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• A Bit Better RTM Enhances Remember The Milk for Google Chrome [Downloads]

  
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  Google Chrome extension A Bit Better RTM is one of our favorite ways to tweak the popular Remember the Milk online to-do list web app, and now it’s been ported as a native Google Chrome extension.We’ve mentioned the A Bit Better RTM Greasemonkey script twice before as one of our favorite user scripts for ...
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• Hang a Two-Hook Picture with Wax Paper [Weekend Project]

  
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  Trying to hang a heavy picture with two anchors and make sure it’s level is enough to drive a person mad. Instead of peppering your walls with 3,000 holes trying to get it right, whip out the wax paper.Photo by justinbaeder.How-to-do-everything web site eHow has a pretty slick trick for getting pictures hung just so ...
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• Evernote for iPhone Update Adds Offline Notebooks, Better Search Functions [Downloads]

  
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  iPhone/iPod touch only: Evernote’s iPhone App just got a beefed up with some new features that will make Evernote lovers swoon, including features like offline access to notebooks and the ability to search notes during a sync.A new feature available to everyone is the ability to create notes on your iPhone and cache ...
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• Save Cash, Stick to Cheap Olive Oil When Cooking [Cooking Hacks]

  
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  High quality extra-virgin olive oils are perfect for salads or drizzling over cooked food, but they’re also expensive. When you’re cooking with oil, food author Molly Stevens suggests saving your fancy olive oil—the cheap stuff will do just as well.Photo by avlxyz.In her excellent book All About Braising: The ...
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• Pingdom Brings Web Site Monitoring to the Desktop [Downloads]

  
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  Windows: If you’ve a fan of the web site monitoring service Pingdom, they’ve released a handy desktop alert app to put site updates in your system tray.After going public earlier this year Pingdom offered free single-site monitoring including SMS alerts, email alerts, and an iPhone app. Now you can grab a free ...
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• How Can I Protect My Home’s Plumbing While I Travel? [Ask Lifehacker]

  
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  Dear Lifehacker, With all my holiday travel, I’m worried about coming home to a burst pipe following all the frigid weather we’re having. What can I do to protect my plumbing while I’m out of town?Signed, Winter WorrierPhoto by Jimmy_Joe.Dear Winter,With all the terrible weather across the nation, it’s a smart ...
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• Classic Shell Brings the Old Start Menu Back to Windows 7 [Downloads]

  
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  Windows only: Start menu replacement utility Classic Shell adds back some of the missing features in Windows 7 or Vista that used to exist in XP—like the Classic-style Start Menu.During the installation process, you can choose to install two optional pieces—the first is the Classic Start Menu, which is a ...
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• Backupify Cloud Backup Free Until January 31; Stays Free If You Sign Up Now [Backups]

  
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  Previously mentioned web service Backupify backs up all your online accounts (Gmail, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, and a ton more) to the cloud, normally for a nominal fee—but until January 31, 2009, all Backupify accounts will be free with unlimited storage. After this period, the service will go back to a paid ...
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• The Keyboardist’s Hideaway [Featured Workspace]

  
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  Not every workspace is geared towards paperwork. Today’s featured workspace is a relaxing space for music-making and geeking-out.Lifehacker reader ThePurpleSkyz wanted a space for making music, relaxing, and the occasional geek-out session with a nice triple monitor bank. A sawhorse-style desk, some speakers, a ...
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• 7 Tech Tools to Supercharge Your Productivity in the New Year

  
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  By Linsey Knerl This article is Wise Breads contribution to Life Scoop , where ordinary people learn how to make surprising things happen with technology. We all want to work better, faster, and smarter. Thanks to the ever-changing tech landscape — we can! We’ve highlighted some of the best tools ...
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• Peer-to-peer platform for trading frequent flier miles

  
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  Weve been writing about swapping marketplaces for several years already, with Uneven Feet —which facilitates the trading of single shoes—being the most recent example. Working on much the same idea—but this time for frequent flier points and miles—is the Global Points Exchange , a peer-to-peer trading ...
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• MindHabits Provides Fun, Easy-To-Use Games That Lead to A More Relaxed and Confident You! -- Free Eval Software Download + Online Demo

  
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  Link for this Post: Improve self confidence and Learn to Relax With unique clinically proven games by MindHabits In a recent post, I gave a brief history of self-development software . Now I want to spotlight the worlds first life training software ready for prime time! Are you stressed out or in a blue ...
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• Autocomplete Extension Makes Chrome Save Nearly Any Password [Downloads]

  
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  Chrome: Some web sites, like personal banking portals, rightfully ask your browser not to remember your password. Others are just weirdly against convenience. The Autocomplete = On extension for Google Chrome forces sites to let you make the auto-password call.We’ve previously featured a handy Password Saver ...
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• Nerrot Is the Simplest, Least Spammy Torrent Site You’ll Ever Use [BitTorrent]

  
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  If you’re a BitTorrent lover but aren’t too keen on all the pop-ups, racy ads, and clutter that’s everywhere on most torrent sites, new BitTorrent site Nerrot is the cleanest, most bare-bones torrent site we’ve ever seen.Just head to the homepage (this is also the only page on the site), type in the most ...
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• Impress The DIYers on Your Christmas List with a Gimlet Set [Stuff We Like]

  
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  If you want to impress a DIYer on your holiday shopping list with an extremely useful addition to their toolbox, you’ll score big by giving them a gimlet set.What’s a gimlet? Gimlets are an old-fashioned, but extremely practical, hand tool. You use them to make pilot holes for screws without having to use a drill. ...
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• Focus on the Action to Avoid Headaches During 3D Movies [Movies]

  
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  Quite a few people will be taking in 3D movies this holiday season, and quite a few of them will leave the theater with headaches. Avoid getting a 3D-movie-induced headache with this simple trick.Movie-centric site Shadow Locked put together a simple guide to avoid getting a headache when you go see a 3D movie. First, ...
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• Use a Crock Pot to Make Homemade Candles [DIY]

  
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  If you’re looking for an easy way to make candles or a great homemade gift to give this holidays, this tutorial will show you how to use a crock pot to make candle-creation a snap.If you’ve ever made candles before, you know what a pain dealing with the wax can be. The double-boiling, the pouring, [...]
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• Five Best Collaboration Tools [Hive Five]

  
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  The internet has ushered in a level of collaboration unimaginable to workers of decades past. Today we’re taking a look at five popular tools for collaborating with your team to get things done.Photo by ralphbijker.Earlier this week we asked you to share your favorite collaboration tool, and now we’re back to with ...
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• DirectLife: Small Steps to a Healthier You

  
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  Exercise. I hate it, you hate it, it’s just plain boring. Besides, who has time to go to the gym every day anyway? We all know that exercise is important, even for those not looking to lose weight. But it’s hard. DirectLife helps you measure your activity level and add to it with the help [...]
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• Top 10 Essential Tools for Your Wallet, Keychain, or Pocket [Lifehacker Top 10]

  
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  You want to be organized and prepared when you’re walking around, but you don’t want to lug around 10 pounds of gear and ruin your back with a mega-wallet. These essential carry-around tools are discrete, super-handy, and oh so brag-worthy.Photo by joelogon.We’ve previously covered the gear our editors and ...
  5 days ago

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