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Here is one sun jar with the plain bluish white light from the LED in the lamp, and one sun jar with a reddish tinted color from the Gatorade bottle label.
They are pretty bright, and should be waterproof. And a LOT cheaper (and more fun!) than buying one.
(Tutorial from Lifehacker. See their "Create Your Own Sun Jar" tutorial.)
Howdy! I created this set-up from a scratch that has no destination or whatsoever. Well, I was actually working over something else, but I didn't like how it turned out. I started randomly with browsing and stumbled upon many things. But at the end, I ended up liking this set-up. It's nothing special, but I find it cute.
There are some flaws, I guess. But either way, things works the way I want it - they're basic rainmeter configs. Honestly, I was aiming for a simplicity desktop. I didn't want to add things that I don't even use or care about - To Do's, RSS Field and Calendar. Also, as you can see, I removed the Power, CPU, RAM and HDD configs. I even intended to remove the weather, haha.
Honestly, the reason why I haven't submitted anything was I reformatted nearly a month ago, and I forgot to back up my rainmeter configurations. I was planning to re-write but I lost the motivation somewhere along those gaps. Well here, I guess I could start again. I'm seeing a lot of people at the Lifehacker Show and Tell group, but nothing seems to be new - same configs, same ideas and same overalls (don't get offended, I do love the old works, that's where I learned). So I intended to create something different, browsing on different similar-as-this-Lifehacker-group-like-websites to pick up ideas and I did saw a lot of interesting things.
Running:
-Windows Vista (Terminal)
-Object Dock Plus (MNML)
-Rainmeter (My own so called Project Nine - it's a messy folder with a lot of things in it)
-CD Art Display
Here's a follow up link - www.flickr.com/photos/33771027@N08/3706116647/in/photostr...
Ah--- Feels nice to be back. Questions and or suggestions are always welcome. Kudos.
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Wohoo - Another featured on Lifehacker, thanks a heck lot =D It's a great honor once yet again, especially when you just woke up and this is the first thing I see.
Anyway, here are some links -
Wallpaper - Evolutionary Odyssey by Enkera-2005
enkera-2005.deviantart.com/art/Evolutionary-Odyssey-57956034
Dock Icons - WRMZ for PC by Enkera-2005
enkera-2005.deviantart.com/art/WRMZ-for-PC-61886840
You really ought to look through his deviations, he has more wallpapers that would match his dock icons.
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My entry for the Lifehacker Desktop Show & Tell. My desktop strategy is to have a very clean visual style, but to also have as much functionality as possible at my fingertips (using native Windows widgets/toolbars whenever possible).
This image was an idea I had for a Flickr guessing game, when I saw the nice bubble on top of the open part of the case.
This image has been used in 9 articles, for a 'contact' card and a web site...
• www.gadling.com/2010/06/24/use-contact-lens-cases-to-tran...
• lifehacker.com/5606735/from-the-tips-box-closing-windows-...
• www.kontaktlinsen-magazin.ch/2010/12/ermuden-die-augen-wi...
(in German, English translation here)
• www.freecontactlensesguide.com/where-can-i-order-free-col...
• manlalakbay.quazen.com/shopping/eyeglasses-or-contacts/
• www.freecontactlensesguide.com/free-pair-of-air-optix/
• saunascape.com/2012/02/can-i-wear-my-contacts-or-eyeglass...
• ericrollandgolf.wordpress.com/contact-2/
• feliciafibro.com/2011/09/15/fibro-feelings-back-to-normal/
• www.hawk-a.com/exception_code/archives/52
(in Japanese, English translation here)
HDR shot (courtesy HDR Camera+ for Android) of my Setup. At this point I LOVE this setup. So much more room than the fold up tables I had before. 1 27" Samsung LED LCD, 1 23" Samsung LCD (right), 1 22" Viewsonic LCD (left) all connected to THOR for 3 way Gaming, and 1 20" Viewsonic LCD (top) connected to ODIN (fileserver). Bought one by one over the course of about 5 years. 27" LCD was the most recent addition.
Bias Lighting Provided by 2 Ikea Dioder Multicolor LED Light Strip Sets
Desk is an Ikea Galant Corner Unit Right - Beech Veneer, with one extension on the right side, and 2 computer tower cradles mounted underneath.
Although it looks like the monitors sag and are mis-aligned, I compensate with the height of my chair, so from my view they are perfect. The slight sag is from the Monoprice brackets. The sag does not bother me at all and I highly recommend them due to their price.
Not shown is the Sumo Omni beanbag chair I have sitting on the other side of the room (in this picture I'm standing on it). Since adding my 27" LCD I have been using it a lot to watch movies in.
Lifehacker Username: Thor79
Spent a few hours last night putting together a series of Rainmeter, CDArtDisplay, and Launchy skins to hash out a theme based on the Flip Clock config I previously did.
I will release the configs as soon as I get permission from all of the authors that I have liberally borrowed from. I will then upload the suite to my website (www.architectrio.com/projectvirus.html). As shown by the second screenshot all of these skins are standalone, so they should blend in nicely with any other config you're using.
