This is an excellent article. it's very timely for me, I think I will include it in the next part of my series later this week.

This is a great find, with a family of three and one with special needs this is a great find. anything that shaves time out of the schedule is welcome in our home, time is a commoditiy the adult members cherish all lot. You bet I'm going to check this out. this is another reason I read lifehacker, it's like having…

There is allot to be said about politeness, I work the night audit shift 11pm-7am and attitude has a big impact on upgrades and levels of service. also if the hotel has a rewards program and your a member, even if you don't qualify, but you work to build repore with the management is more likely to honor your request.…

really easy, in fact if you want to learn most Starbucks stores if they are not busy and have them in stock will demonstrate/make a batch for you to enjoy.

This is the stuff I started reading lifehacker for. nice post.

now that is a cool Idea, personally I have an android galaxy tab the original 7 incher, I wonder if this tablet boom would work for that. I can see watching video's in bed or answering messages.

so based on your recomendation I'm going to give disconnect and https everywhere a try. I already use Private Internet Access VPN and am happy with it.

This is a very good article, I am beginning to really enjoy reading this series thank you Tessa.

except when you sleep during the day because you work graveyard shift and wake up thinking you passed out before making it to the bed and mistakenly think you slept the whole day through. LOLL

There are too many good choices based on the size of MB that is being used. I tend to be the sort that will use an old MB such as my Asus A8n deluxe when I upgrade the desktop to a new mother board. That does mean that I would have to stay with the full size atx towers or mini towers, still bigger then these. So, if…

so, does anyone know a good alternative to the computers used in this story? They are all listed as discontinued.

@charliew77: then gina will just upgrade to the next level. that's why she's "the wonderful wizardess of Life Hacker" . ( sorry for the wizard of Oz reference) he,he

my work won't provide communication devices (phones, modem cards,laptops) until your a manager. they do provide dell axium pda's that belong in the dark ages of computers. as retail reps if we want to stay in the know, we buy our own! I had to buy my own laptop, win mobile phone, cell phone plan, internet connection,…

hum... will this work with active synch I use a windows pda to synch my work at the end of each day. usb connection then connect to the internet.. as soon as heron decides to get off it's lazy but and finish down loading I will have to give this try. hope this won't sink a lunix newbie's attempt.

I use plaxo free version. I have it sync to my outlook and gmail acounts and then sync to my wm6 phone ( a t-wing). I too am experiencing the growing duplicate entry virus. I work as a merchandising rep. and most of my work contacts are on plaxo so when they change their info I get the update automatically. currently…

well, this look surprisingly like the reading programs that the schools used to use with us kids with dyslexia and adhd. It does work and there is suppose to be an optimal speed that each individual can use it on. kind of like loading the flash ram.

so I know I'm a little late with this post but I just wanted to say thank you for covering MLO as I just discovered it on the web ( time wasting) and was able to find some good info here.