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Personality types. HQ Books - TopHQBooks.com. Download and save YouTube videos with VSVideo Downloader Lite. VSVideo Downloader Lite lets you download YouTube videos to your computer so you can view them offline or at a later time. It’s simple, easy to use, and will let you choose the size and video file formats that you would like to download. YouTube has so many videos on it now it’s a pretty much unlimited source of viewing material. Some of it is funny, some of it is informative, and some of it is just plain weird. Whatever your tastes are, you’re bound to have found something on there you enjoy watching or might want to watch again later. The interface for VSVideo Downloader Lite is pretty simple and doesn’t have a lot of complex settings and other menus to wade through. Perhaps you’d like to show a video to a friend. The menus are pretty self explanatory and not difficult to navigate. The only real downside I was able to unearth for VSVideo Downloader Lite is that it wanted to install a toolbar and reset my Internet home page.

[Thanks to reader Panzer for the tip about this software] Best Time to Purchase Airline Tickets and Hotel Rooms. Advertisement While the Internet has democratized the process of booking travel, it certainly hasn't made it less complicated. Waiting to pounce on a good travel deal is a little like a high-stakes game of poker: Within days, or even hours, prices can plummet or skyrocket. The good news is that any savvy traveler, armed with a little know-how, can turn the volatile cycles of travel deals to their advantage. When do you book ahead and when do you wait till the last minute? Read on. When to Buy Plane TicketsAlthough airlines will hold sales at unpredictable moments, even altering their prices by hundreds of dollars within hours, there are generally two strategies when it comes to snagging good airfare deals: Book far in advance or wait until the very last minute.

"A lot of finding the sweet spot of when to book airfare depends on when you are traveling," says Jeanenne Tornatore, senior travel editor at Orbitz.com. Being flexible as to where you're going can pay big rewards. World Wonders Project. The 35 Best Tips and Tricks for Maintaining Your Windows PC. When working (or playing) on your computer, you probably don’t think much about how you are going to clean up your files, backup your data, keep your system virus free, etc. However, these are tasks that need attention. We’ve published useful article about different aspects of maintaining your computer. Below is a list our most useful articles about maintaining your computer, operating system, software, and data.

Organize and Manage Your Data Before considering how you will regularly backup your data, it’s a good idea to organize your files and folders first so they are easier to backup. The following articles show you ways to organize your files, removing duplicate and old files, and securely delete files no longer needed. Clean Up and Optimize Your System Once you have organized your files and folders, it’s time to perform some basic cleanup tasks to optimize your system. Disinfect Your System Analyze and Reduce Your Disk Usage Tweak Windows to Improve Performance. Best camping stoves.

Whether you want to head out for a weekend in the wilderness, tailgate at a baseball game this summer, or just picnic in the park, here are some of the best portable stoves on the market. Jetboil Sumo ($130) While many propane camping stoves produce large, inefficient flames, the Jetboil’s design makes maximum use of its fuel, allowing you to bring four cups of water to a boil in around four minutes. With most stoves, much of the heat energy escapes into the air rather than actually heating your pot or pan. But Jetboil’s FluxRing produces an intense heat that is almost entirely directed at the food, which means more hot meals and less spent fuel canisters.

For ultralight hikers looking to shave precious pounds from their backpacks, this efficiency is all-important, as you can get by on a single canister rather than two. The device’s design also packs down much more efficiently, allowing you to stuff all the components into the main cooking vessel when not in use. BioLite ($129) 10 Little Known LinkedIn Features That Make It More Fun To Professionally Network.

Sometimes one gets the feeling that LinkedIn is like the poor cousin whom everyone forgets to invite to the party. Then it comes in late and stands at a corner…a bit aloof from the razzmatazz of Pinterest, the extroverted Facebook, and the one-everyone-needs Google Plus. But ignore LinkedIn at your own peril. LinkedIn might be dressed in a staid suit and tie, but with luck and hard work it could be cut in Saville Row. Look at it this way – you definitely have more Facebook contacts, but I am pretty sure it is the LinkedIn contact you would put with to get that career recommendation.