Stuff you can download without me uploading them:
Wallpaper, cleverly named "Green Grass and Blue Sky"
Iconize Windows Taskbar with EnhanceMyXP
Remove Start Button with StartKiller
Special thanks to some Lifehacker group members who have motivated me to design and put up some new stuff - although they don't know it since I only secretly admired their work and didn't comment on their uploads:
Passengers boarding an airplane from inside of the main cabin
Update: Featured photo in this blog post about what would make airlines better according to flyers on social media www.budgettravel.com/blog/7-things-airlines-should-do-bet...
And in another BudgetTravel post about a new airline passenger payment model www.budgettravel.com/blog/should-airlines-charge-passenge...
Featured photo in this post about how to get better seat on an airline flight www.moneytalksnews.com/2013/08/14/how-to-get-the-best-air...
Used in this blog post about why airplane seat are so small northjerseysmallbusinessforum.org/2013/12/23/are-these-se...
Featured photo in this post about FAA changes to rules about using electronic devices in flight www.thelawinlife.com/?p=176
As seen in this Smithsonian blog post about how passengers subconsciously prefer to sit on the left side of the aisle www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/on-airplanes-people-ten...
Used in this blog post about the dirty secrets of airplanes budgettravel.com/feature/airlines-dirtiest-secrets,33050/ which was republished in the Huffington Post www.huffingtonpost.com/budget-travel/airlines-dirtiest-se...
As seen in this blog post about business networking while traveling blog.refresh.io/post/93225166436/turn-travel-time-into-a-...
Used in this blog post about an in-flight networking app called wingman 640x480.com/?p=447
Featured in another blog post about Airline's dirty secrets www.budgettravel.com/feature/airlines-dirtiest-secrets,33...
As seen in this blog post about how to avoid getting sick on flights travel.iafrica.com/departurelounge/967961.html
Used in this blog post about aggressive seat-swapping passengers roadwarriorvoices.com/2015/04/13/how-to-handle-an-aggress...
As seen in this Australian news story about how airline are packing seats in closer in economy class www.news.com.au/travel/travel-advice/the-safety-risk-of-s...
Used in this CBS News story about airline customer ratings www.local12.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/The-air...
As seen in this story about EU privacy standards and sharing passenger info in Denmark www.thelocal.dk/20150519/denmark-plans-to-leapfrog-eu-on-...
Featured photo in this Mashable news story about how airline seats are getting slimmer, and the challenges posed by packing more passengers on existing airplanes mashable.com/2015/04/14/slim-seats-airplane/
Used in this Korean blog post about picking the perfect airplane seat ssrla.tistory.com/7
As seen in this blog post about securing your home by not mentioning your travel plans over social media (and thereby inviting intruders) www.bargainmoose.ca/5-frugal-ways-to-secure-your-home-fro...
Featured photo in this blog post about hidden fees by airlines for cancelations or rebooking tickets www.forbes.com/sites/annabahney/2015/06/30/the-hidden-fee...
Used in this blog post about a passenger who got fined after an altercation on their flight travel.iafrica.com/bulletinboard/998765.html
As seen in this listicle of pet peeves while flying www.charter-a.com/top-10-public-plane-journey-pet-peeves
Featured photo in this blog post about the cleanest airlines www.budgettravel.com/blog/budget-travel-tips-the-worlds-c...
Used in this chinese blog post meditating on the nature of luck lrandcom.com/luck
As seen in this Forbes blog post about how passengers are willing to pay fees for extra priveledges, such as baggage tracking and getting off the plane first www.forbes.com/sites/kateashford/2015/07/30/air-fees/
Used in this blog post testing which areas of an airplane carry the most germs www.techtimes.com/articles/82905/20150908/scientists-reve...
Featured photo in this USA Today post about whether obese passengers should pay more for airplane seating roadwarriorvoices.com/2015/09/10/poll-shows-people-want-o...
Used in this editorial about banning reclining seats in the coach class www.palisadeshudson.com/2015/09/banning-reclining-seats-i...
As seen in this op-ed about why it's time to applying on-demand economics a la Uber to air travel www.moneytalksnews.com/why-its-time-uber-ize-air-travel/
Used in this listicle of flying etiquette www.cheapflights.com/news/top-9-rules-of-airtiquette/.
Included in this HuffPost article about how to be a smarter airplane passenger, as an example of respecting personal space for your fellow travelers www.huffingtonpost.com/cheapflights/top-9-rules-of-airtiq...
As seen in this listicle about secrets of airplane travel la20s.com/10-travel-secrets-that-you-should-know-before-y...
Featured in this graduate students blog about how to travel for an academic convention www.gradpsychblog.org/a-comprehensive-list-of-student-tra...
Used in this humorous listicle about how to prepare for an uncomfortable flight www.cheapflights.com/news/most-uncomfortable-flight-ever/
As seen in this blog post about travel award nominees blogs.plos.org/thestudentblog/2016/07/08/ecrawards1/
Featured in this California Public Radio post about Memorial Day travel plans www.capradio.org/74485
Used in this clickbait slideshow about toilet humor true stories, as an example of someone who ran for the airplane bathroom shortly after seating on their flight www.suggest.com/lifestyle/1534822/bathroom-emergency-stor...
As seen in this Lifehacker post about how airlines pack in more seats on modern planes twocents.lifehacker.com/cheap-airline-tickets-aren-t-as-g...
TravelPulse featured this photo in their article about changes i American Airlines' boarding policy www.travelpulse.com/news/airlines/did-american-just-make-...
