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Organise Your Books And Music With DIY Labeled Dividers
3:30AM Rosa Golijan | If you wish that you had some of those neat, labelled dividers in your book or music collection every time you walk into a library or music store, then this set of attractive, record-sacrificing DIY dividers is for you. More »
Design
Wallpaper Roundup: GTD With Workflows And Quadrants
5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Whether you’re chugging away at school or you’re plugging along at your 9 to 5 like usual, we’ve got a roundup of productivity-centric wallpaper to help you keep focused. More »
Desktop Teleporter Keeps Your Desktop Clean
6:50AM Adam Pash | Windows only: Donationware application Desktop Teleporter automatically moves files and folders from your desktop to user-defined folders to keep your desktop clean and neat. Desktop Teleporter is serious about keeping your desktop clean, moving any file that you don’t add to the exclude list. If you want more advanced options and support beyond the desktop, check out Lifehacker’s very own Belvedere. If all you want is a clean desktop and don’t need more advanced options, Desktop Teleporter looks like a winner. Desktop Teleporter [Donation Coders via Techie Buzz] More »
MP3-Check Finds What’s Missing from Your Metadata
6:50AM Adam Pash | Windows only: Freeware application MP3-Check examines your music library to weed out files that are missing important metadata or those that don’t match certain criteria. iTunes built-in duplicate finder is pretty limited, but MP3-Check similarly weeds out MP3s using criteria like bit rate, sample rate, and gain volume. As an added bonus, MP3-Check handles huge directories of MP3s with aplomb, and when you find files that don’t meet your standards, you can launch your favourite metadata editor and set things straight. MP3-Check is freeware, Windows only, requires .NET 2.0. MP3-Check [via gHacks] More »
Automate Your BitTorrent Extraction and Organisation
10:15AM Adam Pash | Tim from the Daily Cup of Tech weblog has transitioned to an almost all BitTorrent TV diet, but the resulting disorganisation of files left him with an unsettled stomach. He prefers to archive everything he downloads to a system of folders, but while some video files he downloads hit his hard drive as plain AVI files, others are archived RARs, and manually organising it all became to much of a hassle. The solution: a saucy Windows batch script that automatically extracts RARs and sends all of his files off to the proper, well-organised folders. If you’ve got your own method of automating your file organisation, let’s hear about it in the comments. Automatic Torrent Extractor/Mover Script [Daily Cup of Tech] More »
Slim Down Your Wallet with Your Phone
7:40AM Adam Pash | Blogger Albert Alberts loves a slim wallet, and after reading over some of our wallet-slimming tips, he realised he had a powerful wallet-slimming tool in his pocket all the time: his iPhone. His idea? Rather than reducing his membership cards to just one club card, he scanned his membership cards to his computer, then synced them to his iPhone as an album called WalletCards. According to the post, his phone-friendly cards even scan successfully. You’re still going to be at the mercy of whether or not the workers are willing to accept your scanned cards, but if they are, you can carry around all the membership cards you want without adding any bulk to your wallet. WalletCards on my iPhone ['t Is Goud] More »
BasKet Organises Your Multimedia Notes and Tasks
7:00AM Kevin Purdy | Linux only: Free multimedia note organizer BasKet takes a page from Microsoft’s OneNote, along with a good portion of Getting Things Done-style organisation, to offer an all-in-one spot to drop your thoughts and next actions. You can quickly paste in text and images, sure, but you can also set up launchers to open files with particular programs, grab a section of your screen to paste up, and grab text from files. BasKet also runs as a desktop widget, and offers a pre-built GTD package for help in getting yourself oriented. BasKet is a free download for Linux systems, and requires a number of KDE libraries to run. Thanks, Mark! BasKet Note Pads More »
Delish Manages and Thumbnails Your Del.icio.us Bookmarks
6:00AM Adam Pash | Mac OS X only: Browse your Del.icio.us bookmarks like never before with freeware beta application Delish. URLs weren’t mean to be viewed as text, according to the minds behind Delish, so the software provides a visual interface for your bookmarks by creating thumbnail snapshots of all the links, which it displays in an attractive, easy-to-use interface. Delish even supports multi-touch pinch and scroll gestures for owners of new MacBook Pros and Airs—though unfortunately you can’t create a new bookmark with it. Delish is currently freeware, Mac OS X only. Delish [via TUAW] More »
How Do You Organise Your RSS Feeds?
4:00AM Adam Pash | Newsreaders are a blessing for anyone who wants to stay on top of the constant flow of information available on the web, but if you’re not careful your feedreader can get so clogged and disorganised that you lose many of the benefits of RSS. Blogger GenuineChris details how he combatted this situation using fewer folders organised by quality—like A-List, B-List, etc. At the end of the day this strategy isn’t groundbreaking, but it got us wondering: How do you organise your newsreader? Let’s hear what helps you stay king of your RSS mountain in the comments. Fewer Folders Means You Get More Out of Reader [GenuineChris] More »