LinkedIn has a more focused audience for all that you do in your professional life. It still is your best online resume. Don’t forget to read: Learn LinkedIn: How To Build Your Living Resume Network With Cloak Of Security A simple setting change and you can browse LinkedIn more securely with HTTPS especially on public computers and in public hotspots with unsecured Wi-Fi connections. Browse In Stealth Mode. Proximity-Based Group Collaboration App Kibits Released For Android.

Kibits is a cross-platform group collaboration and socializing app for Android and iOS-powered devices. The app, having made its mark among iOS users, has just hit the Google Play Store. Using Kibits, users can easily and instantly create private conversation groups (called Kibits), and invite their friends or nearby users with whom they can share text messages, photos, videos, music files, URLs, locations, and notes etc over the internet.

Whether it’s about indulging in private file-sharing activities with just your family members, or collaborating with your workforce that is scattered in various parts of the world, Kibits has you covered. There is no restriction on the number of different groups that can be created or joined, and for all the activities going on within each individual group, the app keeps you apprised through real-time notifications. When launched, the app prompts you to log in with a valid Kibits ID. Download Kibits for Android Advertisement. CaptureToCloud: Save & Organize Online Content, Convert To Google Docs. CaptureToCloud is a clever cloud application that integrates some of the major Google apps and Chrome bookmarks, as well as DropBox, and is optimized to work seamlessly with all of them.

It will enable you to capture, share and organize all kinds of digital media, including websites, images, articles, links, bookmarks, files etc. The web app makes sure that important information is always accessible from any internet connected device. Your captured media can either be shared with your colleagues, or you can post it to Facebook, Twitter or email. Moreover, saved media can be converted to a Google Document or even viewed in a clutter-free layout. CaptureToCloud will also monitor specific URLs for any changes and support uploading Chrome bookmarks to the cloud. Content may be saved to the service from your browser’s toolbar or the right-click context menu. More after the jump. Next, you will be able to access all your saved content from your Inbox. Visit CaptureToCloud Liked this app?

sRemote: Remotely Execute Commands To Control PC via Gmail Account. If you’ve ever wanted to control your PC from a remote location (when you don’t have ready access to the hardware itself, like on a vacation), you can do so now by sending certain predefined commands through your Gmail account. Indeed, it sounds more a gimmick, but this is what sRemote has to offer. It’s an application for Windows that allows you to control and perform certain actions on your PC, such as shutdown, restart, log off, take screenshot etc, by sending various commands in an email subject field. It does so by continuously monitoring specified Gmail account, where the actual commands that are to be executed are sent, and applies the actions on the PC where this program is being run. The application may seem a bit difficult to configure at first, but once you get a hang of its options, it becomes fairly easy for you to monitor your PC from a remote location.

Read on to find out how it works. You will see a miniscule application window. The Best Apps and Cloud Services for Taking, Storing, and Sharing Notes. Is your desk and computer covered with sticky notes? Do you have miscellaneous pieces of paper with bits of information buried in drawers, your laptop case, backpack, purse, etc.? Get rid of all the chaos and get organized with note-taking software and services. We’ve collected a list of the best desktop applications and cloud-based services for taking, storing, and sharing information. Applications The following programs are desktop applications you can run directly on your computer, some of which are portable, allowing you to take your notes with you.

OneNote Microsoft OneNote 2010 is a digital notebook integrated into Microsoft Office that allows you to gather all your notes and information into one place. How-To Geek has published articles that help you learn how to use OneNote: KeyNote KeyNote is a free, portable, tabbed notebook for Windows that allows you to create and store multi-level notes, use a rich text editor, and apply strong encryption to your notes. TreePad Lite WikidPad Jarnal. How to run two Dropbox instances on the same PC. Why would you want to run multiple Dropbox instances on the same machine? We could think of two reasons (1) you’ve maxed out on the 16 gigs or so that each free Dropbox account can give you as a ceiling, and would like to use another account to add more, or (2) you would like to access another Dropbox account for whatever reason, such as a disposable account used by members of your team or that of someone else (such an ex employee of your company) etc.

