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The Best of Art of Manliness, April 2008
via The Art of Manliness by Brett & Kate McKay on May 01, 2008
April was another fantastic month for The Art of Manliness, thanks again to all of you! Subscribers climbed to 7,141 and traffic is on the up and up. I’m particularly pumped about the launching of the Art of Manliness Forums and the kickoff of the Manival. If you haven’t already, go register as a member of the forums and join in the awesome discussion going on there. Here are some examples of...
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The Art of Manliness Weekly Roundup: Law School Finals Edition
via The Art of Manliness by Brett & Kate McKay on April 26, 2008
This week finals start for me in law school. I’ll be cranking away for the next few days filling my mind with law and preparing myself for grueling three to four hour exams. I’ll be done with finals next Thursday, which means I’ll have more time to dedicate to writing on AoM. I can’t wait.I also wanted to remind everyone about the first edition of the Manival that’s coming up this...
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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...
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Build a Dead-Simple Budget with a Shoebox [How To]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on April 25, 2008
The Simple Dollar personal finance blog delves into household budgeting—something more of us should do, but are kept away from by fear of spreadsheets, math, and undue time commitments. Blogger Trent's solution is simple and reliable, however, and takes only a willingness to collect paper and toss it in a shoe box. Collect one to three months' worth of receipts, checks, pay stubs, and...
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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...
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Women: Boxing with Pharoah By Sarah Zadok
via Chabad.org Weekly Magazine [ Passover 5768 - April 19-27, 2008 ] by (author unknown) on April 13, 2008
"You take on way too much." Jab. "You can hardly cope with what you have." Jab-jab. "You're hanging by a thread, Girlfriend." Uppercut. "You are failing." Ouch...
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How to Become an Energy Drink Connoisseur
via Wired: Culture by How-To Wiki on April 23, 2008
Nothing satisfies the geek's need for electrolytes, caffeine, B-12 and a wicked sugar high all at once like a can of neon green goo. Learn to determine which energy drinks are most worthy of your buzz -- and which ones to avoid -- in Wired's How-To Wiki.
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The Warrior’s Guide to True Manliness
via The Art of Manliness by Brett on March 04, 2008
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Evan and Spencer Burton. They author the blog Living Indubiously.It was not long ago that men were born to be warriors and had no other obligations than to uphold the warrior code and to pass it on to their offspring. It was only during the past 500 years that man forgot this way of life and replaced it with a complacency seemingly suited for a new world...
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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...
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Turn PDFs into Printable Booklets with BookletCreator [PDFs]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on February 28, 2008
Want to read a printed copy of a PDF that's portable and staple-free? BookletCreator is a free PDF conversion webapp that creates documents that can be printed and folded into an easy-to-read booklet. Assuming your PDF is oriented to "portrait" layout and is less than eight pages, you can get what appear to be pretty decent-looking booklets from your document. Got more than eight pages? Tell...
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