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Usability on the Mac – tricks for Mobility Impaired Programmers

22, Jan 2008

On the 1st of January I had a skiing accident resulting in the injury my right arm – actually my right shoulder. After about two weeks of waiting for the pain to go away, I got the guts and visited a doctor who didn’t think twice before putting my entire right arm into a tight [...]

My question for 2008

9, Jan 2008

First of all, Happy New Year!
Second of all, I’ve been a lying bastard in 2007 and have blogged extremely little over here, leaving all you faithful readers just hanging and desperately waiting for more insightful, funny, informative or simply original articles.
Third of all, given that this is the best time for New Year resolutions, here’s [...]

7 geek tricks for a fresh OSX Tiger install

9, Nov 2007

I spent the day before yesterday cleaning up my MacBook hard drive and reinstalling anew my Tiger operating system.
Sure, OSX is a very powerful system, but even it gets cluttered after months of intense usage and hundreds of apps installed. So.. nothing like a fresh new install to get rid of all unwanted apps, documents, [...]

How I applied the 4-hour workweek principles for the last 2 months. Part 1.

17, Oct 2007

You know how I’ve only blogged one or two posts for the last couple of months? I blame it on Timothy Ferris! Yeah, that’s right, he’s the only responsible for my slacking off blogging lately. So if you’re discontent with Hack The Day’s summer/autumn vacation, stop sending me hate mail – Timothy Ferris is the [...]

How to read 728 new feed articles in less than one second

8, Sep 2007

August is a slow month for everyone. I wasn’t lucky enough to have week-long holidays like most of you, but I felt it too: August is a slow month – one doesn’t really feel like working, nor do anything else than the bare necessities. August being such a slow month(did I say that already? [...]

Forget the Apple Terminal, now you have Quicksilver

26, Jul 2007

Remember I promised I’d show you how to do your basic computer stuff from within Quicksilver? Well, it took me a while but I finally pulled myself together and wrote this tutorial – a beginner’s guide on doing all kinds of nice and useful stuff with Quicksilver.
What is Quicksilver, you ask? I dare you ask [...]

Top links list for a Productive Desktop

10, Jul 2007

Your computer productivity is directly influenced by the ease with which you are able to launch applications or find, organize and retrieve your internet downloads. A cluttered desktop only makes you lose time and focus trying to find the things you look for among the zillions of icons.
You might remember my article on turning your [...]

Can the iPhone get YOUR things done?

5, Jul 2007

Hack the Day is probably the only blog never to have talked about the iPhone. I decided to change this now that the iPhone has launched. Everyone is claiming that it will make their lives more complete and more productive, two justified reasons to pay the price.
But is the iPhone the ultimate productivity tool, [...]

Best links of the week

14, Jun 2007

Starting today I’m going to put together a bi-weekly link roundup of the best articles that I read in the field of productivity & computing tips and personal improvement. After all, it’s a pity to spend so much researching my favorite hobby and not share my findings with the world

10 Diet Hacks to keep you [...]

How I aced most exams (in spite of skipping most classes)

13, Jun 2007

It’s been a couple of years since I had my last university exam, but I still remember a thing or two from it – especially from the exam season(the rest of the time I was working or simply skipping classes). My girlfriend, on the other hand, is right now in the heat of her summer [...]


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