http://docott.com/lifehack Links and quick decriptions for sites I find cool. Dig in and enjoy! Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:36:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Cinch is a really easy phone based .mp3 recorder. All you do is call a phone number and record a message.You can then Immediately) go to a website (or subscribe to the rss feed for that number) to hear the file. As described here, if you actually sent out the ... http://docott.com/lifehack/2008/02/25/record-mp3-files-from-your-phone/ Ok, Jott is just plain cool. The idea is simple, you call a toll free number and record a message (just like any other voice mail service). A REAL human being listens to it and will do any number of things including - send you an email with the text of what ... http://docott.com/lifehack/2007/12/27/jott-your-personal-secretary/ Lots of sites like this exist, a page that give free versions of popular Windows apps. Forty Free Windows alternatives And here are lifehackers best of 2007 http://docott.com/lifehack/2007/12/27/windows-free-alternatives/ I have started sewing again (Thanx Candice!) and have gotten back inshape making hats, scarves, and bags. Now, I can move up to collapsible canvas bag. http://docott.com/lifehack/2007/12/27/sew-a-collapsible-bucket/ You'll never guess the website address... www.easybartricks.com complete with video instructions. Some of these look cool, especially the bill and two bottle trick. http://docott.com/lifehack/2007/12/24/easy-bar-tricks/ Ahhh, Christmas... My Dad got a REALLY simple game today for Christmas, Pocket Farkel, and it got me thinking, I bet I could teach my daughter some simple dice games we could play when we have some free time and I found this: Games of the International Bone Rollers Guild Some of them ... http://docott.com/lifehack/2007/12/24/dice-games/ When going through this 11 top new web apps of 2007 post over at lifehack.org and found Bubbl.us, a cool online mind map app that is ridicoulously simple to use, you can save, share and even export to a image file. http://docott.com/lifehack/2007/12/24/bubblus-online-mindmap-software/ Ok, this is so cool. Launchy is a simple (windows) app that finds files and applications and opens them easily with you having to go through the 15 clicks to get a specific document or folder. It takes a few minutes to setup to look everywhere you want to go, ... http://docott.com/lifehack/2007/09/13/windows-keyboard-shortcut-launcher/ Batch files are essentially computer task lists that do a series of events when commanded. Good for when you need to to the same thing over and over again. I am not very good at them and have little use for them, usually, but.... Batch file introduction (with video) at Instructables ... http://docott.com/lifehack/2007/05/14/introduction-to-batch-files/ Ok, so you can buy little 'safes' that look like beer cans and what not for $15, but why not build your own? Soup can safe at instructables http://docott.com/lifehack/2007/05/14/soupcan-safe/