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5 Great Books to Build Your Character (24)
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Tough economic times and startups have at least one thing in common - you need character and determination to survive. Character is what it takes to win, to believe and to persuade others. It's a mix of passion, determination, sleepless hours, hard work. Character is about crossing the finish line, about achieving dreams and goals. While there are inborn traits that help to develop character, often character comes from inspiration. Ask any enterprenuer about who ...Shared by Alex Plank (10) Ali T (30) Andrés Milleiro (33) AScott (15) atul (153) blakeneven (29) Brandon J. Mendelson (174) Carlos (21) Coop (22) Cortland (8) dotcomdog (22) Eduardo (10) Ganesh Kulkarni (7) garry (7) Henry McBride (19) John (6) likejazz (35) MASTERMIND (65) neal (4) SharePoint Buzz (26) Sofia (21) Trindade (42) Walt Disney Bio (19) Wayne (64)- neal said: I need more character.
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Breathe New Life into Your Aging MP3 Player with Rockbox [Mp3 Players] (57)
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Since the birth of the iPod in 2001, Apple has released generation after generation of new iPods packed with exciting feature updates. The problem is that your not-so-old iPod probably feels like it's drifted into obsolescence. Sure they both still play music, but take a look at a first gen iPod next to an iPod touch and it's not hard to understand where I'm coming from. Rather than pony up for a shiny new MP3 ...Shared by Aaron (14) Adam (18) androcles (22) Anoop (37) Bananalope (23) Ben (12) blntechie (18) Bwood42 (20) Chris (20) Christian Santos (98) Coolbox (26) DaveBinM (14) Db0 (21) Diego Jock (7) Eduardo (10) Florent Solt (37) Fredrik H (20) Jack (18) Jayce^ (20) joel (20) John (16) Julian (21) kidmarmite (31) Koenie (13) Krushna (92) Krystal (33) M. Richardson (25) Mario (8) MaTT (21) matthew rutledge (5) Mike (22) mina. (11) mubix (36) ndench (20) Nicholas Schiller (35) orphum (2) Ozgur Alaz, Marketallica (50) patella (14) Peter (13) Richard Davies (20) Robert (72) Role (16) Sam (41) ScrewTheMan.com (56) Sebastian (27) Setu (13) Shedder (10) Sofia (21) stefan (17) Stijn G (19) Superbunker (32) Thomas (20) Tim (24) Tim (20) Tony (24) Wendy DeCora (13) Yinka (21)- Fredrik H said: Kanske skulle försöka blåsa liv i min gamla iPod och installera rockbox?
- Ben said: it's great to see RockBox come of age. i used it back on my iRiver H140 and if it hadn't died i would probably still be using it. RockBox made it into the best mp3 player ever. and it makes my iPod much more tolerable.
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Um Bar, na Vila Carrapato... (3)
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O texto já rodou o mundo, o autor é um gênio desconhecido: (update: parece que o gênio é esse)"Tradução da crise do subprimeÉ assim ó:O seu Biu tem um bar, na Vila Carrapato, e decide que vai vender cachaça "na caderneta" aos seus leais fregueses, todos bêbados, quase todos desempregados.Porque decide vender a crédito, ele pode aumentar um pouquinho o preço da dose da branquinha (a diferença é o sobrepreço que os pinguços pagam pelo ...Contribute comment -
Top 10 Ways to Stay Energized [Lifehacker Top 10] (123)
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Kevin Purdy via Lifehacker shared by 12 people Even if you're a hyper-organized, task-oriented worker with an expansive mind and endless ambition, you won't get a lot done if your mind and body are demanding you curl up and doze off. Luckily, you can overcome a late night of net surfing, a rough morning, or just the post-lunch stupor without becoming an over-wired mess. We've put together 10 of the best ways to jumpstart your ...Shared by .x.p.o.i.n.t. (18) ~ Cindy Stanford ~ hci (6) ahumblejedi (40) Alec Peden (22) Alex Ambrose (8) Alexandra Giroux (8) aliencam (27) Alyson (14) Amit Chowdhry (212) Andrew Phillips (10) Andy (10) Arslan Zahid (153) Ben (9) Benjamin (502) Bobbie Myers (1) Boris Smirnov (20) Brenton (41) Brett (18) brokekid (233) Carlos Pinto (11) Chetan Thaker (101) Ching (56) Chris C (5) Chris Chan (15) Chris Weiss (11) Clint Laskowski (2) Coop (22) Cubby Brendle (18) daisylinbluez (28) Danielle (64) Dave (6) df (8) dobata (328) dotcomdog (22) Doug McCaughan (10) Duane (65) Edison (36) Edrei (4) Eduardo (10) elmarco (36) Erik (51) Fabrizio (20) FelipeC (19) Fred Schechter (33) Gareth Murran (20) gavoweb (21) HeNkiSdaBro (19) J@n (10) James (12) James Andreasen (20) Jan Vazquez (20) Jason Raddin (2) jasontromm (40) JimmyBTM (19) Jonadan.C (30) Juliana Peña (27) junior (57) kevin (20) Kevin Lloyd (6) kidmarmite (31) Kin (19) Krazy (521) Kristian (81) Laci (16) LeapsandBounds (37) Lijeesh (0) Lisa (11) lomodeedee (21) Manuel (19) Marc Beharry (30) Mark (18) Mark (72) miasarmento (88) Michael (7) Miguel Lopez (162) Mook® (19) Mr. BabyMan (506) natalia (26) nikhil (20) nparker13 (149) obot (0) Patrick O'Keefe (27) Paul English (14) pedrodale (11) Philip Campbell (121) Ranjith (29) renganathan (99) Ricardo (24) Rick Chlopan (2) Robert (1) Rudi (21) Ryan Lewis (165) Ryan M (0) Sam Paro (11) Sara (5) Scott (19) Scott (14) Simon (36) Simone (21) Siutat (14) smerrell (18) Spyros (14) Stephen (8) Steve Kinney (23) stevO (15) Sutrannu (12) Tad Chef (221) tarman (48) The (7) Timothy (13) Toby (236) tOMPSON (24) Trevor Shafer (24) ULTIMATE CREATOR (18) Unseen (34) ustunozgur (7) w0lfh0und (487) Weronika (24) winston (28) xeophin (27) yoshy (249) zsafwan (97) 俊安 Kevin (15)Explore read five notesContribute comment -
Richard MacManus: reCaptcha: Stopping Spam While Transcribing Books (25)
onCAPTCHAs, those pesky challenge-response tests that many web sites use to determine whether you are human or a spambot, are an annoyance to many users. According to a report in Science (subscription required), users now solve about 100 million CAPTCHAs a day. ReCAPTCHA, a project based at Carnegie Mellon University, has found an ingenious way to harness all this work and, according to the findings published in Science this week, CAPTCHAs could be used to ...Shared by Bjoern (27) Bruce (27) Chrigu (18) Dan (17) Devlin D (28) Eduardo (10) enSue (13) jeroendemiranda (32) jimmysessions (20) jlb (10) kamikyo (20) Kenley (14) mathewi (40) mrreynolds (22) neo (18) Nick Gerakines (19) Pierre (6) Sarah (20) Simon (19) sryo (25) Steve (21) StudentMfri (24) Toby M (7) Wayne (64) Zachary (3)Explore read six notes
- Steve said: brilliant...
- Kenley said: This is fantastic use of technology. Wow, what a concept.
- Devlin D said: I thought captchas were dead. Even Google's has been broken and that is arguably the best one out there. I have always liked them aim of this project though.
- kamikyo said: we use this for human verification in our product - totally cool.
- jlb said: Nice!
- Toby M said: now that is clever
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The Ultimate Small Business Owner's Resource Guide Available as Free PDF [Ebooks] (21)
onWhen your brother's starting up a new business and keeps asking you for the best places to do things online like send faxes, get legal help, or find a virtual assistant, send him a copy of The Ultimate Small Business Owner's Resource Guide. The book normally costs $35 for a print version, but it's available as a free PDF download here today. The 102-page volume is a compendium of webapps, engines, indices, software, and online ...Shared by Aeh310 (19) Andre Siregar (19) AndrewK (19) Boris Smirnov (20) Brett (18) BW.Wooster (14) Christian Santos (98) Eduardo (10) Eric (20) Graeme (215) Greg Morgan (20) Jarod (22) Jeremy P (13) Mike (36) Ozmandias (16) Qazwix (21) Steven Correy (78) Theotrek (20) Tony (22) Yann (29) Yinka (21)Contribute comment
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Microsoft Pro Photo Tools Edits a Photo's Metadata [Featured Windows (13)
onWindows only: Microsoft Pro Photo Tools is a full-featured metadata editor for your digital photographs. The app supports pictures saved in RAW format along with JPEG and TIFF, and editing your metadata works the same no matter what your default file type is. Apart from extensive run of the mill metadata editing, Microsoft Pro Photo Tools' marquee feature is geotagging, which can add location information to your photos in a number of ways. Once geotagged, ...Shared by andronin (19) cpqdon (14) Daniel Light (20) David (6) David Rothman (8) Eduardo (10) Eric (69) Eric (27) Fernando Batista (16) GG (64) Joewxboy (21) littlefield (15) patella (14)
- David Rothman said: Huh. Gonna' have to play with this.
