You can access most of Chrome’s settings from the Wrench menu, but it’s a bit cluttered and hard to navigate quickly. Free extension Mega Button puts shortcuts to some of Chrome’s most accessed settings right in your toolbar. More »
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Mega Button Puts Shortcuts to Chrome’s Most Used Settings Right In Your Toolbar [Video]
Posted on June 9, 2011
Scrollbar Search Highlighter Colorizes Firefox’s Scrollbar when You Search on a Web Page [Downloads]
Posted on May 4, 2011
Firefox: If you use Ctrl+F to sift through long web pages often, Scrollbar Search Highliter saves you from constantly clicking “next” by highlighting, on the scrollbar, where every instance of a word is found, Google Chrome-style. More »
Exclude Spammy Sites from Google with This Custom Search Engine [Search Tip]
Posted on February 10, 2011
We’ve shown you how to create site-specific search engines in Chrome and Firefox, and reader isaaclyman reminds us you can also use that to exclude spammy sites from your search results. More »
Turn Any Action Into a Keyboard Shortcut on Your Mac [Video]
Posted on February 2, 2011
Macs have some great built-in keyboard shortcuts, but if you want to create custom or global shortcuts that perform more complicated tasks, you’ll need to do a little extra legwork. Here’s how to turn virtually any action into a keyboard shortcut. More »
Top 10 Gmail Labs You Should Enable [Lifehacker Top 10]
Posted on January 1, 2011
As if Gmail wasn’t powerful enough, you can find all sorts of goodies and extra features in Gmail Labs. The list is pretty massive, so we’ve narrowed down our 10 favorite labs to help increase your email productivity. More »
Hold Down Command-Shift-Option-Escape to Quickly Kill a Troublesome Application [Keyboard Shortcuts]
Posted on December 13, 2010
Mac OS X: There are plenty of ways to force quit an application in OS X, but you can do it quickly from the keyboard with this simple key command. More »
De-Stress Your Thanksgiving Prep by Cooking Your Turkey Overnight [Holidays]
Posted on November 15, 2010
The turkey isn’t necessarily the most complicated dish at most holiday gatherings, but it’s usually the most time consuming. This overnight slow-cook method aims to help you avoid spending your Thanksgiving day messing around with your turkey for a no-fuss main dish. More »
Quickly Brine Chicken When You Don’t Have Much Time [Recipes]
Posted on October 12, 2010
Brining meats before roasting, grilling, or frying them, especially chicken, makes them moister, more flavorful, and all-around better. But brining usually requires overnight forethought, or at least some quick morning work. Not so with Michael Ruhlman’s 2-3 hour lemon-herb brine. More »
Make Windows Load Your Desktop Before You Log In [Video]
Posted on September 22, 2010
If you like to be able to step away from your computer while your desktop and programs load, but don’t want to enable the autologin feature, this script will begin loading your desktop when the login screen shows up. More »
Ditch the Granny Knot to Tie Your Shoes More Efficiently [Knots]
Posted on January 19, 2010
The difference between shoes tied with a balanced, neat, and self-tightening knot versus those tied with an unbalanced, sloppy, and loose knot, is all in how you make your first loop.
Over at Runner’s World they’ve put together an instructional video to go along with an informative article on the difference between Granny Knots and Reef Knots. Well tied shoes are important to runners, but anyone can benefit from the simple change in knot tying-methodology outlined in the video below:
By simply altering the direction of the first loop you make when tying your shoes you can produce a neater knot that is less prone to coming untied. If the Reef Knot caught your eye, you may want to check out another interesting knot we’ve covered: the “world’s fastest shoelace knot, a.k.a. the Ian Knot. Have a bit of knot tying lore to share? Let’s hear about it in the comments.
Fit to be Tied [Runner's World]
