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.
#740 Firefox Extension -- Map+ lets you view a map of a selected address in Firefox without changing windows or tabs using the right click command. Aspects of the map display are customizable, including the window location, height, and width. A custom address field is available for driving directions. (HT: Tgirsch)
#741 Firefox Extension -- Forecastfox is a highly customizable extension that gets international weather forecasts from AccuWeather.com and display them in any toolbar or statusbar. (HT: Tgirsch)
#742 Excel Keystrokes -- ctrl-Space - select column; shift-Space - select row; ctrl-Arrow Key - depending on which arrow key you hit, it will move the cursor along a series of cells; ctrl-Page Up, ctrl-Page Down - cycles through worksheets; ctrl-Home - selects A1 on the current worksheet (HT: TechJive)
#743 HowTo -- Add Comments to Any Website
#744 Download of the Week -- The New York Times Reader lets you download full editions of the NYT to your desktop where you can browse the contents offline in a very familiar newsprint format.You can sync at intervals or just choose a once-daily sync so that the paper is ready for you when you wake up. The entire paper will be saved on your computer, with individual articles saved as .nyt files that you can open in your Reader. (HT: Lifehacker)
See also: The Yak Shaving Razor Archives
Have a useful recommendation for making life more pleasant? Send them to me at jpcarter[at]evangelicaloutpost.com.
What, no foxmarks? :)