December 2007
19 posts
Twenty Top 10’s of 2007 →
Lifehacker Top 10 lists of 2007.
Top 10 iPhone Applications
Top 10 Free Windows Downloads
Top 10 USB Thumb Drive Tricks
Top 10 Free Computer System Recovery Tools
Top 10 Wi-Fi Boosts, Tweaks and Apps
Top 10 Free Video Rippers, Encoders, and Converters
Top 10 Free Wallpaper, Fonts and Icon Sources
Top 10 Body Hacks
Top 10 Ways to Sleep Smarter and Better
Top 10 Google Products You Forgot...
Skitch Public Beta! →
Skitch is an amazingly fun and super useful duo. Everyday we all share images, ideas and have fun with friends online — this should be easy… right!?
Your friends are global… you can send them links… but what if the action is on your screen? … Point out a quick suggestion to a colleague or pass on that funny moment from an IM chat, post images to MySpace, eBay, forums or via email.. Skitch is the...
Army buys Macs to stop Hacks →
Apples for the Army? Wow, the old guard has finally moved on. read more | digg story
60 Logos: What if the Whole World Went Web 2.0? →
Everyone from Halliburton to Burger King and everything in between. read more | digg story
Mac OS X 10.5.2 is packing hefty fixes, due... →
As much love as Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard has received in the press and from users, there are still plenty of bugs that need ironing out. Lucky for those users and those not-easily-embarrassed members of the press, Apple seems to be addressing most of those remaining bugs with its 10.5.2 update, which it just seeded to developers. There are apparently 76 fixes listed in the release notes, ranging...
2007 Guide to Free Software and Webapps →
Application Launchers
Launchy (Windows, open source) Previous coverage: Download of the Day: Launchy, Take Launchy Beyond Application Launching (Feature), Tweaking Launchy (Screenshot Tour)
Quicksilver (Mac OS X, open source) Previous coverage: A Beginner’s Guide to Quicksilver, Advanced Quicksilver Guide, The Quicksilver Video Extravaganza, Nine Time-saving Quicksilver Triggers, Top 10...
Take Online Media Offline with UnPlug [Firefox... →
Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux): Save embedded media like audio, video, or even Flash games to your desktop with the UnPlug Firefox extension. Just browse to a page you want to grab media from, click the little smiling fish (or go to Tools -> UnPlug), and find and download the media on that page you want. UnPlug is similar to previously mentioned Video Downloader extension, which means it...
Quick Look Inside Folders →
Mac OS X Leopard only: You already know how to view zip archive contents and even preview files in the Trash using Leopard’s handy Quick Look feature, and now you can look inside folders, too. Using a Folder Quick Look plug-in, instead of just looking at a big old folder icon when you Quick Look a directory, you can get a file listing of what’s inside. Here’s how to get it working.
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M++CARD Combines a Business Card With USB Storage →
The benefits of combining USB storage with a business card are obvious. For one thing, it will get you noticed and make your card less dispensable. Second, it is a convenient and logical means to deliver important information to prospective employers and clients. Unfortunately, no one has truly succeeded in this endeavor (and simply printing your information on a thumb drive doesn’t count). At...
Apple TV 2.0….iPhone & iPod Touch as Remote?!! →
Apple is rumored to be close to announcing movie rentals and Apple TV is perfect platform. Add a 1TB HDD and BitTorrent downloading technology and you have the beginnings of a great living room experience. Enable the iPhone and iPod touch as a remote control for Apple TV 2.0 to replace the bogus “gum stick” remote and and they’ll surely have a hit read more | digg story
More Windows Errors Take Over the World →
Reports all over the world confirm the worst: the best Windows error ever was just the beginning of a planetary invasion by alien forces using time-space-twisting software code. There’s no other explanation for this gallery of demoniacally absurd errors [PICS] read more | digg story
Letter from Yoko to John - 12/8/2007 →
12/8/2007 - 27th anniversary of the death of John Lennon. Yoko has written a letter to him on her website, Imagine Peace.
I miss you, John. 27 years later, I still wish I could turn back the clock to the Summer of 1980. I remember everything - sharing our morning coffee, walking in the park together on a beautiful day, and seeing your hand stretched to mine - holding it, reassuring me that I...
Google launches iPhone applications →
Google announced the release of a new iPhone application that integrates its multiple services into a single interface, making it easy for iPhone users to find, use and switch between Google search, Gmail, Calendar, Reader, and more. read more | digg story
iAlertU 0.28b - Remote controlled motion-sensitive... →
iAlertU is the first of its kind alarm system for your Apple MacBook computer. Basically iAlertU is a car alarm for your Mac.
iAlertU uses the built in sudden motion sensor (SMS) device to detect movement of your MacBook and triggers an audible and visual alarm. The alarm can also be triggered by keyboard and mouse/trackpad movement. The alarm is designed to continue sounding even after the...
Gmail + chat + AIM →
Sign into your AIM account and chat with your AIM buddies right inside Gmail. Today we are happy to tell you about a new feature we’ve started to roll out which will enable you to sign into your AIM account and chat with your AIM buddies right inside Gmail. When you log in to AIM through Gmail chat, your AOL buddies will appear in your chat list with friends from your Google Talk network, and you...
Drive cradle makes it easy to swap around SATA... →
StorageDepot’s SATA Hard Drive Cradle lets you plunk drive in it, write/read with them, unmount them and yank ‘em out, then stick in the next one. All the times I’ve had to monkey around with taking dodgy drives out of a laptop, screwing them into an enclosure, plugging that into a good PC, doing diagnostics, taking them out of the enclosure, trying the next one… Or just remembering what’s on...
U.S. Claims It Has the Right to Kidnap British... →
AMERICA has told Britain that it can “kidnap” British citizens if they are wanted for crimes in the United States. A senior lawyer for the American government has told the Court of Appeal in London that kidnapping foreign citizens is permissible under American law because the US Supreme Court has sanctioned it. read more | digg story
The 20 Best iPod Utilities →
With a new generation of iPods on the market this holiday season, your reliable old iPod may not seem as shiny as it once did. But with the help of third party applications and utilities, you can unlock tons of useful functionality you never knew was there and revive that aging iPod so it doesn’t look quite so bad next to its successors. read more | digg story
These Christmas Cookies Have Been Bad. Very, Very... →
‘Mommy, what are those cookies doing?’
‘Well, honey, they’re fighting, maybe pretend-wrestling, and rolling around, having a good time, that’s all. They’re getting in the holiday spirit!‘
‘Have they been good? Will Santa bring them lots of presents?’
‘No, honey, it looks like they’ve been bad. Very, very bad.’
In addition to the four patterns you see here, this disgusting set of Kama...