docks

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Five Best Application Docks

4:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Remember the days of digging through folders of shortcuts and menus to launch applications? These days many users prefer customisable, attractive docks for launching and keeping track of their favourite apps. Here’s a look at five of the most popular docks. More »
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Turn A Credit Or Membership Card Into A Media Player Stand

4:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | You’re sitting on the aeroplane, you want to watch some music videos on your iPhone, smart phone, or other media device, alas you’re stuck holding it the whole time. Unless of course you use this handy hack. More »
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DIY IKEA BlackBerry Stand

4:00PM Angus Kidman | Need somewhere to store your BlackBerry on those occasions when it isn’t welded to your hip? Try making a stand from, of all things, a wooden soap dish. More »
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Nine DIY Docks For Your Non-iPhone

8:30AM Kevin Purdy | If you have an iPhone, bully for you—there are roughly 100 ways to elevate and charge it on your desk, many of them previously covered here. For every other phone out there, we present these nine DIY ideas. More »
Travel

Do Road Warriors Need An iPod Dock?

12:00PM Angus Kidman | The success of the iPod as a portable music player has also led to a healthy market for docks that let you play music from your iPod (or other MP3 player) through speakers in the comfort of your home. But is a portable dock a good idea for regular travellers? More »
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DIY Print-And-Fold iPhone And iPod Touch Dock Looks Great

4:30AM Adam Pash | Design site Dessine moi un objet (Google translates that to “Draw me something”) has shared an impressively attractive and simple iPhone and iPod touch dock. Oh yeah, and they’ve included an excellent printable template. More »
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Top 10 Tricks MacGyver Would Be Proud Of

2:00AM Kevin Purdy | When they draw up the Complete History of Lifehacking, Angus MacGyver will certainly merit a chapter. We pay tribute to the creatively can-do secret agent this week with 10 tricks that make extraordinary use of overwhelmingly common objects. More »
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Turn An iPhone Box Into An iPhone Dock

11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | You just blew some cash on an iPhone, why spend any more on a dock? Using just the stuff that came with your iPhone you can make a sturdy and novel-looking stand. More »
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Dock Spaces Creates Context-Specific Docks

4:00AM Adam Pash | Mac OS X only: Free utility Dock Spaces creates and swaps between up to five customizable Docks in Leopard. Contrary to what the name might imply, Dock Spaces does not swap out your Dock every time you change Spaces. Instead, it swaps Dock content through your menu bar on demand, perfect for creating different task-specific Docks. Dock Spaces is donationware, Mac OS X only. Dock Spaces [via Cool OSX Apps] More »