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▼3 Cool Ways To Use Sticky Notes Online - MakeUseOf.com
Back in the 1960s Dr. Spencer Silver, a scientist at 3M, accidentally developed a weak adhesive instead of a super glue. Rather than writing it off as a failure, he promoted his invention as a “low-tack, reusable pressure sensitive adhesive.” Several years later, Art Fry, a colleague of Dr. Silver, used the weak adhesive to stick a bookmark into his hymnbook. Subsequently, he went on to develo...Expand this post »
Back in the 1960s Dr. Spencer Silver, a scientist at 3M, accidentally developed a weak adhesive instead of a super glue. Rather than writing it off as a failure, he promoted his invention as a “low-tack, reusable pressure sensitive adhesive.” Several years later, Art Fry, a colleague of Dr. Silver, used the weak adhesive to stick a bookmark into his hymnbook. Subsequently, he went on to develo...Expand this post »
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Like▼If Everyone Watches This Google Japan Street View Video... [Street View] - Gizmodo
...World peace would likely reign—or at the very least, privacy watchdog hissers would slink back to their fluoro strip-lit offices.
Too cute. [Google Japan via Ian9outof10 via Katiesol]
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Like▼The Typo We've Been Waiting For [Image Cache] - Gizmodo
Admit it. You've been waiting for someone at a publication to slip up and make this typo ever since the LHC was announced. Unfortunately for Telegraph.co.uk and fortunately for us, Rebecca Watson caught a screenshot when it finally happened. [Flickr]Expand this post »
Admit it. You've been waiting for someone at a publication to slip up and make this typo ever since the LHC was announced. Unfortunately for Telegraph.co.uk and fortunately for us, Rebecca Watson caught a screenshot when it finally happened. [Flickr]Expand this post »
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Like▼Apple Bans Game, Days After Developer Publicly Trashes App Store [Apple] - Kotaku
Last week, game developer Tommy Refenes publicly called Apple's app store "awful" and "horrible." This week, Apple yanked his game from their store. More »Expand this post »
Last week, game developer Tommy Refenes publicly called Apple's app store "awful" and "horrible." This week, Apple yanked his game from their store. More »Expand this post »
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Like▼The first beacon at Wallsend - Newcastle Upon Tyne Daily Photo
We couldn’t get right next to the first beacon, but a very very nice man let on to those of us who hadn’t worked it out that if we went round to the footpath at the back of Segedunum we could get MUCH closer to the flame. This shot is of those who were lucky enough to be inside. And as promised, more links…. Illuminating Hadrian’s Wall’s official youtube channel article in the Journal (a local ...Expand this post »
We couldn’t get right next to the first beacon, but a very very nice man let on to those of us who hadn’t worked it out that if we went round to the footpath at the back of Segedunum we could get MUCH closer to the flame. This shot is of those who were lucky enough to be inside. And as promised, more links…. Illuminating Hadrian’s Wall’s official youtube channel article in the Journal (a local ...Expand this post »
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Like▼Jedi Hoodies??? - Jae Kay's Walk This World With Me
Here is the problem benefit of the laws protecting religions in this country; you can get away with just about anything. Take Jobcentre Plus apologising to a hoodie who believes himself to be a Jedi,...Expand this post »
Here is the problem benefit of the laws protecting religions in this country; you can get away with just about anything. Take Jobcentre Plus apologising to a hoodie who believes himself to be a Jedi,...Expand this post »
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Like▼ExtensionFM Is a Very Cool Browser-Based Music Library, and We've Got Invites [Downloads] - Lifehacker
Chrome only: Chrome extension ExtensionFM automatically collects MP3s from sites you visit and adds them to a browser-based library within the extension, allowing you to find all sorts of cool, new music without cluttering up your local library until you buy them. Before we get explaining, check out the video demo below for a quick overview of how it works. With all the ways you can discove...Expand this post »
