iPhone-Backgrounder Lets You Run Multiple iPhone Apps [Featured IPhone Application] (19)
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Jailbroken iPhones/iPod touch only: iPhone-Backgrounder, a free app utility available through the (jailbreak-only) Cydia store, makes running apps in the background seriously simple. After installing the utility, you simply hold down the Home button to "minimize" an application. Call it back up again using its app icon, and then hold the home button again to kill it off for real. Backgrounding worked with at least four apps I tested, and kept the audio playing from ...
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Derick Valadao said:
Man... I'm really considering jailbreaking my phone now.
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Ortelius said:
Sweet! Lets see if this works
Rethinking the Office - Dutch Design (Plus: Pics of My Home Office) (31)
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Interpolis - unconventional but damn effective. (photo: jsigharas) Through simple redesign of workspaces, Interpolis of Holland increased productivity 20%, and sick leave has dropped from 9% to 2.5%. Last but not least, their new design also brings in 90,000 visitors a year. How was it done? How do you create a Results-Only-Work-Environment (ROWE) for yourself or a company — and increase profits — by tweaking your surroundings? The following is an exclusive excerpt from the ...
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Akshay Kapur said:
Love the simplicity of Ferriss concepts. He has a knack for enabling people to do. Just do. Getting someone out of their chair to work, play, or really do anything from a few words on paper or online is just fantastic.
Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: Advanced Website Diagnostics with Google Webmaster Tools (17)
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Running a website can be complicated—so we've provided Google Webmaster Tools to help webmasters to recognize potential issues before they become real problems. Some of the issues that you can spot there are relatively small (such as having duplicate titles and descriptions), other issues can be bigger (such as your website not being reachable). While Google Webmaster Tools can't tell you exactly what you need to change, it can help you to recognize that there ...
Christian Guerreiro shared as favorite Sleep Boosts Creativity by 33% [Mind Hacks] (37)
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A Harvard sleep researcher finds that if you sleep on new ideas and information, you're 33% more likely to make connections between distantly related points. Sleep helps you make tough decisions, and solve problems, too.
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Matt said:
The prez gets lots of sleep. This can't be right.
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Ely said:
Means sleep is important to creative minds.
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Patrick said:
I hope this would really work on me too...
iPhone OBD-II app (8)
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Rev by DevToaster is an application for the iPhone and iPod Touch that allows real-time monitoring of vehicle ECU data from the OBD-II port. Rev interfaces with a WiFi OBD-II dongle. If your check engine light is on or flashing, REV is able to check the engine code, list all of the engine codes stored in the vehicle, and reset the stored codes or check engine light. Rev is able to monitor real-time; vehicle speed, ...
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Allen said:
So if i keep thinking of ideas, someone else will have the same idea, but actually take the time to implement it? This is great.
HOW TO - Get the code off the E-ink Esquire magazine (6)
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That was fast, here is s1axter's how-to on getting the code off the Esquire E-ink's PIC... Find a PC with a pic assember on it.Get/borrow/make a ICSP programmer (parallel programmers will work, just lead out the Vdd,Vss,MCLR,CLK,DATA pins.Remove the battery since it is only 3v and most likely you will be using 5v.Hook up the programmer and read the HEX (Code protection is NOT enabled).Disassemble the code using your assembler of choice (mine is gpasm). ...
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JayCrossler said:
Going to try to do this with some lab machines when I get a free sec.
How to interview key hires II: Behavioral interviewing (6)
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Recently I posted about how to interview key hires, focusing on the three areas to test a potential hire on: 1. Technical Skills 2. Cultural Fit 3. Performance Skills Technical skills and cultural fit are relatively easy to interview for (although you may need to borrow advisers or friends with the technical skills of the function that you are hiring for to help you with the interviewing). Performance skills tell you how well they can ...
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Paul S said:
Always helpful to think about the hiring process
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cheng said:
Nice article
Free: Lifehacker Readers' Free Replacements for Paid Tools (105)
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We 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 ...
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Anders said:
Vi betalar inte! (här heller)
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Roberto Medri said:
ecco un programma di materizzazione per queta nikki
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Sonja said:
Hmm, I may have to see if I can get Orb to work.
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Pat said:
need to check out driveimagexml
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Scott said:
What does it say that I use all of these with the exception of the photoshop replacements? (I am not no artist type)
Mortgage Meltdown: Facing Foreclosure? Buy A 2nd Home! What? (11)
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ABCNews says that more and more people who are facing foreclosure are just buying cheaper homes and then just walking away from their original mortgage. It only works for people who can afford the down payment on a new home and carry both mortgages until they're in the new home, but for some people whose payments are about to balloon, it's the most attractive option out there right now. From ABCNews: Eble owes $334,000 on ...
MAKE: Blog: Esquire E-Ink cover hacking? - take apart photos and more... (19)
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I picked up the Esquire E-ink'ed cover today and took a bunch of high res photos, you can find them here... a couple of the the low res ones are above. For the makers out there: It has a programming header, 5-pin ISP.It has a Microchip PIC 12f629 which is flash programmable, 8 pin.It has 6 lithium coin cell CR2016s, 3 volts each.There are 2 e-ink screens with flex connections (these are pricey connections). It ...
