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Are Fish Cube-Friendly?
11:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Dear Lifehacker, Yesterday you shared an article about cube-friendly plants. Any tips on cube-friendly fish? I’ve heard everything from Bettas to Goldfish to no fish at all. What would you suggest? More »
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What Plants Are Cubicle-Friendly?
6:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Dear Lifehacker, I am thinking of decorating my cubicle with plants, to make it feel less dreary and a little more alive and fresh. I don’t sit at a cube with access to a window. What sort of plants are good for cubicle-decorating? More »
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Can I Play HTML5 YouTube Videos In Firefox?
12:00PM Adam Pash | Dear Lifehacker, I’ve read about how HTML5 will change the way I use the web, but it seems like the biggest example of HTML5 in action is on sites like YouTube — which don’t support my favourite browser, Firefox. What’s the deal? More »
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What’s The Best Way To Create A Home Inventory?
8:00AM Lisa Hoover | Dear Lifehacker, In light of all the natural disasters wreaking havoc across the globe, I’ve realised I should take a home inventory to document everything I own for insurance purposes. What’s the best way to do this? More »
Work
3:00PM Angus Kidman | Hi Lifehacker, I am searching for a web app that I played with a fair while ago but I cannot remember the name of it. I have looked around the Internet and my emails to try and find the name of it but no luck. I am not entirely sure if I discovered it on Lifehacker but I thought I’d ask anyway. So the app is for project management, and it is similar to Pivotal Tracker. However, the twist is that it’s made for comparing competing products. More »
Ask Lifehacker: Project Management And Comparisons
3:00PM Angus Kidman | Hi Lifehacker, I am searching for a web app that I played with a fair while ago but I cannot remember the name of it. I have looked around the Internet and my emails to try and find the name of it but no luck. I am not entirely sure if I discovered it on Lifehacker but I thought I’d ask anyway. So the app is for project management, and it is similar to Pivotal Tracker. However, the twist is that it’s made for comparing competing products. More »
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How Do I Speed Up Hundreds Of Audio Files?
11:30PM Kevin Purdy | Dear Lifehacker, I have unabridged Asimov audiobooks that are great, but read at a mind-wrenchingly slow pace. I can boost an MP3’s speed 20 per cent using Audacity, but I have around 250 MP3s. How can I process these files all at once? More »
Money
12:24PM Angus Kidman | Dear Lifehacker, I saw Up In The Air on the weekend and it got me thinking about all of the loyalty programmes that are out there. I currently am involved in a slew of different hotel programmes due to random work travel requirements and am also a member of both Virgin Blue and Qantas FF programmes. More »
Ask Lifehacker: Frequent Flyers And Loyalty Cards
12:24PM Angus Kidman | Dear Lifehacker, I saw Up In The Air on the weekend and it got me thinking about all of the loyalty programmes that are out there. I currently am involved in a slew of different hotel programmes due to random work travel requirements and am also a member of both Virgin Blue and Qantas FF programmes. More »
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How Do I Automatically Shut Down My Computer At A Certain Time?
10:00AM Lisa Hoover | Dear Lifehacker, I like to watch TV on my computer at night but sometimes I fall asleep before the program ends. How can I set my computer to shut down at a certain time or after it finishes specific events? More »
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What’s The Best Way To Share Files Across Multiple Computers?
10:00AM Lisa Hoover | Dear Lifehacker, We’re a large family with several computers in our home. What’s the best way to share files across our home network other than putting them on thumb drives and running from PC to PC? More »
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