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One genius little button that's saving me a whole bunch of time

Posted August 29, 2008 - 21:38 by Paul Michael

Life Hacks, Productivity, Technology

Happy Brit button smiley flag

How many times do you click on a link to an article, video, image or anything else of interest and want to visit the homepage of that site? It happens to me all the time. Sometimes finding the homepage link is fairly easy, on other occasions it's buried. And then you have to go up to the address bar, delete all of the information before the domain name and hit enter. Well, not any more with the help of this "bookmarklet."

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High tech for mass transit

Posted August 5, 2007 - 10:50 by Philip Brewer

Life Hacks, Cars and Transportation

CUMTD Bus
The local bus company where I live has started providing a bunch of high-tech aids to riders. The coolest one is sophisticated trip planning. In a web browser, enter your starting point, desired destination, and departure time. Get back a list of possible bus routes. You can get them sorted by fewest transfers, quickest arrival, or least walking. The results turn out to be fascinating, even if you already know how to reach the destination, as it finds all sorts of serendipitous routes:

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