Celebrate the Fourth of July with a New Desktop Wallpaper [Friday Fun] (52)
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If ever there were a holiday that yields colorful and flashy desktop wallpaper, it's definitely the Fourth of July. Celebrate the Fourth on your desktop with these swanky fireworks wallpapers. If you're not going to be shooting your own stunning Fourth of July pictures this weekend, you might as well take advantage of the great photos other people have taken to properly decorate your computer screen for the holiday. The following gallery is a collection ...
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Wao said:
漂亮 : )
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Marcel said:
That's what I call nice pictures of fireworks.
Take Better Photos: Fourth of July Edition [Photography Tip] (26)
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Fireworks displays across the U.S. are set to go off all weekend in celebration of the Fourth of July. Take better photos of both the fireworks and the friends and family you've gathered with. Photo by mandj98. We've covered quite a variety of photography tips, tricks, and tools here at Lifehacker. We've even written our own tutorials to help you turn your snapshots into conversation starting photographs. In preparation for the Fourth of July celebrations ...
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Todd said:
If I wanted to get good pics of tonight's display, I'd probably have to leave now to get a spot on the lake.I'll just be going to the lakefront near my flat - a couple of miles north of the show. The display will be small - but I'm sure it will be cool.
Best Online Image Editor? [Hive Five Call For Contenders] (9)
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Desktop image editors are great, but we're not always at our home workstations. Thankfully there are quite a few capable and feature-rich image editors to be found online. Let's hear it for web-based editing! Photo by dogbomb. Earlier this year we asked you to share your favorite desktop image editors. This week we want to hear about your favorite online editing tools. Where do you go when you're away from your home terminal and looking ...
Tidy Office in a Tiny Closet [Featured Workspace] (9)
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Most closets are just the right size to stash a workstation away in and offer one very enticing feature: the ability to shutter your desk away at a moments notice. Lifehacker reader splitlog wanted to increase the available floorspace in his room. Where best to stash a big desk? In the closet of course. He still has room above the desk on the shelves to stash some clothing but the rest of the closet is ...
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Christie said:
No room for a real office? Turn a spare closet into your office.
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Rob said:
This inspires me to reorganize my home office.
Illustrated Chart Makes Coffee Drinks Easy [Coffee] (61)
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Whether you've got a fancy new espresso machine at home or you just want to get a better idea of how drinks are prepared at your local coffee shop, this handy chart can help. Designer Lokesh Dhakar wanted a visual way to represent the composition of different styles of espresso preparations: I‘m new to the world of fancy coffee drinks. With the vast number of ordering options and new words with accented characters to pronounce ...
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ax0n said:
I have no coffee today. This might be the final temptation I need to walk down the street.
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Sam Chupp said:
This is seriously cool!
Use the Scroll Wheel to Zip Through Your Browser History [Firefox Tip] (24)
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Firefox: Keyboard shortcuts are handy time savers, and when it comes to web browsers, a keyboard/mouse shortcut is even handier. Zip through your history on a web page with this simple shortcut. Lifehacker reader Raghav writes in with a great trick for zooming through your browser history: It's common knowledge that control-scrolling increases/decreases font size and that alt-scrolling slows down scrolling in firefox, but did you know that shift-scrolling shuffles through your history for that ...
Use Your Car Alarm as a Home Security Panic Button [Clever Uses] (12)
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Unless you're currently on the wrong side of a Colombian drug lord, the kind of criminals who would break into your house are of the opportunistic variety. Use your car alarm to send them running Photo by epredator. Most home intrusions are crimes of opportunity where the criminal seeks to get things of value as quickly as possible and get out without confronting the home owner or, worse, the police. Burglar alarms are a strong ...
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Lewis said:
Good home safety tip.
Best Free System Restore Tool: Clonezilla [Hive Five Followup] (40)
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When it comes to creating a perfect copy of a system disk for future restoration, Lifehacker readers love the open source and versatile Clonezilla. It can't do real-time mirroring like the second and third-place winners DriveImageXML and Macrium Reflect Free, but it's powerful, versatile, and can easily grow with you as your disk imaging and backup needs expand. For more information about Clonezilla and the other Hive Five candidates, check out last week's Hive Five: ...
Use a Chain Sinnet to Tidy Cables [Cable Management] (51)
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Wire baskets can stash cables under a desk, but they don't make it easy to yank out certain wires for laptops or other needs. A chain sinnet might just do the trick. What is this mysterious and loopy creature? The Closet Entrepreneur blog explains how a sinnet handily tames cables: The chain sinnet (aka chain braid, daisy chain, or monkey braid) is a cable shortening and storing method that can be used to make stray ...
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Greg Brock said:
Friggin' genius!
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Dre said:
That's some pretty nifty stuff. Thanks for sharing, Chad! I'm gonna use this for some extension cords I have laying around.
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jjrussell said:
Sounds dumb but watch the video. Very cool for extension cords.
TubeMaster++ Update Makes Grabbing Videos and Music Easier [Downloads] (40)
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Windows only: Last year we shared TubeMaster Plus with you, an extremely handy program for downloading videos and music from streaming sites. TubeMaster++ has been released and comes with a slew of new features. TubeMaster++ makes grabbing streaming videos and music incredibly simple. As long as TubeMaster++ is running, it will grab nearly every kind of media you watch over your internet connection thanks to its ability to scan the incoming data and not rely ...