Used in this story about a passenger who wasn't allowed to bring their kid on a their flight www.littlethings.com/plane-ticket-guardian-angel/
As seen in this health article about why some passengers experience inner-ear pain when flying ic.steadyhealth.com/flying-and-ear-problems
Included in this list comparing air travel with RVs www.doityourselfrv.com/rv-beats-air-travel/
Used in this Chinese blog post about why it's so cold in airplane cabins technews.tw/2017/07/09/heres-the-real-reason-why-its-so-c...
Included in this listicle about aisle seat hacks www.naukad.com/10-secretos-debes-conocer-coger-proximo-av...
As seen in Business Insider's post about why you get sick on airplanes www.businessinsider.com/why-airplanes-make-you-sick-2017-10/ and their syndicated post on Yahoo News www.yahoo.com/news/why-sick-flight-164939860.html
Used in this story about the "Mile High club" intriper.com/todos-los-consejos-necesitas-saber-sexo-avio...
As seen in this article about sexual assault on airline flights newyorkminutemag.com/victims-of-in-flight-sexual-assault-...
Featured in this blog post about how to make airplane seating more efficient www.anoj.net/consumeronomics/how-do-we-make-airport-board...
Used in this listicle about the most germ infested places in airplanes www.onlyinyourstate.com/travel-tips/germiest-places-on-an...
As seen in this Australian blog post about flying pet peeves www.3ba.com.au/shows/alex-withers/latest-from-alex/76930-...
Used in this article about sexual assaults on airlines newyorkminutemag.com/victims-of-in-flight-sexual-assault-...
As seen in this blog post about the effects of flying on your health www.bitoeverything.com/is-flying-good-for-your-health-sho...
Included in this listicle of travel hacks news.shareably.net/60-airport-travel-hacks/
Featured in this FlyerTalk article about a flight grounded after a crew member was charged with a crime www.flyertalk.com/articles/american-airlines-pilot-linked...
As seen in this Fodor's Travel article about the best spots to sit of the airplane www.fodors.com/news/travel-tips/the-best-seats-on-the-pla...
DYK fact #7 in this blog post about the best plane seat for motion sickness? didyouknowfacts.com/10-facts-about-airplanes-that-may-soo...
Used in this Korean blog post about why travelers use Uber travelpost.kr/2016/01/05/uber-travel/
As seen in this Taiwanese article about picking window vs aisle seats technews.tw/2019/09/14/is-the-aisle-seat-better-than-the-...
Featured in this blog post about the most efficient ways to board an airplane yourmileagemayvary.net/2020/02/14/astrophysicists-may-hav...
Should You Cancel Your Flight Because of COVID-19?https://www.esquiremag.ph/life/health-and-fitness/travel-covid-19-coronavirus-a2099-20200303-lfrm
Used in this article about traveling to Mexico www.mexicanist.com/l/what-to-know-before-you-travel-to-me...
As seen in this blog post about what airlines are doing to fix "bumping" from flights globaledge.msu.edu/blog/post/55701/what-is--bumping--and-...
Used in this list of Engineering jokes donpettygrove.blogspot.com/2021/03/25-best-engineering-jo...
Included in this blog post about things flight attendants look for when passengers board 12tomatoes.com/flight-attendants-greeting/
and why you shouldn't change seats 12tomatoes.com/reason-not-to-change-seats-airplane/
and what the most efficient way to board a plane would be 12tomatoes.com/best-way-to-board-airplane/
Used in this list about common travel mistakes www.simplemost.com/travel-myths-debunked/
As seen in this blog post about airplane etiquette takeoffwithme.com/airplane-etiquette/
Featured in this Business Insider blog post about airplane boarding methods featured on Mythbusters www.businessinsider.com/mythbusters-airlines-boarding-pla...
As seen in this Business Insider listicle about how to fly like a gentleman www.businessinsider.com/7-rules-for-flying-like-a-modern-... and this blog post about how to meet influential people while flying www.businessinsider.com/how-to-use-air-travel-to-meet-inf...
I hope you'll find this one a little more original. It follows the same principles as the LiS style, but I tried to ratchet up the eye candy without sacrificing productivity.
The obvious centrepiece is the Samurize config, which I started ages ago after being inspired by this. It's very sci-fi, of course, but in the best sense: everything has a purpose. Those arcs are actually displaying the time and date, my CPU, RAM, battery and network usage, the space on my laptop, external drive and iPod, and iTunes' song progress.
That black strip on the left has a purpose, too. Care to guess?
You can see a few other Rainmeter widgets scattered throughout, including the fake border on the bottom. The track info is a CD Art Display skin stripped down to the bare necessities.
Finally, the icons on the right are an experimental auto-hidden Rocketdock layout. I'm still in the process of trying to make Rocketdock do something useful, so for the moment, consider it a visual placeholder.
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Theme:
- CleanGlass VS. Requires patched uxtheme.dll - patcher here.
- Wallpaper: not publicly available, I'm afraid. I made it using Children of the Night by Digital Blasphemy, and a render that has since disappeared from the Internet.
Startups:
- Autohotkey.
- Launchy.
- Yod'm 3D 1.4.
- D-Color.
- Start Killer.
Programs usually running:
- Rainmeter. Skin: Enigma, with inverted colors on Border.
- CD Art Display. I'm still on the lookout for an iTunes plugin for Rainmeter. For the moment, I've taken a CAD skin and made it blend right in with the rest of the Rainmeter layout. It wasn't hard, but I'd be happy to walk you through it.
