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3:01PM Angus Kidman | Our final Upgrade Your Life contest winner comes from Duane E, who came up with a neat way to develop an AutoHotKey script for searching multiple sites in Firefox with a selected keyword from any applications. Details on how to implement it in Duane’s own words after the jump.
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Upgrade Your Life winner #3: Automate site searches with hotkeys
3:01PM Angus Kidman | Our final Upgrade Your Life contest winner comes from Duane E, who came up with a neat way to develop an AutoHotKey script for searching multiple sites in Firefox with a selected keyword from any applications. Details on how to implement it in Duane’s own words after the jump.
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3:11PM Angus Kidman | Our second Upgrade Your Life contest winner comes from Shane P, who went slightly overboard and submitted his entire site filled with tips, techwhimsy.com. Of these, the one that really caught our interest was the in-depth guide to installing popular blogging engine Movable Type on your local machine (handy for development and testing on the go). Check it out for a Flash-based tutorial covering all you need to know.How to install Movable Type 4 on your local machine
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Upgrade Your Life winner #2: Movable Type on your local machine
3:11PM Angus Kidman | Our second Upgrade Your Life contest winner comes from Shane P, who went slightly overboard and submitted his entire site filled with tips, techwhimsy.com. Of these, the one that really caught our interest was the in-depth guide to installing popular blogging engine Movable Type on your local machine (handy for development and testing on the go). Check it out for a Flash-based tutorial covering all you need to know.How to install Movable Type 4 on your local machine
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9:23PM Angus Kidman | Our first Upgrade Your Life contest winner comes from Jack M, who submitted a simple but very useful trick: adding Gmail to the search bar in Firefox. Now, if you want to compose an email, you can do it simply by typing the email address into the search bar and hitting return (or clicking the search icon). The plug-in also works in Gnome-do, which is good news for Linux users. Check after the jump for instructions on installing the plug-in.
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Upgrade Your Life Winner #1: Add mail to the Firefox search bar
9:23PM Angus Kidman | Our first Upgrade Your Life contest winner comes from Jack M, who submitted a simple but very useful trick: adding Gmail to the search bar in Firefox. Now, if you want to compose an email, you can do it simply by typing the email address into the search bar and hitting return (or clicking the search icon). The plug-in also works in Gnome-do, which is good news for Linux users. Check after the jump for instructions on installing the plug-in.
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9:55PM Angus Kidman | Thanks to everyone who entered our Upgrade Your Life competition and submitted tips for a chance to win an autographed copy of the Upgrade Your Life book by Lifehacker supremo Gina Trapani. We’ve sorted through the winners and picked out three winners, whose tips will be published on the site this week. Keep your eyes peeled for them! More »
Upgrade Your Life: The winners have been decided
9:55PM Angus Kidman | Thanks to everyone who entered our Upgrade Your Life competition and submitted tips for a chance to win an autographed copy of the Upgrade Your Life book by Lifehacker supremo Gina Trapani. We’ve sorted through the winners and picked out three winners, whose tips will be published on the site this week. Keep your eyes peeled for them! More » 
Win an autographed copy of Upgrade Your Life with your best life hack
10:21AM Sarah Stokely | I’m happy to announce that thanks to the generosity of uber-Lifehacker Gina Trapani, we have a pile of autographed copies of her new book to give away to Lifehacker AU readers! Gina’s latest Lifehacker book, Upgrade Your Life, is full of lifehacking tips, tricks and tools, and we really want to give you a copy! Send us your best life hack, organisational strategy, computer tip, or DIY project and earn a chance to have one of these books signed and shipped to your door. We’re especially keen to see entries which are supported by screenshots or video illustrating your hack – so feel free to get creative! Email us your submission to tips@lifehacker.com.au with the subject heading “Upgrade Your Life Competition” and over the next couple of weeks, we’ll feature the top three hacks here on the site, and give the winners an autographed copy of the book. Get more details after the jump. More »Win a $300 AmEx Gift Card
1:30AM Gina Trapani | If you’ve got 5-10 minutes to spare this week, you can earn a chance to win a $300 American Express gift card from our pals at Lifehacker US: all you have to do is fill out this (detailed, multi-screen) survey, and enter your email address at the final screen so we can notify you if you win. Standard contest rules apply, and the deadline for submission is Wednesday, April 23rd. Questions? Hit up the little men behind the survey curtain at surveys@gawker.com. Thanks and good luck! More »
Nerdcycle Mounted Monitor Exercise Bike
7:00AM Gina Trapani | Here’s our final winner in the reader contest to win an autographed copy of our new book, Upgrade Your Life. Thanks to everyone who submitted! Reader Martin is determined to not let the exercise bike next to his computer desk just sit there and gather dust. Instead, he wants to cycle while he surfs, and decided to start building his “Nerdcycle” by mounting an extra monitor to the stationary bike. Martin writes in: More »
Darken Windows to Reduce Eye Strain
8:00AM Gina Trapani | Readers are submitting their best life hack for a chance to win an autographed copy of our new book, Upgrade Your Life. Here’s our latest winner. Reader David says that staring at the glowing box all day long is hard on his peepers, so he takes matters into his own hands. He writes in: More »