Chrome only: Chrome extension ExtensionFM automatically collects MP3s from sites you visit and adds them to a browser-based library within the extension, allowing you to find all sorts of cool, new music without cluttering up your local library until you buy them. Before we get explaining, check out the video demo below for a quick overview of how it works. With all the ways you can discove...Expand this post »
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Like▼All URL Shorteners are Not Equal; Pick a Speedy and Reliable One [URL Hacking] - Lifehacker
URL shorteners are great for minimizing URLs in a Twitter message or keeping links clean in an email, but as convenient as they are they do introduce an extra point of failure. WatchMouse, a monitoring organization, highlights the best. A Dutch web-monitoring company, WatchMouse, monitored popular URL shortening services for a period of one month and then analyzed the results. They found a sig...Expand this post »
URL shorteners are great for minimizing URLs in a Twitter message or keeping links clean in an email, but as convenient as they are they do introduce an extra point of failure. WatchMouse, a monitoring organization, highlights the best. A Dutch web-monitoring company, WatchMouse, monitored popular URL shortening services for a period of one month and then analyzed the results. They found a sig...Expand this post »
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Like▼Add the Recycle Bin to Start Menu in Windows 7 - the How-To Geek
Have you ever tried to open the Recycle Bin by searching for “recycle bin” in the Start menu search, only to find nothing? Here’s a quick trick that will let you find the Recycle Bin directly from your Windows Start menu search. The Start menu search may be the best timesaver ever added to Windows. In fact, we use it so much that it seems painful to manually search for a program when using Win...Expand this post »
Have you ever tried to open the Recycle Bin by searching for “recycle bin” in the Start menu search, only to find nothing? Here’s a quick trick that will let you find the Recycle Bin directly from your Windows Start menu search. The Start menu search may be the best timesaver ever added to Windows. In fact, we use it so much that it seems painful to manually search for a program when using Win...Expand this post »
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Like▼The Great Debate: Motorola Droid or Nexus One? - AndroidGuys
Okay, so I have been sitting on the sidelines hearing about all the buzz to the lead up to the T-Mobile banded Nexus One and now it looks as if those of us on AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon will get a little Nexus love very soon. While I am not psyched about it being a touch screen only device, the killer app that may be swaying me is Swype. I have been using this nifty keyboard app on my Droid for ...Expand this post »
Okay, so I have been sitting on the sidelines hearing about all the buzz to the lead up to the T-Mobile banded Nexus One and now it looks as if those of us on AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon will get a little Nexus love very soon. While I am not psyched about it being a touch screen only device, the killer app that may be swaying me is Swype. I have been using this nifty keyboard app on my Droid for ...Expand this post »
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Like▼Free yourself from the Database - Old Holborn
I thoroughly recoomend you all opt out of the NHS Summary Care Record Database. You can download the document here. Hand it in at your GP. Then watch this film and you'll know...Expand this post »
I thoroughly recoomend you all opt out of the NHS Summary Care Record Database. You can download the document here. Hand it in at your GP. Then watch this film and you'll know...Expand this post »
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Like▼Another 15 of the Meanest CAPTCHAs ever - Oddee -
Captchas, those distorted images of letters and numbers used to prevent the automated use of websites, are not very sensitive to our feelings. Meet another fifteen of the worst we've seen.
Captchas, those distorted images of letters and numbers used to prevent the automated use of websites, are not very sensitive to our feelings. Meet another fifteen of the worst we've seen.
