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If you've ever sent an email and        your important sent messages
waited eons for a reply, only to        awaiting a reply. (It's a very
forget you even sent the email in       similar setup to Gina's trusted
the first place, here's a simple        trio of inbox-emptying folders or
Gmail trick to keep track of            labels.) The setup is pretty
important sent messages you need        simple: create your waiting label,
to remember.                            set up multiple inboxes, label     

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iOS/Android: Grocery iQ builds and      lists between family members or
manages your grocery shopping list      roommates, you both have to sign
with an impressive feature set.         up for the service and you both
You can search and add items to         need a device you can run the app
your list manually or by scanning       on. Meaning if you've got more
barcodes, share lists with family       than one Android or iOS device in
members or roommates, sort items        your household, you're good to go. 

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Gathering money from your               During the process you and your
roommates for rent or collecting        group will be provided with
for a surprise party can be a pain.     statistics on the collection
WePay seeks to alleviate some of        process. When you're finished
that added stress by making it          collecting, you can spend the
easier to accept payments from a        money that you collect by
group of people.                        transferring it to your            

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If you have a burning question in       through the pipeline when you're
need of an answer, web site             signed in.
Aardvark wants to help you find         If you're posing a question to
someone to answer it. All you have      others, it's pretty
to do is ask.                           straightforward. You just type it
Well, there's a little more to it       in and wait. Aardvark's default
than just asking, but it doesn't        contact method is via email, but   

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You know when you're walking            All that information is in the
through a large crowd and end up        feet.
in step with someone else, then         Don't look directly forward. Your
have to do that all-too-familiar        gaze is generally perpendicular to
back-and-forth dance until someone      your body, usually 90 degrees.
breaks free and you go around each      Reduce that angle, making it
other? Wired wants to help you          tighter as your space becomes more 

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Earlier this week we shared a           (CurrentControl="Edit2")   {
handy file renaming shortcut that       Send {Enter}{Down}{F2}   }   Else
works in Windows 7 and Vista (see       {      Send {Tab}   }   Hotkey,Tab,
video). Reader derilium put             OnReturn+Tab::GoSub,
together a script that brings the       RenamePrevFileRenamePrevFile:
same functionality to XP.               Hotkey,+Tab,Off   ControlGetFocus,
Using AutoHotkey—which            CurrentControl,A   If              

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Almost everyone's carrying              plugging in an extension cord
portable electronic devices in          that's solely meant for the use of
their pockets, and a guest in your      your guests. That way they don't
home is likely to have at least         have to go digging behind your
one device that needs juice. Tuck       sofa or under a table to plug in.
an extension cord away to serve as      We'd expand on this suggestion and
an immediate and accessible guest       include a few essentials on a      

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Need to rename a lot of files in a      the item and goes to renaming the
folder and looking for the fastest      next item, similar to how it works
way possible to do it? Lifehacker       in Internet browsers. In XP (I
reader Platypus Man offers this         don't know about Vista), it just
quick, new-to-us Windows shortcut.      inserted the tab character. If you
OK, so I just found this out and        have to manually rename a lot of
it blew my mind. Maybe everyone         files, it can make it go a lot     

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Google's OneBox has long offered        words.
quick definitions when your search      It's not a big change, but it'll
query includes text like "define        save you at least six keystrokes
flummox" or "what is flummox", but      every time you want a quick
the search engine has just added        definition. Not bad. For more
"implicit triggering" that              extensive results, don't forget
automatically offers a dictionary       the always helpful define:         

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Mac OS X's application Help menu        in another document. I strike out
is extremely handy, searching for       stories as I move them over.  I
(and pointing out) any action           can tell what's been finished, but
within an application's title bar       I don't destroy what's there in
menu as-you-type. Even better?          case I need to undo or refer to
It's keyboard-shortcut handy, and       something. There's no toolbar
as such can be a real timesaver         button that I could find for       

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