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DIY Tetris Magnets

10:04AM Angus Kidman | Here’s a simple kitchen hack that should appeal to Gen X geek types with an organisational bent: Tetris fridge magnets. More »
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DIY Magnetic Keyboard And Mouse

10:00AM Azadeh Ensha | If our top 10 magnet hacks didn’t tip you off, we appreciate clever magnet tricks. To that end, weblog Gizmo Projects details how to reclaim much-needed desk space for your analogue work with the help of—you guessed it—magnets. More »
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Top 10 Magnet Hacks

2:00AM Kevin Purdy | They were the coolest part of primary school science, and they’re still one of the neatest way to stick things together and stir up a little homespun magic. Check out our 10 favourite ways bloggers, Lifehacker readers, and other creative types use mother nature to make life better. More »
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Turn Old Fridge Magnets Into Handy Magnetic Bookmarks

4:30AM Adam Pash | Odds are that you don’t recall the colour of your fridge because it’s covered with magnetic calendars handed out by your dentist, estate agent and local council. DIY craft weblog Craft Chi demonstrates how to turn this “insane magnet situation” into a pile of whimsical, useful magnetic bookmarks. More »
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Remove Stubborn Batteries And Other Cool Magnet Tricks

8:00AM Adam Pash | As if the sheer magnetism aspect of magnets wasn’t magical enough, weblog Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories points out 17 very cool tricks that put your magnets to great use. More »

Speed Up Sleep Mode on MacBooks

1:00AM Kevin Purdy | Tech blogger Dan Warne notes that MacBooks loaded with serious memory—like MacBook Pros with more than 2 GB—can take a long while to activate these days, since the entirety of that memory is being written to your hard disk in the default “safe sleep.” If you’re almost always plugged into a wall socket or aren’t the type to run your battery down entirely, Warne recomments a one-line Terminal hack that brings back the old swift-moving sleep: More »