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		<title>Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology &#8211; YouTube</title>
		<link>http://alexpb.com/notes/articles/2011/10/05/pranav-mistry-the-thrilling-potential-of-sixthsense-technology-youtube/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology via Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology &#8211; YouTube.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology</p>
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<p>via <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrtANPtnhyg&amp;hd=1">Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology &#8211; YouTube</a>.</p>
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		<title>Car Steering Wheel Cellphone Mount</title>
		<link>http://alexpb.com/notes/articles/2011/04/25/car-steering-wheel-cellphone-mount/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[phone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gosmart Clip &#8211; A Cell Phone Holder That Mounts Your Smartphone, iPhone, Blackberry, Droid onto Your Car&#8217;s Steering Wheel for GPS Navigation and easy access. Technical Details Safely and securely holds your smartphone or cell phone on the steering wheel Simple to use with no tools required Compact and portable design makes it easy to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="font-size:1.3em"><b>Gosmart Clip</b> &#8211; A Cell Phone Holder That Mounts Your Smartphone, iPhone, Blackberry, Droid onto Your Car&#8217;s Steering Wheel for GPS Navigation and easy access.</p>
<div align="center"><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_top&#038;bc1=FFFFFF&#038;IS2=1&#038;nou=1&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;fc1=000000&#038;lc1=0066CC&#038;t=wusum-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;m=amazon&#038;f=ifr&#038;ref=tf_til&#038;asins=B004BPSIH2" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe></div>
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<li>Safely and securely holds your smartphone or cell phone on the steering wheel</li>
<li>Simple to use with no tools required</li>
<li>Compact and portable design makes it easy to take wherever you go!</li>
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		<title>Hoarders, Pack Rats, Clutter Solutions</title>
		<link>http://alexpb.com/notes/articles/2009/09/24/hoarders-pack-rats-clutter-solutions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting thoughts: One: &#8220;I have the largest seashell collection on the planet. I keep it scattered on beaches around the world.&#8221; &#8211; Steven Wright Two: Coveting possessions is unhealthy. Here&#8217;s how I look at it: All of the computers on Ebay are mine. In fact, everything on Ebay is already mine. All of those things [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting thoughts:</p>
<p><b>One: </b></p>
<p>&#8220;I have the largest seashell collection on the planet. I keep it<br />
scattered on beaches around the world.&#8221; &#8211; Steven Wright</p>
<p><b>Two: </b></p>
<p>Coveting possessions is unhealthy. Here&#8217;s how I look at it:</p>
<p>All of the computers on Ebay are mine. In fact, everything on Ebay is<br />
already mine. All of those things are just in long term storage that I<br />
pay nothing for. Storage is free.</p>
<p>When I want to take something out of storage, I just pay the for the<br />
storage costs for that particular thing up to that point, plus a<br />
nominal shipping fee, and my things are delivered to me so I can use<br />
them. When I am done with them, I return them to storage via<br />
Craigslist or Ebay, and I am given a fee as compensation for freeing<br />
up the storage facilities resources.</p>
<p>This is also the case with all of my stuff that Amazon and Walmart are<br />
holding for me. I have antiques, priceless art, cars, estates, and<br />
jewels beyond the dreams of avarice.</p>
<p>The world is my museum, displaying my collections on loan. The James<br />
Savages of the world are merely curators.</p>
<p> Quote from<br />
<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/65284/Collect-em-all#1862024">http://www.metafilter.com/65284/Collect-em-all#1862024</a></p>
<p><b>Number three:</b> Watch <a href="http://www.aetv.com/hoarders">www.aetv.com/hoarders</a> for a few episodes and that might cure you!</p>
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		<title>Excel Keyboard Shortcut &#8211; Selecting The Whole Data Region</title>
