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Best of the Best: The Hive Five Winners [Hive Five] (162)
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Our Hive Five feature series answers the most frequently asked question we hear at Lifehacker: "What's the best tool for the job?" In the past six months, we've covered the five best tools in a number of categories, from best instant messengers and DVD-ripping tools to anti-virus applications and BitTorrent clients. Each week, we ask our savvy readers to vote for the one tool they like best out of the top five; the winner represents ...Shared by abdullah (17) adang001 (20) Adval (44) Ahhyeah.com (11) Al (15) Alec Peden (19) Alex M. (13) Alexander13 (76) Alf Kåre (19) androcles (22) Antonio (8) Ashish (17) Ashish Jaiswal (0) Ashwin (21) beatlebum (13) Ben (21) Bijou (21) bjsolem (15) blindsurf3r (9) Brandy (37) brandy (17) Brooks (14) BryanSays (16) bucks14 (17) Carlos Pinto (10) Caz (10) chunk (14) Cubby Brendle (18) D4rKr0W (21) DarkBls (30) DaveBinM (14) davemac (19) David (19) Derek Springer (20) digiSal (21) Dilated (0) docbob (16) Dominik Lukeš (4) Duane (40) Dwight D (0) Dylan Bennett (27) Edney Souza (36) Eduardo (10) Eric (20) Eric (0) Éric (27) Erik (17) everyone loves a wee sombrero (27) Faraz (10) Florent Solt (37) Gabriel (22) Gelidity (0) Gil (19) giseky (20) Glutnix (17) Greg (0) Guerwan (24) Hakim (12) Hashbrown (14) HeNkiSdaBro (19) Hieu (6) hikikomori (44) HokieGeek (35) Hooman (23) Humberto Gonzalez (47) idham (13) Ingar (5) Inman (10) ioeo (14) J. (21) Jake (16) James (9) James (9) JeeBs (5) Jeff (21) Jeff (20) Jeff (14) Jennifer Abe (14) Joe Haynes (43) JohnC (15) Jon Lorenzini (20) Jordan (12) Jorg (4) Josh (15) Jules Morgan (1) jwmosley (6) Kai (10) Kathy Brewis (159) kennethjayden (10) Kevin (19) Krazy (417) Kurt (26) lalalila (19) LANjackal (70) Liew (1) Luca (9) Luis Benavides (9) m8 (15) Manuel (19) Marco (22) Mark (22) Mark Bockenstedt (16) Marko Sultsing (15) Matt (31) Matt (7) MattJhsn (26) Mayka Mei (1) Michael (20) mina. (11) nanabite (19) Nick (8) Nikki (45) Nuno (20) Pablo Olmos de Aguilera C (16) panuta (10) Parag Shah (1) parkylondon (58) Pejman (22) Perry (9) Peter N (15) Peter Wooley (14) phegaro (13) philayres (2) Praveen Kumar (21) Punksolid (53) quarkrocks (19) rawwell (103) Richard Bradshaw (17) Rob (2) Rob (10) Robert (13) Robert Scoble (74) rodmitch (14) Rylan (4) Sara (5) Scott (10) sczizzo (8) shivanand (23) Simone (21) Sparky (20) Sridhar Katakam (19) Stefan (28) Stephen Speer (7) Steven Correy (68) Sumesh (90) Sylvia Giacinta (17) Szestek (20) Ted (18) timmins (15) TJ (8) tOMPSON (24) Vasanth (13) venkks (13) vforrestal (20) vinoaj (19) williamsdb (20) wwj (20) Yaser Sulaiman (10) Yusuf (16) zeb (37) zemaNORIS (46) Фил (21)Explore read 12 notes- Robert Scoble said: This is a must read for everyone. Lifehacker has pulled the best productivity apps out and put them all into one post. Me loves Lifehacker.
- Caz said: This is good stuff... a bunch of the "best of" applications and systems to make you more productive... really... you should read this.
- chunk said: One stop shop.
- Jake said: I use about 70% of these things. All pretty awesome apps.
- mina. said: i love that the best tools to keep track of your life are still pen and paper. the satisfaction of drawing a line through something on your to-do list is unparallelled.
- Mark Bockenstedt said: this is a pretty good comprehensive list of the best packages around
- Kurt said: Awesome post!
- JeeBs said: Rock solid list of the best apps in many categories. Many I already use, some I don't, and will check out.
- Ashwin said: Amazing collection!
