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18 Apr 09

Lifehacker - Use receipts to keep track of your fridge inventory - Frugality

I keep my grocery receipt and highlight things that need to be used in a timely fashion, or things that I hope to cook with that week. Then I stick it firmly to the front of the fridge, a visual reminder every time I open it.

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22 May 08

Speech Recognition: Control Your PC with Your Voice

To be honest, I'll be dragged kicking and screaming into Windows Vista, but I realize that there are people out there who use (and enjoy) Vista. If you are one of those, this freeware tool from Microsoft might boost your productivity (or it might just boost your frustration instead.)

I'm used speech recognition software on my tablet PC's for years. If you're lucky enough to work in a quiet environment, it's awesome. This article by Adam Pash is great. He walks you through the software, complete with screencasts. Now, shouting at your Vista PC can actually be productive!

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15 Sep 07

Advice for Students: Taking Notes that Work - lifehack.org

  • One of the reasons people have trouble taking effective notes is that they’re not really sure what notes are for.
05 Sep 07

Firefox Tip - Lifehacker

  • If your Firefox browser is running slowly, check out CyberNet's list of memory-leaking extensions to see if you've installed any of the extensions listed and if there's a simple solution to your memory drip.
21 Aug 07

How To: Get Any Stain Out of Your Carpet - Lifehacker

  • Web site FabricLink's Carpet Stain Index offers individual step-by-step instructions for removing stains from your carpet caused by everything from beer and chewing gum to coffee and rust.
12 Jul 07

Strengths-Based Personal Development - lifehack.org

  • Chris Brogan: I’m on a kick. I just finished reading Marcus Buckingham’s, NOW, DISCOVER YOUR STRENGTHS, and found that I agreed with their premise that working on your strengths is much more productive than throwing time and effort at changing your weaknesses.
02 Jul 07

Reboot Your Brain With Practical Meditation - lifehack.org

  • Meditation isn’t just a spiritual practice. If done properly, meditation can be a practical one.
05 May 07

Organizers: Got bags? Make a plastic bag keeper - Lifehacker

  • At this moment, I probably have a good 100+ plastic bags underneath my kitchen sink. How-to site Curbly has a quick and dirty tutorial on how to make a plastic bag keeper that will help me take care of this mess.
01 May 07

Hack Attack: Set up a healthy, usable workspace - Lifehacker

  • we're taking a step back to examine your physical workspace. I'm going to highlight a few important pointers for setting up a healthy and usable workspace to keep you effortlessly and painlessly cranking out work.
10 Apr 07

Frugal For Life: Odor Remover Tips

  • Natural ways to remove odors or cut down on them; because you don't want a face like this when you come into your home.
31 Mar 07

Organize your home by adding "stations" - Lifehacker

  • Professional organizer Lorie Marrero says that the secret to effective home organization is having "stations"--one for communication, one for administration and so on.
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