Matt Shelton

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• A Bit Cross
  This is a very cool, practical cross.

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Worse, even, I’m made by Intel.

*sigh*

While playing around with this lovely AJAX front-end to Wikipedia (digg story), I thought I’d look up my last name. Low and behold, I am a processor intended for Asian and South American markets.

Originally posted to the old blog: November 22nd, 2005

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• Google Voice Quick Reference Guide Google Voice’s great feature set takes your phone and voicemail out of the past, but that doesn’t mean you won’t still have to navigate the occasional touch-tone menu. Weblog Cool Geex comes to the rescue with a pocket-friendly quick reference guide.

  There’s not all that much to it beyond that. Their reference guide is handy, it’s printable, and it gives you a simple way to quickly navigate Google Voice’s calling and voicemail menus.

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• Build a Silent, Standalone XBMC Media Center On the Cheap – Feature – Lifehacker You won’t find a better media center than the open-source XBMC, but most people don’t have the space or desire to plug a noisy PC into their TV. Instead, LH converted a cheap nettop into a standalone XBMC set-top box.

  Total cost: $222 including remote, but not including the spare flash drive you’ll need for the install. Add a bit more to double the RAM and it’s a serious contender to the AppleTV or MVix units

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• Save Money And Stay Cooler with a Whole-House Fan – Household – Lifehacker
  Depending upon its size, a whole-house fan uses only 10% to 20% as much electricity as a central air conditioner. Also, it uses significantly less electricity than a window air conditioner, yet it keeps the entire house more comfortable, not just one room. Installing one generally provides a good payback on the investment.

  I'm seriously considering this for my house as our (non-functional) central air unit is from the 60's, and it's not really worth cooling the basement of a brick house anyway.

• How to Build a Simple Sandbox, CBS, Bob on TV, BobVila.com
  An easy-to-build sandbox can be constructed in a few hours using basic tools. Most lumberyards will cut wood to length at no extra charge. Do-it-yourselfers with a circular saw or a power miter saw can make the required cuts with ease. A box of 2-1/2- or 3-inch galvanized nails and a hammer complete the job.

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• How to Build a Rotating Canned Food Shelf
  Thinking seriously about having better inclement weather preparations, as well as overall better storage for food stuffs led me to this. I'm somewhat itching for a building project. This looks like fun.

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• Make This: Boon Stash Storage System
  Individual storage compartments for sorting everyday objects is always good for workspace organization. Like a cafeteria tray for your junk drawer or home office, this simple, pre-built storage system is an easy, inexpensive, and attractive DIY when you've got some PVC on-hand.
• How Long Do Coffee Beans Last Once Opened?
  To check if your beans are fresh, scoop 1/2 cup into a zipper-lock bag and press out all the air, then seal the bag and leave it overnight. If the beans are within seven to 10 days of roasting, they will make the bag puff up from the carbon dioxide that they release. If the bag remains flat, then the beans are not producing gas—a sign they've passed the point of peak freshness.
• The Burger Lab: The Fake Shack
  According to Adam's sources, the meat is a 50:25:25 blend of sirloin, chuck, and brisket. Don't use too much oil. With a Shack Burger, you want the meat to stick to the pan—that's how it gets that flat, sheath-like crust.

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• Magnetic Knife Strip Keeps Drillbits Handy and Organized Via Lifehacker: The hardest things to keep organized in your garage/workshop are the things you use most often. Screwdrivers and drill bits fall into that category around our home, and no matter how much we think we are returning things to their proper place, screwdriver and drill bits are easy to lose.

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• Effective Twitter Backgrounds: Examples and Current Practices Smashing Magazine's article about creating an effective twitter background should be inspiring me to create my own, but I still can't justify the hours (or even half-hours) spent doing so. Maybe some day?

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• Master Lock : MarkEdwardCampos The instructions are pretty self-explanatory, and while there's no secret sauce that'll instantly crack the combination for you without a little bit of tedious trial and error, this method will crack that 64,000-possible-combinations lock in 100 tries or less.
• INSIGHT: "Because it sucks" is not a reason to redesign Starting the conversation with a team about what’s right leads to very interesting results. Especially when someone says “Nothing”.

  svn rm .; commit -m ‘ctrl-z’

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