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There are a number of different ways to track your work time, but for the majority of people, something like the free, cross-platform Klok is perfect for managing your workday, seeing how long your projects take, and tracking how you spend your time. More »

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The Best Time Tracking App for Windows [Windows App Directory]

The popular Linux distribution Ubuntu recently finalized its move to the new Unity interface , while other Linux distributions are moving to the new GNOME 3 shell. Both interfaces are remarkably different than the Linux environments you’re used to, but remarkably similar to one another. So which one is better for you? We delve down and uncover the differences between each. More »

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Linux Desktop Faceoff: GNOME 3 vs Ubuntu Unity [Lifehacker Faceoff]

iOS/Android/BlackBerry/WP7/Web: Personal finance web service Pageonce already allows you to keep tabs on your bank accounts, investments, bills, and other expenses from your mobile phone. Today the service announced an update that allows you to pay almost any bill right from your mobile phone, anywhere you have a data connection. More »

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Pageonce Updates, Offers Mobile Bill Pay So Your Bills are Never Late Again [Video]

Readers offer their best tips for keeping your USB cables safe, measuring out coffee in the morning, and hiding app purchases from iOS. More »

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USB Breakaway Cables, Coffee Measuring, and Regretful App Purchases [From The Tips Box]

The Daily App Deals post is a round-up of the best app discounts of the day, as well as some notable mentions for ones that are on sale. More »

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Daily App Deals: Get Splashtop Remote Desktop for Android at 90% Off the Regular Price in Today’s App Deals [Deals]

Apple’s iOS 5 is currently jailbreakable , but only with a tethered jailbreak. That means if your phone ever crashes, or if you have to reboot it for any reason, you need to have it connected to a Mac or PC. That sucks! If someone ever wants to murder you they’d just reboot your phone and you’d have no way to call the cops. But ho! SemiTether solves this problem. More »

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SemiTether Makes Tethered iOS 5 Jailbreaks Rebootable Without a Computer [Ios Downloads]

Cardiologist Dr. Clyde Yancy has compiled a list of the seven main lifestyle changes that lead to a longer-than-average lifespan, and while they’re mostly common sense, it’s compelling to be reminded of just how much of a difference the right changes can make. In this case, Yancy claims that adapting all of the strategies can add a decade or more of healthy years to the average lifespan. More »

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The Seven Lifestyle Changes That Can Add a Decade to Your Life [Health]

Even if you’re fully decked out in reflective coating, riding a bike at night can be a dangerous thing, which is why Instructable user NEIN decided to rig up a simple system to add blinking turn signals to his bicycle. More »

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Add Turn Signals to Your Bicycle For Less Than $40 [Video]

Welcome to Lifehacker’s Halloween special. On this week’s episode, we’re convincing your coworker that her computer is possessed, optimizing Trick or Treating with special candy codes, making movie-quality fake blood with household items, and more. Step inside for Lifehacker’s Halloween spooktacular. More »

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Possess Your Coworkers’ Computer, Optimize Your Trick or Treating, and Make Movie-Quality Fake Blood [Video]

Android: There’s no shortage of mobile apps that allow you to look up recipes, bookmark them, and share them with your friends, but ChefTap also imports recipes from other web sites and food blogs, and walks you through their recipes, step by step, as you cook them. More »

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ChefTap for Android Turns Your Phone into a Cooking Companion [Android Downloads]

Admiral James Stockdale was held as a prisoner of war for eight years during the Vietnam War and was tortured in excess of twenty times by his captors. He was able to withstand all of this without losing his mind by employing two seemingly contradictory views: faith that he would prevail in the end no matter the difficulty and facing that he must confront the worst aspects of his current reality. More »

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Utilize the Stockdale Paradox to Help Achieve Personal Growth [Brain Hacks]

If you buy large sacks of flour, oats, or rice at warehouse clubs you should be on guard for weevils. Weevils are small beetles that feed on whole and processed grains, nuts, and seeds. Commodity grains are often treated with diatomaceous earth to kill the pests, which works well but can’t get all of them. An easy way to surely kill any potential weevils in your foods is to freeze the the entire package for two days. More »

