Rob Pare, technical monkey
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Not only do the editors here at Lifehacker feed your head with a feast of posts every day, every once in a while we put our programming chops to good use and build custom software for our readers. If you've missed any of the Lifehacker Code line of applications, scripts, and plug-ins, here's your chance to get caught up.
All of the Lifehacker Code projects listed below are free to download, and they're licensed under the GNU Public License with source available, so we invite you to use, modify, and enhance to your heart's content.
Windows Applications
Save countless keystrokes by automatically replacing abbreviations with commonly used phrases you define, like email signatures and common acronyms.
A simple system tray utility that automatically minimizes applications that you aren't using.
Set up an automated mouse click to run on a window after a user-defined period of time.
A mouse navigation tool that lets you perform common tasks, like moving forward and backward in your browser, by simply rocking your fingers across your left and right mouse buttons.
Instantly blank out your desktop and all of your running apps with Dropcloth, a Windows copy of previously mentioned Mac-only app Backdrop.
Automatically runs user-defined actions on folders and files (like deleting files X weeks old from your Downloads folder.)
Firefox Extensions
Enhance Gmail with some of the best available Greasemonkey scripts which add over 30 additional features like keyboard shortcuts, saved searches, secure access, conversation previews, attachment icons and more. Translated into over 25 languages.
Enhance Gmail's new interface with a collection of the best Greasemonkey user scripts available, which add keyboard shortcuts, secure access, attachment icons and more.
Enhances Google Calendar with a collection of the best Greasemonkey user scripts available in a single interface.
Enhances Google Reader with a collection of the best Greasemonkey user scripts available in a single interface.
Enhances Flickr with a collection of the best Greasemonkey user scripts available in a single interface.
Enhances YouTube with a collection of the best Greasemonkey user scripts for YouTube available in a single interface.
Quick access meta lookups about the web page you're viewing. (Featured in PC Magazine)
Bookmarklets
If you click the bookmarklet, it'll open up a compose window in Gmail with the page's title in the subject, along with the link and any highlighted text quoted in the body. But it gets more fun from there. Once set up as a keyword bookmarklet, you can use this bookmarklet to add tags to the subject, re-write the subject altogether, add text to the body of the email, and add a recipient to your email all from your address bar.
Command Line Tools
Manage that todo.txt file sitting on your desktop with a simple shell script that makes adding, prioritizing, editing, and marking tasks as complete simple from the command line.
The man at One Man's Blog explains how alarmingly easy it is to crack passwords and offers tips on choosing safer ones.
First, he breaks down the steps he'd take in cracking a password. That includes the simple act of guessing the top ten passwords (pet's name, "1234," date of birth, etc.) used by 20 percent of all users. If that doesn't work, he'll turn to a brute-force attack, which, as you can see in the table above, can get the job done in as little as 0.02 seconds.
This is eye-opening stuff, even for users who know better than to use "1234" as their password. Thankfully, the author goes on to provide seven great tips on choosing safer passwords, including using Microsoft's password strength tester. Required reading. When you're done, check out our other posts on smart password selection. — Rick Broida
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At least the top shot isn’t photoshopped, beyond that it’s a little harder to say. Bigger
THE WALKING DEAD “Opening Titles” (by Daniel Kanemoto)
Odds of the official titles being better? Not good.
Don’t believe everything anything you see -
Mindblowing Video of the Day: Stargate Studios’ virtual backlot reel. (AKA before and after green screen shots)
Coming to the realization that every shot I’ve ever seen on television is probably faked.
Man captures images of Atlantis pulling Hubble out of orbit
That’s those small dots in the bottom left of the Sun
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Why don't I have any custard?
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Scrumtrulescent. The only word I can think of for the @BunchGrapesCF37 Pecan & Treacle tartlet with caramelised banana & rum ice cream.
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Well deserved trip back to wembley for #lfc
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Bellamy!!! Get in #lfc
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RT @mfeathers: MPAA Directly & Publicly Threatens Politicians Who Aren't Corrupt Enough To Stay Bought http://t.co/VYoyPV60
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So this week's #Sherlock. Not that great really. Oh and Maggie? Really?
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Slow clap @paypal 'violin experts' RT @michalbe "PayPal made the buyer DESTROY the violin that made it through WWII" http://t.co/NaqoqpzL
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Really? Really?? A hd, a high definition, washing machine? How does that make any sense?
