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Never pay full price again Besides couponing, there are so many different ways to save money on your grocery bill -- if only you knew the ins and outs of your favorite store's policies and promotions. And how do you find that out? "Just ask your store manager, who will happily tell you how to save the most at their store," says Annette Economides, who co-authored "Cut Your Grocery Bill in Half with America's Cheapest Family." One out of three Americans (34 percent) said he or she isn't likely to settle for paying retail prices, according to RetailMeNot.com's third annual coupon behavior survey. These survey respondents said they'll go to a different store or wait for markdowns rather than pay full price. http://www.bankrate.com/finance/personal-finance/10-grocery-savings-tips-from-store-managers.aspx

10 grocery savings tips from store managers

http://abduzeedo.com/playing-displace-filter-photoshop I have been playing a lot with the Displace filter in Photoshop and I still get impressed with how powerful it is. Even though I have written some tutorials using it, I decided to try to recreate a different effect that I saw in one of the images submitted for the Daily Inspiration. It was a brick wall deformed like it was made of cloth. So in this tutorial, or a quick-tips I will show you how to create a curtain made of bricks or how to deform a brick wall as it was a curtain. To do that we wil use a few stock photos, layer adjustments and the Displace filter in Photoshop CS5.

Playing with Displace Filter in Photoshop

How to Break into a Mac (And Prevent It from Happening to You)

Even if you aren't a sinister evildoer, there could be times when you need to get into a computer without the password. It's quite easy to do on a Mac, and learning how to do it can help you keep yourself better protected, too. Here's how it works. http://lifehacker.com/5681710/how-to-break-into-a-mac-and-prevent-it-from-happening-to-you
http://blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/tutorials/how-to-give-your-photos-a-dark-processed-lomo-effect

How To Give Your Photos a Dark Processed Lomo Effect

Follow this step by step post processing guide to give your photos a dark lomo style effect with high contrast, blue tones and vignette burns. The effect is based on the popular lomographic technique and is similar to the processing effect used in many fashion shots and advertisement designs. Overall this effect does a great job of adding impact to a plain photography with cool colour casts and unusual saturation.
http://www.smdepot.net/news/computer-tutorials/updated-using-googles-full-capabilities/ Here is an updated version of the ‘Using Google’s Full Capabilities’. This is basically a master list found on a Russian hacking website. To save you the dangers of going there, we’ve compiled it here.

UPDATED – Using Googles Full Capabilities « XBOX, XBOX 360, PS2, PS3, PSP, & MORE! – Your source for the latest in console modding.

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/03/30/the-ultimate-guide-to-cloning-in-photoshop/

The Ultimate Guide To Cloning In Photoshop - Smashing Magazine

Photoshop’s wide array of cloning tools is the cause of many of the absolute best and worst works created with the application.

Turn Your Old Router into a Range-Boosting Wi-Fi Repeater

If you're upgrading to a faster, stronger wireless router, don't chuck your older Wi-Fi box. http://lifehacker.com/5563196/turn-your-old-router-into-a-range+boosting-wi+fi-repeater
I admit it. When I first heard there are actual tournaments for Rock-paper-scissors, sanctioned by the World Rock Paper Scissors Society, I laughed. I mean seriously, $50k to the winner of a game that requires no skill whatsoever?

How to win Rock-paper-scissors every time

http://flowingdata.com/2010/07/30/how-to-win-rock-paper-scissors-every-time/

10 Great Ways To Reuse Stuff You Might Otherwise Chuck Out

http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2011/04/10-great-ways-to-reuse-stuff-you-might-otherwise-chuck-out/ Our Earth Month coverage is just about to draw to a close. Making clever use (or reuse) of stuff that’s just lying around is a staple principle here at Lifehacker, so we figure there’s no better way to finish that coverage than with a roundup of our favourite recycling and repurposing hacks. Enjoy! 10. Repair china by cooking it in milk It sounds crazy, but it’s true: if you’ve got a piece of china with a small hairline crack, gently heating it in milk can help repair it. ( Original post ; picture by geishaboy500 )

How to Make Office Weapons Out of Office Supplies

http://blog.shoplet.com/office-supplies/binder-clips-into-office-weapons/ Wow, if you thought working at your white-collared job, sitting in your well equipped air-conditioned office, thinking that this is probably one of the safest place to be… you may just want to think twice about that. The office is a jungle. Beside having to watch your back against office colleagues who may be wolf in sheep’s clothes, you may just have to watch out for those seemingly utilitarian office supplies, because in conjuncture with other seemingly innocent office supplies, they may just result to be one of the deadliest office weapon yet.

Complete list of Facebook Chat Emoticons | calebbrown.id.au

While playing with Facebook Chat I wondered if it supported emoticons. Turns out it does. But when I tried the >:-) emoticon (a 'devil') and saw it printed as boring text, I wondered, "what smilies does facebook actually support?" So with the help of Safari and some javascript hacking I present to you a complete list of facebook emoticons. smile

An Incredible Way to Reveal Passwords Behind Asterisks | Web Talk

If you use a lot of online services it also means that you have got a lot of passwords and usernames to remember. Aware of this issue, all Internet browsers have got a special feature which, as soon as you login your email account for example, prompt you to save password and username so that, next time you will use the service again, the browser will fill in the login interface for you. However, while the username is fully displayed, the password is hidden by asterisks. Now, if for any reason you don’t remember such a password you won’t have any way to recover it. Usually, to get it back, you will have to buy a special piece of software.
Five Lessons About How To Treat People -- Author Unknown 1. First Important Lesson - "Know The Cleaning Lady"

How To Treat Others: 5 Lessons From an Unknown Author

The 101 Most Useful Websites on the Internet is a frequently updated list of lesser-known but wonderful websites and cool web apps. Presenting the 101 most useful websites of 2012. These sites, well most of them, solve at least one problem really well and they all have simple web addresses (URLs) that you can memorize thus saving you a trip to Google.

The 101 Most Useful Websites on the Internet