- Rocketdock. Icons: "ecqlipse 2".
Questions welcome!
Just a shot of some light Firefox customizing I've done. This is my Fast Dial homepage.
Theme:
Extensions (visible):
Icons:
Update: Thankye again, Lifehacker.
For details on the non-Firefox eye candy in this shot, please see the previous posts in the "Wing" series:
Chronodex July - December 2013 Weekly Diary Free Download Released
Chronodex friends here you go! The July to December 2013 version is released, feel free to download and plan ahead your visual scheduling for the rest of the year.
Here are some of the places you can interact with other Chronodex users:
Chronodex
Chronodex Facebook Page
Chronodex Flickr Group
The Fountain Pen Network thread about Chronodex
Lifehacker's cover of Chronodex
Yes Chronodex is kind of weird, it looks a bit too complicated, it is not like any other traditional scheduling tools, but it is inspirational and free style. I made it so as to break the rules of scheduling, most diaries/schedule books have rigid grids and timeline which limit the available space for you to write notes related to your schedule, you can use any space on the paper to link your time specific entries thus free from the traditional constraints.
Look at our beautiful cross harbour tunnel, it is a 'grid', it is 'rigid' but it works in mass transportation because it provides a system and create order. It is dull too, especially in times of traffic jam and rainy days. What you have to dissect is that there is a difference between mass order and personal creativity. Chronodex is for your personal creativity in what seems to be a rigid time system, it is for you to exploit/explore the space nobody ever made constraints of.
I've also made Chronodex a free download to share in 2011 when my father was too old and too sick lying on bed struggling, questioning himself feeling useless. We had no way to help, prayers from all of you mysteriously helped somehow IMHO, but the thing is, I wanted to prove that everything is connected, he was not and never useless, if people appreciate Chronodex, it was because of him I existed and being educated by him into a person with inquisitive mind. He should be proud of himself, even though there was no way I could convey this to him during his deterioriation. Today on the Star Ferry lower deck, I saw a grandfather holding his grandson's T-shirt looking over the harbour an European tall ship cruising by, the light tug, the togetherness and a sense of exploration made me sob inside, recalling my own exploration with Dad and his brief time with my own kid.
Tonight, Mom told me her encounter with Dad on his 140th day of passing which happens to be my little brother's birthday. A cicada was standing weakly on the floor where Dad used to stay often, she picked it up with both hands and prayed the Great Compassion Mantra (大悲咒), bringing it to the window seam and left it there. Minutes later, it flew away energetically full of life. The scene reminds us of the Chao Shao-an (趙少昂)'s painting which my Dad loved so much and had been on our living room wall for the longest time, AND it is Lychee season now. Can you see all the connections and emotions?
The stuffs we hold dear of, always leave impressions for people close and around us, these things are proves of our existence painted over with emotions and mysterious connections.
So this coming week, like the last, I will be out of my home town heading Shanghai for a week of intensive preparation of a new store launch. Love the travel, hate the separation, enjoying everything in between.
Meanwhile, Traveler's Notebook fans in Hong Kong had a great time in the Star Ferry ride, after-party and small meet-ups. I hope to do it more often, feel free to drop by our Facebook group. Now, follow me for a 15 seconds tranquil journey across the lovely Victoria Harbour.
More on Scription blog: scription.typepad.com/blog/2013/06/chronodex-july-decembe...
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Before we released Rainmeter 1.0 with Enigma 2.5 in August, we had always planned to follow it up with a small update - a patch, you could say - after gathering some community feedback. And feedback we have gathered. The response to 1.0 was delightfully overwhelming, and although I naturally have less time for pet projects than I did over the summer, I've put my other desktop work on hold to help the Rainmeter developers meet the demand and broaden Rainmeter's capabilities.
As with everything else I touch, these "small updates" have grown faster than anyone expected. So, while you shouldn't expect something quite as dramatic as the last go-around, I think Rainmeter 1.1 will make a nice early Christmas present for anyone with an interest. :)
1.1's feature list has grown at a feverish pace over the last two months, so I'm sure I'm forgetting a few. But here are some highlights:
- RainBrowser. Joining RainConfigure and RainThemes, this new addon helps you manage your entire Rainmeter library. We have added a complete metadata section to every single skin, which means you can now find detailed descriptions and setup instructions in a clean, user-friendly GUI. You can even sort your skins by tags, which you can add and edit from inside the app. RainBrowser also lets you change the settings on your active skins more precisely than the context menu. (In keeping with Rainmeter's light profile, all three apps are still completely removable.)
- Skins may now include local fonts, so you can use them in Rainmeter without going all the way to installing them in Windows.
- The mouse changes when hovering over buttons and links, making them easier to find and harder to click by accident.
- Images now scale automatically when resized.
- The WebParser plugin has seen some important bandwidth improvements. The plugin defaults to a ten-minute update rate, and it doesn't re-download a page unless it's been modified since the last update.
The real meat of this update is probably more exciting for customizers and developers than for the average user, so I won't be offended if your eyes glaze over this next section:
- Dynamic Variables. We have removed nearly all restrictions on how and where Measure values can be used.
- Meter Styles. You can now define blank sections that other meters can refer to as templates. This is a powerful new tool that eliminates mass amounts of redundant code and makes it easy to adjust meter properties throughout a skin, or even multiple skins, in conjunction with...
