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I took a usb cable, an old case fan and a switch, then hacked an end off the cable and wired then end to the switch and fan. I wrapped the thing in electrical tape and plugged it in to my usb hub. Now my modem doesn't overheat.
Most people have a serious love-hate relationship with moving while it is exciting to be in a new #place. The mountain of work is quite daunting if not impossible to tackle. A few simple tricks can quickly turn your behemoth into a purring kitty. Try these tips to get cozy in your new pad in no time.
Tackle those Cardboard Boxes Immediately
This is a vital step to feeling more at home because those boxes remind you of the move. I believe its mental, but it's a real thing. Unpack and toss those boxes as soon as possible.
Pump Up The Jams
People don't mind working while listening to cool music an added bonus something nice to jam to. Your playlist will keep your mind off all this darn work ahead.
Handle the Big Things First
This strategy will give you an idea of where smaller things should go. When you take a break, you will have a place to chill, for a moment.
Get The Bathroom In Order
The Bathroom is where you go to relax and other duties, so you wanna have all important tools handy. Should you need a nice hot bath, and you want to locate all needed item quickly. Setting up your vanity and medicine cabinet, so you can feel comfortable in your new apartment.
Make Your Bed
This step is critical in the coziness factor that you setup/make your bed. Afterwards, you can lay across your bed, and you will feel at home. Please don't neglect this step, or you could be stuck on the floor for weeks.
Let The Natural Light Shine
The windows should be opened to allow natural light to shine. Another option, you can shine soft white bulbs that give off a nice glow. Light boost your mood, and it can make you feel energized.
Unpack Nostalgic Items
Pictures of friends will make you feel at home instantly. Please unpack these simple thing that reminds you of your past.
Security Checklist
Check all window and doors to make sure they're secure. Security #professional report, most burglarize happen when the doors are unlocked.
Get the Kitchen Ready
After you moved all those boxes and things, you will need a cold beverage. Grabbing a cold beverage will be difficult because you forgot the #kitchen. You don't want to eat pizza for a week because your pots are MIA. Unpack the kitchen, so you can have some real food on plates. I also hearn warm beer is super gross. Get that kitchen ready.
Host A Dinner
When you host a small dinner, you immediately feel more comfortable in you #newhome. Old Friends make a new space cozier, and its a great way to reconnect with old friends.
Time To Relax
You have unpacked all your many cardboard boxes, displayed old photos and hosted friends, so now its time to relax and enjoy your new space.
The desk finds itself in the middle of the room to start. This is a starting point for finding the best focal point in such a small room.
Congrats! The photo A wide shot of my Library Workspace I added to the group Lifehacker Workspace Show and Tell has been selected to be its cover photo.
not the most visually striking wallpaper but the most fitting i could find at deviant art
how i did it
all rainmeter, middle bar is elemental by tekno
the rest is from kaelris enigma which ive slightly modified
by changing the font to shadowless helvetica, making the menu bar and a copied menu bar with backgrounds removed and icons changed to the sienne set by visionsofart which i thought made a change from ecqlipse and imriks amana.
now that this is saved to rainthemes time to start on another. yay
thanks goes to taipan snake for giving me tips on the subtle enigma changes
Rainmeter with Object Dock w/ Ecqlipse Icons, Launchy w/ Dank Skin, and Rocket Dock w/ Reflections Icons.
REMEMBER, I JUST PUT THIS TOGETHER. I GIVE CREDIT TO ALLLL THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THESE CONFIGS, WALLPAPERS, SKINS, PROGRAMS AND ICONS!
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Rainmeter: Enigma, and NoxxNotes
Wallpaper. i have NO IDEA. this is an uberold screenshot i just pulled out of my pictures folder.
used fences back then.
My custom built PC.
I meant for it to sit inside my desk cupboard, but I sort of forgot to measure it first.
Specs:
i5 3570k
8GB Corsair Vengeance
AMD HD 5770
Antec Kuhler 620 Water Cooling
Bitfenix Shinobi case
1TB Samsung Spinpoint
Hackintosh'd on 500GB second hard drive (thanks to Lifehacker for step-by-step)
I flashed the VOIP version of dd-wrt v23 sp1 which provide SIP at Home web interface for the SIP Express Router running on DD-WRT Embedded Linux. This can make my wireless route become a VOIP route.
