Lifehacker:
It's Jan. 24—do you know where your resolutions are? If you're in need of a reboot on your fresh-start goals, we've got 10 suggestions on tips and techniques for your long-haul commitments.
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Lifehacker:
To paraphrase one shopping expert, nearly everyone wants better deals on everything these days. Craigslist is a great place to get those deals, and you don't have to be a jerk to get them. Photo by acloudman. There's a reason reporters and others looking to take the pulse of the economy so often turn to the free classifieds (Read More)
Gizmodo:
This may be a first for the Mac software world, and it's not cool at all: ill-gotten copies of iWork '09 circulating on Torrent sites contains OSX.Trojan.iServices.A, which is something you don't want. The Trojan parks itself in your /System/Library/StartupItems folder with read-write-execute root privileges—from there it c (Read More)
Lifehacker:
Mac OS X only: Screen locker utility LockTight adds a shortcut key combination for OS X users to quickly lock your workstation from the keyboard. Windows users switching to using a Mac might be surprised to find no equivalent to the Winkey+L shortcut combination that locks the screen, especially helpful in work environments (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Hey, I just had some time to play with the Palm Pre, maybe the most important handset to be announced in two years, and here's what it was like to use it. Updates coming. The Palm Pre is a lot smaller than I initially thought it would be. A good size comparison would be an iPod classic with a big hard drive. In terms of thi (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
In March 2003, Rich Kaarlgaard wrote a great article in Forbes detailing how the coming decade was all about massive reductions in costs and prices, driven by technology. We had grown accustomed to Moore's Law driving down PC costs. Kaarlgaard pointed out that this was happening across the spectrum of the economy. He was ri (Read More)
Gizmodo:
The keyboard? It rocks. The screen? Beautiful. The trackball is just the right amount of gritty, so your finger sticks to it and doesn't slide off onto the keyboard. The instant-on OS? Classy. The keys are small, but just the perfect amount of small—you'll only have a problem if you have fingers the size of fried carn (Read More)
Lifehacker:
Speaking of living with less, techie Rick Jelliffe reports on his year-long experiment of "living smaller" in 2008—a year in which he worked less, made less, and stressed out a lot less. Jelliffe writes: I caught public transport only. I got rid of extra lightbulbs. I baked my own bread. I froze my own dumplings. I di (Read More)
Gizmodo:
This concept folding electric bike won a Merit prize in a bike design competition, but its practical use is probably limited. Why? Because you charge it at home by pedaling. We suppose there's a case to be made for getting exercise at home, when you can wear lousy clothes and sweat all over them, then using the electric po (Read More)
Submitted by Maniac D
from Google Reader:
Reader Bryan uses remote desktop to bypass network blocks at his work sites to get to Gmail and write his blog. Bryan writes: In a world of virtual communication, having personal email, Twitter, and access to blogs, etc is critical and necessary for many of us. Therefore, it becomes a nuisance when our employers block us (Read More)
Logical Extremes' shared items in Google Reader:
This past week proved that you can't rely on something as simple as a web browser to keep your personal data and identity safe from harm.
Critical flaws were found in the Internet Explorer and even... (Read More)
Home Office Warrior:
This is a guest post from Alex Johnson. Alex publishes a wonderful blog called Shedworking, which I have quoted and linked to quite often here at Home Office Warrior. If you are not reading Alex’s blog, you need to be. You can subscirbe to his blog by visiting this link.By Alex Johnson:Some homeworkers work in the s (Read More)
Submitted by Magitam
from Google Reader:
SlideShare is the most popular social site for presentations on the Web. Microsoft PowerPoint - despite its detractors - remains the most popular presentation software around. What if those two had the power to work together? What if sharing new PowerPoint presentations was as easy as clicking a button?Now, it can be. Today (Read More)
Submitted by Magitam
from Google Reader:
Windows only: IndexYourFiles is a lightweight and completely portable file-indexer that leaves behind no trace and requires nothing more than the executable.
After unzipping the application, all... (Read More)
Submitted by Itafroma
from Google Reader:
Thanks to "Matt," the guy who literally jigged his way around the world, we know that space tourists will be unable to lug Sony SR1 HD cameras into orbit because microgravity won't let them. Poor Matt found out the hard way. After plunking down $3,500 for a ticket on a Zero G vomit comet plane ride, he tried to film his low (Read More)