Windows: Disable Windows Update restart nag
august 2008 by ulrichp
Windows installed another round of updates and now it's asking you to restart. Again. One simple command line entry can disable this obnoxious reminder.
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august 2008 by ulrichp
How to Turn Cheap “Choice” Steaks into Gucci “Prime” Steaks | Jaden's Steamy Kitchen
september 2007 by ulrichp
How to make cheap steaks taste like prime restaurant steaks. Hint: salt, and a ton of it.
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september 2007 by ulrichp
Hack Attack: Roll your own killer audio player with foobar2000 - Lifehacker
march 2007 by ulrichp
If you love to tweak and customize your software applications to work just the way you want, extensibility is key - and the free audio player for Windows, foobar2000, is the most extensible player on the market.
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march 2007 by ulrichp
sleepnaked.org
march 2007 by ulrichp
"Not only is sleeping naked more comfortable, but it's good for your health too."
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march 2007 by ulrichp
10 Unconventional Diet Tips: How to lose 50 pounds in three months - lifehack.org
january 2007 by ulrichp
Interesting article, with tips that seems largely realistic and, to some degree, largely psychological.
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january 2007 by ulrichp
But is it ART? | Wise Bread
january 2007 by ulrichp
"What would you say if I told you that I filled my entire living room with completely original works of art for less than $300?"
art
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january 2007 by ulrichp
PDFTOHTML conversion program
january 2007 by ulrichp
Exactly what it sounds like. Converts PDFs to HTML with frames or XML(?). Also has a Win32 GUI.
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january 2007 by ulrichp
I Will Teach You To Be Rich: Set smaller goals: impress friends, get girls, lose weight
january 2007 by ulrichp
How to make sustainable changes by not going to extremes. 'Gradual change' is a great concept, whether it's finances, diets, or - well - anything.
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psychology
january 2007 by ulrichp
Cool Running :: The Couch-to-5K Running Plan
january 2007 by ulrichp
"Our beginner's running schedule has helped thousands of new runners get off the couch and onto the roads, running 3 miles in just two months."
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january 2007 by ulrichp
Amazon's secret price guarantee! - By Timothy Noah - Slate Magazine
january 2007 by ulrichp
"If a retailer offers a price guarantee but doesn't tell customers about it, does the price guarantee exist? Only for the few who hear about it somewhere else."
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shopping
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january 2007 by ulrichp
FitDay - Free Weight Loss and Diet Journal
january 2007 by ulrichp
Get your free online diet journal and start tracking your foods, exercises, weight loss, and goals.
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january 2007 by ulrichp
Wesabe
january 2007 by ulrichp
Take control of your money, find the best values in your area, and reach your financial goals by joining the Wesabe community.
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january 2007 by ulrichp
Joe's Goals
january 2007 by ulrichp
A very simple goal-tracking system. I'm using it for various sorts of things.
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january 2007 by ulrichp
Geek to Live: Build your "PC on a stick" with MojoPac - Lifehacker
december 2006 by ulrichp
You're headed to your buddy's house and you want to play some World of Warcraft or watch a downloaded movie while you're there. You don't have to drag along your entire laptop to do so.
lifehacks
os
software
windows
december 2006 by ulrichp
loopnote.com
december 2006 by ulrichp
Keep people in the loop, via a webapp that notifies subscribes to your Loop. Will have to try this out later; could prove invaluable.
email
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december 2006 by ulrichp
Monitor your Linux computer with machine-generated music
november 2006 by ulrichp
Use Perl and FluidSynth to create a real-time musical composition of your system status.
computers
lifehacks
linux
music
software
opensource
perl
november 2006 by ulrichp
Geek to Live: Top Firefox 2 config tweaks
november 2006 by ulrichp
Better late than never, right? I keep forgetting where this handy list of Firefox 2-related config tweaks is at any given time.
firefox
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lifehacks
technology
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tools
november 2006 by ulrichp
Seven habits of effective text editing
september 2006 by ulrichp
From the author of Gvim
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writing
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september 2006 by ulrichp
52 Projects: 2006 Sick Day Calendar
january 2006 by ulrichp
How to optimize your sick days for maximum effectiveness... at not being at work.
