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Archive for Январь, 2010

We’ve already seen evidence       less than 15 minutes a day for
that Australians are big on             Aussies, which isn’t a huge
Twitter, and now new data suggests      amount if (say) the person
that when it comes to social            involved is spending a large
networking, we’re the             amount of time playing Mafia Wars.
keenest nation in the world.            Indeed, it’s not even a huge
Picture by rxmflickr                    amount compared to the length of   

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Mac OS X: Trillian, the slick-          annoying and hard to turn off.
looking multi-protocol IM client        That said, the client has a smooth
that kinda-sorta won our Hive Five      look to it, and, while Adium is
for best IM app, has launched an        the well-tested standard for multi-
early alpha for Mac OS X. It's not      protocol chat on Macs, if you're
close to feature-complete, but it       familiar with Trillian on Windows,
does look like Trillian.                you'll probably enjoy the Cocoa-ed 

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Foxtel’s “next              something of an iffy affair for
generation” upgrade last          some viewers. Foxtel has said the
year bought heaps of features to        issue will be fixed via a software
the pay TV platform, but seems to       update in the next few weeks, but
have sidelined one obviously            given the provider’s patchy
useful function: the ability to         record on timely delivery, the
search an A-Z listing of programs.      wait might be a little longer.     

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Got a bunch of spare pencils from       pencil you fancy (or can pick up
all those trips to IKEA lying           cheaply). Pencils aside, all you
around? A Spanish design studio         need is a little glue and card.
has a neat use for them: a pencil       For another crafty take on IKEA
holder.                                 leftovers, check out making a
Let’s be clear that heading       messenger bag from the infamous
to your nearest IKEA store purely       blue IKEA carry bag.               

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Making a connection between a           near the entrance to the train
domestic and an international           station.
flight? You’re laughing in        Virgin Blue also offers connecting
Melbourne or Adelaide, but other        transfers for customers, accessed
cities are trickier. Find out your      from Gate 39 at the domestic
choices in our comprehensive guide.     airport or from the left of the
Picture by 10261531@N05                 exit area after quarantine. If the 

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A great BitTorrent client is all        sites looking for torrent files to
well and good, but you need a           index. The quality of torrents is
great tracker to get the actual         ranked both by an algorithm and by
torrent files and stoke the             user input which helps filter out
bandwidth-burning fire in your          low-quality or malicious torrents.
client of choice. Here’s a        isoHunt                            

rundown of five of the most             Another enormous indexer, isoHunt  

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The much-maligned Snuggie is the        cut down your fabric. This should
sweatsock of the blanket world.         give you a good overall idea of
They’re functional but not        what the next few steps will
much to look at, and you                entail.
don’t necessarily want the        Next, measure up 24″ from
world seeing yours. Make your own       the newly cut edge and mark a line
Snuggie with cool fabric and this       across the fabric. This is where   

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Nothing in today's featured office      through the swatches we came
is extraordinarily expensive or         across one called "red, red wine"
custom built, but the office looks      Perfect! One it was a nice shade
like it was designed by a               of red, dark but not to dark and
professional thanks to a unified        two it had the word 'wine' in it -
color scheme and use of                 I love wine. Sold!
accessories.                            Here are the results...I must say  

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You wanted browser speed ratings,       Syncs Nearly Everything About Your
you wanted cheap Windows and you        Firefox SetupWindows 7 Free For
wanted to contemplate the iPad.         Tech StudentsTop 10 Tools For
Kick off your Lifehacker Monday by      Better Reading, Online And
making sure you didn’t miss       OffOpenShot 1.0 Is an Actually
any of the biggest posts from last      Usable Linux Video
week:                                   EditorDon’t                  

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Whether it’s fate,                The Lack end tables from IKEA just
serendipity or that someone in          happen to be the exact width of a
IKEA’s design department          network rack and you can easily
really wanted a network rack he         screw rack devices right into
could put a table lamp on, the          their sturdy legs. Over at the
Lack-line of ends tables is             wiki of eth0, a group that puts on
perfect network-rack size.              seasonal conferences for geeks to  

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