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A More Productive Vista Desktop [Featured Desktop] (13)
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Reader toxicrevival's Windows Vista desktop is tricked out for max productivity with a few add-on apps, including RocketDock and Doomi. Visit the image on Flickr to get details on what's what and see it up close and personal. Show off your fab desktop by adding it to the Lifehacker Desktop Show and Tell Flickr group. IamProductive [Flickr]Shared by Crysti the Great (6) Drew Olanoff (125) Ganesh Kulkarni (0) Jabapyth (0) James Wang (4) Nicki (20) Peter (1) Sai Gudigundla (9) Scott (3) Shane (4) TO-Double-D (6) Todd Lohenry (8) travisccook (3)Contribute comment -
A More Productive Vista Desktop [Featured Desktop] (2)
onReader toxicrevival's Windows Vista desktop is tricked out for max productivity with a few add-on apps, including RocketDock and Doomi. Visit the image on Flickr to get details on what's what and see it up close and personal. Show off your fab desktop by adding it to the Lifehacker Desktop Show and Tell Flickr group. IamProductive [Flickr]Shared by Jabapyth (0) Scott (3)Contribute comment
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Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 Conversation Hacks (146)
onA whole lot more than just words passes between people who are talking, so a few simple conversational skills can help you recognize what's really being said and help you lead the discussion your way. Learn how to read body language and facial expressions, de-code euphemisms, ask sensitive questions, criticize constructively, get what you want in negotiations, cut off chatterboxes, and more with our top 10 conversation hacks. Photo by PhillipC. 10. Feign sincerity with ...Shared by (jeff)isageek (48) Adam S (3) Adam Selwood (8) adamconner7 (14) Adrian L (9) Alex (4) Alex (0) aliencam (1) Amihai (20) Andrés Milleiro (25) Andrew (4) Andrew Currie (6) Andrew Randazzo (0) angelchrys (4) Arkayz (3) Arthur (123) Brent (2) brinley (5) Captain Heart Nibbler (10) Carbonlord (46) Chad (129) Chilly (1) Chris Chan (1) Christian (52) Clay (3) Cliff (5) Convoluted (15) count.dokument (13) crazyjaf (41) Crysti the Great (6) Dan McCall (5) Dan Russell (12) Daniel Solis (1) Danielle (25) danliebke (47) DarkBls (61) dasmart (6) Db0 (28) Desiree (4) elsterama (31) everyone loves a wee sombrero (64) fernand0 (7) Florinda P (30) Francis Wu (0) Frank (12) G Code (12) Gabe (1) gabo (1) Glenn Batuyong (50) goranh (3) HeNkiSdaBro (5) hoosteen (15) J.R. (2) Jabapyth (0) Jade Craven (1) Jaime (13) Jared Zimmerman (1) Jaron (5) Jason Raddin (2) jay4el (2) Jeff Jones (31) jen (4) João Lucas (0) Joel (4) Jon (1) Jonathan (16) Jonny Hou (2) jonpape (7) Jose (2) Julianne (1) Kevin (14) Kevin (11) Kevin Etter (4) kiran (68) Klink (3) Konstantinos (0) Lemming (4) Leo (6) Les (0) m8 (3) MaTT (4) Mattias Winther (0) maura johnston (1) Maurice (0) melmyfinger (15) mercerch (0) Meysam (2) miasarmento (106) Michael (0) Michael (13) mike (0) Nadja (24) Ng Swee Meng (9) Nicholas Johnson (1) Nick (3) Paul (19) Paul (4) Paul Smith (39) Peter (2) Phidias (3) philgerb (7) Radu (6) Rainey (0) Raj Prasan (2) rajan (1) Ranjith (0) Raoul (28) rich phelps (5) roshan (0) Ross V (276) Rudi (22) Ryan (1) Sai Gudigundla (9) Sam (28) Samuel Kim (6) Sandra (2) Sasha Kovaliov (10) Sean (9) SilverStag (3) Simone (10) smerrell (2) Sparky (10) Srinvard (28) Stephen (4) Steven Verbruggen (7) the Baron of Bore (2) ThiagoCampezzi (1) ThomasG33K (3) TIGGR (43) Tina (9) tweez (31) Uday Kiran (7) Ville (3) vinoth (4) Vulpes (1) WazNeeni (6) Whitney (0) WickeD (0) Will (1) wintorez (1) Woodrow Jarvis Hill (4) Wyctim (18) Xdroot (31) Xi (0) XNet (6) yohanes (0)Explore read four notes
- Jared Zimmerman said: because we can all be better conversationalists
- hoosteen said: OK I love LifeHacker but "Conversation Hacks"??? GTFO w/that shit. Any value these discussion tips may have is completely overshadowed by the ridiculousness of the phrase "Conversation Hacks." Stop it. For America.
