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Merlin Mann has my number. He knows that for me, productivity Pr0n is my procrastination. I love the irony in that, but really I should just try to get some things done, instead of oogling the latest desktop tweaks on lifehacker. R.I.P., Productivity Pr0n Friends, I’m done with “productivity” as a personal fetish or hobby. There are countless sites that are all too happy to vend stroke material for...
October Blog / Blogger of the Month: Zha's world - by Igarashi Yumiki . First Look at Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex" Beta via lifehacker — Although the desktop hasn't been reshaped, the features tweaked just a little bit, and most of the work focused on compatibility and usability (not that those are bad things, by any means), there are still some neat new tools and tweaks that are worth checking out....
Via lifehacker : Don't believe that part about where Jupiter is. As far as I know, the planets move .... (which is why they are called planets, yes') Read the comments on this post...
I knew a gentleman, who was so good a manager of his time, that he would not even lose that small portion of it, which the calls of nature obliged him to pass in the necessary-house; but gradually went through all the Latin poets, in those moments. He bought, for example, a common edition of Horace, of which he tore off gradually a couple of pages, carried them with him to that necessary place, read...
Written by lifehacker The days of peer-to-peer file sharing tools ushered into popularity by the original Napster are over and done, and today, BitTorrent reigns supreme. It took some time for BitTorrent to gain mainstream popularity, but now that it has, there are a surplus of BitTorrent clients available vying for your downloads. On Tuesday [...]
Much ado has been made about Firefox 3's "AwesomeBar" and Google Chrome's "Omnibox," but the Internet Explorer 8 beta address bar has a little oomph behind it you may not know about: type a question mark and a search term (like ? lifehacker , as shown), to get search suggestions from your default search engine in a drop-down . [ via ]
went looking for additional google chrome user info and found this over at lifehacker… the-power-users-guide-to-google-chrome a lot of the tweaks make chrome more functional for the techies in all of us
Got a great idea for a new web site domain name but you're not at a computer? Send a text message to Domain by Text with a message like IDEANAME lifehacker at 41411 and get an SMS back with the availability of that domain. [ via ]
Labor Day weekend is the time to say an unofficial goodbye to summer, to consistent warm weather, to lighter clothes—and maybe to the job that’s holding you back. If you’re looking to make the leap into a new gig or an entirely new career this fall, there are several online tools and power tips for [...]
Brandon just forwarded me an article from lifehacker detailing some of the best, most useful, free applications to enhance the functionality and/or look of your Windows Mobile devices. Most of these applications have been covered in detail at pocketnow.com, but it's a nice reminder of how much great, free software there is to make a great device even greater, especially in light of emerging platforms...
Here are the best Free app's for your Windows Mobile shared by Life Hacker. Windows Mobile handheld, check out our favorite programs, add-ons, and tweaks for getting the most out of your Windows Mobile device. The Best Free App's for Your Windows Mobile Device | Life Hacker |
One fine morning, my recent blog item Unclutter Google reader, had saw a spike in hits.When I was analyzing the causes, I came across various pingbacks and surprisingly once of them was from Lifehacker. I was just exited to see what it was. I’m very pleased to see that Adam Pash, Senior Editor of Lifehacker [...]
Written by lifehacker Summer’s ending, and with it goes a certain sense of taking it easier, relaxing a bit at the office–you know, caching up on all that YouTube browsing you skip when there’s real work to be done. The popular video sharing site is a great resource (and source of entertainment) that gets better with [...] ShareThis
Life Hacker has debunked a bunch of Windows performance tweaking myths, you can check it out over here . Here's one of the myths: Disabling QoS to Free Up 20% of Bandwidth This tip made the rounds with people believing that Microsoft always allocates 20% of your bandwidth for Windows Update. According to the instructions, you were supposed to disable QoS in order to free up bandwidth. Unfortunately...
Over at the Google Mobile Blog I've put together a step-by-step video detailing how I use the previously mentioned Google Mobile app on my iPhone to do quick local look-ups. The concept is simple: Since the Google Mobile app has a built-in local option for searching nearby, I fire up Google Mobile whenever I need to look up an address or phone number, enter what I'm looking for, and launch up the...