In this posting, we will describe how to run another Dropbox account to your WINDOWS machine using a third party freeware program (i.e. to install two Dropbox accounts running simultaneously on one PC). The application used: DropboxPortableAHKis a free program that can create portable instances of Dropbox, which can be carried on a USB drive, etc. Or it can be run locally alongside your existing Dropbox installation, which is what this post assumes. First things first, download the free program: Setting up: Consider the following options.

10+ Best Apps For Your Dropbox. If you’ve been using Dropbox for a while, you may not have noticed that a whole ecosystem of applications have been built up to use the service. Over time, these apps have sprung up to fill all of the little holes Dropbox left unfilled. There are apps now for just about everything. It’s possible to sync Google Docs to Dropbox, automatically send Gmail attachments to Dropbox, play music in a browser from your Dropbox music files, encrypt your Dropbox, easily host a website or blog in Dropbox, collect URLs and web clippings to Dropbox and to automate file syncs between all of your social networks and Dropbox. You can even view all of your Dropbox files alongside your Google Docs, Box files and FTP files in the one web interface. If you want to know the best apps to do all of these things, then read on. 1.

DropItToMe is a service which allows you to set up a URL specifically for your friends and clients to use for uploading things to your Dropbox. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. More Links. Facebook-Power-Users-LARGE.png (972×3088) 3 Ways The Portable Apps Platform Will Make Your Life Easier. Portable apps have a huge place in my geeky heart simply because they are quite numerous (if you don’t believe me, check out the Best Portable Apps here). They don’t modify the registry, and can be used in different Windows machines (though there are portable apps for Linux as well). Up until recently though, maintaining portable apps was not pleasant for me. I’d have to go into Windows Explorer and click on the executable to launch the program every time, and if there was an update to the program, I’d have to download the program and “install” it all over again. Sound familiar? If your answer is yes, you should probably take a look at the Portable Apps Platform, currently on version 10.0, available from the same site that offers portable versions of popular programs.

You can download the Platform from this link (which leads to download links from Sourceforge). Why would this trump the current way you’re maintaining your portable apps? Start Menu For Application Organization & Launch. How To Back Up PCs To Each Other Via The Internet Using Crash Plan Personal. Backing up the data on your computer is vital. Everyone knows this. Yet not everyone does something about it. Why? Because backing up a computer remains a bit of a pain. If you own more than one computer, however, the answer may already be in your home. Introducing CrashPlan Personal Still, while this sounds great in theory, backing up your computers can be tedious in practice. CrashPlan is a popular piece of backup software. When you sign up for the first time you’ll be enrolled in a 30-day trial. You don’t however need a paid account to do backups between computers.

Creating The Backup To use this software for backups across computers you’ll need to install it on each computer. Once you’re in the main CrashPlan menu you’ll need to look towards the bottom of the window and find the “Another Computer” option. By clicking on the link you’ll be sent directly to the Computers tab of the Destinations section. This process can take some time. Changing Your Backup Restore Your Files. Cordlets Shorten Cables and Attach Them to Your Desk for Seamless Organization. The 100 Startup. Resources/business-plan.pdf. Fill Out a One-Page Business Plan and Get Your Business Started Already. Focus Your Ambitions with the Lifehacker Hierarchy of Goals. Setting goals is easy, but prioritizing them is hard. Humans suck at properly weighing what we need to achieve our goals.

We take on too much, skip steps, and often, as a result, we give up. Once you commit to a framework to prioritize your goals and cut the junk, achieving your goals gets a lot more realistic. Here's one way to do it.P If you're anything like me you have a ton of goals. Consider this a system of life designing that helps you question assumptions and figure out what you really want. Level 1: The Primary GoalsP SExpand Your primary goals are the base of all other goals—the one or two things you aspire to do before you die.

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