- Jonathan said: Good practice, especially for the minefield...err workplace.
- Sandra said: You're not using these on me, are you?
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Top 10 Conversation Hacks [Lifehacker Top 10] (9)
onA whole lot more than just words passes between people who are talking, so a few simple conversational skills can help you recognize what's really being said and help you lead the discussion your way. Learn how to read body language and facial expressions, de-code euphemisms, ask sensitive questions, criticize constructively, get what you want in negotiations, cut off chatterboxes, and more with our top 10 conversation hacks. Photo by PhillipC. 10. Feign sincerity with ...Shared by Alex (0) Alex (4) Gabe (1) Jabapyth (0) Joel (4) Nick (3) Ranjith (0) Stephen (4) Ville (3)Contribute comment
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Replace the System Beep with a Compiz Effect (5)
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Annoyed by the system beep from the speaker inside your computer’s case? You’ve probably noticed it when pressing backspace on the terminal prompt, or when Firefox’s find function can’t locate your query. Using Compiz, it’s possible to turn off the beep and replace it with a cool visual effect. I’ve posted before on disabling the system beep by blacklisting the pcspkr module. For most people this post is a better solution because you’ll still have ...Contribute comment -
Store Paint in Water Bottles with Marbles [Household] (24)
onYou painted a room or two in your house, and now you've got a few half-full cans of paint left over. Save space and paint with home improvement guy Ron Hazelton's advice: The key to paint storage is to minimize the amount of air in the container. So plastic water bottles of all different sizes are perfect for keeping leftover paint in good condition. Simply match the size of the bottle with the amount of ...Shared by Aaron R (61) acedanger (1) Adam Selwood (8) Bob Lee (15) Brian Antonelli (4) Bryce (8) chelpixie (1) Francis Wu (0) G4dz00k5 (1) Grandje5ter (20) Jabapyth (0) Jeffrey (4) jer_c (10) Jesse (19) Jim (0) Keith (0) monotropos (4) PoPPaP (8) Rob (0) Ross (4) Sutrannu (3) Tim (12) Tommy (4) Trey (4)
- Keith said: Great idea!
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Store Paint in Water Bottles with Marbles [Household] (2)
onYou painted a room or two in your house, and now you've got a few half-full cans of paint left over. Save space and paint with home improvement guy Ron Hazelton's advice: The key to paint storage is to minimize the amount of air in the container. So plastic water bottles of all different sizes are perfect for keeping leftover paint in good condition. Simply match the size of the bottle with the amount of ...Shared by Jabapyth (0) Sutrannu (3)Contribute comment
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JSON Pickle: Serialize your complex Python objects to JSON (9)
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John Paulett wanted to be able to define complex Python model objects, then seamlessly pass them into CouchDB and to client-side Javascript. To make this happen for objects that are beyond primitive sets he created JSON Pickle which has been used on the Universal Feed Parser, and lets you do the following: PLAIN TEXT PYTHON: >>> import jsonpickle >>> from jsonpickle.tests.classes import Thing # Create an object. >>> obj = Thing('A String') >>> print obj.name ...Shared by Azeem (35) Colin (7) daniel (13) Ethan Kaplan (5) Jabapyth (0) Justin (3) pablo (12) Sebastian Werner (16) 小雨 (20)- daniel said: cool python to json transformation
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No Browser Left Behind… without Canvas (25)
onVladimir Vuki?evi? normally hacks on Mozilla products, but spent a little time on an experiment with IE. An experiment that looks very exciting indeed. I love canvas, and wish that it was ubiquitous. We have great wrappers out there such as dojo.gfx, but wouldn't it be nice if canvas worked everywhere? (and the full API to boot). Well, Vladimir has an experiment to get it to IE. The approach is very interesting indeed. It isn't ...Shared by AJ (161) Bananalope (8) Bruno Campagnolo de Paula (10) Burad (3) Cogo (4) Compuwizard123 (16) Darrin (0) Derrick (0) Edin (6) elsterama (31) Jabapyth (0) Jim (0) lmjabreu (25) Martin (1) Matt (1) maxwellterry (0) mkrisher (3) Mrinal (1) pablo (12) Paulo Pereira (6) RaVbaker (11) Richard (2) seb (6) Will (1) zemaNORIS (9)
- Derrick said: "...a native Canvas implementation for IE based on the same rendering core that’s in Firefox. " Generally speaking, I'm much more at home writing code for microcontrollers than for Web apps, but I've got to admit, this is kind of exciting. Say whatever you want about the superiority of Flash or Silverlight or [insert platform/paradigm here], but bridging canvas natively to IE represents a big step for standards and for the open Web.
