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Grab HTML Colour Codes From Anywhere

Shep McAllister — Sun, 19 May 2013 15:00:00 +1000

OS X: If you see a colour on the web or in an app that you particularly like and want to save for later, Sip makes it incredibly fast and easy to store it for later use. More »
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Add Custom Backlighting To Your Keyboard

Shep McAllister — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:00:00 +1000

A lot of nice gaming keyboards come with backlit keys, but you don’t get any say over the colour of the light. Some don’t even let you make fine-grained adjustments to brightness. Luckily, it is possible to make some alterations on your own. More »
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Buy A New Toothbrush Whenever You Buy Toothpaste

Shep McAllister — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:00:00 +1000

Dentists recommend buying a new toothbrush every three-four months, but it’s hard to remember when it’s time to get a new one. One simple way to remember is to just buy a new toothbrush whenever you buy toothpaste. More »
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BarTab-Inspired Chrome Extension FooTab Boosts Browser’s Startup Speed

Logan Booker — Sun, 19 May 2013 12:30:34 +1000

BarTab is a popular add-on for Firefox, preventing tabs from a previous session from loading until you activate them. Anyone who keeps 20+ tabs open knows the primordial sadness of watching one’s browser struggle with the load of restoring such a large number of tabs simultaneously. Now, Chrome users can enjoy the benefits of the add-on with an extension called FooTab. More »
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Twipster Strips Twitter’s Cluttered Interface Down To The Essentials

Shep McAllister — Sun, 19 May 2013 12:00:00 +1000

Safari/Chrome: If Twitter’s web interface is a little too busy for your liking, Twipster converts it into a minimal and responsive list of tweets, with none of the clutter. More »
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Cut Lemons Lengthwise To Get More Juice

Shep McAllister — Sun, 19 May 2013 11:00:00 +1000

When you need lemon juice for a recipe, nothing beats fresh-squeezed, but it’s always a struggle to coax a lot of juice out of the fruit. As it turns out, the secret is to cut the lemon lengthwise. More »
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Top 9 Everyday Life Hacks That Take 10 Seconds Or Less

Whitson Gordon — Sun, 19 May 2013 10:00:00 +1000

Sometimes, you can do something the fast way, or you can do it the right way. Other times, those two things are one and the same. Here are nine everyday tasks that you can do in 10 seconds or less. More »
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‘Self-Delusion Is One Of The Greatest Inventions In Human History’

Adam Dachis — Sat, 18 May 2013 15:00:00 +1000

At some point you’ve been told to fake it ’til you make it, and that’s because with a little effort you can delude yourself into believing — and then becoming — whatever you hope to be. As A.J. Jacobs, author of Drop Dead Healthy, points out in this quote, we’re a lot more flexible and less stubborn than we may think. More »
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Two Clever Ways To Case A Pillow Faster

Joshua Rivera — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:30:00 +1000

Putting on a pillow case isn’t all that hard, but it can start to get a little unwieldy if you have a lot of pillows to case and they’re kind of big. Use these two tricks to get it right quickly, every time. More »
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Cook Any Stir-Fry In Six Easy Steps

Tom Hirschfeld — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:00:00 +1000

Once you realise you don’t need a recipe for everything, you may find yourself cooking a lot more often. Stir-fry is a perfect example — the steps stay the same, and you can use whatever is in the fridge. More »
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DIY Challenge: Create A Self-Lighting Candle (With Dimmer Switch)

Chris Jager — Sat, 18 May 2013 12:30:27 +1000
Industrial designer Zelf Koelman has built a fabulously twee alternative to electric light: an auto-lighting candle rig that even has a dimmer switch. Watch the video to see how it was done. More »
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Use Caulk To Paint Straight Edges Like A Pro

Melanie Pinola — Sat, 18 May 2013 12:00:00 +1000
Getting that precise, straight line on edges of a wall or where the wall meets ceiling is one of the hardest parts of painting. It’s even worse if you have textured walls or ceilings. The Make It & Love It blog reveals this “pro painter’s secret” to sharp lines perfection. More »
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Learn All The New (And Removed) Windows 8 Command Prompt Tools

Melanie Pinola — Sat, 18 May 2013 11:30:00 +1000
Windows 8 comes with a couple of new or tweaked commands that may actually be pretty handy if you use the Command Prompt to do things faster on your computer or a bunch of PCs. More »
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Evernote’s Missing Feature: How To Add Reminders To Your Notes

Melanie Pinola — Sat, 18 May 2013 11:00:00 +1000
Even though Google Now offers convenient time and location-based reminders and there are approximately a gazillion to-do apps you can use, if you’re a die-hard Evernote user, you probably still crave this one missing feature: The ability to set reminders on your notes. Here’s how to get those sorely missing alerts. More »
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How To Add A Glowing Star To Converse Shoes

Andrew Tarantola — Sat, 18 May 2013 10:30:49 +1000
Converse’s Chuck Taylor All-Star sneakers will probably never go out of style. But just in case, you can future-proof them with this fun hack from Adafruit that swaps out the standard star crest with a glowing logo. More »
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Tabman Turns Your Chrome Tabs Into An Easy-To-Browse List

Thorin Klosowski — Sat, 18 May 2013 10:00:00 +1000
Chrome: Having too many tabs open is a pretty common problem that has all kinds of solutions. Tabman is yet another one of those solutions, but instead of trying to organise your tabs, it merely shows them to you in a list that’s easy to browse and reorder. More »
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This Seven-Minute Timer Guides You Through A Quick Workout

Thorin Klosowski — Sat, 18 May 2013 09:30:00 +1000
Last week we told you about the seven-minute workout and showed you how to do each exercise. If you don’t feel like setting up your own 30 second timer for the workout, the Seven-Minute Workout Timer does it for you. More »
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Grab Notes App Bluenote For $0.99 And Monitor Manager Multimon For $1.99

Thorin Klosowski — Sat, 18 May 2013 09:00:00 +1000
Mac: Two great Mac apps are on sale at a deep discount today. The secure note-taking app Bluenote is just $0.99, on sale from $10.49 and the multiple monitor manager Multimon is on sale for $1.99 from $10.49. More »
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Hoverboard.io Builds Beautiful Landing Pages That Highlight Your Work

Alan Henry — Sat, 18 May 2013 08:30:00 +1000
If you have work to showcase and you don’t want a nameplate site that looks like everyone else’s, try Hoverboard.io. It’s brand new, is completely free, and looks fantastic. It’s also built for writers, developers and makers who want to show off their social profiles, Github projects, blog posts and work experience. More »
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Remember The ‘Sometimes, Always, Never’ Rule When Wearing A Suit Coat

Alan Henry — Sat, 18 May 2013 08:00:00 +1000
Most men’s suit jackets have three buttons down the front. Leave them all unbuttoned and you look informal. Button them all and you look like a schoolboy in his first suit or a school uniform. So which should you button and which stay open? This rule is easy to remember: “Sometimes, Always, Never” from top to bottom. More »
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