Your Morning Habits Can Make or Break the Rest of Your Day

Rituals allow us to navigate our imperfect worlds, and create structure in a reality that is often structureless. I’m trying to treat my morning routines the same way. Eating healthy isn’t about nutrition. Exercising isn’t about being in shape. Not hitting the snooze button isn’t about getting an extra fifteen minutes about my day. Instead these are morning rituals that I strive to perform because performing them creates a structure....

November 12, 2014 · 1 min · 91 words · Amy Blake

Build Your Own Raspberry Pi and XBMC-Powered Touchscreen Car Computer

Best of all, it runs XBMC beautifully. That said, this Pi-powered car computer is pretty powerful. Hit the link below for more. Raspberry Pi Touch Screen Car Computer| Instructables

November 11, 2014 · 1 min · 29 words · Connie Castillo

Delete Individual Pages from Safari's History on iOS with a Swipe

Now, it’s as easy a left-swipe. Open up Safari and tap the bookmark icon in the bottom right corner Choose History. Swipe left and press delete. Tap “Done” when you’re finished to secure your parameters. That’s it, the site is gone from your history and won’t show up in autocomplete anymore. How to delete individual pages from Safari history on iOS and Yosemite| iDownloadBlog

November 11, 2014 · 1 min · 64 words · Brian Garcia

Emmet Expands CSS-like Abbreviations into Full Code

Emmet isn’t new, but it is little-known. It works with 15 popular text editors, including someof our favorites. It improves HTML/XML and CSS workflow by streamlining the use of snippets. The video above from GinhoFresh, shows us exactly how it works. Emmet is free and open-source. Hit the link below to see everything it has to offer.

November 11, 2014 · 1 min · 57 words · Joshua Smith

Filepane Adds File Management Options to Drag-and-Drop

Filepane is all about file management. When you hit a file and start to drag it, the Filepane menu pop up. Or you could just move files around quickly. you’ve got the option to even just quickly get a word count if you want. If you’re the pop in to prefer the mouse to keyboard shortcuts, Filepane’s worth a look. Filepane($4.99) | Mac App Store

November 11, 2014 · 1 min · 65 words · Pamela Martin

Hang Anything On Your Wall with a French Cleat Storage System

you might spend money on a myriad of wall storage solutions or build one yourself like thishinged pegboard. A french cleat is commonly used to attach cabinets to a wall. A molding, cut with a 45 degree slope is attached to a wall. Then a variety of “cleats” with a matching 45 degree bevel can be hung in different locations.

November 11, 2014 · 1 min · 60 words · Tyler Suarez

Hash Shows You All the News on Twitter Without a Twitter Account

Hash puts that news at your fingertips, without making you sift through hashtags or everything else.

November 11, 2014 · 1 min · 16 words · Brittany Hart

How to Back Out of a Social Commitment (Without Being a Jerk)

Whatever it is, it’s not always a bad thing to cancel plans. You’ve already made your decision. Meg Malone at weblog Gurl suggests letting the other party knowas soon as possible. Maybe your pet needs to be fed or you’re taking care of someone else’s. Or maybe you have the best scapegoat of all: kids. The kids come first, so they have to understand, right? You don’t have to tell everyone what you’re doing all the time....

November 11, 2014 · 2 min · 230 words · Melissa Cross

How to Boost Your Practical Memory (and Stop Losing Your Keys)

Instead, be conscious of when there’s something it’s crucial that you remember. That’s why it’s easier to remember movie plots than phone numbers. This is really just paying attention to detail, but for our memories, it’s much more. This how you push something from yourworking memory(aka short-term memory) into your long-term memory without repetition. This step is like adding extra adhesive to tape. That’s what elaborative encoding is." So how does this apply to your keys?...

November 11, 2014 · 1 min · 136 words · James Nichols

How to Find a Trustworthy Housesitter

Finding a good house sitter you’re able to trust is tough, but key. Here’s how to do it. you’re free to likely find someone to do that in your data pipe. You want your house to look lived in for security reasons. Your home has a certain level of maintenance that it needs. This saves you moneyandgives you peace of mind since you know someone is there in case something goes wrong....

November 11, 2014 · 1 min · 210 words · Benjamin Bennett

Microsoft Posts Patch for Critical Vulnerability, Download It Now

you could grab the patch from Windows Update right now.

November 11, 2014 · 1 min · 10 words · Emily Johnson

Save an Extra $7,976 for Your Child with the $1 a Week Savings Plan

This plan turns small weekly savings into $7,976 by the time your kids turn 18. The Easy Way to Save $7,976 for Your Child| Single Mom’s Income Photo bykenteegartin.

November 11, 2014 · 1 min · 29 words · Jennifer Williams

ScreenOffAnimation for Xposed Customizes Your Screen Off Animation

While that’s getting phased out, Xposed allows you to bring that back. Or change it to something else entirely. Control Your Screen On/OFF Animation XDA TV| XDA

November 11, 2014 · 1 min · 27 words · Richard Wyatt