- Inclusions. Any skin can now include sections from external files, including measures, styles, and most importantly, variables. Thanks to these, Enigma now stores your personal settings - like Google login data, weather code, etc. - in a one convenient Variables file.
Naturally, I've made many additions and revisions to Enigma along the way. The package is now closely integrated with Rainmeter's new features, in an attempt to provide the smoothest, most intuitive user experience we can manage.
- Several new skins, of course. The oft-requested Google Calendar reader is here, along with a suite of skins monitoring network activity and WiFi signal, the moon phase, world clocks, and Winamp/Foobar variants for the Music skins. As befits the name of the program, I've also added a skin that measures the probability of rain. :)
- You can now middle-click to refresh skins or cycle their variants.
- The unwieldly and intimidating Home skin has been vastly downsized into a sleek launcher with access to your skins, themes, settings and support forum. You can open it from any setup by double-clicking the sidebar or the taskbar.
- The instructions have been expanded into a 13-page PDF manual with plenty of links and troubleshooting options.
- Colors can now be customized directly from the config tool, so the "Alt" variants are no longer necessary. (In other words, I literally got rid of half the code.)
- Taskbar skins now use a common stylesheet file, which can easily be replaced or edited - adding a whole new dimension of customizability to the suite. Even though this is still a bit limited, I'm really excited about the possibilities, and I'd love to reach a point where other developers can distribute their own "Enigma styles" and the user can plug them in without any further setup. :)
- The whole Weather skin fiasco is coming to an end - we've finally settled on Yahoo! Weather. One of the upsides here is that YW uses the same set of location codes as Weather.com, so your old settings are now usable again.
- All images, settings, etc. have been moved to a separate Resources folder, so you're free to move, reorganize and rename any skin without worrying about breaking it.
- I have (very grudgingly) added a new Theme to the default set - you can now make your desktop match the preview setup in one click.
We're looking to unleash this armada of new features upon the world by November 1st, so keep an eye out. :)
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Questions, comments, concerns? As always, this is your opportunity to give us your last-minute input.
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Wallpaper: The Opal Lake.
Update: The complete "Enigma" suite is now available.
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I went back and tweaked my Firefox setup just a bit more, after hearing some good ideas in the comments of the last one.
Most significantly, I ditched Tiny Menu for Personal Menu, which basically does the same thing and more. The icon isn't quite as pretty as TM's globe button, but that's a small price to pay for the following:
- Hidden bookmarks toolbar. PM auto-hides the topmost toolbar; you can press Alt to toggle it. I simply moved my bookmarks into the menu bar; they're now easy to access, which is the whole point of the bookmarks toolbar, but I don't have to look at them. It's nice to have the chrome reduced to a single bar.
- Removed status bar. Again, courtesy of PM.
- Removed search bar. On Nabeel's suggestion, I re-added all of my search engines as bookmarklets. To search Google, for example, I just type "g [search text]"; for Wikipedia, "w [search text]". It'll take some getting used to, but it's already working pretty well, and it's definitely worth excising the extra bar, especially if I can get them working in Ubiquity.
As for the Rainmeter bar on the bottom of the screen: I guess I should have known people would be almost more interested in that than the Firefox stuff. I've put together a big ZIP file that contains 1) the "Enigma" and "Arcs" Samurize configs, 2) the latest "Enigma" theme in Rainmeter, with both sidebar and mock-taskbar widgets, and 3) my custom styles for CD Art Display. I'll upload that for you and post it here tomorrow afternoon.
Cheers, and questions welcome.
The amazing magnetic bead wall. Four sheets of joist panning were screwed into the studs, and then we surrounded the new magnet wall with some trim painted black.
We glued magnets to the bottom of many plastic screw-top containers, then popped them onto the wall. This freed up a tremendous amount of workspace!
All lifehacker fans should appreciate the usage of magnets. Give them a whirl for your next project!
beadedbird.etsy.com
Background: Norway 102 by ~lonelywolf2 from deviantart.com
Fences application to hide and group all my icons. Double click on the screen and they are ready to use.
The Rainmeter system monitor and configuration tool for Windows
The Pragmatic 3.0 Rainmeter skin for the clock top right the desktop.
The Illustro Rainmeter skin for the weather bottom left desktop.
The Elegance Rainmeter skin for the google search bottom right. desktop Transparency set to 80%.
Cliche Saturday
I've always known that washing dishes in your sink uses an extreme amount of water. We have a washing machine that can sense how much water it needs to wash a load. Here's a very interesting article that says using a dishwasher is a better choice.
Most people drastically underestimate how much water their taps put out. Energy Star-certified dishwashers must use less than 270 kWh per year and 3.5 gallons per cycle, but most kitchen faucets move one to two gallons a minute. In other words, running the tap for just four or five minutes can use more water than an entire dishwasher cycle. Older dishwashers do use more water, but it’s still probably less than you think; unless yours is more than 10 years old (and somehow still working), there’s a good chance that it’s more efficient than hand-washing a sink full of dishes. The exact amount of water and energy you can save depends on a number of factors, so whoever pays the utilities should probably look up the usage stats for your dishwasher and faucet to see what they’re working with. What they find might just be the push they need to finally spring for a new dishwasher.