- blindsurf3r said: a really nice article.. list of all of the best productivity apps
- Glutnix said: Even technophiles still like pen-and-paper!
- Matt said: This is a good list that everyone should check out.
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What's your favorite "programmer" cartoon (11)
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they're doing some interesting things with reputation, like gaining points to acquire new powersShared by Brent Ozar (13) Dylan Bennett (27) fmavituna (0) Greg (0) Ilse (4) ManiacD (28) Mukund Mohan (10) Paul Irish (11) Prof (26) Sharjeel (12) SoN9ne (0)Contribute comment -
Learn Photoshop in One Week [Photoshop] (71)
onInterested in getting good with Photoshop but know nothing about the popular photo editing software? Weblog Elite By Design puts together a crash course for mastering Photoshop in one week that might be a good place to start.Shared by <Super Stevie> (1) Aaron L. M. Goodwin (19) Adam Selwood (21) andrea (16) andrew (5) aran (27) arnet (13) Barney (5) bill (5) Bill Glick (18) blackbelt (11) brandy (17) Brooke Adcox (22) Bryan (20) btocher (19) Bubula (70) C.K. (104) capt bro (29) Clay (21) coonhnd (18) cpqdon (14) Danny (18) Daryl (8) DurWood (16) Eduardo (10) erdal (31) Erik (51) Fredrik Carlsson (7) Greg (0) Greg Lowe (43) homard (3) Jacintoxico (0) Jamieasp (22) Jared (6) Jason (9) Jason David Pelker (38) Jason Wong (7) Jean-Baptiste (14) jGrrl (17) jimmysessions (20) Jon (7) Jonnie (21) Josi (22) Josue Sanchez (13) Klink (21) Krazy (417) Kunal Ghate (13) Kwasi (46) lalarrea (13) Laurent (24) lomodeedee (21) Marc (4) Matt (26) mediter (38) Michael (20) Mike (23) njsf (2) phegaro (13) rd1701 (20) Ross (21) ryan.capote (64) rzklkng (172) Sean McBride (115) Sergej Sidoruk (25) shanusmagnus (10) Shinn Photography (6) Twi (22) Ullash (0) Votis (17) web (23) WickeD (15)
- WickeD said: Interesting
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chartjunk & Blog Archive & Tax Plans (that&8217;s one for you, nineteen for me). (28)
onThere’s a graph that Obama supporters are sending around, showing the differences between the Republican and Democrat tax cut proposals. It shows that Obama is not in fact planning to raise taxes - he’s planning to cut them for all but the very, very rich. I couldn’t help but notice though - the graph is still massively weighted towards the interests of the super-rich. For example, the bottom two-thirds of the population are given only ...Shared by A. Jericho (56) Adam Hansen (18) Alex (13) Antonio (27) danbri (27) Darren Barefoot (11) Dave (20) Erik (14) Greg (0) Jake (23) Jason Sares (19) John Engler (8) jrhyley (0) Mark Hall (4) Meghan (5) Monkey (5) Nate Koechley (18) Noah (13) Noah Brimhall (8) Patrick (24) Peter H (27) Piotr O (25) Pradeep (24) Sean (20) Thadius (21) Tim Poundstone (1) waxattack (10) xavierbkk (7)
- Pradeep said: I had, earlier, linked to the original Washington Post chart (http://bit.ly/p99W). This, here, is certainly an improved version. Good catch!
- Noah Brimhall said: This is a redrawing of a chart that appeared in the Washington Post that didn't really fairly represent the effect of McCain and Obama's tax plans. In reality, McCain offers almost nothing to 60% of the population, while Obama lowers or keeps taxes the same for 99% of the population. So unless you make more than $600,000/per year, you don't have anything to worry from an Obama tax plan.
