Strategies that vastly reduce the never-ending dusting chore.
8 Smart Strategies to Make Your Home Dust-Proof
Sunday, March 22, 2009
8 Smart Strategies to Make Your Home Dust-Proof
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Search Google Images By Color
Google Image search can now be restricted to return results of a specific color. While this isn’t available as option in the advanced settings, you can use e.g. “imgcolor=green” or “imgcolor=blue,red” as parameter right in the URL.
Search Google Images By Color
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Link to a specific part of a YouTube video
If you want to link to a specific part of a video on YouTube, you can.
Link to a specific part of a YouTube video
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Saturday, March 21, 2009
Windows Registry Watcher
The Windows Registry is one of the major attack locations for malicious software and should therefor be protected by security software to ensure that no settings get changed or added to it. One prime example is the addition of new startup items to the Windows operating system. The Windows Registry contains several locations where those new files can be placed so that they are loaded during system startup.
Windows Registry Watcher
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Friday, March 20, 2009
How to Recognize Bias in a Newspaper Article
When all you want is the facts, navigating the newspaper might be a tricky ordeal. Sometimes bias is the result of laziness, and sometimes it's a deliberate attempt to push a particular point of view. Either way, you should always be on the lookout for bias.
How to Recognize Bias in a Newspaper Article
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Netiquette: Undo Send Gives You Five Seconds to Stop a Bum Email
Ever hit send and realize immediately that you'd made a mistake? Wish you could unsend that email? With Gmail Labs' new Undo Send feature, you've got five seconds to reclaim that email and fix your mistake.
Netiquette: Undo Send Gives You Five Seconds to Stop a Bum Email
Posted by Blacky at 7:22 pm 0 comments
Population by Age and Sex, Australia
In the 12 months to 30 June 2008, the Australian population increased by 359,000 people, reaching 21,374,000. The annual growth rate for the year ended 30 June 2008 (1.7%) was higher than that recorded for the year ended 30 June 2007 (1.5%).
Population by Age and Sex, Australian States and Territories
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Internet Explorer 8 Available for Download
Windows only: The final version of Internet Explorer 8 is now available for download from the IE home page.
Internet Explorer 8 Available for Download
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
Don't Panic! Your TV Will Not Stop Working After May 1
If any of you happened to read the Herald Sun article on Monday entitled "Clock ticks for plasmas, LCDs" by Peter Familari and were wondering "what the f%*k?! How can a brand new TV be obsolete in less than 2 months?", you can now rest easy. The article is a load of rubbish. It's actually pretty unbelievable just how wrong the story is, even though the underlying issue is well worth looking at.
Don't Panic! Your TV Will Not Stop Working After May 1
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Odd traveler complaints
Telegraph Travel put together a list of the "20 most ridiculous complaints received by tour operators".
Odd traveler complaints
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Rare Trove of Army Medical Photos Heads to Flickr
An archivist has begun a massive project to make public a newly digitized collection of unique and sometimes startling military medical images, from the Civil War to Vietnam, without the Army's blessing.
Rare Trove of Army Medical Photos Heads to Flickr
Posted by Blacky at 9:36 pm 0 comments
Earth Class Mail
Use an Internet-Powered P.O. Box or a prestige address, then view images of your envelopes in email or online and have your mail securely scanned into a PDF, recycled, shredded, or forwarded.
The Ultimate PO Box, Post Office Box and Mail Forwarding Service
Posted by Blacky at 9:31 am 0 comments
THE VINTAGE WEB
Celebrates so many of the things we look for:
* “Under Construction” animated gif
* Blink tags
* Use of “Web Log” to denote an online diary
* Cursor animation
* “Digital” visitor counter at the bottom
* Tiled background image
THE VINTAGE WEB
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PDFVue Beta: Another Web-Based PDF Editing Solution
There’s less and less reason to fork over the expensive license fee for a full version of Adobe Acrobat these days. The web is littered with free, lightweight options that will allow you to do pretty much anything you’d want to do with Acrobat. Web app PDFVue is a relative newcomer to the field, and it brings a lot of useful PDF editing features to the table for the budget-conscious web worker.
PDFVue Beta: Another Web-Based PDF Editing Solution«
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Acrobat.com Sends Large Files Through Outlook for Free
Windows only: Adobe's Acrobat.com web site gives you 5GB of online file hosting for free, and their new Office add-in lets you easily upload and share your documents directly within Outlook 2007.
Acrobat.com Sends Large Files Through Outlook for Free
Posted by Blacky at 9:22 am 0 comments
Tactile illusions: Seven ways to fool your sense of touch
It's surprisingly easy for your body to fool your brain. Graham Lawton puts his sense of touch to the test.
Tactile illusions: Seven ways to fool your sense of touch
Posted by Blacky at 9:21 am 0 comments
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
5 Ways to Stay Motivated to Finish What You Started
There must be a reason why many people quite often start projects or tasks, big or small, and at some point while working on the tasks they feel overwhelmed, frustrated and stressed, so much so that in the end they quit or feel like quitting.
5 Ways to Stay Motivated to Finish What You Started
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Self-cleaning toilets: Genius!
Apartment Therapy recently posted an article that immediately caused me to remember a similar Gizmodo post that I loved from a couple years ago. Ever since I first saw that Gizmodo article I have decided that people in Switzerland are brilliant.
Self-cleaning toilets: Genius!
Posted by Blacky at 11:41 pm 0 comments
Privacychoice Stops Advertisers From Profiling You
Web site Privacychoice rolls the opt-out routines for a couple dozen advertising networks into a single javascript button—so you can stop them tracking you without having to mess with cookie settings.
Privacychoice Stops Advertisers From Profiling You
Posted by Blacky at 11:37 pm 0 comments
Tip of the Day: How to avoid dangers at home
Along with the spring cleaning you'll do over the coming weeks, conduct a thorough safety inspection of your home to uncover and deal with home dangers related to the products, systems, or areas of your home below.
Tip of the Day: How to avoid dangers at home
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