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Just posted an update to the Better Gmail 2 Firefox extension, which reinstates secure connections, adds a skin, and updates the macros script. See the changelog for full details on what’s changed and download it here.
Here is the original: Better Gmail 2 Version 0.6 Out [Lifehacker Code Update]

If I’m not in shape, what are the chances that I’ll die (or come close) during my first martial arts lesson?
Read the rest here: How buff do I have to be to do martial arts?

You’ve got backup religion on your computer, but how about on your web server? Your hosting plan may offer some sort of backup, but to be sure, you might as well take matters into your own hands. Tech site Webmonkey runs down how to back up your web server using command line tools like […]

Here are five quick items to help you cope positively with grief.
See the original post: Top 5 Things to Do

Former CEO of famously failed internet company Pets.com Julie Wainwright publishes a brutally honest inventory of the life-changing mistakes she’s made and how she’s moved on from them. After her company and her marriage collapsed (in …
Read more here: How to Move On From Life-Changing Mistakes [Life Lessons]

Free online design tool BgPatterns gives you a full range of options to make your own tiled/repeating backgrounds, whether for your computer desktop or to fill in the background space on a blog or web site. The transparency, foreground/background colors, rotation of the patterns, and canvas texture are all up for tweaking, and there’s […]

My runner pal Lane Becker explains why on earth anyone would want to run a marathon in this fantastic and informative slideshow about the history (and first-person reality) of running a 26.2 mile race. (He uses a few swear words in his talk, so don’t play this within …
Source:Why You Want to Run a […]

Gangsta: What was I saying? Super preppie, impatiently: So you were in the handcuffs… –6th Ave & 8th St. Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2008-08-03.
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Like microwave popcorn, but don’t want to risk chipping a tooth on one of the rock-like kernels that never met its potential? Get rid of unpopped kernels with a simple shake. After removing your popcorn from the microwave, carry the bag to a garbage can. Pull the bag open only enough that the opening is […]

The New York Times covers CriminalSearches.com, the controversial online searchable database of criminal records that have privacy advocates (and people with speeding tickets on their record) completely freaked out.
Read more here: CriminalSearches.com Searches Crime Records [Search Engines]