January 2008
43 posts
Visual Traceroute: Visually see the path data... →
With Visual Trace Route Tool, a Google Maps mashup, you can visualize the trip your data packets take to get to your computer and understand why sometime sites load slow.
Featured Windows Download: Remove Excel Passwords →
Excel plug-in Excel Password Remover strips the password protection from Excel workbooks and spreadsheets so that next time you’re working late and your co-worker locked you out of a spreadsheet you need access to, you won’t be left in the dark..
Just landed in San Fran. Having some breakfast and stretching our legs before heading to China!
Springwise: Lifehack for fliers: schedule online... →
Check Me In was launched in June 2007 to help passengers check in as soon as they can, without having to be online or ask a colleague or family member to do it for them.
Springwise: Starter kits for homemade cleaning... →
Besides kits for home cleaning, Eco-Me also sells kits for making natural body, baby and pet productsâcurrently only in the United States and Canada.
research china →
ALA | Newbery Medal & Honor Books, 1922-Present →
Twitter: Track Your Eating Habits with... →
If tracking your calorie intake is part of your New Year’s resolution and you already use Twitter, create and maintain a food diary using the Twitter-enabled Tweetwhatyoueat service.
Why Not Widen the Flow? - Andrew McAfee →
“One of Michaelâs first posts was about the distinction between using wikis and other social software âin the flowâ of work versus âabove the flow.â…”
Cold-Fighting Foods - Health.com →
The news made headlines around the world: Chicken soup really does help fight colds.
10 Easily Mispronounced Domain Names — Toroller →
Quickly Switch Google Accounts with the Google... →
Quickly Switch Google Accounts with the Google Account Multi-Login
Ecumenical Buddhism: 2008 Buddhist Holidays →
Build Your Platform: How to Show You’re the Right... →
What do you have to do to convince your audience, whoever they are, that youâre ready and able to handle whateverâs thrown at you?
20 petabytes per day and you still wonder why... →
“This bad boy processing 20 petabytes of data PER DAY. By now you all know that these arenât huge Cray beasts either. They are PCs. Crazy!”
Welcome developers and users of Microsoft Access... →
Garry Robinson’s Popular MS Access, Office and VB Resource Site
GR-FX Pty Limited - Microsoft Access / Office... →
Garry Robinson and his associates at GR-FX are experts at Microsoft Access and Office development and XML file processing.
Church Ranch Veterinary Wellness Center →
Bates Strategy Group →
Bates Strategy Group serves technology firms in setting strategic direction and seeing through the tactical execution of marketing and business development strategies.
Featured Windows Download: Free PDF to Word Doc... →
Free PDF to Word Doc Converter is a small program that solves a big headache for some office and document workers. Load up a PDF, choose how you want to export the fileâincluding images, shapes and text layout functionsâand hit the convert button.
Meetings: TimeBridge Finds and Confirms Agreeable... →
TimeBridge, a free meeting scheduling web app, sends out emails to every attendee you enter in and asks them which of the five time slots you’ve picked out work for them.
Enable the (Hidden) Administrator Account on... →
Many people familiar with prior versions of Windows are curious what happened to the built-in Administrator account that was always created by default. Does this account still exist, and how can you access it?
How To: Access the Internet When Web Browsers are... →
Weblog Hackosis details a smart hack for finding an internet browser in Windows XP in the face of extreme IT lockdown. The method? Simply use the browser built into the XP default help app.
“Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy man; he is sure to...”
– Walter Chrysler
Learning... →
“In starting a new job, Iâm learning a new culture. As a result, these days Iâm thinking about how to do that…”
9 VCs You’re Gonna Want to Avoid « FoundRead →
Larry Chiang offers this list of VC archetypes youâll definitely want to avoid, just as soon as you hit the $900,000-mark…
Watching banned (but accidentally leaked) episodes of Boondocks - http://tinyurl.com/3bagfc
2008 Super Minimalist Micro Calendar (Reduced) and... →
This calendar is about the size of a large postage stamp. The first column contains numbers for the months of the year. The middle gives the weekday on which the first falls. The last column gives the date of the first Sunday of that month…
Flight Thru Instruments - (37signals) →
Flight Thru Instruments is a US Navy pilot-training manual from the 40s designed by the Graphic Engineering Staff at General Motors. The information graphics are stunning, colorful, and clear.
TopShelf :: Job Board and Talent Management →
Manage all of your job openings in one place. Put a widget with your jobs on any website. Organize your top talent.
Read to Lead: How to Digest Books Above Your... →
Reading to lead or learn requires that you treat your brain like the muscle that it is—lifting the subjects with the most tension and weight. For me, that mean pushing ahead into subjects you’re not familiar with and wresting with them until you can…
The Four Laws of Simplicity, and How to Apply Them... →
“The problem with many books and guides on simplifying your clutter, your work life, your desk, your life, is that they are usually too darn complicated. We need a simple method of simplifying…”
Mio Wall Desk →
“Ideal for storing magazines, remote controls, books, pens and other small items, Grid is a wall-mountable organizer with pockets…”
Top Ten Best (and Worst) Communicators of 2007 →
Take a look to see how communications skills helped make or break these notable individuals.
Beanstalk: Basecamp-friendly version control for... →
Beanstalk is a hosted Subversion system, making it easy for anyone to setup, browse, track, and manage Subversion repositories
Featured Thunderbird Extension: Import Outlook PST... →
Windows/Linux (Thunderbird): Import Outlook’s PST files and choose which email folders to bring into Thunderbird with PST Import, a free extension for the open-source, cross-platform email manager Thunderbird…
How To: Keep Your To-do List in the Sidebar →
Red Plum - Sweeten the Deal →
Redplum.com is a single destination for you to find special offers, great deals, valuable product information and coupons for products and services that are local and relevant to you…
Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 Obscure Google Search... →
Dozens of Google search guides detail the tips you already know, but today we’re skipping the obvious and highlighting our favorite obscure Google web search tricks.