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Like▼The Return of the Commodore 64 [PC] - Gizmodo
Brace yourself, lovers of all things retro, because the Commodore 64 will raise from the dead in all its keyboard form factor glory. It will probably be based on the Cybernet ZPC-GX31, although I hope it looks like this: Utilitarian clean lines, hefty chunkiness, and glorious beige. That's the Commodore 64 everybody loves, not the travesty at the beginning of this post. Or maybe it's just me...Expand this post »
Brace yourself, lovers of all things retro, because the Commodore 64 will raise from the dead in all its keyboard form factor glory. It will probably be based on the Cybernet ZPC-GX31, although I hope it looks like this: Utilitarian clean lines, hefty chunkiness, and glorious beige. That's the Commodore 64 everybody loves, not the travesty at the beginning of this post. Or maybe it's just me...Expand this post »
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Like▼Sobees: The Best Windows Twitter Client You’ve Never Heard Of - MakeUseOf.com
According to Twitstat, the most popular Twitter clients include applications like Tweetie, TweetDeck, and Seesmic. Sobees, a free Twitter client for Windows, doesn’t even make the list – but that doesn’t mean it isn’t worth checking out. When I’m considering a new Windows Twitter client, there are a few criteria I look for each time: customizability, support for multiple accounts, lists (prefe...Expand this post »
According to Twitstat, the most popular Twitter clients include applications like Tweetie, TweetDeck, and Seesmic. Sobees, a free Twitter client for Windows, doesn’t even make the list – but that doesn’t mean it isn’t worth checking out. When I’m considering a new Windows Twitter client, there are a few criteria I look for each time: customizability, support for multiple accounts, lists (prefe...Expand this post »
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Like▼Illuminating Hadrian’s Wall - the beginning - Newcastle Upon Tyne Daily Photo
These were the winged people, on top of the viewing tower. For a full sized version of this pic (worth it to get a better look at them), clickety here. Another one of my favourites - you can see them but no detail, but the beacon is there too - is this one. For photos, vids and people chatting about the event, have a click through to the facebook group Illuminating Hadrian’s Wall - you don’t ha...Expand this post »
These were the winged people, on top of the viewing tower. For a full sized version of this pic (worth it to get a better look at them), clickety here. Another one of my favourites - you can see them but no detail, but the beacon is there too - is this one. For photos, vids and people chatting about the event, have a click through to the facebook group Illuminating Hadrian’s Wall - you don’t ha...Expand this post »
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Like▼How To Create A Wordpress Blog With The Foxinni Facebook Template - MakeUseOf.com
I admit that there are two things that I love about the Internet at the moment, more than anything else online. Those two things are blogging and Facebook. So, when I discovered that there’s a free Facebook template available for Wordpress, I was all over that like a MakeUseOf reader on a software giveaway contest. Here at MakeUseOf, we’ve covered quite a bit of material about Facebook, such as...Expand this post »
I admit that there are two things that I love about the Internet at the moment, more than anything else online. Those two things are blogging and Facebook. So, when I discovered that there’s a free Facebook template available for Wordpress, I was all over that like a MakeUseOf reader on a software giveaway contest. Here at MakeUseOf, we’ve covered quite a bit of material about Facebook, such as...Expand this post »
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Like▼Hoccer – It’s Fun To Share! - AndroidGuys
Ever get depressed that you don't play much sports these days with all this technological revolution and web 2.0 stuff? Hoccer has the best of both worlds. After downloading this app I immediately had the wife download it as well, pulled her outside, and began pretending Hoccer was some kind of game. Well it's not so much a game as it is a way to "share your data using intuitive gestures" as AR...Expand this post »
Ever get depressed that you don't play much sports these days with all this technological revolution and web 2.0 stuff? Hoccer has the best of both worlds. After downloading this app I immediately had the wife download it as well, pulled her outside, and began pretending Hoccer was some kind of game. Well it's not so much a game as it is a way to "share your data using intuitive gestures" as AR...Expand this post »
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Like▼Manly Slang from the 19th Century - Neatorama
The Art of Manliness has a glossary of manly terms used over 100 years ago. Some terms survived well into the 20th century; I’ve used “a month of Sundays” myself. Others are strange but maybe you can guess the meanings, as in “Shut your bone box, you saucebox, or my bunch of fives will give you a fizzing blinker!” Link -via Boing BoingExpand this post »
The Art of Manliness has a glossary of manly terms used over 100 years ago. Some terms survived well into the 20th century; I’ve used “a month of Sundays” myself. Others are strange but maybe you can guess the meanings, as in “Shut your bone box, you saucebox, or my bunch of fives will give you a fizzing blinker!” Link -via Boing BoingExpand this post »
