If you don't buy the book, either someone else will, or it will be sent back to the publisher to likely be recycled.

One hack to rule them all.

MediaMonkey is one of those precious few programs that I actually spent money on acquiring a license for. Simply put - it just works. Unlike iTunes, I don't lose my ratings and other metadata if I don't perform the backup/restore dance exactly perfectly - Album art and ratings are stored as tags in the actual mp3…

Link grabbing the master sword from Link to the Past. Ahh... good memories.

This is how I got through school with flying colors - not necessarily knowing the material, but knowing how to take tests. Another benefit of answering questions in easy->hard order is often the easy questions will jog your memory on how to do the hard problems. Or, if you're lucky, contain the answer to another…

Even better is to pay them all automatically. I use my bank's online bill pay to pay all my bills except my rent. When a bill comes in, I open it, make sure the balance is what I expect and file it away. No mess, no worry, and no late payments.

I just gave a presentation to my company yesterday and was more prepared for it than any presentation I've ever given - in part due to tools and tips posted on Lifehacker.