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Ten things not to do in New York City - Tips- msnbc.com
If you're planning a trip to New York City, you need travel advice from someone who knows her way around. Because while there's a lot to do in New York City—plenty of iconic places to eat and drink and see—there are also a lot of things not to do: Crowded tourist traps, overhyped eateries, and not-so-authentic experiences are among the ones you should feel free to skip, especially if your time in town is limited.
How To Move Your Home Folder To Another Drive | Lifehacker Australia
If you’re on a Mac and looking to move your home folder, here’s how.
9 Ways I Use Evernote - The 2.0 Life
Evernote, more than any other application, is what keeps me productive, sane, and on-task. It helps me remember everything, helps me get things done, and has all manner of other purposes and uses in my life.
My productivity system is based on Evernote as my inbox, my school organization is all based within Evernote, and so on and so forth. I could continue to rant and rave about how great it is, but instead I’ll tell you how it is that I use it.
Lifehacker - Top 10 Money-Saving Guides for Common Purchases - Buying Guide
The marketplace is an expensive place to get confused. Get more for your money when you buy laptops, air travel, eyeglasses, or other purchases with our roundup of thrifty buyers' guides for common purchases.
10 Youtube URL Tricks You Should Know About | MakeUseOf.com
Youtube - You know that site with videos and all. Yeah! It turns out that its quite popular and you happen to visit and use it quite often. Instead of just searching and playing here are some top Youtube URL tricks that you should know about:
25 Useful Financial Rules of Thumb ∞ Get Rich Slowly
Lately I’ve found myself using more and more financial rules of thumb. A rule of thumb is a general guideline, an easy way to approximate a value quickly. It’s not meant to be completely accurate. On a whim this weekend, I gathered together many of the general rules I’ve been using, as well as several others I found online.
The Simple Dollar » A Step-By-Step Guide to Building a Big, Healthy Emergency Fund
The first step along the way is to understand what an emergency fund actually is. An emergency fund is cash that you’ve saved up for the sole purpose of helping you maintain your normal life through the emergencies that life hands you. Most of the time, you shouldn’t touch the emergency fund at all - it just sits there earning a bit of interest and waiting until you actually need it. When you lose your job. When an appliance breaks down. When your car needs a repair.
HOW TO: Make Firefox Your Productivity Machine
Today I want to try and summarize some of the greatest productivity bits that the Firefox browser has to offer. You may be surprised that many of these don’t even require an extension!
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Ctrl+= : Increases font size.
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Ctrl+Shift+T : Opens the last closed tab.
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9 Methods for Mastering Your Money in 2009 ∞ Get Rich Slowly
If one of your goals for 2009 is to take control of your money (instead of letting it keep control of you), this crash course in financial basics can help guide the way. Here are nine simple but effective actions you can take to build a better financial future.
10 Unconventional Money-Saving Tips ∞ Get Rich Slowly
While browsing at Passion Saving the other day, I discovered an article featuring ten unconventional money-saving tips. Each of these offers a new way to see money. Here are author Rob Bennett’s ten tips along with my comments.
How to Afford Anything (But Not Everything) ∞ Get Rich Slowly
In his essay, Rockwell provides real-life examples of how he’s made choices to save money so that he can afford anything he wants (especially cameras). Some of his anecdotes are funny. Some are inspiring. They’re all great examples of how to get rich slowly. Here are a few of his tips:
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Our ability to buy expensive toys has nothing to do with how much money we do or don’t earn. Like everything in life, it has everything to do with how well you use what you have.
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Sometimes the most expensive choice actually costs less in the long run. Cheap means focusing on price above all else; frugality means seeking value for your dollar.
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http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/105934/10-Reasons-You%27re-Not-Rich
The list of reasons you may not be rich doesn't end at 10. Caring what your neighbors think, not being patient, having bad habits, not having goals, not being prepared, trying to make a quick buck, relying on others to handle your money, investing in thin
How to buy a new car and not get screwed - Boing Boing
In this six-minute video from Ignite Seattle, Rob Gruhl offers advice on getting a good deal when shopping for a new car.
15 Simple Ways to Keep Your Partner Happy -- Yahoo! Personals
So you're in a relationship and your partner starts nagging. She tells you that you just don't understand her, and that she really wishes that you would just do more "little things."
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Now, this gave me a bit of an idea; why couldn’t I use Google’s search engine in a smart keyword for wikipedia?
It’s possible, but takes a little bit of tinkering. First, create a new smart keyword based around google’s search box, but give it a
10 Tips for After You Install or Upgrade Ubuntu | Tombuntu
Ubuntu is becoming more and more complete and easy to configure. However, like any operating system there’s work to be done after the installation. Here’s a list of 10 tips that you can use after installing or upgrading Ubuntu.
Micro Persuasion: Del.icio.us Mobile
Del.icio.us has a hidden feature that lets you create a stripped down version of your bookmarks for viewing on a mobile device... Here are four of the basic options...
Maximize Firefox Without Extensions Using About:Config
If you type about:config in your address bar, Firefox opens the master directory of user-defined preferences and built-in settings. The ultimate arena for performance tampering, the about:config settings are the foundation for programming Firefox extensio
How to Gift - Esquire
Gift giving -- not on Valentine's Day or birthdays or Christmas, but as a way to communicate -- changes the way the world sees you.
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