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MDWeezer said:
Many props to Esquire for this cover. Tried to pick up a copy today, issue hasn't hit my local B&N yet... Don't even know if one of the 100,000 copies will.
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HacKnight said:
Ooh. This looks like fun. I'll have to pick one of these up. Imagine that. Me, buying a magazine!
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marcell said:
"I picked up the Esquire E-ink'ed cover today and took a bunch of high res photos, you can find them here... a couple of the the low res ones are above.For the makers out there: * It has a programming header, 5-pin ISP. * It has a Microchip PIC 12f629 which is flash programmable, 8 pin. * It has 6 lithium coin cell CR2016s, 3 volts each. * There are 2 e-ink screens with flex connections (these are pricey connections). It looks like it was made to be reprogrammed and different screens. * The top screen 11 segments, the bottom has 3. * It was design 06/04/2008. * The PCB was made by Forewin (Chinese firm?). * Half thickness, 2 layer board (FR4)."
PGP Leads Corporate Efforts To Save Bletchley Park (3)
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blake182 writes "CNET reports that PGP, together with IBM and other technology firms, is mounting a fundraising effort to benefit the ailing Bletchley Park, home of the Station X codebreaking efforts in World War II. 'We're calling attention (to the fact that) Bletchley is falling into disrepair, and that, probably, the world owes a debt of gratitude to that place,' said Phil Dunkelberger, chief executive of PGP."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Guestblogger: Mister Jalopy! (2)
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Mister Jalopy is a mediocre welder, a fair shade-tree mechanic, a clumsy designer, and has never touched a piece of wood that he hasn't ruined. A self described "professional amateur," Mister Jalopy made a conscious decision ten years ago to become handy. "People are not born craftsmen," he says, "they just have the courage to screw things up. Embrace your inner amateur and try everything. There will always be an expert to take your money ...
Umbrella Today? Answers That Question [Weather] (76)
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We need this more than they do!
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Murz said:
Clever site. This is usually the ultimate question anyone turns to a weather forecast website want an anwser to. No need to know precipitation probability or humidity percentage.
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Jing said:
pretty sweet. now if only it worked in canada and it included "sweater today?"
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Ralf Mueller said:
I like the simplicity. On the other hand ... not really usefull. In Seattle you'll get a message every morning ...
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subbu said:
via harper - now this is an amazingly useful service that is so simple... it answers one question and affects your life profoundly... that may be superlative, but not if it's pouring and you're umbrella-less...
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MrMatt57 said:
wow, that is pretty cool.
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Craig said:
this is pretty clever, especially the texting option
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Chris said:
Quick, easy, simple. Internet based applications are all about the latest features and being able to do more and more complex actions. It is nice to see something as straight forward as this, even though i'll probably never use it.
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Mark Whiting said:
awesome use of web tech.
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J. James B said:
File under: how did I not think of this?
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Cornerhouse said:
i like this -- very cool.
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DJ said:
This wouldn't be bad if they had to option to email, rather than a darn text message.
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AdamB said:
so cool!
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Peter said:
exactly what I was looking for and I didn't even know it.
If you don’t “get” Facebook and Twitter, read this NY Times article (52)
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The NY Times is often considered the US newspaper of record, and it lives up to its reputation with an excellent article in today’s Sunday NY Times Magazine about the ambient awareness enabled by Facebook status updates, Twitter and other microblogging tools. Even readers familiar with both popular microblogging tools and their history should read this article. High points: Microblogging enables ambient awareness of your broad friendship group: In essence, Facebook users didn’t think they ...
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runbuck said:
Ambient awareness driving the interest in facebook. Interesting.
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Sam said:
I didn't read all of this, but I read enough to know that most people who don't get internet things should read this. They do a good job of talking about the effect it has on us, and why people really buy into some of these popular websites.
Arrrrr you prepared for Talk Like a Pirate Day with fonts? (15)
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Are you ready for Talk Like a Pirate Day? It’s September 19th (same date every year), so it’s coming up fast. I recently stumbled across some really nice pirate fonts online. This one is called Windlass, for example: Hat-tip to KPAO! which is a fun blog. Every time I start looking at fonts, I always surface 3-4 hours later realizing that I would have a serious font problem once I started. For example, did you ...
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4braham said:
Werrrrs me Booooty!
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Rodrigo said:
Bem no aniversário do meu pai. Eu deveria saber...
Photoshop Disaster? Nope, a Mimicking Error (8)
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Notice anything funny about Mrs. McCain's right hand(s)? What's that, a Photoshop job gone very wrong? Not so fast. It's a category of apparent error called a mimicking error, for cases in which actual content looks like an error but isn't. Mimicking errors might include a musician including in synthesized music a noise that sounds like it might be a telephone ringing in the background, but isn't; or a texture in a photograph that looks ...
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Large editions + low prices × the internet = art for everyone.I love this recent trend of reasonably-affordable fine art photographic prints for sale online. Love love love it. And Jen Beckman over at 20x200.com is leading the charge. Each Tuesday and Wednesday at 2pm EST, new editions go on sale. For any single image, you'll have your shot at:-200 at $20 a pop (small),-20 at $200 each (medium), or for the more serious collectors,-2 ...Shared by Justin Ribeiro (3)Contribute comment