Two years ago on Lifehacker, you learned how to master wget at the command line, save time with text substitution, and set up your home wireless network.
Two years ago on Lifehacker, you pimped out your Mac Mini, used AutoHotKey to reduce repetitive typing, and gobbled up to-do’s like Pacman pellets. One year ago, you learned some nifty cell phone tricks and how to monitor your Mac with GeekTool.
Two years ago on Lifehacker, you learned how to install a motherboard and CPU, wipe your hard drive and install Windows from scratch, and then applied nifty Windows tweaks to your newly-built PC.
Two years ago on Lifehacker, you decided that it was time to keep—or toss—that old PC and beta tested your goals. One year ago, you used IMAP to sync your address book, copied DVDs to your portable media player, supercharged your Firefox downloads with the DownThemAll extension, tried out Adam’s top 13 iTunes AppleScripts, and downloaded Lifehacker’s Ly Detector Greasemonkey script which highlights words that end with -ly.
Two years ago on Lifehacker, you gave your filing cabinet an extreme makeover, learned how to get the most out of Firefox—with your mouse, and organized your “My Documents” folder. One year ago, you encrypted your browsing session with an SSH SOCKS proxy, bypassed iTunes to add music and movies to your iPod from any computer, ran Windows XP inside Windows Vista with Virtual PC, and organized your desktop with Dexpot.
Two years ago on Lifehacker, you got the most out of your local library online, secured Firefox’s saved passwords, set up quick-launch workspaces and picked up some advanced Flickr tricks. One year ago, you walked through Windows Vista’s Task Scheduler, copied DVDs to your iPod, backed up and synced your Firefox bookmarks on your personal server, created a master feed with Yahoo Pipes, and used System Information for Windows (SIW) to learn everything you need to know about your PC.
Two years ago on Lifehacker, you learned how to clean your PC of the dust bunnies living within.
Two years ago, you learned how to schedule a defrag of your harddrive with Windows.
