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Tape a Large Straw to a Notebook for a Pencil Holder [Clever Uses]
The common drinking straw can help make sure you always have a pen or pencil where you need it. All you need is a wide enough straw (the large ones that come with slushies should work) taped to your...
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John Cleese on Creativity: Let Your Ideas Bake [Creativity]
We tend to think of procrastination negatively, but sometimes waiting as long as possible to tackle a task can be productive—especially if you're looking for creative solutions. John Cleese, legendary...
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DIY Ereader or Tablet Boom Gives You Handsfree Reading [Ikea Hacks]
Ereaders and small tablets are designed to be lightweight, but, still, if you want a more comfortable experience reading in bed, you can build this simple boom to hold the device for you. You just need...
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What’s the Difference Between All These Audio Formats, and Which One Should I...
Dear Lifehacker, I know MP3 is the most popular audio format out there, but there are so many others—like AAC, FLAC, OGG and WMA—that I'm not really sure which one I should be using. What's the...
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Twist Alerts Your Friends of Your Estimated Time of Arrival Based on Your...
iOS: Twist is a clever app that tracks your current location, as well as where you're headed, and keeps your friends informed of your progress so they'll know exactly when you're going to arrive. Of...
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Take Your Desktop for a Walk Through the Forest with These Wallpapers...
Nature is one of the best sources for beautiful wallpapers, and forests tend to offer some of the best images. We've got several great green desktops for you this week, so come check 'em out. Forest...
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I'm Adam Savage, and This Is How I Work [Video]
You probably know Adam Savage from MythBusters, the popular, nearly 10-year running show that tests the validity of various mysteries against the power of science. When he's not mythbusting, Adam is...
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Was It Viewed? Creates Trackable Links So You Can Find Out If Someone Viewed...
Was It Viewed? is a simple webapp that creates trackable links to you can find out if any URL has been viewed. If you sent in an online resume, asked someone to check out a video, or want to know if a...
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Make a Smartphone Sound Amplifier Out of a Plastic Cup [Video]
If your smartphone's too quiet, you can always buy some speakers. If you'd rather keep your budget to under $1, you can make your own amplifier out of a plastic cup and two bobby pins. In addition to...
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Mark Your Calendars: Windows 8 to Be Released on October 26th [In Brief]
We've been playing around with Windows 8 for months now, but the final version is finally on its way. Microsoft announced today that Windows 8 will be available for computers starting October 26th,...
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Challenge: How Much Did Thomas Jefferson Think About Wine? [Search Research]
Daniel Russell knows how to find the answers to questions you can't get to with a simple Google query. In his weekly Search Research column, Russell issues a search challenge, then follows up later in...
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Five Lesser-Known Amazon Services That Can Save You Time and Money [Amazon]
Amazon is a big company with more pages than you can probably hope to visit, so it's not surprising that a lot of its cool features go easily unnoticed. Here's a look at five features you probably...
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DIY PVC Sprinkler Is Dirt Cheap, Fits Lawns of All Shapes and Sizes [Outdoors]
Watering an entire lawn doesn't require a lot of money. For just a couple of dollars, you can make a customized lawn sprinkler out of cheap PVC piping. Sprinklers aren't terribly expensive to begin...
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Trackpad++ Greatly Improves Your MacBook's Trackpad in Windows [Gestures]
Windows (On a Mac): If you're running Windows on your killer Mac hardware, then you've probably noticed that the trackpad isn't quite as smooth and feature-filled as it is in OS X. Trackpad++ Brings...
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Use the exFAT File System and Never Format Your External Drive Again [Hard...
Using an external drive between Mac and Windows computers can be a hassle, since you constantly have to reformat it to fit which computer you're using it on. Instead of reformatting it all the time,...
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Remains of the Day: AT&T Shared Data Plans Coming in August [For What It's...
AT&T announces shared data plans, YouTube launches new face-blurring editing tool, Evernote for Mac updates with Retina support and Activity Stream, and Bing gets Foursquare integrations. AT&T...
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Webcam Presentations, Faster Android Keyboards, and Goal Reminders [Video]
Readers offer their best tips for giving presentations over webcam, speeding up your Android keyboard, and reminding yourself of your goals. Don't like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything...
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Remains of the Day: Twitter Brands Get a Little Less Spammy [For What It's...
Twitter introduces tailored tweets for brands, both Google Music and Rdio bring interface improvements to their Android apps, and web app integration comes to Ubuntu. New targeting adds greater...
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The Monoprice 8320s Are the Best Earbuds You'll Find Under $10 [Video]
Picking the perfect set of headphones can be hard, especially if you don't want to spend hundreds of dollars. If you have a small budget but still want some good sound, look no further than the...
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What Do You Automate with Tasker? [Ask The Readers]
Tasker one of our favorite Android tweaking and customization tools, and when it left beta and updated yesterday to allow you to export your Tasker actions as standalone Android apps, we got to...
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