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I always wanted to have a secondary desktop to manage all open windows and programs at one time. But my table is too small (and most time too crowded) for two monitors standing around. So i thought, having a display embedded flat to my desk, would be comfortable. This is not a very detailed instructable, because i couldnt take enough and good pictures with my crappy webcam.
This instructable will show how to build a transparent glass whiteboard that will never wear out and never ghost. Glass is a superior surface for writing on with dry erase markers and erases with a tip of the finger. The size I made mine was 28 inches by 54 inches and was NOT made to freestand as it would take up too much room in my sons college apartment.
A clear glass whiteboard
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Making little notebooks has an endless supply of uses, whether it be for multi-page greeting cards or small scrapbooks. Here's how to bind the pages together without the need for staples, clips, tape, or glue, courtesy of DIY weblog Instructables . All you need for this is some paper and a pair of scissors—useful if you find yourself in a bind with nothing else around (of course, even if you're at home and have all the binding tools in the world, this is still a clever trick). The cutting involved is not difficult, either—it is akin to making heart-shaped valentines by folding a piece of paper in half (it is, however, very difficult to explain—luckily, both Instructables and craft weblog Bloomize have some very nice visual instructions with which you can follow along). If you have the craft arsenal, you could arm yourself with some pretty colored cardstock and make a very clean-looking booklet—no staples, tape or glue to ruin it.
Bind Paper Into a Booklet With Just Some Clever Folds and Cuts -
How Can I Convert PDFs and Other Ebooks to the ePub Format? - Eb
Dear Lifehacker, I've got a lot of ebooks in PDF and other formats, but some e-readers—like, oh, this iPad I just bought—only support specific formats with their default reader apps. What's the best way to convert those PDFs to ePub?
Windows: If you're interested in packing your flash drive with portable apps but you're dragging your feet getting around to downloading them all, winPenPack fits over a hundred applications into a single portable package. The winPenPack has packages in six categories. The 2GB master collection has all the apps offered, smaller packages focus on just the essentials, gaming, school, web activities, or you can download just the winPenPack menu to build your own portable package using apps you already have.
WinPenPack Gathers Hundreds of Portable Apps in One Package - Po
URL shorteners are great for minimizing URLs in a Twitter message or keeping links clean in an email, but as convenient as they are they do introduce an extra point of failure. WatchMouse, a monitoring organization, highlights the best. A Dutch web-monitoring company, WatchMouse, monitored popular URL shortening services for a period of one month and then analyzed the results.
All URL Shorteners Are Not Equal; Pick a Speedy and Reliable One
If you love Gmail but just can't shake a longing for folder-style organization this clever hack will help you create pseudo-folders. Reader jrc03c came up with a great solution for mimicking folders in Gmail : As a Gmail user, I love the labels system, and cringe when I think about other older e-mail systems where you had to put messages in folders. The one major disadvantage I've found with labels, though, is the lack of sub-labels.
Use Symbols to Create Pseudo-Folders in Gmail - Labels - Lifehac
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Isn’t it delightful how geek culture works? During my Christmas shopping last year, I stumbled into a favorite little pop culture shop in Little Collins Street in Melbourne which is well known for its comprehensive stocking of all things Lovecraftian. I was looking for some stocking fillers for the kids; instead I walked out with [...]