holidays
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work
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january 2006 by ulrichp
Bionic Office - Joel on Software
december 2005 by ulrichp
The second floor of our office building seems to be unoccupied. Now if only I could convince our managers to spring for it and remake it into something like this.
architecture
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december 2005 by ulrichp
18 Tricks to Teach Your Body
december 2005 by ulrichp
From Men's Health. Cure a toothache without opening your mouth, clear your sinuses, soothe a burn, and relieve the need to pee by ... well, you'll see.
hacks
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productivity
trivia
december 2005 by ulrichp
Vincent Cheung's Blog - Alarm clocks are bad. How to wake up and feel better.
october 2005 by ulrichp
I may be able to do this with my alarm clock, actually, because the buzzer setting is naturally quiet, while the music is astoundingly loud.
howto
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lifehacks
todo
october 2005 by ulrichp
Lifes Little Annoyances
october 2005 by ulrichp
"In Lifes’s Little Annoyances, Ian Urbina chronicles the lengths to which some people will go when they have endured their pet peeves long enough and are not going to take it any more."
books
humor
lifehacks
interesting
wishlist
october 2005 by ulrichp
unrequited narcissism - Skype Hack
october 2005 by ulrichp
A ridiculously complex (okay, so it's not THAT complex) hack using SkypeOut, Internet Explorer, and the Windows Task Scheduler to automatically get a call to get yourself out of a meeting.
interesting
lifehacks
howto
october 2005 by ulrichp
Tidy Up iTunes MP3 collection - Fix ID3 tags and more (Connected Internet News | Broadband Mobile Gaming News)
october 2005 by ulrichp
Cleaning up a possibly sprawling iTunes library.
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ipod
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october 2005 by ulrichp
The Mike Matas Blog: How to make a Life Poster
october 2005 by ulrichp
98 photos in a poster. I've been working on mine for a year or two... only 40 more photos to go.
art
howto
apple
interesting
lifehacks
mac
photography
october 2005 by ulrichp
space-age wasteland » Blog Archive » Make Days Off Grand
october 2005 by ulrichp
"Every ten weeks or so, take a day off from everything." Organizing mini-retreats from the world.
lifehacks
productivity
work
october 2005 by ulrichp
Onlife
october 2005 by ulrichp
Like Spotlight, if Spotlight didn't suck. I'm curious about its interaction with non-Apple programs: namely, Adium instead of iChat, since I dumped iChat a year ago.
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october 2005 by ulrichp
Getting Things Done on a Macintosh | Ask MetaFilter
october 2005 by ulrichp
The title pretty much explains it. Sadly, it devolves at first into a debate on Mac email clients before anything useful is gleaned.
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mac
organization
productivity
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october 2005 by ulrichp
how do I get off my ass? | Ask MetaFilter
october 2005 by ulrichp
Because nothing will help motivate you like a stack of strangers. Most of the advice amounts to "get off your ass by getting off your ass."
interesting
lifehacks
october 2005 by ulrichp
MSN Money - 10 things you shouldn't buy new
october 2005 by ulrichp
Yes, thank you, Captain Obvious. Do people really need to be told this stuff?
lifehacks
money
october 2005 by ulrichp
Stephanie Burns - How to Install a Habit
october 2005 by ulrichp
Good advice for making things we might otherwise be unmotivated to do into a daily habit.
lifehacks
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productivity
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october 2005 by ulrichp
Open Loops: Stereotyping Your Office
october 2005 by ulrichp
What a crock. My desk is empty not because I'm not committed to my job, but because I don't have anything to put on it. I have some office supplies, a phone, 2 monitors, that's it.
lifehacks
work
wtf
october 2005 by ulrichp
Conference attendee tips - Lifehacker
september 2005 by ulrichp
How to make the most out of attending a conference.
lifehacks
work
september 2005 by ulrichp
LibraryThing | Catalog your books online
september 2005 by ulrichp
Book nerds unite! Tagging, booklistings, ability to find books even if you're entering sloppy information, and best of all, inexpensive: it's only $10 if you want to enter more than 200 books, which is worth it. Especially once RSS feeds go in...
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javascript
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september 2005 by ulrichp
MakeZine.com
september 2005 by ulrichp
Must remember to subscribe to Make's podcast.
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september 2005 by ulrichp
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