Switching over to a fully-automated dishwashing lifestyle may take a load off your energy bills—not to mention your feet, back, and cuticles—but it won’t save the world. Certain items will always need a hand wash, and anyway, your shower and washing machine use more water than anything in the kitchen. Still, it’s an easy way to save water with basically zero drawbacks. I think they call that a “win-win.”
my new workspace in my new place...
Behind me, there are two designer chairs from one of the best industrial designers in our country; Niko Kralj so the clients (or my wife) can see what is going on and enjoying a cup of coffee...
For work, I have iMac i7, 27", couple of MacbookPros and alot of sketching material.
Desk is made from wood for kitchen counters and a couple of chromed legs.
I also do alot of work in User Interfaces and Typography, so micrometer and prints are pretty common on it.
Hope you like it...
Cheers
Note: this photo was published as part of the illustrations for a June 2009 Mahalo blog page about John Hodgman at www-dot-mahalo-dot-com-slash-john-hodgman.
Moving into 2010, the photo was published in a Jan 27, 2010 blog titled "Financial Infidelity: Cheating On Your Partner With Dollars." It was also published in a Jun 13, 2010 Polish blog titled "Mac lepszy do gier niż PC?" And it was published in an Oct 7, 2010 blog titled "What Are Signs of a Cheating Partner?" It was also published in a Dec 15, 2010 blog titled " If Macs are for… "
Moving into 2011, the photo was published in a Jun 16, 2011 blog titled "Planhacker: Australian Prepaid 3G Broadband Deals June 2011." It was also published in a Sep 9, 2011 blog titled "Setup File Sharing for Mac OS X to Windows 7."
Moving into 2012, the photo was published in a Feb 22, 2012 blog titled "Question by islandgirl06 How to regain trust after you cheated on your wife?"
Moving into 2013, the photo was published in a feb 14, 2013 blog titled "しかもだんだん似てくるらしい。."
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I know these are repetitious, and I may eventually decide to delete a couple of them from this Flickr album ... but I was intrigued by this Mac/PC couple, and very much enjoyed watching how they arranged themselves -- facing in opposite directions -- in this little protected clump of trees in Riverside Park...
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OK, so it's not Justin Long and John Hodgman doing their funny bit to compare the features of Macs versus Windows-based computers ... but it's still a little amusing to see something like this, out in the middle of a peaceful park environment...
You have to wonder what else this couple argues about, besides their laptop of choice: politics, religion, Yankees-vs-Red Sox?
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I've strolled through Riverside Park on several previous occasions (click here to see a collection of approximately seven other Flickr albums of my Riverside Park photos) -- but even though the sign at the 96th Street entrance is always the same, and the pathway is always the same, the people and the individual vignettes are always different.
Sometimes it's simply a function of the weather: people dress differently, act differently, and engaged in different activities in early spring than they do in summer or late fall. But much of it simply has to do with the incredible variety of people who take advantage of the opportunity to relax, read a book, jog, or picnic with their families.
So ... this just happens to be what it looked like in Riverside Park on the last day of May, in 2009.
The car wash foam makes me giggle.
Seen here...
immigration.change.org/blog/view/car_wash_employees_revol...
and here...
torontoist.com/cruzetowin/best-detailing.php
and here...
www.bargainmoose.ca/fathers-day-gift-ideas-on-a-frugal-bu...
and here...
www.mysocalledmoney.com/2013/07/02/the-secrets-of-a-home-...
and here…
London
Tired tour guide?
Photo used by bridgeviewseamer.weebly.com/warner.html.
Photo used by www.moneytalksnews.com/why-americans-are-working-playing-....
Photo used by lifehacker.com/use-the-rule-of-threes-to-find-out-if-you-....
Long ago, I promised to post a guide for deciphering this Samurize config, which appeared in my previous desktops, Wing (Desktop 14) and Wing Final. So here it is, at long last.
You can now download the config, called "Arcs," as part of the Enigma package.
Tie Tuesday Turkey Tubular Tongue Twisting Tantrum Tazer Tuna?
I just can't keep track of all the day's themes anymore.
Seen here...
expresskarriere.blogspot.com/2010/10/ist-gutes-aussehen-i...
and here...
I'm an IT person in NYC, and this is what I normally bring with me to and from work. :)
1. Coach leather messenger bag
2. Acer Chromebook C720
3. LG Nexus 5
4. Google Glass
5. Oakley Sunglass case
6 Philips Micro USB adapter
7. Oakley Glass cleaning kit
8 7" Amazon HDX tablet
9. Poweradd Pilot E2 12000mAh External battery
10. StormTrooper USB Flashdrive
11. Proair inhaler
12. TUL Pen / marker
13. Etymotic ER-4P In-Ear headphones
I decided that GeekTool is too awesome to be wasted on someone who gets really bored of wallpapers really quickly, like myself, so I wanted to make something that I could use with a bunch of different backgrounds.
All I have to do is load up a new wallpaper, pick a couple nice colors from the palette and recolor the fonts to make it fit.
Background: InterfaceLift (I think, it's been awhile)
Weather geeklet: GtWthr.com
Font: Helvetica Neue for most, Secret Code for fixed-width
Having been rather busy the last few months I've been unable to work on the development of new Rainmeter desktop screens, so seeing as I finally had the time, this is what I came up with. The 'Order in Chaos' title is my attempt at summarizing the juxtaposition between the violent waves of the wallpaper image as compared to the clean and calming Rainmeter skins in the center of the screen.
