Monthly Archives: April 2007

Tooler

Windows only: Freeware application Tooler lets you create lots of useful shortcuts to perform tasks like shutting off your monitor, running your screensaver, and ejecting your optical drive. We’ve talked about how to create shutdown shortcuts, but Tooler makes doing … Continue reading

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Gigabit Smart Switch Roundup

If you’re going to upgrade your LAN to gigabit, why not step up to the features that a "smart" switch offers? From Tom’s Hardware

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Random Reality Quote

How true… "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away." – Philip K. Dick From The Quotations Page

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The top 500 fonts on the Web

I have kind of a secret fetish for good free fonts, so Fonts 500, a site that has collected the top 500 popular fonts used on the Web, is definitely on my good list. You can preview each font using … Continue reading

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10 Coolest Lego Weapons

Big or small, functional or not, modern or medieval, we didn’t care. If it was somehow constructed with Legos, and looked like it was capable of taking down a three-foot rabbit weighed down by Easter baskets, we grabbed it. Rabbits … Continue reading

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Jonny Glow Shows Where the Pee Goes, Mo Fo

I’ve seen worse ideas… We’ve shown you quite a few lighting solutions to that problem of peeing in the dark before, but never have we seen one so simple that solves the problem so handily. Jonny Glow is a set … Continue reading

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Belkin Grommet-Hole USB Hubs, iPod Dock: Genius!

Finally a crazy USB accessory that isn’t completely insane. You know those grommet holes that are found in damn near every desk, but are rarely used? Well, Belkin put on their thinking cap and has designed a USB hub and … Continue reading

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File Hippo Update Checker

This is a great program to run regularly. Windows only: Software download web site File Hippo has released a handy piece of software called Update Checker, which scans your computer’s installed apps and then reports which ones could use an … Continue reading

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Ditto – Clipboard manager

Windows only: Open source application Ditto is a clipboard manager that lets you save, manage, and retrieve all of the countless clipboard grabs you make in the course of your day. Ditto lets you bring up it’s Quick Paste tool … Continue reading

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Get Happy

Happiness Project blogger Gretchen Rubin says you can get happier in the next hour by following one or more of her seven tips. My favorite: Rid yourself of a nagging task: answer a difficult email, purchase something you need, or … Continue reading

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