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Make Your Own Chalkboard Paint [DIY]
Chalkboard paint is a childhood-recapturing tool and a great way to repurpose cruddy furniture. Finding it, and finding it in non-black colors, can be a challenge, so two different sites write up...
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Improve Your Handwriting with an “Alternative Hold” [Handwriting]
A while back we asked whether cursive handwriting is dead. More recently, the New York Times chimed in by saying that, at a minimum, cursive writing is in "a woeful state" and has offered some...
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Five Features We Want to See in Ubuntu [Lifehacker Wishlist]
Ubuntu isn’t the only Linux operating system, but it’s where the dream of a usable, completely free desktop is closest to reality. If every Ubuntu developer were assembled at one place, here are five...
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Use a Hotel-Style Curtain Setup for Better Sleep [Sleep]
Some bedrooms catch a lot of sleep-disturbing light at night, but many sleepers like to wake up with a bit of natural light. Meet the morning halfway with a hotel-style setup of curtains over sheers,...
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DIY Pipe Shelving Fits Any Wall or Taste [Weekend Project]
There are a lot of nice bookcases out there, but many of them don't fit your exact walls, and most can't be installed in an apartment. That can be worked around in crafty style with plumbing pipes and...
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Learn Basic Color Theory for Better Designs [Design]
Whether you’re putting together a portfolio web site or just slapping together some slides, knowing how colors affect the minds of your audience makes your message more appealing. Smashing magazine...
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How-To: Create an iPhone Web App
The iPhone OS is pitched as the entire Internet in your pocket…minus Flash. This works most of the time, but what if you just want to design a site or form that looks like a native iPhone App? This is...
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The Best Design Tools for Improving Your Home [Home Improvement]
Wandering around Home Depot until inspiration strikes is a terrible idea. If you’ve got a loose idea for a redesign, re-arrangement, or physical improvement to your house, apartment, or even a dorm...
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TechUniversity: DigitalColor Meter
If you’re a designer, especially for the web, a color picker or color sampling tool is almost certainly part of your arsenal. But did you know that OS X actually already includes one? DigitalColor...
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How to Create Presentations that Don’t Suck [Presentations]
Bad presentations are painful—for both the presenter dying a slow death in front of a crowd and the bored audience members who have to sit through it. If your task is to create or deliver...
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