For those who might want to replicate my theme, below are all elements that I used in the process:
- Drizzle by ~fadeoffset for time and date
- Flat & Blurry by ~satyajit00 for HDD and weather
- Alli Anew by ~FionnT for the RSS feed (seems he updated the old skin and deleted the one I used - if you really want the old version, I'll be happy to share)
- Pop Menu by ~filipbaotic for the subtle left-side launcher panel that folds out when clicked
- Omnimo UI for the subtle battery indicator (of course not needed if you're on a desktop PC)
- Glatt wallpaper by ~AidenDrew
Update
Thank you to the Lifehacker blog for featuring my theme online! I was wondering why it suddenly had so many views on Flickr >. >'
I created the Rainmeter skin myself. When I hover over each of the five big icons, a number comes up - # of emails in my gmail inbox, CPU measure, battery measure, today's temperature, and facebook notifications.
Rocketdock with Metro Station White icons (plus a few homemade ones to match - Evernote, $ (budget), recycle bin, etc.)
The wallpaper is my own - from a day trip to Legzira Beach, Morocco.
Waiting for the results.
Spent some time at Holy Cross Hospital. I was prescribed Cipro (generic: ciprofloxacin), a type of antibiotic for a urinary tract infection. CT scan revealed some lesions on my liver and bladder. Making an appointment today with a Urologist.
Update 06/20/12:
I wanted to share some details. I had 3 test done at Providence Holy Cross. Cost my insurance $8,000.00. My copay was $2,000.00 1 test confirmed blood in the urine which I already knew which is why I was there and the other two test were done improperly or was incomplete. And I still did not know exactly what was wrong with me. No mention from any hospital staff that I had cancer.
Long story short. I eventually went online to my United Healthcare website and found a number to talk to a nurse who helped me with choices of other Hospitals. I chose Northridge Hospital Medical Center. I went to Emergency and they admitted me. They brought in a nurse to take care of me along with a Doctor and Urologist who successfully removed a cancerous tumor that filled my bladder. I haven't received any astronomical bills. The experience overall was amazing.
Photo Attribution links
onthewards.org/reflecting-on-the-highs-and-lows-of-2017-a...
thebrowser.com/articles/why-arent-we-doing-maths
articleown.com/ask-a-hospital-for-financial-aid-if-you-ca...
cheaphackers.blogspot.com/2015/02/ask-hospital-for-financ...
lifehacker.com/ask-a-hospital-for-financial-aid-if-you-ca...
www.scarymommy.com/welcome-to-being-a-stay-at-home-parent...
Since the previous photo of these series (www.flickr.com/photos/mlazarevski/8495086843/in/set-72157...) was featured on many web sites, such as "LifeHacker", "Business Insider", etc... I've decided to publish another spontaneous photo of the same girl, talking on the phone. Feel free to use it, as long as you specify the author and not make commercial use of the photo.
Girl talking on her cell phone near the triumphal arch located on Pella Square in Skopje, Macedonia.
lifehacker.com/write-notes-before-making-a-phone-call-to-...
www.businessinsider.com/ask-co-workers-how-much-theyre-ma...
www.lisajohnsonfitness.com/phones-in-the-gym/
www.businessinsider.com/court-phone-location-records-ruli...
menknowpause.fooyoh.com/menknowpause_lifestyle_living/857...
I saw an article on lifehacker.com about terrariums and was inspired to create my own. I knew we had lots of moss in the back yard so the hardest part was cleaning out an old candle jar.
I took the lid off just to take the shot but this one will be a closed terrarium.
Here's the link to lifehacker: lifehacker.com/5404522/make-a-moss-terrarium-for-low+main...
I hope it wasn't too pretentious to put this little presentation together - that's just what happens when I start having fun in Photoshop.
Fellow Lifehacker readers will be interested to know that every program in the shot, visible or under the hood, is free. I spend a lot of time tweaking my desktop, so what you see here has survived a pretty rigorous natural selection process. As listed in the image:
Theme:
- SlanXP 2.0. Requires patched uxtheme.dll - patcher here.
- Wallpaper: "Reverie" by Digital Blasphemy.
Startups:
- Autohotkey. See the note in the upper-right corner.
- Launchy. My beloved.
- Yod'm 3D 1.4. Last free version before it became Deskspaces. Probably the closest thing to Compiz Fusion you can get for Windows.
- Taskbar Shuffle. I swear, it's worth it just for middle-clicking to close windows.
- Start Killer.
Programs usually running:
- Samurize. I made the config myself, which you're welcome to download here in a few different resolutions.
- Google Desktop. Solely for the gadgets.
I've added a few other details as notes. And I'd be happy to answer any questions. I love talking about this stuff.
Here's my desktop for June. Not sure that I like this one. Like? Dislike?
Geektool (the program used to display all information is from projects.tynsoe.org/en/geektool/
Wallpaper is by destruktive.
Geektool Scripts (and source where possible)
To use the scripts, install Geektool (link above) and enter the geektool menu from system preferences. Select 'New Entry' (button on bottom left of screen) and then choose "shell" from the dropdown menu. Then copy and paste the wanted scripts in (the ones I've used are below). NOTE: the description (ie "Day:") should NOT be included as part of the script.
