Vellum Turns Twitter Links Into a Reading List

There are all kinds of different services that pull links from social media accounts and turn them into reading lists, but The New York Times' Vellum is one of the more elegant and easy to use to use. All you gotta do is sign into Vellum with your Twitter username, and it’ll display all the links in your feed. you could sort by your entire feed, or by any lists you’ve made, which makes it really easy to browse....

July 18, 2014 · 1 min · 104 words · Nicholas Gonzales

"We Feel Guilty, Do We Not, If Not Busy?"

We feel guilty, do we not, if not busy? But we feel somewhat soiled, on the the other hand, if we sweat overmuch? Or worse still we conceive the idea of working for money. The money becomes the object, the target, the end-all and be-all. Thus work, being important only as a means to that end, degenerates into boredom. Can we wonder then that we hate it so? You’ll end up bored and hating every minute of your work....

July 17, 2014 · 1 min · 92 words · Elizabeth Vance

Chameleon Changes Window Colors Based on Battery Level, Time of Day

Click any of the percentage boxes to make a new selection if you want to use different colors. Click Close to activate the parameters and you could stop glancing down at the battery meter every few moments. There’s also the option to change window color throughout the day based on time. Chameleon runs on Windows Vista and above, and requires.Net Framework 4.0.

July 17, 2014 · 1 min · 62 words · Charles Green

Check Your Shoe Size Once a Year to Avoid Discomfort

Chances are that you think you know your shoe size and you buy the same size all the time. But according to The Wall Street Journal, it’s actually worth measuring your foot about once a year. When you do get your foot size checked, you’re looking for a few key things. Shoe size should be a guide, not an absolute. Go with what feels most comfortable. The ball of the foot is its widest part....

July 17, 2014 · 1 min · 86 words · Teresa Perez

Clarisketch Quickly Annotates and Shares Images with Audio Narration

Android: Sometimes showing is better than telling. Why not do both? When you’re ready to share, the video gets uploaded to Clarisketch’s servers. Anyone with the link can then see your image played back in real time as it was made. Clarisketch| Google Play Store viaAndroid Police

July 17, 2014 · 1 min · 47 words · Sheri Greer

Dumpster Is a Recycle Bin for Android to Restore Deleted Files

Android: Accidentally deleted a photo or file from your smartphone and need it back? Free app Dumpster is the Android equivalent of the Recycle Bin for Windows or Trash Can for Mac. you could preview any file in Dumpster itself. The free version comes with ads, and it costs $2.99 to remove them through an in-app purchase. Dumpster(Free) | Google Play Store viaWonderHowTo

July 17, 2014 · 1 min · 63 words · Claudia Guzman

Evernote's Web Clipper Adds Built-In Annotation, Shortcuts, and More

Chrome: Evernote’s web clipper extension is arguably the best part of thedo-everything note taker. Today, it got a solid update with a new interface and some new features to go with it. The new interface is compact, yet more feature-filled. Check out Evernote’s full blog post below for a list of everything new. Designed for Efficiency: the Updated Web Clipper for Chrome| Evernote Blog

July 17, 2014 · 1 min · 64 words · Dr. Jeffery Perkins MD

Gruveo Brings Fast, No-Install, Anonymous Video Calling to Android

Gruveo has come a long way since we last looked at it. On the desktop, you don’t need to install anything to use Gruveo. it’s that simple.

July 17, 2014 · 1 min · 27 words · Peter Guerrero

How to Kick Your Late Night Snacking Habit

This post originally appeared onSummer Tomato. For these reasons, more than at any other time of day our evening actions are guided by habit. Stopping doesn’t even occur to us. We just continue until the cookies are gone, or the carton is empty. It makes sense that these late night eating habits are particularly difficult to kick. So what should we do? It isn’t because you’re too weak to overcome these temptations....

July 17, 2014 · 2 min · 387 words · Charles Ramirez

Instalink Makes It Easy to Share Text, Clipboard Contents With Others

Instalink is a Chrome extension that reduces this to a couple of clicks. The first option is to select text and press Ctrl and C to copy it to the clipboard. snag the Instalink button in Chrome’s toolbar and you’ll see a popup window containing the copied text. The link is automatically copied to the clipboard, ready to paste into an email or chat window. Recipients just need to tap the link to jump into the formatted text....

July 17, 2014 · 1 min · 92 words · Karen Morgan

Make a Solar Powered Bike Light out of a $20 IKEA Lamp

Instructables user bergerab posted the full instructions for this IKEA hack. The light has a 3-hour battery life and can be mounted to your backpack or your bike. Bergerab provides the schematics and Arduino code for controlling the LED animations and modes. IKEA Hack: Solar Powered Bike Light| Instructables

July 17, 2014 · 1 min · 49 words · Jeffrey Mclean

Master the "Six U's" to Perfectly Pitch an Idea

Delivering an elevator pitch or even telling your boss about an idea can be nerve-wracking. Entrepreneur James Altucher has crafted “the six U’s of persuasion” to ensure your idea gets heard. For example: “I can never get a cab when it rains!” Unique Why is your solution unique: “We aggregate 100s of car services into one simple app. Nobody else does this.” Ultra-Specific This shows there is no fluff: “Our app knows where you are....

July 17, 2014 · 1 min · 153 words · William Reed

Navigate Through a Song on Android with the Lock Screen Controls

Quickly get to your favorite part on @GooglePlay Music| Twitter

July 17, 2014 · 1 min · 10 words · Brenda Evans