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The Complete Guide to What To Do Before, During, and After a Disaster. I live in Maryland on the east coast and we had a tiny earthquake last year, my first experience.

The Complete Guide to What To Do Before, During, and After a Disaster

I was at the cemetary visiting my friends plot, afterwards as I am sitting in my car about to leave, my car started rocking back and forth. I remember thinking "the fuck is wrong with my car? " I Hate Grocery Shopping; This Is How I Fixed It. How Can I Turn My Boring Digs Into an Awesome, Well-Designed Home On the Cheap? Ikea hacks - Lifehacker. Evil week - Lifehacker. Recipes. Use Multiple Online Cloud Storage Services for Free and Organized Backup. Are you losing time? Do you ever lose hours?

Are you losing time?

I don’t mean you’ve lost hours because you have blacked out, I simply mean have you ever zoned out for awhile without realizing it? Have you looked up at the clock and thought, “Whoa! How is it noon already?” There are times when daydreaming is a good idea, like when you’re on vacation and your mind deserves a break. It’s also important to pack some variety into your work day by alternating between mindful and mindless work. Zoning out isn’t helpful, however, when you need to get work done. Set an alarm for 10 minutes, and keep hitting snooze. A Hassle-Free Approach to Making Your Mac Adapt to Your Environment. Local (estonian) mug forum said some time ago that dvd drive region can be changed five times and drive locks itself to last used region. local mac seller/repair shop can reset region change counter for a small fee. as this is hardware (or, specifically, drive firmware) lock it does not care what player software you are using. player software may have it's own region lock (at least they used to have this way back when dvd was a new thing).

A Hassle-Free Approach to Making Your Mac Adapt to Your Environment

If you look up the model of your DVD drive in the System Profiler app, you can search google for ways to unlock it. But most recent models don't support unlocking. I have never tried with VLC, though, it might work. (What I would do is to buy a cheap external DVD player and lock it to the correct region.) VLC ignores DVD region, so you're good to go with that. Does it? Top 10 Real World Easter Eggs and Cheat Codes. You might think that you have to wait in line, buy only what's offered to you, subject yourself to advertisements, and generally go through you day accepting nuisances because that's just how the world works.

Top 10 Real World Easter Eggs and Cheat Codes

But just like on your computer, there are easter eggs hiding out in the real world just waiting to let you unlock the bonus levels of life. Here are our top 10 favorites.P 10. Get Free MoneyP As far as cheat codes go, picking up some extra coins was always a pretty sweet deal. 9. When it's your birthday, you shouldn't have to pay for food. 8. When you can't find your car in a parking lot, pressing the lock button a few times will generally make it beep and honk so you can track it down quickly—but this only works if your car is in range. 7.

SExpand Those airline bathroom doors? 6. Set up iTunes Smart Playlists to Give Every Song in Your Collection Its Due.