engtech commented on Superior Alternatives to Crappy Windows Software, at 5:21 PM on May 9 "You ugly and yo' Mama dresses you funny" LOVE <3 more » [lifehacker]

engtech commented on Track Your Domino's Pizza Order from a Terminal, at 11:10 AM on May 9 I often order pizza online via PizzaPizza.ca Neat trick: if you leave the "order confirmation" window open in Gmail then you will see gmail's javascript countdown of how many minutes until the pizza was ordered, which let's you know if you've hit the "40 minutes or its free" guarantee. more » [lifehacker]

engtech commented on Keep Tabs on Your Web Presence with Addict-O-Matic, at 11:18 AM on May 8 I still like Rescue Time :) more » [lifehacker]

engtech commented on MceFM Integrates Last.fm with Windows Media Center, at 9:00 AM on May 6 Any idea if this works with Xbox 360 connected to Media Center PCs? more » [lifehacker]

engtech commented on Become a Lifehacker Superuser and Help Us Moderate Comments, at 1:55 PM on May 1 Oh my. more » [lifehacker]

engtech commented on Clones Bred to Sniff Drugs, at 11:15 AM on May 1 I thought Paris Hilton was the original drug sniffing clone? more »

engtech commented on Best Text Editors, at 10:52 AM on May 1 emacs, because change is bad. more » [lifehacker]

engtech commented on Does "Web 2.0" Benefit Only the Tech Elite?, at 2:17 PM on Apr 29 Complete agreement that we're just nerds creating solutions to problems that are created by our solutions. I have problems that no one else has. Thanks for the via: link btw. more » [lifehacker]

engtech commented on Get Firefox's Best Features in Internet Explorer, at 9:50 AM on Apr 29 My big beef with IE7Pro was that you essentially have to rewrite any greasemonkey script that uses GM_* functions to support IE7Pro. I don't know why they didn't make it transparent. more » [lifehacker]

engtech commented on What Apps Should You Never Install?, at 1:00 PM on Apr 24 Norton Antivirus - aka your computer will run 70% slower. more » [lifehacker]

engtech commented on Best Contact Management Applications, at 9:20 AM on Apr 24 Ouch for Plaxo. Those aren't a good number of votes for a company that specializes in contacts management. more » [lifehacker]

engtech commented on Create or Browse Timelines at Dipity, at 8:33 AM on Apr 24 Speaking of Friend Feed, I wrote an app for importing your Twitter contacts into Friend Feed for any twitter users who want to quickly give Friend Feed a try. [internetducttape.com] more » [lifehacker]

engtech commented on Facebook Versus Gmail Web-based Chat, at 12:58 PM on Apr 23 I'm more likely to chat on Friend Feed. more » [lifehacker]

engtech commented on Best Contact Management Tools?, at 11:57 AM on Apr 23 VOTE: Gmail Gmail for contacts, Outlook for synch contacts to phone/ipod/etc. more » [lifehacker]

engtech wrote What does this do? , at 10:06 AM on April 17, 2008 more » [lifehacker]

engtech commented on Bypass Password-Protected Feeds with FreeMyFeed, at 10:04 AM on Apr 17 DON'T USE THIS FOR GMAIL UNREAD MESSAGES!!! Once you've publicized a feed it can be picked up by all kinds of search engines. The general use case for this service is stuff like bug tracking software RSS feeds, your Twitter @reply feed... more » [lifehacker]

engtech commented on Track and Search FriendFeed Updates with Alert Thingy, at 10:26 AM on Apr 14 For the Firefoxers in the crowd, [ffapps.com] has all of your Greasemonkey goodness for Friend Feed. I've personally done 9 scripts for it. more » [lifehacker]

engtech commented on Nerdcycle Mounted Monitor Exercise Bike, at 8:47 AM on Apr 10 You know the sweetest thing about this hack? I have the same bike! more » [lifehacker]