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How Dr. Horrible's Felicia Day Gets Things Done [Exclusive Lifehacker Interview]

Whether she's appearing on a prime time TV show, gracing the silver screen, or writing, producing, and starring in her own hit web series, there's no shortage of things to keep actress and gamer...

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Track Your Time with LEGO Bricks [Time Tracker]

Software developer Michael Hunger wanted a better way to track the time he spends on various projects throughout the day, so he's opted to use LEGO bricks (pictured) instead of software or time...

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Turn a Drawer into a Hideaway Charging Station [Tip Testers]

Reader Strabes took our DIY nightstand charging station and "landing strip" tips to heart and created his own version. He drilled a hole in the thin back of a nightstand, mounted a power strip inside...

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Smart and Easy Ways to Reduce Printing Costs [Printing]

If you print a lot of documents on your inkjet printer at home, you've probably noticed that the costs of ink and paper over time are simply ridiculous—in some cases, they can exceed the price...

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How to Move On From Life-Changing Mistakes [Life Lessons]

Former CEO of famously failed internet company Pets.com Julie Wainwright publishes a brutally honest inventory of the life-changing mistakes she's made and how she's moved on from them. After her...

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Why You Want to Run a Marathon [Fitness]

My runner pal Lane Becker explains why on earth anyone would want to run a marathon in this fantastic and informative slideshow about the history (and first-person reality) of running a 26.2 mile...

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How Coverville's Brian Ibbott Gets Things Done [Exclusive Lifehacker Interview]

Podcaster Brian Ibbott has turned out Coverville, a 40-minute podcast of cover songs and commentary, three times a week since September 2004, with only a few misses here and there. Ibbott works...

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ProcessQuickLink Makes It Easy to Find Out What a Process Does [Featured Windows Download]

Windows only: Free application ProcessQuickLink adds small icons to the left of every running process in the Windows Task Manager that—when clicked—tell you what that process does. The...

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How "EOM" Makes Your Email More Efficient [Email]

Yesterday, I sent a quick email to let people know what time I was arriving on site. It was something simple like: "Brad will be there at 9:30AM. Thanks! EOM". Within seconds a reply came back "What...

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Pageonce is a Personal Assistant in Your iPhone [Featured IPhone Download]

iPhone/iPod touch only: Free application Pageonce provides iPhone-friendly access to all of the information you have stored on previously mentioned web site Pageonce, an internet start page dedicated...

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Give Tech Support or Grab Files Remotely on any System [Remote Desktop]

Whether you're missing a crucial file at work or home, or you just need to tweak one little setting to get Mom's email working again, having remote control of another desktop can be seriously handy....

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Master iTunes Checkboxes for Better Smart Playlists [ITunes]

iTunes users who aren't heavy checkbox users, selecting songs by checking them off is an easy way to make playlists on the fly (by selecting "Match only checked items" in the Smart Playlist dialog)....

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Zimbra Desktop Takes Yahoo Mail Offline for Free [Featured Download]

Windows/Mac/Linux: At the very least, the free, just-released Zimbra Desktop client gives non-paying Yahoo Mail users IMAP-style offline access to their messages. More than that, though, Zimbra adds...

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An Early Look at Amarok 2 [Screenshot Tour]

The second alpha release of the inventive Linux media player Amarok has hit the web, and while there's a new look and some cool new tweaks, there's really two big reasons to take a look—namely,...

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Calgoo Goes Free, Syncs Desktop Calendars with Google Calendar [Featured Download]

Windows/Mac OS X only: Online and desktop calendar-syncing application Calgoo Connect—along with all of the other calendar tools available from Calgoo—are now free. Calgoo Connect syncs...

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