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Best of the Best: The Hive Five Winners [Hive Five] (171)
onOur 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 (23) adang001 (37) Adval (51) Ahhyeah.com (11) Ahmet Yükseltürk (13) Al (15) Alec Peden (22) Alex M. (13) Alexander13 (76) Alf Kåre (19) aligg (10) androcles (22) Antonio (8) Ashish (17) Ashish Jaiswal (0) Ashwin (25) beatlebum (13) Ben (21) Bijou (23) bjsolem (15) blindsurf3r (9) Brandy (37) brandy (17) Brooks (14) BryanSays (16) bucks14 (17) Carlito (12) Carlos Pinto (11) Caz (10) chunk (14) Cubby Brendle (18) D4rKr0W (35) DarkBls (34) DaveBinM (14) davemac (19) David (19) Derek Springer (20) digiSal (21) Dilated (0) docbob (16) Dominik Lukeš (23) Duane (65) Dwight D (0) Dylan Bennett (27) Edney Souza (38) Eduardo (10) Eric (20) Éric (27) Eric (0) Erik (17) everyone loves a wee sombrero (27) Faraz (10) Florent Solt (37) Fred M (14) G Code (16) Gabriel (25) Gelidity (0) Gil (19) giseky (20) Glutnix (17) Greg (15) Guerwan (24) Hakim (12) Hashbrown (14) HeNkiSdaBro (19) Hieu (6) hikikomori (60) HokieGeek (35) Hooman (24) Humberto Gonzalez (49) idham (13) Ingar (5) Inman (10) ioeo (14) J. (21) Jake (17) James (9) James (9) JeeBs (5) Jeff (14) Jeff (21) Jeff (20) Jennifer Abe (17) JimmyBTM (19) Joe Haynes (43) JohnC (15) Jon Lorenzini (20) Jordan (12) Jorg (5) Josh (15) Jules Morgan (1) jwmosley (14) Kai (10) Kathy Brewis (159) kennethjayden (10) Kevin (19) Krazy (521) Kurt (26) lalalila (20) LANjackal (70) Liew (1) Luca (11) Luis Benavides (9) m8 (15) Manuel (19) Marco (22) Mario (8) Mark (22) Mark Bockenstedt (16) Marko Sultsing (16) Matt (7) Matt (31) MattJhsn (26) Mayka Mei (1) Michael (21) mina. (11) nanabite (19) Nick (8) Nikki (45) Nuno (20) Pablo Olmos de Aguilera C (18) panuta (10) Parag Shah (1) parkylondon (60) Pejman (22) Perry (10) Peter N (15) Peter Wooley (14) phegaro (13) philayres (2) Praveen Kumar (22) Punksolid (53) quarkrocks (19) rawwell (131) Richard Bradshaw (18) Rob (10) Rob (3) Robert (17) Robert Scoble (112) rodmitch (14) Rylan (4) Sara (5) Scott (10) sczizzo (8) shivanand (23) Simone (21) Sparky (3) Sparky (20) Sridhar Katakam (23) Stefan (28) Stephen Speer (7) Steve (19) Steven Correy (78) Sumesh (101) Sylvia Giacinta (17) Szestek (20) Ted (21) timmins (15) TJ (8) tOMPSON (24) Vasanth (13) venkks (13) vforrestal (20) vinoaj (20) williamsdb (20) wwj (21) Yaser Sulaiman (13) Yusuf (16) zeb (38) zemaNORIS (47) Фил (21)Explore read 13 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.