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Like▼Cancel a Print Job Without Waiting Years [Annoyances] - Lifehacker
Ever tried canceling a print job in Windows but feel like it takes ages before anything actually happens? It's a common annoyance, and one that helpful Reddit user Shikyo explains and remedies. Photo by The Oatmeal. In a nutshell, Shikyo explains that Windows is unable to cancel print jobs while the temporary file created for the print job is still being used by Windows. The solution: You've ...Expand this post »
Ever tried canceling a print job in Windows but feel like it takes ages before anything actually happens? It's a common annoyance, and one that helpful Reddit user Shikyo explains and remedies. Photo by The Oatmeal. In a nutshell, Shikyo explains that Windows is unable to cancel print jobs while the temporary file created for the print job is still being used by Windows. The solution: You've ...Expand this post »
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Like▼The Definitive Guide to Keeping Your PC Up to Date [How To] - Lifehacker
Keeping your computer—including its operating system and all the installed third-party software—up to date is extremely important, but it needn't be a hassle or inconvenience. Here's a look at three tools you can use regularly to keep your system current. Photo by junkDzine. The Windows operating system and all the software we use on it are constantly evolving, due in part both to the efforts...Expand this post »
Keeping your computer—including its operating system and all the installed third-party software—up to date is extremely important, but it needn't be a hassle or inconvenience. Here's a look at three tools you can use regularly to keep your system current. Photo by junkDzine. The Windows operating system and all the software we use on it are constantly evolving, due in part both to the efforts...Expand this post »
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Like▼Kenton Ward Committee Meeting today at 15.30. Church Of The Ascension - Show map
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Like▼MySpace sells users’ data to make a few quid from a dying website’s death throes
photo credit: Sam Cockman So, ReadWriteWeb have written a story about MySpace selling users’ personal data for paltry amounts of cash. Now we know that MySpace is a dying site that hasn’t been able to...Expand this post »
photo credit: Sam Cockman So, ReadWriteWeb have written a story about MySpace selling users’ personal data for paltry amounts of cash. Now we know that MySpace is a dying site that hasn’t been able to...Expand this post »
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Like▼The Nexus One Is a Total Flop [Nexus One] - Gizmodo
74 days after the iPhone was introduced at $600 a pop (six hundred dollars), one million were sold. The Droid, at $200: 1.05 million. The Nexus One? An estimated 135,000 units. By any measure, that's a total sales flop. Sure, the Nexus One is only sold online and though T-Mobile, but 135,000 units is a ridiculously tiny amount. Especially when the Nexus One was announced for a long time on the...Expand this post »
74 days after the iPhone was introduced at $600 a pop (six hundred dollars), one million were sold. The Droid, at $200: 1.05 million. The Nexus One? An estimated 135,000 units. By any measure, that's a total sales flop. Sure, the Nexus One is only sold online and though T-Mobile, but 135,000 units is a ridiculously tiny amount. Especially when the Nexus One was announced for a long time on the...Expand this post »
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Like▼An Apology
I’d like to apologise to Europe and the others around the world who will be tuning in to the Eurovision Song Contest this year in Norway. Here’s why: We (the UK) are going to be sending Josh to...Expand this post »
I’d like to apologise to Europe and the others around the world who will be tuning in to the Eurovision Song Contest this year in Norway. Here’s why: We (the UK) are going to be sending Josh to...Expand this post »
L. S. - I don't know about UK version of Eurovision song but here in Slovakia it becomes popular. Especially thanks to the latest scandal of national winner's song "Na horehroni". Many professionals and amateurs got involved in the song' s originality, origin dispute. Stolen or not? Proven, not stolen. Will see, how successful the folklore like song will be in May http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx0Usjr5QPU Mar 20
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Like▼Inside the Apple-Google War: It's Personal [Applegooglewar] - Gizmodo
The New York Times has a long, juicy look at what's been going on behind the scenes with the ever-escalating conflict between Google and Apple. The cause for all the enmity, according to insiders? Ego. When Apple filed suit against HTC earlier this month, it was clear that Google and Apple's romance had turned sour. But the Times' article, which draws on "interviews with two dozen industry wat...Expand this post »
The New York Times has a long, juicy look at what's been going on behind the scenes with the ever-escalating conflict between Google and Apple. The cause for all the enmity, according to insiders? Ego. When Apple filed suit against HTC earlier this month, it was clear that Google and Apple's romance had turned sour. But the Times' article, which draws on "interviews with two dozen industry wat...Expand this post »
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