[SyncToy v2.1 from Microsoft]

You don’t need to do all of these things — pick just one, and try it. Then try another and see if it works. Experiment to find what works for you.

And enjoy the simple work life.

• Start early. Going into work early was one of my favorite tricks — it was quiet, before the phones and chatter and meetings started, and I could get a lot of work done in peace. By the time everyone else was getting started, I’d gotten two or three big tasks checked off.
• Limit your hours. It’s ironic, because so many people work long hours and think they’re getting more done and being more productive. But they’re throwing brute hours at the problem. Instead, cut back on your hours and set a limit — say 6 or 7 hours a day — and get your most essential work done within that limit. If you know you’re only working 6 hours today, you’ll be sure to get the important tasks done first and waste less time. Limits force you to be effective.

This is just a teaser for what they have wrote about. Follow up the rest at [Zen Habits].

While visiting a friend who was in the process of gutting her kitchen, we noticed a pile of cabinet doors stacked in the corner. Before leaving, we grabbed a couple for a potential DIY project. After researching some ideas on Crafty Nest, we thought a serving tray would be the perfect transformation for the old door.

Really all you need to tackle this project yourself is the hardware (the repurposed cupboard door and some drawer handles), sandpaper, paint, and a little bit of time on your hands. Beyond that, you’re imagination’s the limit in terms of how you want it to look.

Follow the link for the Detailed instructions LINK

Here are some saftey tips that parents may find helpful protecting childern using the internet.

• Talk to your child about what they are doing online
• Make sure your children understand they should keep online friends online
• If they want to meet someone in the real world, make sure they take you, or another trusted adult, with them
• Encourage your child to only chat to and webcam with people they know in the real world and that they understand why they need to protect personal information
• Encourage your child to only chat to and webcam with people they know in the real world and that they understand why they need to protect personal information

Source: Ceop – Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre

Keep your headlights clear with car wax!
Just wipe ordinary car wax on your headlights. It contains special water repellents that will prevent that messy mixture from accumulating on your lights – lasts 6 weeks.

Squeak-proof your wipers with rubbing alcohol!
Wipe the wipers with a cloth saturated with rubbing alcohol or ammonia. This one trick can make badly streaking & squeaking wipers change to near perfect silence & clarity.

Ice-proof your windows with vinegar!
Frost on it’s way? Just fill a spray bottle with three parts vinegar to one part water & spritz it on all your windows at night. In the morning, they’ll be clear of icy mess. Vinegar contains acetic acid, which raises the melting point of water—preventing water from freezing!

Prevent car doors from freezing shut with cooking spray!
Spritz cooking oil on the rubber seals around car doors & rub it in with a paper towel. The cooking spray prevents water from melting into the rubber.

Fog-proof your windshield with shaving cream!
Spray some shaving cream on the inside of your windshield & wipe if off with paper towels. Shaving cream has many of the same ingredients found in commercial defoggers.

De-ice your lock in seconds with hand sanitizer!
Just put some hand sanitizer gel on the key & the lock & the problems solved!

Hope these hints help even just one time.

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We wish you a happy and safe drive during the winter months )

Now, the creative guys at LackRack shows you how you can modify the Lack table into a server rack for only £4.99 and yes only available from Ikea. It can hold a lamp, cup of tea and now a rack server.

If you work in a commercial setting then, naturally, you’ll have commercial server racks. Commercial racks are both overkill in build and price for a home user or a small office with only a few rack devices, this clever hack is a great fit.

The Lack tables are just the right size for a Network switch or rack server to fit in between the legs. All you have to do is screw one on. Over at the wiki of eth0, they have a tutorial for converting your Lack table into a LackRack. Check out the link for more information and additional photos. LackRack – WikiEth0

From my life experiences, my teacher drags on about planning an essay in an exam, then writing. Teachers say allot of things and this tip works. Read this article by Harvard Business Review.

Tell us if you plan before you do a job in the comments section below

If you find your powerpoint presentations as being booring, no wow factor, that can change as Microsoft has released a collection of PowerPoint slide sets that show how you can push the envelope in slide design and get away from boring slides.

There directory deos not just have cool colors, amazing anamations and shemes but also tell you how each of them were created.

If you see a set in the collection that you’d like to not only use but learn how to make, download it and check out the attached notes—they’ll detail the creation process slide by slide like an elaborate tutorial.

Have a favorite tool or trick for spicing up your presentations? Let’s hear about it in the comments

These are ideas for websites i strolled across a few days ago. I thought i should share them with you.  The are all the modern gadgets that could evolve into huge websites. Why don’t you try making one of these websites.

U-hated

Social networking site which allows you to add your enemies, ex-girlfriends, companies, bands you hate, teams you hate to you profile.. The idea is that we find out who the most hated people are on the net and they get shamed with frontpage status..

Blank Website

I create a completely blank website with no content, no links, nothing on it. I then order reviews and pay for linkbacks to it and see how people react and if they accept/reject the review requests.. thus, i’ll find out who’s a money grabber and who actually cares about their readers, who they link to etc..

