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.

#670 Rent Tool -- Web site Rentometer provides a handy way to compare your rent to that of other property in your aread. After filling in your address, monthly rent, and the number of bedrooms and units in your building, Rentometer marks comparable units in your area with plus or minus signs. Clicking one of the pins will give you the monthly rent of that apartment and the distance from yours. The "rentometer" also gives you a visual representation of your rent versus the regional median. (HT: Lifehacker) °°°°°°

#671 Free Phone Calls -- Want to make a free international call? Simply call the access number provided by Futurephone (712-858-8883 (based in Iowa - so domestic long distance charges apply)) and then dial your international number.

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#672 Word Keyboard Shortcut -- Ctrl+Shift+= -- Apply subscript formatting

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#673 Know Your Fallacies -- Begging the Question (petitio principii) -- The truth of the conclusion is assumed by the premises. Often, the conclusion is simply restated in the premises in a slightly different form. In more difficult cases, the premise is a consequence of the conclusion. (We know that God exists, since the Bible says God exists. What the Bible says must be true, since God wrote it and God never lies. (Here, we must agree that God exists in order to believe that God wrote the Bible.))

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#674 Google School -- Finds pictures of a particular type using "filetype" in Google Images. For example: filetype:jpeg Eiffel Tower (Note: This only works for JPEG and GIF, not BMP, PNG, or any number of other formats Google doesn't index. Also, searching for filetype:jpg and filetype:jpeg will get you different results).

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#675 HowTo -- Recover deleted files.

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