		<link>http://alexpb.com/notes/articles/2009/02/18/excel-keyboard-shortcut-selecting-the-whole-data-region/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you need to select the whole data region (it might included some empty cells) in Excel without selecting all cells (&#60;CTRL&#62;+&#60;A&#62;), click on any cell inside that group and then type: &#60;CTRL&#62;+&#60;SHIFT&#62;+&#60;8&#62;. It is very useful for large data sets. You should then get something like this: Try http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicwebsite/public_rnib003503.hcsp for more keyboard shortcuts.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you need to select the whole data region (it might included some empty cells) in Excel without selecting all cells (&lt;CTRL&gt;+&lt;A&gt;), click on any cell inside that group and then type: &lt;CTRL&gt;+&lt;SHIFT&gt;+&lt;8&gt;.  It is very useful for large data sets.</p>
<p>You should then get something like this:</p>
<p><img src="http://alexpb.com/notes/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/image001.gif" alt="excel spreadsheet screenshot" title="excel spreadsheet screenshot" width="477" height="259" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-504" /></p>
<p>Try <a href="http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicwebsite/public_rnib003503.hcsp">http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicwebsite/public_rnib003503.hcsp</a> for more keyboard shortcuts.</p>
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		<title>Set Firefox Scroll-wheel Speed</title>
		<link>http://alexpb.com/notes/articles/2008/09/23/set-firefox-scroll-wheel-speed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Type about:config&#60;ENTER&#62; in firefox address bar *Optional* Type: mousewheel.withnokey&#60;ENTER&#62; in the filter box Set mousewheel.withnokey.sysnumlines to false This makes Firefox use its own setting instead of the system-wide setting. Change mousewheel.withnokey.numlines to how many lines you want to scroll at a time. I use 8 Source: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/99609816/m/480004345731]]></description>
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<li><span style="font-size: 120%">Type <strong>about:config&lt;ENTER&gt;</strong> in firefox address bar</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 120%">*Optional* Type: <strong>mousewheel.withnokey&lt;ENTER&gt;</strong> in the filter box</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 120%">Set <strong>mousewheel.withnokey.sysnumlines</strong> to <strong>false</strong></span>
<p>This makes Firefox use its own setting instead of the system-wide setting.</p>
</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 120%">Change <strong>mousewheel.withnokey.numlines</strong> to <strong>how many lines</strong> you want to scroll at a time.</span></li>
<p>I use 8</p>
</ol>
<p>Source: <a href="http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/99609816/m/480004345731">http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/99609816/m/480004345731</a></p>
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		<title>Print Only What You Need From a Web Page</title>
		<link>http://alexpb.com/notes/articles/2008/09/21/print-only-what-you-need-from-a-web-page/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following resources allow you to edit any web page and print only what you need to save paper and/or ink. Bookmarklets To use a bookmarklet, you need to bookmark it; either drag it to your bookmark toolbar or right click the link and choose bookmark this. Next, when you visit a web page you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The following resources allow you to edit any web page and print only what you need to save paper and/or ink.</p>
<ul>
<li>Bookmarklets
<p>To use a bookmarklet, you need to bookmark it; either drag it to your bookmark toolbar or right click the link and choose bookmark this.  Next, when you visit a web page you would like to edit, click on that new bookmark.  My favorite one is <a href="http://www.printwhatyoulike.com">PrintWhatYouLike</a>, there is no extension to install and it is a very easy and efficient.</p>
<ol>
<li><a href="javascript:(function(){window.open('http://www.printwhatyoulike.com/print?url='+encodeURIComponent(window.location.href));})()">PrintWhatYouLike</a> Bookmarklet </li>
<li><a href="javascript:document.body.contentEditable='true';document.designMode='on';void%200">EditThis</a> Bookmarklet (<a href="http://www.fun-hacks.co.uk/temp-page-edit-1.php">Demo</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/zap.html">List of bookmarklets</a> to remove (zap) annoyances from web pages</li>
