All Entries in the "Life Hacks" Category
Tripit.com helps travelers stay organized and informed
Tripit.com is more than just a travel website. The site is focused around organizing travel plans, providing information about destinations, and sharing information with other fellow travelers. Geared more toward the business traveler the site allows the user to forward travel itineraries that have been booked via corporate travel offices. The site is user friendly [...]
Flying lessons for the business traveler
In the May 2008 issue of Laptop magazine, Everett Potter points out an 11-point checklist to help take out the sting of flight delays, airport chaos, and long security lines. I decided to review these, select the best, and add a few comments and points from my experience as well as the shared experiences from [...]
Windows and Mac alarm clock programs
I recently purchased a Macbook Pro and have been happy ever since. I have found that most programs on the Mac are great tools, easy to use, and in most cases free. I did purchased for $12.95 a great program for the Mac titled, Awaken 4. The program integrates with iTunes to set [...]
RSS Reader explained in plain English
So how do I explain something that is considered very techie and make it sound simple. I wanted to talk about RSS feeds and RSS readers. Well, I stumbled across a great website today and low and behold, it explains what both are and how to use them. The best part [...]
Best Buy & Circiut City (The City) OK with haggling
Is the art of haggling back again? Many retailers are trying to help address ease the economic concerns by unofficial allowing their sales personnel to allow haggling. The New York Times reported that many of the old used car tricks may work with these mega-stores in hopes of you trying to secure a better deal.
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Belvedere helps to automate many of your PC tasks
Lifehacker.com has come up with another great tool to help automate many of the tasks we all dread for forget to do. Belvedere is referred to as an automated file manager. The Windows only program helps to keep your desktop or any other folder on your hard drive organized based on the criteria you [...]
Got kids? Point Motivator is a handy tool for rewards
Point Motivator is not only for kids, it has a number of applications you can use it for to reward those who need just a little push to get things done. This simple program allows you to set up tasks or goals and the points rewarded to an individual for completing the tasks. Next you [...]