Lifehacker:
If you're looking for a simple time-tracking tool with visuals that are easy to read at a glance, Yast fits the bill. Yast can track multiple projects and tasks each with their own color code. The week-at-a-glance view is great for seeing how projects are unfolding over the week. You can generate reports and save them to yo (Read More)
TreeHugger:
Bonfire Image credit:WikipediaFor those concerned about global warming, all eyes are on December's U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. The stakes could not be higher. Almost every new report shows that the climate is changing even faster than the most dire projections of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Cha (Read More)
Lifehacker:
Readers offer their best tips for running multiple instances of Dropbox at once, using Twitter to jot down notes and ideas for yourself, and using Google Docs to manage money between friends. Don't like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything on one page. About the Tips Box: Every day we receive boatloads of great (Read More)
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Sure when you go to a carrier's website you can see a map of their coverage and it usually looks pretty awesome. What about in the real world? DeadCellZones catalogs user-reported dead zones to show you real-world coverage. Plug in a zipcode, city, or street address into DeadCellZones and it scours the 100,000+ entry databa (Read More)
TreeHugger:
Photo via No Fact ZoneWe all know who Stephen Colbert considers to be his most worthy foe--himself. He tells us so every time he does a Formidable Opponent bit, in which he argues with different versions of himself over the topics of the day. Last night, the Stephens took on the global warming debate, with a little help wit (Read More)
Lifehacker:
The free MediaWiki software is best known for powering Wikipedia, but you don't have to be writing an encyclopedia to put it to good use. Extend, skin, and customize MediaWiki to create any kind of easy-to-update, collaborative web site. When and Why MediaWiki? MediaWiki is arguably the most advanced, install-it-yourself, (Read More)
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We all know that taking breaks from work is beneficial to productivity, but that doesn't mean that your breaks themselves can't be productive. Career weblog WorkAwesome suggests a few tips for keeping our breaks productive without focusing on work. Photo by George Reyes. We all love to waste time on Facebook and personal em (Read More)
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Part 2 of my PICNIC 2009 talk on the next 5 years in Social Media. Topics: why the world's OS is 'going social', why conversation and engagement not monolog and control is the only way forward, about the coming 'extreme Reputation Economy', why social media = CRM, the shift to open ecosystems rather than closed egosystems.. (Read More)
Lifehacker:
Looking to vacation the cheap with space to spare? Check out VRBO to find thousands of vacation rentals at great prices. If you're not looking for a hotel experience and would settle for some temporary local shelter for a lot less than you'd pay for a hotel suite, Vacation Rentals By Owner indexes thousands of rentals aroun (Read More)
TreeHugger:
Photo via FlickrI'm in Jakarta, Indonesia, for two weeks. It's 95 degrees everyday here, and the metro area is a concrete jungle of 23 million fed by street vendors, choked by traffic, and populated by what must be the nicest collection of people on the planet. Scooters fill the narrow streets like swarms of bees, weaving i (Read More)
Faith and Theology:
I've already mentioned the apocalyptic theology sessions at AAR next week. If you're lucky enough to be in Montreal, here are some other not-to-be-missed sessions:Sacramental Poetics (chaired by Monica Miller). Like liturgy, sacramental poetry signifies more than it says, through image, sound, and time, in language that tak (Read More)
Lifehacker:
You won't find a better media center than the open-source XBMC, but most people don't have the space or desire to plug a noisy PC into their TV. Instead, I converted a cheap nettop into a standalone XBMC set-top box. Here's how. In the spirit of our Winter Upgrades theme this week, this guide details how to turn a cheapo ne (Read More)
Lifehacker:
It's that time of year, when colder weather and dreary conditions keep us inside more often than not. That also makes it a perfect time to set up a home backup and media server to streamline your digital life. We're at an interesting point in the expansion of digital media. For the first time, thanks to more advanced still (Read More)
Lifehacker:
You likely have all sorts of things in your home right now that would serve you well in an emergency, with a few additions and some organization, you'll have a functional kit and contingency plan. Photo by Clairity. Creating a home emergency kit can be a simple to enormous undertaking depending on the level of energy and pr (Read More)
TreeHugger:
Green is the new black at Nike. Image via: LogoDesignGuruAt the Pop!Tech Conference this year, one thing to come out of the event are the new Labs that Pop!Tech will be holding to find solutions to many of today's resource use 'issues.' Nike was first with their hand up, asking for help on finding a way to make shoes and ot (Read More)