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There’s More to Life Than Six Pack Abs
via The Art of Manliness by Brett & Kate McKay on April 24, 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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Soothe Your Sunburn with Vinegar and Other Home Remedies [Clever Uses]
via Lifehacker by (author unknown) on May 18, 2008
Shared by Todd Been spraying vinegar on sunburns since I was a medic in the US Army... It REALLY works! (So ya smell like a salad for awhile)If a careless weekend in the sun has you red-faced and uncomfortably squirming in your chair, weblog Wise Bread rounds up a handful of cheap home remedies for your poor, sunburned skin. From vinegar to a crushed aspirin-and-water concoction, you can throw...
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New and Promising BitTorrent Sites
via TorrentFreak by Ernesto on February 13, 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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Turn PDFs into Printable Booklets with BookletCreator [PDFs]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on February 27, 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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Prepare for Irregular Expenses with a Freedom Account [Personal Finance]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 11, 2008
In addition to your traditional checking, savings, and emergency accounts, financial weblog Get Rich Slowly suggests setting up another money bucket for irregular or unexpected expenses. Sock away money in a "Freedom Account" for expenses like clothes, vacations, and car maintenance. Setting this money apart from your regular monthly bills ensures you keep a tighter rein on what you spend on...
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Make Your Finance System Paperless [Personal Finance]
via Lifehacker by (author unknown) on May 20, 2008
Shared by Rialtus I'm heading down this same path. I have scanned in gobs of papers (via the mentioned Fujitsu ScanSnap) and try to do as much paperless as possible -- while still having records available.Personal finance blogger J.D. Roth is on the road towards making his money system completely paperless. Direct deposit, automatic savings transfers, Quicken, and auto bill pay gets most...
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Store and Retrieve Info at MyGADs [Personal Organizers]
via Lifehacker by Jason Fitzpatrick on June 02, 2008
Web-based information manager MyGADs lets you create, share, and retrieve important bits of information like flight confirmation numbers, birthdays, phone numbers, and more. Store address books, calendars, tasks, and notes in personal or public "GADs" with text messages, instant messages, or using the web site. Need to remember Uncle Billy's birthday? Instant message it to your GAD. Forgot...
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Hillary Mortgages the Future
via Reason Magazine - by schapman@tribune.com (Steve Chapman) on February 17, 2008
You will count speed as a virtue if you're going through a home remodeling, clicking on an Internet link or drafting a cornerback. But presented with looming calamity, most of us would much prefer one that moves slowly. Which is why there is no comfort in hearing that if Hillary Clinton is elected president, she will be "ready on Day One." In her campaign, she presents herself as an...
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How To Improve Your Physique Without Lifting Weights
via Just A Guy Thing by Christian on January 08, 2008
There are so many different types of workout available for men these days that it’s often hard to determine which is best for you. This is made more difficult by so-called experts that claim their way is best and anything else simply won’t work. The fact is that there isn’t a one-type-fits-all workout per se. Different goals, body types, and motivation are all factors to be taken into...
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