</ol>
</li>
<p></p>
<li>Firefox Extension
<ol>
<li><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4111">Aardvark</a></li>
</li>
</ol>
</ul>
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		<title>Linux Mass Rename Recursively using a Bash Script</title>
		<link>http://alexpb.com/notes/articles/2008/09/14/linux-mass-rename-recursivly-using-a-bash-script/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This example Bash script replaces &#8220;.JPG&#8221; with &#8220;.jpg&#8221; recursively in the current directory (It can handle filenames with spaces): #!/bin/bash find ./ -type f -name "*.JPG" &#124; while read FILE do newname=`echo $FILE &#124; sed s/.JPG/.jpg/` echo $newname mv "$FILE" "$newname" done Convert all characters to lowercase: #!/bin/bash find ./ -type f -name "*" &#124; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>This example Bash script replaces &#8220;.JPG&#8221; with &#8220;.jpg&#8221; recursively in the current directory (It can handle filenames with spaces): </h3>
<p><code><br />
#!/bin/bash</p>
<p>find ./ -type f -name "*.JPG" | while read FILE<br />
do<br />
   newname=`echo $FILE | sed s/.JPG/.jpg/`<br />
   echo $newname<br />
   mv "$FILE" "$newname"<br />
done<br />
</code></p>
<h3>Convert all characters to lowercase:</h3>
<p><code><br />
#!/bin/bash</p>
<p>find ./ -type f -name "*" | while read FILE<br />
do<br />
   newname=`echo $FILE | tr 'a-z' 'A-Z'`<br />
   echo $newname<br />
   mv "$FILE" "$newname"<br />
done<br />
</code></p>
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		<title>Compare four columns in Open Office or Excel</title>
		<link>http://alexpb.com/notes/articles/2008/08/06/compare-four-columns-in-open-office-or-excel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For example, you have 2 sheets, Sheet1 and Sheet2: they both have a list of part numbers in column A and a list of prices in column B. You want to compare the prices for the same part numbers in each sheets. One way to do this is to copy the prices from Sheet1 to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For example, you have 2 sheets, Sheet1 and Sheet2: they both have a list of part numbers in column A and a list of prices in column B.  You want to compare the prices for the same part numbers in each sheets.  One way to do this is to copy the prices from Sheet1 to Sheet2 in a third column and then use conditional formatting to highlight the different prices:</p>
<p>Copy this formula in cell C2 of Sheet2 (and then drag it down to the cells below):<br />
=INDEX($Sheet1.A$2:B$3001;MATCH(A2;$Sheet1.A$2:A$3001;0);2)</p>
<p>This formula assumes that there is a maximum of 3000 different products in Sheet1 (starting at cell A2).</p>
<p>Sample file:<a href='http://alexpb.com/notes/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/compare_four_columns.ods'>compare_four_columns.ods</a></p>
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		<title>Easy Mass-Rename (Windows)</title>
		<link>http://alexpb.com/notes/articles/2008/05/28/easy-mass-rename-windows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 11:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Batch renaming made easy with Renamer &#8220;ReNamer is a very powerful and flexible file renaming tool, which offers all the standard renaming procedures, including prefixes, suffixes, replacements, case changes, as well as removing contents of brackets, adding number sequences, changing file extensions, etc. For advanced users, there is a PascalScript rule, which let users program [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Batch renaming made easy with <a href="http://www.den4b.com/projects.php">Renamer</a></p>
<p>&#8220;ReNamer is a very powerful and flexible file renaming tool, which offers all the standard renaming procedures, including prefixes, suffixes, replacements, case changes, as well as removing contents of brackets, adding number sequences, changing file extensions, etc. For advanced users, there is a PascalScript rule, which let users program their very own renaming rule. Program allows you to combine multiple renaming actions as a rule set, applying each action in a logical sequence, which can be saved, loaded, and managed within the program. In addition, it has an ability to rename folders, process regular expressions, Unicode capable, and supports variety of meta tags, such as: ID3v1, ID3v2, EXIF, OLE, AVI, MD5, CRC32, and SHA1.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.den4b.com/downloads.php?project=ReNamer">Download.</a></p>
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