Archive for June, 2008
The Best Foods You Aren’t Eating [Health]
The New York Times Well blog asked nutritionist and author Jonny Bowden to round up the healthiest easy-to-find foods that rarely make their way into our shopping carts. The resulting 11 foods, ranging from beets and Swiss chard to pumpkin seeds and sardines, represent healthy options that you should be eating but probably aren’t. Be [...]
Start Using the New iGoogle Today [Screenshot Tour]
Last week we told you about iGoogle’s new look, which they’ve rolled out to a few users in June and will continue to roll out to users through July. However, if you’re dying to start using the new iGoogle today you can head to the iGoogle Sandbox Sign Up page and enable the new iGoogle [...]
ZDNet Clock Overclocks Your Mac Pro [Featured Mac Download]
Mac OS X only: Freeware application ZDNet Clock overclocks your Mac Pro’s processor for faster performance. As the name suggests, the application is made by the German branch of tech web site ZDNet, and according to the download page the latest generation Mac Pro (3.1) with a 2.8GHz processor can be overclocked to 3.24GHz without [...]
The Netgear Open Source Router [Stuff We Like]
The Netgear Open Source Router is aimed specifically at running third-party, open-source firmwares like previously mentioned Tomato or DD-WRT. We’ve covered installing these firmwares on supported routers here and here, but Netgear’s Open Source Router is unique in that it’s designed specifically to support these open-source projects; Netgear has even created a community web site [...]
Set Your Chat Privacy on a Schedule [Instant Messaging]
All things Mac web site Macworld details how to set your instant message privacy status on a schedule to help you stay productive during your busy times. Unfortunately there are no IM clients that allow for privacy scheduling, so the article details how to adjust your privacy settings on a schedule using AppleScript. The script, [...]
Postalmethods.com - Automated Snail Mail
What it doesPostalMethods is a web-based solution for businesses that allows them to automate the snail mailing process. The service is ideal for sending invoices, quotes or any other mass-mailing that is not able to be done by email. With PostalMethods you no longer have to manually print, fold, insert, seal, stamp and post since [...]
The Power User’s Guide to This Web Site [Reader Guide To Lifehacker]
Whether you’re new to this site or you’re a star commenter, chances are there are lots of things you didn’t know you could do hidden in these pages. From comments to profiles to tags to feeds to embedding images and video clips into your posts here, a little know-how can go a long way. Find [...]
The Power User’s Guide to This Web Site [Feature]
Whether you’re new to this site or you’re a star commenter, chances are there are lots of things you didn’t know you could do hidden in these pages. From comments to profiles to tags to feeds to embedding images and video clips into your posts here, a little know-how can go a long way. Find [...]
Build a security camera using open source
Segment from Hak5 1×02: Darren and Wess setup a security camera using a webcam a server and open source software.
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Magnigraph.com - Convert Photos to Vector Images
What it doesMagnigraph is and easy-to-use web-based application that allows you to convert photos or sketches into black and white negatives for printing T-shirts, mugs, posters or anything else. To create a Magnigraph, either upload an image from your desktop or point Magnigraph to the web location of the images by cutting and pasting the [...]