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Freeze Grains to Avoid Weevils [Pest Control]

These days if you’re a web designer you know your site will be viewed on tablets, mobile devices, and televisions in addition to standard computer displays. Make sure your site appears as you wish on all of these devices easily using the free webapp Screenfly. More »

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Screenfly Helps Tweak Your Site’s Layout on Various Displays [Webapps]

Tools are designed to make work both easier and safer, and while you probably don’t look at saw blades with the same level of gadget lust as you do a smartphone, the latest additions to DeWalt’s cutting line have been designed to eagerly pull themselves through a piece of lumber. More »

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DeWalt’s New Saw Blade Does More of the Work For You [Tools]

Actually remember to get a gallon of milk before you get home! Add an extra dimension of hilarity to your “Hair Past a Freckle” jokes! These watch-shaped Post-It notes stick to your wrist to stay in the front of your mind. A stack of 100 will run € 9.80. [ PA Design via Design Milk ] More »

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Post-It Notes Are the Most Useful Wrist Accessory Since Casio Databanks [Design]

For as revolutionary a style Steve Jobs created, it wasn’t derived from thin air. One of his biggest and most direct influences was Dieter Rams, a 40-year veteran designer with the Braun Company. Here are 15 of Rams’ best products from our friends at Oobject . More »

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15 Classic Braun Gadgets that Inspired Apple [Design]

The Daily App Deals post is a round-up of the best app discounts of the day, as well as some notable mentions for ones that are on sale. More »

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Daily App Deals: Download Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac for $49.95 in today’s App Deals [Deals]

We’ve been dismissive of Apple HDTV rumors , even when we laid out a case for why it actually makes a lot of sense . But according to the new Steve Jobs biography, it turns out we may have been very wrong. More »

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Strong Hints of Apple HDTV in Jobs Biography [Apple]

Bikes are complicated! But this image breaks down all the parts for you so you know what’s what. More »

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This Guy Totally Doesn’t Understand Bikes [Image Cache]

It’s easy to go pick up a bunch of candy at your local store, but Halloween can be extra special if you make the candy yourself. Plus, you’ll end up with a much fresher product that you couldn’t buy in a store in the first place. More »

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Make Your Own Candy Corn for a Fresher, Tastier Halloween Treat [Video]

Googler Daniel Russell knows how to find the answers to questions you can’t get to with a simple Google query. In his weekly Search ReSearch column, Russell issues a search challenge, then follows up later in the week with his solution—using whatever search technology and methodology fits the bill. This week’s challenge: How do you figure out who owns a specific piece of land?

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Answer: Who Owns That Piece of Land? [Search Research]

It’s an often-repeated time saving tip to marinate meat: toss the meat in a sealed bag and pour in a bottle of salad dressing for a cheap and easy marinade. Unfortunately, the high acidity in most bottled salad dressings do little to help the flavor of the meat, and instead break down the protein bonds in the meat and turn it all mushy. More »

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Skip Bottled Salad Dressing in Marinades to Avoid Mushy Meat [Cooking]

One problem with painting or refinishing wood furniture is that whenever you paint it, the part touching the ground always misses the paint or becomes a problem to paint evenly because it sticks as soon as you paint it. One easy way to get around it: Tack a small nail into the feet of the furniture to get it up off of the ground or your work surface so you can get under it and paint it evenly as well. More »

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Put Nails in Furniture Feet For Easy Painting All Over, Without Sticking [Clever Uses]

Chrome/Firefox: Previously mentioned Gmail scheduling tool Boomerang updated this week and now includes the ability to add notes to your messages so you can remind yourself why you delayed them or set them to return on a specific date, and recurring messages that you compose once and will reappear regularly without having to send them again. More »

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Boomerang for Gmail Updates, Adds Notes, Reminders, and Recurring Messages [Video]

OpenELEC aims to make home theater PCs as much like your DVD player as possible, using a lightweight, instant-on version of XBMC that updates itself for a maintenance-free media center. More »

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OpenELEC Is a Fast-Booting, Self-Updating Version of XBMC for Home Theater PCs [Downloads]