Featured Desktop: Who Needs Icons? (16)
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Reader skarhead187 has submitted several desktops to the Lifehacker Desktop Show and Tell pool, and the thing that always stands out most—aside from a great eye for minimalism—is that despite using popular dock application ObjectDock, most of his desktops don't show any icons or branding. Keep reading for a look at a few more of skarhead187's desktops and to hear why he likes "genderless, organic desktops": Windows needs a global menu; OS X has it, ...
Your Daily Blue Angels Fix (1)
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Photo by Dave Schumaker Egads! (And here's where they're parked when not performing dazzling air acrobatics high above. Oh, and we still want to know about any sweaty, drunken, mildly homoerotic Fleet Week parties going on, folks. Thanks.)
Embed a Part of a YouTube Video (21)
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If you want to embed a YouTube video that starts to become interesting somewhere in the middle, there's a simple way to skip the boring part. YouTube's embedded player has a parameter that lets you specify the number of seconds that should be skipped before starting to play the video. Here's how you should edit the code: append &start=[number of seconds from the start of the video] to both URLs.<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/abcdefghijk&hl=en&fs=1&start=15"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" ...
Xoopit : The fastest way to find images, attachments and Videos in Gmail (1)
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This is one of the coolest Firefox extension which allows you to search for images, files and videos and organizes them pretty well. You can call it a Search Engine for your Gmail Inbox. It organizes all your files by types and displays at top so that if you want to find it its right there. Picture Dashboard in Gmail Features of Xoopit: Indexes the files withing your mails and show you on dashboard kind ...
‘Aquaduct’ adult-sized tricycle produces clean drinking water, keeps you from tipping over (1)
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Look at this environmentally-advanced mama jama. It’s called the Aquaduct, and though many are referring to it as a bicycle, it’s got three wheels. That, my friends, is a tricycle. Forget semantics, though, because the Aquaduct not only gets your from Point A to Point B (and occasionally Point C), but it also filters cruddy crap-water into delicious drinkable water using an onboard, pedal-powered filtration system. You simply fill up the back end of the ...
Finger Condom Toothbrush Might Be Awkward, but at Least You Won't Get Cavities [Hygiene] (3)
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Brushing your teeth with your finger never works, despite how often you try it when you end up wasted at someone else's place for the night. You know, it just kind of smears the toothpaste over your teeth without creating a foam, and it leaves your mouth feeling even grosser than before. If only you had one of these weird finger condom toothbrushes! It looks to be extremely portable, albeit awkward to use and possibly ...
Motorcycles: Confederate Fighter Motorcycle Will Cut You, Not Care (3)
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The Fighter motorcycle by the Confederate Motor Company is available in special limited edition form at Neiman Marcus. Featuring an advanced titanium, aluminum and carbon fiber chassis, the bike is powered by a 120ci 45-degree air-cooled V-Twin engine that allegedly propels riders to speeds of 190mph. But we just can't get over its design—as if the bike was carved sharply from a single block of metal. In fact, we even prefer the bike to one ...
Game Sales or Ads: Developers Need to Choose (2)
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We live in a world where we are surrounded almost nonstop from the time we wake up until the time we go to sleep by advertising. From the magazines we read to the searches we do on the Web, advertising permeates it all. With the software we use on a daily basis, it has been a common practice for some developers to offer up ad-supported versions of their software so users could use the programs ...
File --> 3D Print (1)
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Creating a 3D printing file from a Google SketchUp file has never been easy. Today a new class of 3D printing technology has slashed the time and expense it takes to create a physical model. Our friends at CADspan just released a plugin that allows for the generation of solid, 3D printable files directly from a Google SketchUp model. This software re-creates a model by "shrink-wrapping" it with one continuous mesh. The result is a ...
Gmail Labs Adds Advanced IMAP Controls [Gmail] (28)
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Google adds another opt-in feature to its roster of Gmail Labs experiments: Advanced IMAP Controls, a way to selectively decided which of your Gmail labels are available to your IMAP client plus other tweaks. With the new feature enabled, go to the Labels tab under your Gmail account's Settings area to select and de-select "Show in IMAP" on a per-label basis. Google describes a few other "obscure" IMAP features you can configure, as well. The ...
Bailout to Benefit Bicyclists (1)
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While many of us are flipping kittens over the $700 billion bailout, some of it will help you cyclists out there who use their wheels as a primary mode of transportation. According to the Gate: Starting in January, workers who use two-wheelers as their primary transportation mode to get to and from work will be eligible for a $20-a-month, tax-free reimbursement from their employers for bicycle-related expenses. In return, employers will be able to deduct ...
25 Resources for Learning How to Customize Your Browser (30)
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No matter which browser you prefer, there’s a plethora of ways to customize the way you surf the Web. There are countless plugins, extensions, toolbars and more. Some of these are easy to install while others require a little more effort. We’ve put together a list of some of the best instructional resources for the most popular browsers today, including Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Opera and even the still wet behind the ears ...
Google Employee Visions (3)
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Google put out a promotional video interviewing a couple of Google employees, like Marissa Mayer and Craig Silverstein. In the first part of the video, people are looking back (mostly at fun things, perhaps the message is that the giant Google dog “just wants to play”). In the second part, they’re contemplating the future. Here are two quotes (edited for clarity where necessary): <<The grand vision, you know, to think way out there, is ...
Color me crazy - 10 best online color tools (16)
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Filed under: News, Design Tips If you're tackling some graphic design project or maybe even your wall decor, getting color hints from ready made color templates from professional designers can be useful. Below are 10 of the better sites to help you out on your design challenge.ColorCombos - nice color palettes to choose from. If there's a particular website whose colors you want to snag, check out their "Grab Website Colors" engine. You just input ...
MyAnalytics puts Google Analytics in your pocket (3)
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If you're too impatient to wait for Google to release its own iPhone app or Safari-optimized version of Google Analytics you might want to check out myAnalytics. This $1.99 iPhone application (app store link) lets you see a general overview of how your sites are doing, and stores the data locally on your device so you can access it when you're away from a data connection. Considering Google's most recent release of Analytics requires Adobe ...
Attention, Google Maps fans: Here come GeoEye photos (4)
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This shot of Kutztown University in Pennsylvania is the first image from the GeoEye-1 satellite. Google is a commercial customer for the satellite's imagery. Click for a larger view.(Credit: GeoEye) Golden Bears fans, take note: The first high-resolution photos from GeoEye's newest satellite, GeoEye-1, have begun arriving, and Kutztown University in Pennsylvania is the first subject of scrutiny. These are the shots that eventually will show up on Google Maps and Google Earth; Google has ...
HAL robo suit to turn the elderly and disabled into super heroes (1)
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A robotic suited called the HAL-5 (which was created by Tsukuba University professor Yoshiyuki Sankai) which was created a few year ago will be available for rent in Japan starting this Friday. The suit will be available for $2,200 a month. The company who manufactures the suit, Cyberdyne (that’s right - the company has almost exactly the same name as the company that created the genocidal Skynet in the “Terminator” movies) hopes it will be ...
3D Translucent Laser Display Will Turn Windows Into Billboards [3D Lasers] (1)
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Sony has teamed up with the Max-Planck Institute in Germany to create a flexible, translucent display that creates 3D multi-color images from laser beams. The all-organic screen uses a chemical reaction called photoexcitation to render images, where energy moves from the lasers to the screen and “turns on” the photons to emit light. According to tests, the screens have yet to deteriorate after 100 straight hours of use, making this technology a prime candidate for ...
Porn Like You Never Seen it Before! (SFW) (2)
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