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Streaming TV

4:30AM Adam Pash | If you built your media centre powerhouse on the cheap but didn’t quite understand how to set up the free Web Guide software (which lets you schedule and stream recordings from your browser), CyberNet has detailed setup instructions. More »

Limit your workday

10:16AM Sarah Stokely | The Zen Habits blog comes up with a nice way of using planning and productivity to pare back your working week. It basically consists of setting targets of the days and hours you wish to work, paring down to the essential tasks you need to do, and tightening up on time eaters like emails etc. This approach interests me as a freelancer who is free to set my own work hours, but the author also has some tips for employees who want to claw back a few hours in the week for their own projects. Limit your work week [Zen Habits] More »

Access Your Mac’s Hidden Lowest Volume Setting

1:30AM Gina Trapani | Mac users: Just one bar isn’t the lowest you can go when it comes to volume. A hidden “super-quiet” level offers just a whisper when you want the quietest possible sound. Macworld explains how to get there: Use the volume keys on your keyboard to manually set the volume to zero—this trick won’t work if you use the slider in the menu bar’s volume controller. To access the “super quiet” mode, press the Mute key on your keyboard. Bingo, you should now hear (very faint) sound from your speakers. More »