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.

#795 Firefox Tip -- Tweak Firefox to copy and paste multiple lines into input boxes: Type "about:config" in the location bar. In the "Filter" field type "singleline." You can set the value to 2 for editor.singleLine.pasteNewlines, which will allow pasting of multiple lines to input boxes.

#796 MS Outlook Tip -- Since most email most spam (particularly malware such as keyloggers) originates overseas (Estonia, Moldavia, China, Poland, etc.), you can reduce the amount that makes it to your inbox by blocking those coutries domains. In Outlook, click Actions > Junk E-Mail > Junk E-Mail Options. Click the International tab, then the Blocked Top-Level Domain List button. Now select the countries you wish to block. (HT: Lifehacker)

#797 HowTo -- Mod a $5 flashlight into a $95 light

#798 Google School -- Have a difficult time remembering all of the special operators? Try using the Unofficial Google Advanced Search

#799 Download of the Week -- Freeware app PhotoWipe removes unwanted objects from your digital pictures. Using PhotoWipe is simple: open the picture you want to process, paint over the object you want to remove, then let PhotoWipe remove the obstruction and fill in the blanks. (HT: Lifehacker)

See also: The Yak Shaving Razor Archives

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