Though great, researching until then...
slightly modified desktop setup. this time it hides bowtie when itunes isn't running and I've added dateline.
check the picture before it for information on what's in the menu bar and the link to the original desktop image.
Rainmeter with Object Dock w/ Ecqlipse Icons, Launchy w/ Dank Skin, and Rocket Dock w/ Reflections Icons.
REMEMBER, I JUST PUT THIS TOGETHER. I GIVE CREDIT TO ALLLL THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THESE CONFIGS, WALLPAPERS, SKINS, PROGRAMS AND ICONS!
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Rainmeter: Enigma, and NoxxNotes
Same as BlackGate, BUT OPEN.
Alternate version of this other desktop: www.flickr.com/photos/jacobmartinez/2935729961/in/pool-li...
My Shelf... This is my favorite part of my desk. Its so convenient, because when I need my laptop out. I can just pull it out and even pack it up if I need. When I don't need it, I can push it back under the shelf and I have more room. Plus it has a a lot of "hacks". For Example: the shelf itself is part of an old bookshelf. Then I just screwed door stops to the bottom. The power cable to the phone and laptop are attached to separate legs of the shelf with paper binders, so I don't knock them back and loose them. And then we have the all in one headphone/phone holder. Which I don't think I have seen on Lifehacker, but I think its cool. Basically, its a plate holder that I bent and attached to my desk with some glue dots. It holds my phone were I can easily see it. And my headset has a place to chill when I am not using it.
Wanted to make it look like a had a menubar on the top and bottom. Didn't turn out as well as I hoped, but it's ok.
I spend too much time sitting in front of a computer at work, and I don't even want to talk about my lousy laptop habits at home. When I read about a standing desk at Lifehacker, I thought it was worth a try. Only problem was lack of space in the master bedroom, and I'm too cheap/strapped to spend any serious money on this.
I wound up taking an old bookshelf I had in my spare bedroom and using the top of it (which happened to be about 44" tall) as my iBook workspace. So far, it's worked pretty nicely. I may need to get some sort of gel mat for less beating on the feet.
Of course, I couldn't just stop there-- I had a bunch of electronics (laptops, netbook, cellphone) that I need to recharge frequently, and they were in a tangled, disorganized mess on my floor. So I decided to make a small mod or two that would let me use it as a charging station, too.
It's still a work in progress, mind you, but it's a definite improvement from before.
My desktop with a Token themed look-- simple and minimal. I stumbled upon the wallpaper and knew I had to make something with it, as it exactly matched with the Token Icon Pack.
Here are the Rainmeter configs I used:
Boulevard:
Helmet HUD:
Clean and Simple.
Nothing Fancy.
Wallpaper: Apple Snow Leopard Pack
Link: creativebits.org/files/leopard-desktops/Iceberg.jpg
Rainmeter: Enigma 2.5. Thats All.
Other: ObjectDock with AMANA Icons, and Rocket Dock, with Basic5 Textual Icon.
Also using Start Killer, and Launchy with Dank Skin,
Hope its good!
I have searched everywhere for a suitable Moleskine-style iPad case over the past few months. Lifehacker ran this a couple of weeks ago and I finally got around to making one. It's wonderful.
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At four patties to a freezer bag instead of the 9 shown in Lifehacker's blog entry, the patties are a bit bigger than a traditional hamburger bun. It made no difference to Ben!
to make a tripod mount:
use contact cement to fasten mount to camera bottom (piece of wood with a nut glued in it with the tread size that fits your tripod) place the nut under the lens.
here is a photo of the wood: www.flickr.com/photos/safoocat/2049998851/in/set-72157603...
Jan 16, 2008 I just ripped off the velcro as it wasn't stable enough, perhaps extra strength would have been and I'm going to use contact cement to glue the wood directly to the bottom of the camera.
Picture used here: www.lifehacker.jp/2009/07/090706docomopr6.html