Day: date +%A
Date: date +%d
Month: date +%B
Time: date +"%I:%M"
Seconds: date +%S
AM/PM: date +"%p"
Year: date +%Y
Uptime (from forums.mactalk.com.au/20/58453-learning-love- geektool-pri... = uptime | awk '{print "" $3 " " $4 " " $5 }' | sed -e 's/.$//g';
Temp: curl m.wund.com/global/stations/*****.html |sed -n '21p' | sed -e 's///g' | sed -e 's/<\/b.*//g' NOTE: Temp script shows in degrees celsius but the symbol is not shown. Can be made by using: echo "o" and echo "C"
Conditions : curl m.wund.com/global/stations/*****.html |sed -n '47p' | sed -e 's///g' | sed -e 's/ 5 {print $12, $13}'
For weather/conditions scripts, the '*****' is your zip code which can be found by going to the weather underground home page (google it) and searching your location. These scripts work best for locations other than the US. These scripts require the download and installation of cURL (don't remember link)
Ethernet/Airport -
#! /bin/bash
myen0=`ifconfig en0 | grep "inet " | grep -v 127.0.0.1 | awk '{print $2}'`
if [ "$myen0" != "" ]
then
echo "Ethernet: $myen0"
else
echo "Ethernet: INACTIVE"
fi
myen1=`ifconfig en1 | grep "inet " | grep -v 127.0.0.1 | awk '{print $2}'`
if [ "myen1" != "" ]
then
echo "AirPort: $myen1"
else
echo "Airport: INACTIVE"
fi
(cant remember source - not mine :)
The following were made using the "echo" command - "2009", ":", "o", "C", "Sys:", "Uptime I", "RAM I", "CPU I", "Trash I"
Forecast for today and tomorrow is made using Thomas Upton's yahoo weather script (and modifying it) link www.thomasupton.com/blog/?p=202
Horizontal calender is made using a text file and then linking to it in geektool
To Do List is a text file that is linked to in geektool and is appended using quicksilver.
Fonts are a mixture of Helvetica Neue UltraLight (Time, AM, secs, Sys, Day, Month, year) and Helvetica Neue Light (Vertical calender, system stats, To Do list, and date (ie 13)
Icons are a mix of Smoothicons (Blue folders) and Black System Icons
Feel free to post further comments or message me if more help is needed. Help can also be found at the MacRumors Geektool Thread link forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=628023 (I can be found under the same user name).
This is yet again ANOTHER Updated version of my Windows XP machine. This time I changed the Wallpaper, thanks to theworldisasheep (http://flickr.com/photos/32901002@N03/
) Hover over to see the link to the wallpaper among other information about skins used in the Rainmeter Display
[8/27/2010] Used in this Lifehacker article:
lifehacker.com/5623771/living-self+employed-online-the-ma...
Finally got weather working again (using the same scripts as in previous wallpapers) and a weather forecast using the python weather script (modified) from Thomas Upton (here: www.thomasupton.com/blog/?p=202)
the rest of the scripts are the same as in previous desktops
Well, I may be just a little slow in uploading this desktop (*whistles innocently* - you mean it's not September anymore?) but better late than never. It's not like I've had this set-up since June or anything... No major changes, just fiddling with the colours, fonts and wallpapers.
Like? Dislike? Thoughts? Comments?
As usual, want to know anything - just ask (it will make me get off my ass and find out the info)
(For further explanation see Turntables Features)
Created using:
Startkiller
Rainmeter with slight modifications on Enigma and 10 Foot HUD skins
Rocketdock with ecqlipse 2 icons (http://chrfb.deviantart.com/art/ecqlipse-2-quot-ico-quot-66339090) on top of the default Blank skin
Fences to hide desktop icons
Wallpaper can be found here:
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/idletype/79973135/)
Inspired by The Elemental LiteStep Desktop (http://lifehacker.com/5320440/the-elemental-litestep-desktop)
I gave up using a desk about three years ago. I was developing a slouch, a curve to my back that I started noticing in myself and my colleagues.
Until recently this Barcalounger was where it all happened. I reclined with my MacBook Pro on my lap and my iPhone by my side. My back straightened out! But then I developed a sciatic condition from all the damn sitting.
Now I work standing up and all is well.
iPhone wallpaper specially made for productivity blog lifehacker.com. Thanks Gina for featuring my desktop on your blog. Hope you like this token of appreciation :)
UPDATE: MANY THANKS TO LIFEHACKER FOR ANOTHER FEATURE
One side note: I uploaded another desktop shot in my Photostream regarding the widened notes and readers.
YAY FOR MY BUSY SCHEDULE =[
I like the idea of hoopz23's Black + White. Where the reader are placed like that... Except that I decided to make four readers.
Using:
-Rainmeter - Enigma 2.0 (modified) and Black Uber Simplicity (modified)
-VLC - Hulk Vs. Wolverine
-Launchy - Minimalism (modified)
-CD Art Display - CleanClear (modified)
-Standalone Stack (modified - to remove the Open Folder icon)
Yay! That's all there is to it. Hope ya'll like it.
Question, comments are all welcome.
The Vika Alex cabinet forms one table support and also houses the CPU, modem and router. Although it has some ventilation I often keep the door open to avoid any heat buildup. Im thinking about putting in active ventilation. Notice the footswitch on the floor which controls the two main lamps and the LED strip lighting.