- JimmyBTM said: wow the best of the best 2008 list
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Stanford Offers Free, Full Courses Online [Education] (65)
onThe Stanford Engineering Everywhere program offers online access to full courses in the school's engineering program—including classes in computer science and artificial intelligence. Courses include lecture videos, reading lists, handouts, quizzes, tests, and even a social network for fellow online students. Not quite your speed? Check out other ways you can get a free college education online.Shared by ahumblejedi (40) alldrin (20) Anand L (19) Andrés David (32) andrew (5) androcles (22) Anthony Clendenen (19) Azeem (20) bendi (20) Bill Trammel (1) blackbelt (11) Brandon (25) Chris (14) Clarke (2) Collin (16) Creeva (88) David (20) Derek Springer (20) Doug (2) Edison (36) Eduardo (10) emaynard (1) Emrecan (18) Essam (7) Frizull (3) G Code (16) gasenngo (11) Heraldk (15) J. (21) Jay (2) Jesse Seymour (16) Jim (13) JoeMaMa (20) JonathanZ (9) JPowers (19) Kevin Gaugler (27) Kichigai Mentat (87) Kiddokay (9) kiran (36) Mithrill (11) MJ (11) munir (12) Nat (26) naveenkr (13) NBW (11) Northorn (14) pasparto (28) pF (8) Rachael (15) Rob (16) Robert (17) Roopesh (23) Ryan (20) Scott (23) Shinn Photography (6) SilverStag (23) smerrell (18) Steven R (15) tadhgk (16) Timothy McNeely CFP CIMA (13) tones (3) vforrestal (20) wwj (21) zeb (38) Zsombor (19)
- Anand L said: This is very cool.
- Jesse Seymour said: Free online college education? Ok... what's the catch?
- munir said: I love the growth of freely available online education.
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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 (35) andrew (5) aran (44) arnet (13) Barney (5) bill (5) Bill Glick (18) blackbelt (11) brandy (17) Brooke Adcox (22) Bryan (20) btocher (21) Bubula (74) C.K. (116) capt bro (29) Clay (21) coonhnd (18) cpqdon (14) Danny (18) Daryl (8) DurWood (16) Eduardo (10) erdal (43) Erik (51) Fredrik Carlsson (22) Greg (15) Greg Lowe (52) homard (3) Jacintoxico (0) Jamieasp (24) Jared (24) Jason (9) Jason David Pelker (52) Jason Wong (7) Jean-Baptiste (14) jGrrl (17) jimmysessions (20) Jon (7) Jonnie (23) Josi (23) Josue Sanchez (13) Klink (21) Krazy (521) Kunal Ghate (13) Kwasi (80) lalarrea (13) Laurent (26) lomodeedee (21) Marc (4) Matt (32) mediter (39) Michael (20) Mike (23) njsf (17) phegaro (13) rd1701 (20) Ross (21) ryan.capote (75) rzklkng (203) Sean McBride (118) Sergej Sidoruk (26) shanusmagnus (11) Shinn Photography (6) Twi (22) Ullash (16) Votis (18) web (23) WickeD (15)
- WickeD said: Interesting
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Free: Lifehacker Readers' Free Replacements for Paid Tools (107)
onWe highlighted a few of our favorite free replacements for paid tools about two weeks ago, and boy, did you respond. From Adobe replacments to Windows utilities, niche graphics apps to virtualization, our readers had a wealth of no-cost alternatives to recommend. We listened and compiled, so check out some of your fellow readers' best suggestions for extending your computer without expending a single penny. Photo by AGoK. Orb instead of Slingbox ($130) This one ...Shared by Adam (18) AdamB (22) Alan Kelon Oliveira de Moraes (7) Alone On A Friday (0) Anders (21) Andy (19) AndyG1128 (21) BrendoMan (348) Brett (18) Brian Junyor (54) Brooks (14) Bruce So (13) Caleb (28) Chris (20) Chris (20) Christian Santos (98) Christopher (7) Christopher Gizzi (46) cloneofsnake (16) Compuwizard123 (41) D4rKr0W (35) darkeye11547 (179) dave (13) Dejim (17) Derick Valadao (39) Ditto Rahmat (15) Donato (9) Doug Stewart (65) ductapeguy (20) Ed Kopp (19) Eduardo (10) ellie (20) Emmanuel Guerrero (0) engtech (0) Eric (27) Eric (16) Fuad (16) Gabe (25) Gabriel (25) Gene (19) Gregor (21) Haggis (11) HokieGeek (35) Humberto Gonzalez (49) Jacintoxico (0) Jack Littleton (12) Jacob (28) James (12) Jeff Poetker (16) Jeffrey (49) Jim Ogle (16) Joe Haynes (43) JohnC (15) Justin Ribeiro (21) jvoorhees (12) K-IntheHouse (36) Kathy Brewis (159) keith (85) krynsky (47) kskobac (26) Library (20) Liz (9) lucky13cxc (20) ManiacD (29) Manuel (19) Marcel (14) monotropos (20) Monsur (20) Nicholas (26) Nicholas Schiller (35) nikhil (20) nilegomez (19) Pat (20) Phil (16) philoscribe (26) Punksolid (53) rawwell (131) richard mckay (23) Robert (72) Roberto Medri (12) Rocco (29) Romey (50)
