Fri, Sep. 3, 2010 - Pickup News

news toread - Fri, Sep. 3, 2010

1601pts
• Notes for Later Creates Personalized "Email Yourself" Bookmarklets
  
  For all the to-do apps and reminder services out there, some people, at some times, just want to email things to themselves. To make that lo-fi reminder possible, Notes for Later has a bookmarklet that quickly sends web page write-ups to email. More »
  http://lifehacker.com/5628350/notes-for-later-creates-personalized-email-yours..

424pts
• Unhear it - get that damn song out of your head!
  
  Listen to this random song instead Tweet Wait... what? We created this site for those of you that have a song stuck in your head and you can't get it out no matter what you do. Using the latest ..
  http://unhearit.com/#

381pts
• Courses - Google Code University - Google Code
  
  Courses Here is a list of courses and innovative resources to help CS students, faculty, and instructors. These are examples of the training Google engineers use to learn new skills. Tip: Check out the General Google Code University Forum to ask and answer questions. ..
  http://code.google.com/edu/courses.html

377pts
• 7 Video Editing Tasks VirtualDub Handles With Ease [Windows]
  
  There’s not a whole lot of free animated GIF utilities, perhaps because GIFs are old-school, but I still find GIF animations useful to illustrate articles. This is especially true when the steps ..
  http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-video-editing-tasks-virtualdub-handles-ease-win..

362pts
• How to Remember People's Names (and Deal with Unusual Names)
  
  Accurately remembering names is one of the simplest yet most important components of interacting with people, no matter in what capacity. This article presents some tips I've acquired over the years with regards to remembering and using people's names. More »
  http://lifehacker.com/5626604/how-to-remember-and-deal-with-peoples-names

285pts
• Why Technology Is So Addictive, and How You Can Avoid Tech Burnout
  
  We're surrounded by gadgets that demand our attention, constantly fragmenting our ability to properly focus on the task at hand. Living with technology doesn't mean we have to live with an addiction, however. Here's how to beat tech burnout. More »
  http://lifehacker.com/5625890/why-technology-is-so-addictive-and-how-you-can-a..

184pts
• Convert Images to Text with Online OCR Software
  
  OCR software let you easily convert images, such as digital photographs, scanned documents, printed books, etc. into text. Once you perform OCR on an image, you’ll be able to copy-paste or edit the text content of that image without any retyping and it also becomes more searchable. ..
  http://www.labnol.org/software/convert-images-to-text-with-ocr/17418/

87pts
• Top 10 Facebook Fixes
  
  8. Have a Plan for Your Account After Death It could be more than a little awkward for friends, distant relatives, and others to leave you messages on your Facebook account, then find out you passed ..
  http://lifehacker.com/5616928/top-10-facebook-privacy-and-usability-fixes

41pts
• Top 10 Ways Your Brain Is Sabotaging You (and How to Beat It)
  
  There's a way of thinking that goes that, since you didn't grow up with genius parents or Einstein's instinctive reasoning, you're only going to be so intellectually able throughout your life. ..
  http://lifehacker.com/5611547/top-10-ways-your-brain-is-sabotaging-you-and-how..

33pts
• 15 个一定要会的 Windows7 快捷键 - 小众软件
  
  任何的操作系统、软件、游戏，只有熟练使用快捷键，才能最大效率的工作、娱乐，我们不能把所有的时间都浪费在一台机器上，这是不行的。快捷键带给我们的不只是快速，还能感受到机器带来的快感。很难想象一个不用键盘的魔兽争霸玩家。@Appinn
  http://www.appinn.com/windows-7-15-keyboard-shortcut/