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Jealousy
via xkcd.com by (author unknown) on May 07, 2008
Shared by: Cary, Dan Russell, Philou, Dustin DeKoekkoek, Yassin, William Gordon, SharonG, barak, Oberg, Dominik, Joshua, Sam, npike, David, dknowles, Russellreno, Paul, Maryam, Parastoo, keshvary, Blaenk Denum, smr, Hugo, BIGODE, macromediax, Chandoo,
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Apply the $100 Rule to Kill Impulse Purchases [Money]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on May 05, 2008
When a surge of guilt hits just as you're digging your fingernails into the shrink wrap around your latest gadget, you know you've probably made a rushed, unhealthy impulse purchase. The No Credit Needed financial blog suggests a "$100 rule," in which any purchase price is divided by that amount and considered for that many days—a $300 PlayStation 3 gets re-considered for three days, a...
Shared by: Matt Chandler, Ben Shoemate, GrosaPrap, Aranyx, barak, WindPower, Todd, Bwana, gabopagan,
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Powerset Searches the Wikipedia with Natural Language [Wikipedia]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on May 12, 2008
Instead of putting the onus on you to choose the best keyword, just-launched semantic search engine Powerset can find the answers you seek on the Wikipedia using natural language. Type things like "what is a life hack" or "paintings by Salvador Dali" and Powerset extracts those answers from Wikipedia and lays them out on an attractive page. CNET reports:Powerset's natural language search...
Shared by: tekculture, Jake, kamthorn, Hasan, barak, WindPower, AlexT,
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Sleep Deprivation Isn't a Badge of Honor [Sleep]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on May 14, 2008
Developer David Heinemeier Hansson says that sleep deprivation isn't a badge of honor that shows how hard you work—it just makes you dumb and miserable. Forgoing sleep is like borrowing from a loan shark. Sure you get that extra hours right now to cover for your overly-optimistic estimation, but at what price? The shark will be back and if you can't pay, he'll break your creativity,...
Shared by: Dave S, Joe, Jambamkin, Tommy, barak, Jean, Jonathan,
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Learn the Basics of Installing From Source in Linux [Linux]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on February 27, 2008
Few things can be as frustrating to non-expert Linux users as seeing the phrase "... or compile from source packages" on the download page of that killer app to try out (and we know that's often the case for you patient non-Ubuntu users out there). If you're looking for a nuts-and-bolts guide to installing software from those strange-looking Whatever.tar.gz files, Tuxfiles.org has a...
Shared by: Art, BJ, barak, Mone, Slicer, Ali,
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Eat Healthy with Grocery List Templates [Cheat Sheet]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 12, 2008
Health weblog SmarterFitter knows how difficult it can be to buy healthy food once you hit the supermarket, so they've created a couple of grocery list templates designed to help you stick to the good stuff. The list breaks down items into helpful shopping categories, leaving a little room in each for your own additions. You're probably already aware of the time you can save by using a...
Shared by: Miggity, Jake, Program Witch, John, Tina K.J, barak,
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Ease the Transition to Ubuntu with a Cheat Sheet [Linux]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on April 23, 2008
The open-source-friendly folks at the FOSSwire blog have posted a PDF "Ubuntu Cheat Sheet," covering the basic terminal commands one might have to use and, just as importantly, naming important programs and packages so you don't end up deleting or messing with something that'll cause headaches down the line. WIth the release of Hardy Heron one day away, adventurous newcomers might want to...
Shared by: barak, cb160, Hasan, Ioannus, BJ,
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Keep Your Muscles Healthy, Not Big [Fitness]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on May 13, 2008
The New York Times' Well section has reassuring news for anyone hitting the gym and not seeing results. Many researchers agree that muscle size and definition are not as important to your long-term health as those muscles' endurance and strength, which prevent atrophy and weakness in old age:To maintain endurance, you should engage in activities that pump blood to the muscles, like...
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There’s More to Life Than Six Pack Abs
via The Art of Manliness by Brett & Kate McKay on April 25, 2008
Photo by Tanworkboots Men’s magazines are filled with exercise and workout routines designed to give you a chiseled physique. The glossy ads in the magazine showcase the desired result of all this work: a chiseled and ripped body. But what is the end goal of the pursuit of all this muscle? Some men work out for the health benefits, for pleasure, and to generally stay in shape. This is...
Shared by: Todd, barak, Logan,
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New and Promising BitTorrent Sites
via TorrentFreak by Ernesto on February 14, 2008
BitTorrent’s popularity is still growing, and new sites are launched every day. Unfortunately it is impossible to feature all the new sites here, so we decided to post a selection of BitTorrent sites that look promising, or offer something new.PizzaTorrentPizzaTorrent is a meta-search engine, inspired by the enormous success of another site we introduced last month, YouTorrent. The site has a...
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