Yak Shaving -- [MIT AI Lab, after 2000: orig. probably from a Ren & Stimpy episode.] Any seemingly pointless activity which is actually necessary to solve a problem which solves a problem which, several levels of recursion later, solves the real problem you're working on.
#470 Cut and Paste Tool -- cl1p.net is a handy web-based utility copy and paste between computers. Just enter in any URL that starts with http://cl1p.net (example: http://cl1p.net/yakshaving/) and post. Then from any other computer enter the same URL and copy. (HT: LifeHacker)
#471 Firefox Extension -- Firefox extension View Rendered Source Chart lets you view the source of any web page in a colorful chart that clearly shows the nested containers in the page. A useful tool for debugging complex HTML structures.
#472 Money Tip -- Have a jar of loose change in the closet? Take it to your local self-service coin counter Coinstar (found in most supermarkets) and cash your change in for a gift certificate to Amazon or the iTunes Music Store. Choosing the gift certificate over the “give me the cash” option prevents you from having to pay the 8.9% fee to Coinstar.
#473 Know Your Fallacies -- Appeal to consequences -- an argument that concludes a premise (typically a belief) to be either true or false based on whether the premise leads to desirable or undesirable consequences. (Example: ""Real estate markets will continue to rise this year because home owners enjoy the capital gains.")
#474 Google School -- Want to prevent Google from keeping a cached copy of your web site? include the following HTML tag in the section of your web pages: That bit of code tells search engine robots not to store a whole copy of your page on their servers. (HT: LifeHacker)
#475 HowTo -- Build your own DVR.
#476 Command Line Hack -- Digital Inspiration lists several ways to use the DOS command line for Win XP functions. For example:
move - more flexible than copy-paste Say you got a lot of XLS and DOC files in you MyDocuments folder and want to move only those XLS files that have their name ending with 2006. In XP Explorer, you have to manually select each file and then cut-paste to another folder. However, the DOS move command make things much simpler. Just type the following at the command prompt: move *2006.xls c:\2006Reports\
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rdsmith3 (Bob) writes:
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As someone old enough to remember when DOS was all there was -- the A:> prompt with the blinking cursor was all you saw on the dark screen -- I think #476 is humorous. Along those lines, Control-C and Control-V are faster, DOS-like versions of Copy and Paste commands.
posted on 04.12.2006 8:43 AM