So…this will be the last post to the Lifehacking.net blog. I do have hopes that, in the future I will revisit this site and turn it into something that isn’t just trying to be another 43folders/lifehacker rip-off. Till then, turn your attention to those fantastic sites, linked below for your convenience.

I won’t be selling the domain so you can check back in a year and see what has happened. If you want to be updated in the future on any changes, send an email to whatsup@lifehacking.net and I will send out a mass email to any senders once I get things back on track.

All past articles will be kept online for reference.

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I have to admit that I really didn't expect that I would ever hear of this again, however the cameramail that I sent to Ecuador did in fact arrive safe and sound. Not only that, but we got some pictures! I've posted them here on my flickr account. Enjoy and feel free to comment.

Form definitely following function here. But they’re probably great conversation starters if you’re, like, at a party with a bunch of people as nerdy as you are.

But in a symbiosis with jewellery the little item gets a big value. Also, it completes the personal outfit as a fashionable accessory.

But since you’re lucky enough to have a phone that can connect to your PC through either data cable or Bluetooth, you can read this how to article for a little help converting your MP3s over to your phone while I bitterly await a hack for my Bluetooth profiles.

See what happens on your stolen Mac In case of theft, Undercover not only reveals the internet location of your Mac, it also transmits screenshots, enabling you to closely monitor your stolen Mac. In fact, it's the first theft recovery software on any platform to do this.

Undercover Anti-Theft Software for Mac OS X

While I’m not sure that painting a huge bull’s-eye on the roof of your business is necessarily the smartest idea, it certainly is going to get you noticed on Google maps - as it has for this Target in Chicago near O’Hare airport. While they were probably going for the attention of the airborne travelers coming in and out of the airport, they’ve likely set off a new trend in Internet advertising.

I remember brushing my teeth in a Seattle hostel in the company of a few other hostellers. One man, a Californian, said through a foamy grin “You know…that is illegal where I live.” I only remember that he was from one of the California Sans, but a cursory Google doesn’t make it look like there exists any such law in either San Francisco or San Diego. Of course both of these places encourage you to only wet your toothbrush once but I don’t see any laws against just letting the water flow as you brush.

However, one law that is on the books in the beautiful, and very sexy, state of California regarding water usage is the 2.5 GPM showerhead law, which dictates that all models sold in California post 1991 be of the low consumption variety.

So, if you want to usurp the system and get a decent shower anymore, you really have two options – either buy a multi-head shower faucet (since regulation is per head) or you can hack your current shower-head for an extra one or two GPM as described here.

Many people now hack their showers — or customize them, if you prefer. You can take your shower head down, pull the washer out with a screwdriver, and remove the offending intrusion that is restricting water flow. It can be a tiny second washer or it can be a hard plastic piece. Just pop it out and replace the washer. Sometimes it is necessary to trim it out using a pen knife.

Using such strategies, you can increase your water flow from 2 gallons per minute to 3 and even 4 gallons per minute. You can easily clock this using a stopwatch and a milk carton.

Bringing us all one step closer to a fully-indexed and searchable world, Retrievr is a web-based service that allows you to search through Flickr images by drawing a picture. Conceptually this is very cool. In practice it is worth about 30 minutes of playing around, depending on your boredom threshold.

Does it actually work? Yes! That is, it depends. (Mainly on your expectations!)

In my experience, the results are usually fairly good, sometimes even stunning - considering the artistic sophistication most of us are able to come up with (gallery forthcoming); and in the cases they're not so stellar, they are at least entertaining ;-) But clearly, the approach has its limits.

That’s pretty cool. What’s cooler is that when you purchase your creation, you receive a list of other “appropriate” and trademark free designs that can be made with the Lego set you just bought. We’ll just have to wait for a Greasemonkey mod to open up all of those trademarked and/or inappropriate imaginings.

This is really about Froogle Shopping List vs. Wists.

If you haven’t heard of wists, perhaps I could interest you in my treatment of the subject: http://www.lifehacking.net/archives/2005/10/my_new_obsessio.html

I’ll admit to being a little biased, right out of the gate. I have never been a huge fan of the Froogle experience. This is due, in large part, to my unwillingness to shop at most online retailers, so I do most of my online shopping amongst the main, solidly established stores. I’ll launch a few tabs on Firefox and switch between Amazon, Barnes And Noble, Target, and whatever and comparison shop that way. Call me old-fashioned.

Have an emergency? And a bunch of cardboard, a utility knife, and a whole lot of spare time? (Actually I think that I just described every homeless person I've ever encountered on Lower Wacker Drive). Then you could make yourself an emergency shelter dome.

I've got to admit that it seems pretty daunting looking at the plans. I'd probably just settle for the emergency shelter pup-tent. But, if you want to impress all of your other transient neighbors with your geodesic prowess then I encourage you.

As a kid, my father taught me well the joy of being frugal. When all of the other kids were getting the Air Jordans, dad would take me to Payless and get me a pair of their knock-off basketball shoes. Want a Powell Peralta skateboard? Zayre has a sale on the dayglo orange Nash. Doc Martens? Farm and Fleet has “military style” black boots. Oooh, and they’re water-resistant.

I’m not going to say that I am bitter or anything, but let’s just say that my classmates in grade-school didn’t have the same appreciation for a good deal.

So, if you’d like to teach your youngins the sublime pleasures of finding a good deal and give them a solid foundation for a lifetime of fashion insecurity, perhaps you’d like to answer their prayers for an iPod with the very free iNo. All you need is one of those old school mice from the 80’s-era Apples and some ganked headphones and viola! The iNo.

Since the folks who created the iNo, don’t have much of a marketing budget, I’d like to offer the following tagline which they are free to use: iNo – uh…there’s an apple logo on it.