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2008 NFL TV maps (17)
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New for the 2008 NFL season: the NFL TV distribution maps that tell you which football games are going to be broadcast is which parts of the country. They're using zoomable Google Maps this year...here's what a typical coverage map looks like: During football season in a TV market like NYC, which is dominated by coverage of two local teams (Giants and Jets), this is an essential tool for determining if you're actually gonna get ...Shared by Ashok (20) Chris (48) cisellis (20) Czarski (26) Dan N. (0) Drew (20) Fletch (19) Fred Schechter (33) Gavin (25) Gil Creque (18) Greg (0) kramertron (19) Matt (18) nathos (19) pr1000 (22) Thomas (19) Yvette (25)Contribute comment -
Featured Mac Download: GimmeSomeTune Supercharges Your iTunes Library (54)
onMac OS X only: Free iTunes add-on GimmeSomeTune automatically fetches missing album artwork, lyrics, and automatically embeds them in your music library. GimmeSomeTune runs in the background, and in addition to the metadata tools, it also supports scrobbling your music to Last.fm, universal hotkeys, iChat status updates, and even Apple Remote control. Apart from all that, GimmeSomeTune is also an excellent iTunes desktop remote, complete with a fully customizable song notification window. The donationware GimmeSomeTune ...Shared by alldrin (20) Andy (20) Andy (20) Augmented Web (54) benh (15) Breyten (1) Bruce (20) Carl (20) chip (25) Chris Nixon (24) Christopher (0) Christopher S. Penn (16) cjlacz (10) Colin (32) Dan Russell (33) DanTheFan (20) Darren (7) DaveBinM (14) eurotransient (17) Evelien (21) Felix (18) Frawst (21) ħ (8) Greg (0) Greg Loesch (19) Henya (11) Janyne (21) Javieryn (22) Jim (15) Kevin (0) kidmarmite (31) Lee (15) Mark (3) Mark (11) Megan (27) MrGuff (73) MV (36) Nick (56) Pat (19) Pat (42) patella (14) Peli (10) phoopee3 (5) pikagwong (6) Rick (5) Rob (21) shane (19) shawnmor (29) smilebit (0) stormin (0) Votis (17) Will (18) zer0ck (41) zoso (31)
- ħ said: Trying this one out now. The other two utilities based on musicBrainz didn't work :P
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cold-brewed iced coffee (5)
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Since I began working from home, I have no doubt I have saved a ton of money by not buying those yogurt-granola cups and salad bar lunches everyday. What I haven’t saved even a penny on, however, is my iced coffee habit. If anything, it’s gotten worse. Or better, depending on how you look at it. The first month, I spent a lot of time at Starbucks, yet not because I am addicted to their ...Contribute comment -
How to boil an egg (41)
onFrench cookery scientist Hervé This says that the 10-minute boiled egg is the wrong way to go about cooking your eggs. Temperature and not time is the governing factor to gloriously boiled eggs. Recall that when an egg cooks, its proteins first unwind and then link to form a rigidifying mesh. But not all its proteins solidify at the same temperature. Ovotransferrin, the first of the egg-white proteins to uncoil, begins to set at around ...Shared by Alix (6) Aneel (32) angol (53) Barry Mitchelson (4) BenJamin (22) Calle (16) Chung (140) colleen wainwright (11) Crutcher D (25) danieltalsky (20) Dave C. (16) David G Mihalcik (17) Dillon (15) Eric Mortensen (21) fuzzyjay (15) ggatin (30) Graham (20) Greg (0) Heraldk (12) Herbal Lemon (17) iomegadrive (20) Jeffrey (20) Josh (38) Kevin Fox (5) Marissa (33) Matthew (21) Melissa (0) Meromo (3) morberg (13) Otenth Paderborn (5) Peter (9) pr1000 (22) Robert Bruce (14) Sam (44) Selena (32) Shawn (20) Tarun (12) velociped (12) Wilka (20) Yerameyahu (93) Zaki (57)Explore read six notes
- Kevin Fox said: I'm going to try this tonight!
- Peter said: And you thought it was easy.. It is, just not how you thought.
- Crutcher D said: Theresa, read this.
- angol said: need to buy a thermometer and cook this
- Robert Bruce said: Gloriously useful.
- danieltalsky said: As someone who's always trying to get the boiled egg perfect without any little greenish sulphur on the yolk, this is awesome to me.
