Lifehacker's Most Popular Repurposing Posts of 2008 [Best Of 2008]
From empty CD spindles to canvas tote bags to popped-off keyboard keys, do-it-yourselfers find clever ways to modify and reuse common household items. Check out the most popular repurposing posts we published in 2008.
CD/DVD Spindle Cable Organizer
A cable organizer isn't the only clever reuse for this handy plastic container, see also a video clip that runs down several ways to repurpose your empty CD spindle.
Recycle Old Magazines Into an End Table
Repurpose Your Nintendo as a Lunchbox
DIY Door to Dining Room Table Conversion
Repurpose a Vertical File to Tame Your Pot Lids
Repurpose Cheap Floor Lamps into Speaker Stands
Turn a Loofah into a Lint Trap
Turn a Totebag into a Bed Pocket
Turn a Craft Store "Antique" Box into a Posh Charging Station
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Remember, if you try out any of these projects this holiday week, submit photos of the results to the Lifehacker Tip Testers Flickr group.
Fix an Incorrect or Duplicate Windows Boot Entry [Windows XP]
If you're annoyed over a duplicate or unnecessary boot option in your Windows XP boot menu, excise it with a handy guide from the How-To Geek. The guide covers removing and modifying entries in the boot.ini, whether they are phantoms from previous installs, recovery partitions, or other operating systems. The guide also covers a low risk way of disabling the boot menu all together to boot directly to Windows without the delay of the boot selection menu.
Discounted iPhone Games to Blow Your iTunes Gift Card On [Deals]
It's the day after Christmas and you've got an iTunes gift card to spend and time to kill, so Macworld rounds up iPhone games discounted for a limited time so you can get the most bang for your buck.
Free Ebook Thriving on Less Available for Download [Ebook]
Author of the upcoming book The Power of Less Leo Babauta offers a companion ebook that's free to download now. Thriving on Less—Simplifying in a Tough Economy tells you how to do just that.
The 27-page PDF describes advice garnered from Babauta's own journey from clutter, debt, and scarcity to a simpler, frugal lifestyle that focuses on the essentials and cuts away the extras. Like Babauta's popular Zen Habits blog, this book offers calm, peaceful straight talk that makes the super-busy and overwhelmed think "I want to live like that." Looks like a great preview of what's to come in his print volume, which gets released in four days. Think Babauta's approach is possible in today's world or too idealistic? Let us know what you think in the comments.
Microsoft Offers Windows Vista Answers Tech Help Forum [Beta Beat]
Just in time for all the new holiday computers running Windows Vista, Microsoft launches to their new Vista Answers community, a tech help forum where users ask questions and Vista experts offer answers.
The site's already been seeded with common Vista questions and answers from team members. Here's a sample of some of the Q and A that's already available.
- How can I add items to the start menu in Windows Vista?
- Why doesn't Windows Vista report all my memory?
- Should I change the size of my page file?
When you ask a question you can get answer notifications via email, on-site, or subscribe to a thread's RSS feed.
Wired's Top Tech Breakthroughs in 2008 [Best Of 2008]
Wired magazine lists their top 10 technology breakthroughs of 2008, which range from flexible displays to GPS to Android to video-capable SLR cameras.
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