When you’re booking a flight, you don’t want to buy too far in advance—and be the guy who lost out on a price drop; nor do you want to book too late—and pay hundreds more for the convenience. When’s the best time to buy? CheapAir crunched the numbers from over four million tickets bought last year to offer some advice. Read more…
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When to Buy Your Plane Ticket, Based on Data from Four Million Trips
Facebook’s email service, which caused lots of controversy when it changed everyone’s contact info , is shutting down. From now on, messages sent to your Facebook email address will be forwarded to your primary address (though you can turn this off). Facebook should notify you as the feature rolls out. [ The Verge ] Read more…
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Facebook’s email service, which caused lots of controversy when it changed everyone’s contact info,
Bluetooth speakers are super handy for when you’re out and about and want a little music. Unfortunately, most Bluetooth speakers are just little blocks of easy-to-destroy plastic. If you’re looking for something a little heftier, Instructables user ASCAS built their own rugged Bluetooth speaker. Read more…
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Build Your Own Heavy Duty Bluetooth Speaker
After a trademark dispute, Microsoft has renamed its online storage and syncing tool SkyDrive to OneDrive. While that may take some getting used to, the change also gives Microsoft an opportunity to introduce a few new features. Namely, storage space referrals and automatic photo backups. Read more…
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Microsoft SkyDrive Is Now OneDrive, Comes with More Storage, Features
Windows: The right click menu is one of the fastest ways to accomplish certain tasks outside of our beloved keyboard shortcuts. Easy Context Menu adds even more options to this list. Read more…
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Easy Context Menu Adds Useful Options to Right-Click Menus
Google Play and iOS don’t work with each other, but if you’ve bought movies on Google Play and want to watch them on your iPhone or iPad, CNET has a workaround. All you need is the YouTube app for iOS. Read more…
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Watch Google Play Videos on Your iOS Device with the YouTube App
We’ve seen a lot of standing desks, including those made from IKEA parts, but artist/designer Kelli Anderson managed to make one of the nicest convertible options yet. With IKEA storage furniture, Google Sketchup, and help from some friends, she was able to make this simple and stunning workspace with plenty of room for everything—regardless of how she wanted to work. Read more…
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Build a Motorized Convertible Standing Desk from IKEA Storage Cabinets
Web: To beat the pressure of gift-buying, we recommend you give experiences instead of objects . So how do you find these experience-based gifts, and which one is right for whom? Unstuff Gifts makes it easy by aggregating, sorting and recommending the best “non-stuff” gifts for the holidays. Read more…
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Unstuff Gifts Picks Experiences, Not Stuff, for Holiday Presents
OS X: Some games have gamepad and joystick controls functional out of the box. Some don’t. For the latter, a little app called Joystick Mapper can allow you to use any compatible controller with any game—whether it supports your gamepad/joystick or not. Read more…
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Joystick Mapper Makes Your Favorite Mac Gamepad Work with Any App
DIYer Warrior_Rocker wanted to make his classic SNES controller wireless, so he decided to hack in a USB Logitech receiver and transmitter so the controller could work with modern devices. Read more…
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Hack Wireless Into a SNES Controller with a Logitech Receiver