Super Teddy

I buy a teddy, then post him to someone in a different country. That person then posts the teddy to another person in another country and so on.. all the time, the teddy is pictured at famous landmarks like the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, Statue of Liberty etc.. and the pictures and blog entries from owners are put up on his website. He then becomes the most famous teddy on the world..

Internet Pyranha’s

This is a community of do-gooders who can’t stand spam and scammers.. the Internet Pyranha community (name after the pyranha fish) target individual websites/email addresses one at a time and spam them with hate emails and stupid comments until they change their ways or get fed up of being spammed and take down the website.

De-pimp my ride

This is a community which specializes in de-pimping cars/bikes/buses and restoring them to their original state. Tutorials are given on how to take off all that extra plastic exterior and the go-faster stripes. The community also gathers videos/pictures of boy racers in their pimped out rides and tries to contact the owners and offer their knowledge/experience in how to de-pimp a car.

Rate the Referee

Simple site which allows you to rate Referees for sports matches. Stats/Profiles are kept on the referee along with video’s and pictures of the referee in action. People can then rate the referee and see if he favours one side over another..

WhichWidget

Site displaying every widget known to man and which one’s work well and which one’s don’t. Site offers thorough reviews of all widgets and allows users to rate and comment of their favourites.

Net Never Forgets

This site keeps a list of all known deaths i.e people who had myspace/bebo pages or blogs and passed away. A short profile of the person is displayed and it acts as a place for people to come and pay their respects by comments or video message etc… the idea being that their memory will always live on on the internet.

Heres what i think of you

Site which displays user submitted images of thousands of middle fingers making the shape of one big middle finger. Anytime anyone says something stupid on a forum or leaves a stupid comment somewhere, people link to ‘hereswhatithinkofyou’.

Off with your Head

This site displays a list of famous people. Users get to chop someone’s head off once a day (every 24 hours). This is basically if a celebrity does something stupid or a football manager is no good. The users get to decide who’s head is put on the chopping board. All chopped heads are the kept in the ‘already chopped’ section.

Rorrim (mirror spelt backwards)

This is a site which literally mirrors any text you have and want to disguise for some reason. You copy and paste it into an application and it will churn out the mirrored text, rendering it useless or double dutch to most people. It acts as a safety feature for valuable text files you may have.. When you need to read the text again, you simply return to the website and copy/paste the code back in and de-mirror it.

I dare you

This is a site which offers people the chance to make money. It displays a list of dares people have thought up of.. (e.g i dare you to run around a cinema naked). People then chip in money to the dare kitty and whoever takes on the dare gets the cash. Someone can reserve that bet and has 24 hours to complete it. They must then submit a video of themselves doing the bet and they will then get the money.

Energetically Challenged

A global community of energetically challenged (a.k.a lazy) people who demand that ‘lazy’ be removed from the english language and replaced with the more politically correct ‘energetically challenged’. The site starts a potention and gets members to sign it, then sends it off to the relevant bodies..

Hot, now you’re not

A website which displays a list of things/people which were hot once upon a time, but aren’t anymore. Targetting older women/men who’ve ‘lost it’ in terms of sex appeal. Also targets sports people and bands who’ve passed their sell by dates but are still playing and websites which were once cool, but aren’t anymore. Digg like feature which allows members to rate who’s not hot.

Charity Bypass

Site which displays a list of charities and beggars on the streets, their known collecting locations/times and generally known hot spots where they deploy people on the streets looking for sign ups or spare change.. Also displays begging scandals such as illegal begging at ATM machines, ticket machines etc..

Update: I actually brought this idea to life in april 2009, www.charitybypass.com is now live!

Brat Zone Alert

A website which displays a list of known hotels/apartments/housing estates/streets often full of kids. Also displays if the kids are attended or unattended and their age group. This is to let people know what they’re in for when they book a hotel or buy/rent a house/go visiting a city etc.

Queue Frustration

Users submit videos/images of ridiculous traffic jams/queues/congestion they get caught up in.. the site acts a place for those people to vent their anger and also as a warning for other people not to go near that particular airport/road/shop etc..

1. IR Cyber Flyer
The Cyber Flyer is a great way to lighten up the office; you simply control the height of the cyber flyer.

A 20-25min charge gives a flying time of 10mins, and it is charged from the charging dock and it is extremely durable.

Price: £9.92
Source: RED5 IR Cyber Flyer

2. Sudoku loo Roll
There are times when we sit down alone, with our hands free and nothing too taxing to do with our brains. You could go through those mag’s you’ve read a hundred times or plays on you’re smart phone you got last Christmas. But, what about your guests, what do they do? I’d suggest going for something long, strong and flushable and under a tenner…

Price: £4.99
Source: iwantoneofthose Suduku Loo Rolls

3. 3 in 1 Laser Pen

Ever been in a large meeting room doing a presentation, has walking in front of the projector blinded you or do you know someone who has? This multifunctional Laser pen is great for presentations with its built in laser diode and a blue LED

• Batteries included
• Blue LED Flashlight
• Red laser pointer
• Smooth, black ink pen
• Lights can be used together or independently

Price: £7.00
Source: RED5 3-in-1 Laser Pen

4. Tao Digital Photo Keychain

Price: £9.99
Source: Firebox Tao Digital Photo Keychain

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