 2010 | Lisa Hoover

Sometimes the best way to make a tough decision is the tried-and-true pros and cons list. Website ProConLists does the same pro versus con listing, but with item weighting based on rational and emotional considerations. More »


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Lyrics Training Improves Your Foreign Language Skills With Music

9:00AM February 27, 2010 | Lisa Hoover

Learning a foreign language doesn’t have to be dry and boring rote memorisation. Clever website Lyrics Training sharpens your skills through music and song lyrics. More »


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Master Multiple Firefox Profiles To Make Yourself More Productive

8:00AM February 27, 2010 | The How-To Geek

One of the most powerful features in Firefox is one too few people know about: the ability to create and use more than one profile at the same time. Here’s how to make yourself more productive with multiple profiles. More »


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Sunday Last Day For Windows 7 RC, But Upgrading Is Easy

7:30AM February 27, 2010 | Adam Pash

This Sunday is the last day users still running Windows 7 RC will be able to go about their everyday computing before Windows starts with the nagging and auto-rebooting. The annoying part is less that the Windows 7 RC period is ending (it was a great run!), but more that there’s no upgrade path for going from Windows 7 RC to Windows 7 proper. More »


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Recycle Old Book Covers Into Vintage-Inspired Post Cards

7:00AM February 27, 2010 | Jason Fitzpatrick

If you’re looking for a clever way to reuse portions of a books before sending them off to be recycled, turning the covers into postcards is a novel way to give them one last send off. More »


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MacGyver Of The Day: Limor “Ladyada” Fried

6:30AM February 27, 2010 | Phil Torrone

Senior Editor of MAKE magazine Phil Torrone joins us to celebrate more modern-day MacGyvers as we continue DIY week at Lifehacker. Today he celebrates mischief maker and non-lethal weapons engineer (her flashlight can make you throw up) Limor “Ladyada” Fried. More »


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Set Up A Praise Folder To Track Successes For Performance Reviews, Resume Boosts

5:10AM February 27, 2010 | dongola7

Earlier this week we discussed creating a “Never Again” folder to track mistakes. Reader dongola7 offers another great suggestion for tracking the opposite — your successes — with a Praise folder. More »


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You Can Now Refine Google Results By Location

4:30AM February 27, 2010 | Adam Pash

Google has added a new Location featured to their Options sidebar, allowing you to filter search results to find things near you. More »


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The Man Behind MacGyver: Swiss Army Knife Or Duct Tape?

4:00AM February 27, 2010 | Kevin Purdy

With our DIY Week coming to a close, we thought we’d ask Lee David Zlotoff, creator of MacGyver and inspiration to clever makers and hackers everywhere, to share some of his thoughts on DIY, fix-all tools, widespread MacGyver-love and MacGruber. More »