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Labs/Ubiquity/Ubiquity 0.1 User Tutorial - MozillaWiki (111)
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Aza’s Thoughts » Ubiquity In Depth (59)
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An experiment into connecting the Web with language. Ubiquity is an experiment two parts. It’s both an interface and a development platform. Ubiquity 0.1 focuses on the platform aspects, while beginning to explore language-driven methods of controlling the browser. Read about the release here, or download it. In this post, we’ll talk first about the interface, and then the platform. For those who are really impatient, and just want to see how the prototype version ...Shared by Ahmed (40) Amanda (14) Andreas (12) Brendan Jackson (1) Bruno Campagnolo de Paula (42) Cam (6) Charlie Gilkey (28) Craig Saila (3) cuqui (9) Daniel Backhaus (1) Darian Rawson (49) Eric (9) Ethan (20) Fernando (37) Fredrik H (20) garykoelling (6) Greg (0) Jay (33) Jennifer Trant (1) Jeroen (21) JNC (4) joekwon (20) John (12) John Massaglia (23) Jonathan (4) Kerk (9) lunamoth (20) matiasjajaja (11) met (5) michael (3) Mike (25) minnesotan (7) Niklas (2) Patrick Tanguay (2) Paulo Pereira (20) Rachael Folk (5) Rainer Helmes (13) Ramanan (5) rickd (5) Rob Crowther (0) Rob Knight (3) Rui (20) sryo (25) Stephen (7) Steve (17) sullisnack (2) Ted Leung (1) tehKenny (0) Tim (5) Tim (30) Tim Disney (13) Tim Visher (18) tlockney (23) Tom (18) Vladimir Yashnikov (3) Wolf (34) Youpinadi (10) Zaki (57)Explore read eight notes- joekwon said: i like where this is going
- Kerk said: Well after spending an hour-ish writing my Delicious command, I have to say I am even more impressed with this little Browser toy. Can not wait for some more polish.
- Tom said: suck a dick, me!
- Tim said: neat
- John Massaglia said: still immature, but this is an awesome idea
- Rui said: Looks like Aza is taking the concepts he used in Enso and taking them to the next level with Ubiquity.Even the logo is similar ;)Anyway, i'm going to give this a try. I like it.
- Fredrik H said: Om Ubiquity funkar så kan det nog få mig att sluta med Safari på min mac.
- Paulo Pereira said: muito bom conceito. pega um bocado em ideias do Enso. vale a pena ver.
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Coffee Scoop and Clip (1)
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Gratification for the meticulous coffee brewer.Shared by Greg (0)Contribute comment -
Executor Is Impressive, Full-Featured App Launcher [Featured Windows Download] (99)
onWindows only: Free application Executor is an application launcher very similar in look and feel to Lifehacker reader's favorite application launcher, Launchy. In fact, after a bit of testing Executor might have just snagged Launchy's place as the app launcher of choice on my Windows machine. One of the major differences between the two is Executor's emphasis on keywords. Although it does text search for just about anything, Executor gives priority to user-assigned keywords for ...Shared by aElian (20) Amy (5) Ann (28) anthony warnick (9) anupam (0) Arvin (32) Ben (23) Bob (6) Brian (11) Brian Antonelli (32) bwary (15) Cade (30) Calon (39) Cameron Hatfield (19) Carl (10) Chad (20) ChaoticMind (4) Chloe Fan (15) Compuwizard123 (40) ConcertfreakJJ (15) DarkBls (30) Dave Woodard (19) David P (4) Dino (2) Dustin Diaz (8) Eduo (25) Edwinek (16) Fernando B (15) Gene Locklin (47) Gordon (11) graywolf (15) Greg (0) grend (11) Hasan (1) Igor Schwarzmann (5) Inman (10) Jaap Willem (22) Jack (18) Jacob (9) JAMES TUCKER (5) Jason (18) jGrrl (17) Jimmah (18) Joe (77) joekwon (20) JoeMaMa (20) Jonas (26) Jonnie (21) Josh (27) Justin (19) Justin (3) K-IntheHouse (36) KCTrey (5) Library (20) Luckystrik3 (24) Mark Roberts (43) Miguel Wickert- Pineiro (6) Mike (25) motionless (1) MrQwest (32) mubix (31) n00b (2) ndench (20) Nick (22) Nick Campbell (21) nikhil (20) nparker13 (143) Peter Bockenhauer (2) Phani (20) pio (17) Pippo (1) Priit^ (50) Pyros (27) Roger (26) Scott (18) Shack (31) Sid (27) small (28) solsuknjerk (22) StevieB (51) Terje (0) Tim (24) Tim (27) Todd Lohenry (45) tOMPSON (24) Trey (22) Triple Entendre (76) tybeck (26) Vish (23) Will WM (21) William Cui (23) wwdj (30) Yinka (21) Yooakim (19) zemote (20) zRyu (15) zsafwan (95) Zsoltik@ (20) 绯村剑心 (19)Explore read five notes
- Chad said: I use Launchy and will look into this. I love Launchy!
- Jason said: Just uninstalled Launchy for this.
- ndench said: The day after I get round to installing Launchy, this turns up. Now I have something else to test. Typical! :-)
- Dustin Diaz said: Remember this app for those on windows that want something like Quick Silver.
- Tim said: I'm going to try this out. Disloyal, I know.
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