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Michael Hyatt said:
This looks like it might be worth the download.
Best of the Best: Hive Five Winners, March through June 2009 [Hive Five] (62)
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The year is flying by, and so are our readers' picks for software, hardware, and other tools. Come on in to see the winners of our Hive Five polls for the second quarter of 2009. Every week we pose a question to you, the saavy and experienced Lifehacker readers. Pulling from current trends, popular reader suggestions, and our own brainstorming sessions, we search out the next "Which is best?" question to put before the collective ...
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Rodrigo said:
Os Hive Five trazem algumas boas surpresas.
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Heidi Hansen said:
cool to see that despite all of the technology goodness out there, paper comes up at best for a couple of these.
Make a DIY Macro Lens from Old Binoculars [DIY] (21)
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A high-end macro lens for your camera can easily run upwards of a thousand dollars, but you can make a super-simple macro lens for a few bucks out of old binoculars. If you have a pair of old binoculars laying around and a roll of electrical tape, you'll be able to complete your DIY macro lens with no cash outlay. If you're short of both, you'll need to keep an eye out for some old ...
Be Prepared for Wardrobe Malfunctions [MacGyver Tip] (7)
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Ideally you'd never tear the hem of your pants, scuff your shoes, or forget your umbrella on a rainy day. In the real world, use these quick wardrobe-saving tips to avoid arriving at your meeting tattered and soaked. Photo by ocean yamaha. Frugality blog Wise Bread illustrates the use of basic items in your work environment to perform quick fixes on your wardrobe emergencies. Before meetings, I have stapled the hem of an unraveling skirt, ...
Build a Cheaper Backyard Greenhouse [DIY] (15)
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Greenhouses are invaluable to gardeners. You can start seedlings earlier, grow plants later, and otherwise extend the window of warmth that Mother Nature gives you. Best of all, you can build one without going broke. The Door Garden, a blog devoted to getting gardeners the most for their dollar, they've put together a tutorial for making an inexpensive garden greenhouse. The author of the tutorial, a self-identified pack rat, was able to construct the greenhouse ...
Build an Cheaper Backyard Greenhouse [DIY] (10)
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Greenhouses are invaluable to gardeners. You can start seedlings earlier, grow plants later, and otherwise extend the window of warmth that Mother Nature gives you. Best of all, you can build one without going broke. The Door Garden, a blog devoted to getting gardeners the most for their dollar, they've put together a tutorial for making an inexpensive garden greenhouse. The author of the tutorial, a self-identified pack rat, was able to construct the greenhouse ...
The iTab Office [Featured Workspace] (11)
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Today's featured workspace comes from the Mac modder behind the iTab, an awesome fusion of a Wacom tablet and a MacBook. His workspace displays a similar obsession with adaptive implementation of OS X. As you might have expected, Wei's workspace is quite Mac-centric. His primary workstation is a Mac Pro linked to the iTab, which serves as a secondary machine and an extremely awesome drawing tablet. Following the "Who needs a second monitor when the ...
Songkick Tracks Past Concert Gear and Info [Music] (10)
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If you're just searching for some upcoming concert tickets and a place to buy them, there are plenty of online vendors. What about concert history and memorabilia? That's where Songkick comes in. Songkick solicits reviews and information about past concerts from users, and allows everyone to view memorabilia like show posters, ticket stubs, music and video clips, and more. You can search and enjoy most of the features of Songkick without an account, but if ...
Dress Up Your Ties with the "Merovingian Knot" [Clothing] (228)
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The realm of dress tie knots is dominated by a handful of traditional tie knots. Check out this rather unique tie knot and be the first on your block to sport it. If you're a very sharp-eyed fan of Matrix movie trilogy, you'll recognize the knot captured below as a rare specimen sported by "The Merovingian." The knot itself didn't originate with the movie, and isn't rightfully named "The Merovingian Knot," but the Ediety Knot. ...
Bake Delicious and Economical Homemade Sourdough Bread [Food] (26)
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If you tried out the technique we shared earlier this week for easy homemade bread and want to bolster your baking chops, you'll definitely want to check out this detailed guide to homemade sourdough bread. Laura and Barb, the two sisters behind the culinary blog My Sister's Kitchen, post an excellent and detailed tutorial on homemade sourdough. It isn't as simple as some of the other bread recipes and bread baking techniques we've shared in ...
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georgeadams said:
Για να το δοκιμάσουμε κι αυτό...Στο τέλος θα γίνω φούρναρης μου φαίνεται!
Jazz Up Your Summer Drinks with Garnished Ice Cubes [Entertaining] (15)
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Perhaps not practical for everyday use, garnished ice cubes can still add flavor and flair to drinks at your next summertime party. What exactly are garnished ice cubes? They're ice cubes enhanced in a variety of ways, such as making them out of juice or encasing a fruit complementary to the liquid surrounding it. How to go about making them? Over at the how-to and household tips blog TipNut, there's a handy guide: Maraschino cherries, ...
