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Productivity blogger Scott H. Young points out the seven bad email habits you might have—and how to fix them.

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Accomplish More by Applying Parkinson's Law

All of us could probably do with a more productive workflow. Lifehack.org suggests applying Parkinson's Law to our daily routine: Parkinson's Law states that "work will fill the time available for its...

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Get a Complete List of Drivers On Your Machine

List all the drivers you've installed on your Windows machine by typing driverquery from the command line (start->Run->cmd->OK). This works under Windows XP, 2003, and Vista systems;...

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Improve Your Memory With Ten Minutes of Talking

Ten minutes of conversation can improve your memory as much or more than traditional memory boosting exercises, reports ScienceDaily: The higher the level of participants' social interaction,...

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Wired points out that Creammonkey (a Greasemonkey-like add-on) has been...

Wired points out that Creammonkey (a Greasemonkey-like add-on) has been updated for Safari and is now known as GreaseKit.

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Back Up A Trailer

If you've ever tried to back up a trailer, you know how insanely difficult it can be. Popular Mechanics has a quick how-to that should make this process less crazymaking: If you're doing this without a...

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Watch your bottom line when attempting to justify that unnecessary...

Watch your bottom line when attempting to justify that unnecessary purchase—Frugal for Life writes that "eventually, every little purchase will add up to something bigger."

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Stream Digital Music to Your Stereo with Squeezebox

If you've got gigabytes of music you want to play from a central server in your living room—without keeping a big ugly PC there—the Squeezebox network music player's for you. A Squeezebox is a shiny...

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Google Earth's newest update includes a nifty Tourism Layer: you can get...

Google Earth's newest update includes a nifty Tourism Layer: you can get destination suggestions and 3D models of well-known landmarks. New layers in Google Earth [Google Earth Blog]

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Make Your Media Consumption Greener

Make your technology habits more ecologically friendly with technology blogger Steve Rubel's simple writeup on how to go "media green." For instance: instead of buying printed books, try listening to...

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Use Twitter Timer to Set Task Reminders in Google Talk

Use Twitter Timer, a simple bot program to send yourself reminders through Google Talk. Technology blogger Amit Agarwal has written up a very simple how-to that takes you through exactly what you need...

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Keep Clutter Down With the Like In, Like Out Principle

Keep the clutter to a minimum with financial blog Wise Bread's principle of "like in, like out": If a new item comes into the house, like a sweater or souvenir coffee mug, make sure something similar...

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How Do You Track Your Business Expenses?

Work productivity site Web Worker Daily has an interesting article on the bare bones of tracking your business expenses (especially timely as tax season—believe it or not— is right around the corner)....

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Don't just throw your old socks away: recycle them with wikiHow's ideas on...

Don't just throw your old socks away: recycle them with wikiHow's ideas on how to give your socks a long and productive retirement. How to Recycle Your Socks [wikiHow]

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Use PicURLs to Find Buzzworthy Photos

Flickr is not the only place to find really good photographs. You can also use PicURLs, a site that aggregates the most popular (or buzzworthy) pictures from a variety of social networking/bookmarking...

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Stressed? Get Just One Important Thing Done Today

Productivity blog Zen Habits has a good article on how to make your day better, including this little gem: no matter how stressed you are, if you can get just one important thing done, you'll have had...

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Create Your Own Torrent

Torrent how-to site TorrentFreak has a simple tutorial on how to create your own torrent for a variety of BitTorrent clients. The process differs slightly from client to client, but overall, it's...

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Get Rid of the Um's and Ah's With Punctuation Codes

Productivity blog Lifehack.org has come up with an intriguing way to get rid of those awkward um's and ah's we are all susceptible to when speaking in public: punctuation codes. Make a note whenever...

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Use Vinegar to Remove Mildew Smell from Towels

wikiHow has a tried and true method to rid your towels of that stinky mildew smell: vinegar. Put your towels in the washing machine, using the hottest water available. Add one or two cups of white...

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Avoid Burnout by Changing Your Work Environment

If you're on the brink of being burned out creatively, the simplest solution could just be to change your environment in some way. Tech blogger Scott Berkun has more: What do you do at work when you...

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