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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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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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Keep Your Muscles Healthy, Not Big [Fitness]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on May 12, 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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Ease the Transition to Ubuntu with a Cheat Sheet [Linux]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on April 22, 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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Learn the Basics of Installing From Source in Linux [Linux]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on February 26, 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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Eat Healthy with Grocery List Templates [Cheat Sheet]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 11, 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...
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