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Palringo Adds Multi-Client IM to Non-Jailbroken iPhones [Featured Download] (12)
oniPhone/iPod touch: Palringo, the multi-client instant messenger previously available for Windows mobile/Symbian phones, has launched for free in the iTunes App Store. While it's multi-client interface is pretty slick—including a universal "You've got messages" in the lower-left corner and multiple screens you can slide through—there's a few niggling issues. The major one is that Palringo won't let you sign in, say, to IM while keeping out of Google Talk—it's all or nothing. Aside from that, ...Shared by Adam Selwood (8) adang001 (6) Braden Kowitz (1) Chad (129) Clay (3) Dougied76 (0) infomaniac (2) Jabapyth (0) kevinpshan (1) Mads Kristiansen (0) Waqas (4) Yann (34)
- Braden Kowitz said: Talk's iPhone webapp just became obsolete.
- Chad said: Not so excited about this once I realized you had to sign up for an account. Bah.
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VidtoMP3 Converts Online Video Clips to MP3 [Mp3] (27)
onYouTube, Google Video, and family is ripe with music videos whose soundtrack you'd love to add to your music collection, and VidtoMP3.com can do just that. Enter a video URL and it spits back the MP3 file available for download. [via]Shared by ario (19) Boss (3) BustersDad (0) Chandoo (9) Compuwizard123 (16) Daniel Light (0) ductapeguy (5) ema (3) Frank (12) Frederick (0) ghassem (0) Hubert (2) Jabapyth (0) Joe (3) katmandu (1) Kenneth (6) Kenny (4) Kioken (0) Leon Ridge-Cooke (34) Liz (1) Marc (13) MaTT (4) nikhil (7) R. Francis (6) Ryan (0) Xdroot (31) Zach (4)Contribute comment
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Install KDE 4.1 in Ubuntu, and Make GTK Applications Look Good (10)
onKDE 4.1, the second major release of KDE 4, has been released. KDE 4.1 adds new applications (including the KDE PIM suite), improvements to the Plasma desktop shell, and improved frameworks for developers. The same day as KDE 4.1 was released, packages were available for Ubuntu. You can easily install a KDE 4 desktop alongside your normal Ubuntu desktop and switch between both. Add the KDE 4 repository to Ubuntu: Open System->Administration->Software Sources. Select the ...Shared by Anatoly (20) Andrey Kostenko (1) bittin (153) Compuwizard123 (16) Fernando (0) Jabapyth (0) Jonathan Sterling (8) Juan (1) kimme (10) stoyan (23)Contribute comment
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Lifehacker's Top 10 Command Line Tools (160)
onWhen you need something done quickly, efficiently, and without any software overhead, the command line is where it's at. It was the first way humans told computers what to do, but as graphics became increasingly important, the command line, or terminal, became an insiders' secret weapon. But with the right commands and a little bit of know-how, anyone can get things done from a text-only interface. Let's take a look at 10 commands and tricks ...Shared by .8.o.8. (2) (jeff)isageek (48) Aaron (7) Adam Fuhrer (53) ahmadnassri (1) Alan Root (10) Alex Robar (4) alfred westerveld (24) alldrin (0) amende (1) anand (1) Andrew (35) Andrew (0) Andrew Hughes (25) androcles (3) aninda (1) ashwin.nath93 (1) bill (5) bittin (153) Blake Patterson (1) bodzasfanta (19) Brendon Wadey (12) Brian (62) Brian Eisley (0) Bryan Ray (0) Carl Dunn3 (4) Chandoo (9) chris (305) Clint Combs (1) Compuwizard123 (16) Corey Hammond (8) craig (46) D (2) Daniel Dočekal (1) Dario Ornelas (0) DaveBinM (4) Db0 (28) dk (17) dobata (324) Dom Barnes (2) Doug Stewart (10) ema (3) Fabio (0) Fernando B (5) Fernando Fernandes (1) folkert (2) Franklin (0) Glen Horton (1) guruh (10) Hamid11771 (12) hank (2) Harish (3) hbenny (9) hikbi (59) Hoggarth (0) Honesty (3) InformationHigh (4) Inman (2) irishandrew (27) Jabapyth (0) Jade (8) Jason (10) Jason (0) Jason Remnant (13) JasonV (2) Jen (27) Jeremy Weiland (0) Jim (16) Joe (2) JohnC (0) johnk (0) Jon (14) Jon Phillips (7) Jonas (2) Jonny Hou (2) Josh (17) Josh (7) Juan (1) Julianne (1) Justin Stevens (0) Karin (4) Kavi (3) Keener (4) Kenley (2) Kenny (4) Kevin (14) kg4vma (18) kiran (68) kukoo (3) Kyle (9) lauren pressley (12) lejoe (8) Lindsay (13) Mani Karthik (92) Manuel (2) Michael (18) Michael Mior (46) Miguel Lopez (46) Mijia (1) Mike (18) Mike (0) Mike F (371) Mitchell (4) Mohamed Marwen (3) mr_gadget (149) Muhammad Saleem (224) Nathan (0) Nathan Reale (0) Nicholas Schiller (5) Nickname unavailable (2) odeb (37) Owen E. (0) Panchaka (2) Paul (4) Peter (2) Philippe (1) pikagwong (4) Punksolid (26) r0nya (9) Rainey (0) Ralph Poole (5) Rob (105) Rob (17) Robert (5) Rodrigo (6) Roland Smith (0) Romey (27) rony john (50) Ryan (0) ryan.capote (67) S K Jain (2) Shankar Ganesh (37) Shay Frendt (6) shrutes (7) sirmikester (17) Skrud (3) Srinvard (28) Sudar (4) ThaNerd (3) tim (6) TiTi (80) Tony Manco (37) travmik (4) Trent (17) Twilight (3) Ubqtous (11) unicyn (12) Valentin Jacquemin (3) Van Van Noy (0) Whiz (19) WickeD (0) wwdj (8) xatlasm (19) Xi (0) Yann (34) Zaki (47) Zephir (13)Contribute comment
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Top 10 Command Line Tools [Lifehacker Top 10] (6)
onWhen you need something done quickly, efficiently, and without any software overhead, the command line is where it's at. It was the first way humans told computers what to do, but as graphics became increasingly important, the command line, or terminal, became an insiders' secret weapon. But with the right commands and a little bit of know-how, anyone can get things done from a text-only interface. Let's take a look at 10 commands and tricks ...Contribute comment
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VidtoMP3 Converts Online Video Clips to MP3 [Mp3] (3)
onYouTube, Google Video, and family are ripe with music videos whose soundtrack you'd love to add to your music collection, and VidtoMP3.com can do just that. Enter a video URL and it spits back the MP3 file available for download. [via]Contribute comment
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Palringo Adds Multi-Client IM to Non-Jailbroken iPhones [Featured Download] (2)
oniPhone/iPod touch: Palringo, the multi-client instant messenger previously available for Windows mobile/Symbian phones, has launched for free in the iTunes App Store. While its multi-client interface is pretty slick—including a universal "You've got messages" in the lower-left corner and multiple screens you can slide through—there's a few niggling issues. The major one is that Palringo won't let you sign in, say, to IM while keeping out of Google Talk—it's all or nothing. Aside from that, ...Shared by Dougied76 (0) Jabapyth (0)Contribute comment
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Best home chemistry lab book (26)
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The very best chemistry experiment book for kids is the legendary and long-out-of-print book, the Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments. Published in 1960 during the heyday of home chemistry, it was meant to accompany the millions of chemistry kits that were sold each year to typical American kids. You got real experiments with real chemicals. Not like the so-called chemistry sets today which boldly (and insanely) advertise they contain "No Chemicals!" Among many other things, ...Shared by Ad (0) Adam (4) Austin (11) Bruce (7) cek (2) dale.brayden@gmail.com (20) darkeye11547 (245) dltallan (1) eggtea (44) Garrett (2) Jabapyth (0) Jared (0) Jon (13) Katie Day (2) Keenan (0) Kim A (1) Larry Osterman (9) lewis (5) madpoet (3) Nikki (67) Phil Gyford (0) Preoccupations (38) robertogreco (30) Roy (11) RoyBlumenthal (4) Steve (27)- cek said: Wow, this seems like a great resource to have around.
- RoyBlumenthal said: Okay. This book is an absolute MUST-HAVE for me! I love this stuff! Heck... I was the Producer on the Chemistry team at Memar, when we created something like 800 hours of educational television for Ethiopian schoolkids.
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