links and resources

copacetic

Lifehacking:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_hack
"Today, lifehacks are basically anything that is a solution to an everyday problem, frustration, etc. As a result, we're seeing the term used to describe solutions to getting organized, losing weight, public speaking, doing your professional job better, time management, etc. ."

Some links:

David Allens website author of 'getting things done'

"GTD rests on the principle that a person needs to move tasks out of the mind by recording them somewhere. That way, the mind is freed from the job of remembering everything that needs to be done, and can concentrate on actually performing those tasks"

http://www.davidco.com/

wikipedia on above book:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done

Wired magazine article from back in 2005 on GTD, 'the cult for the info age"
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2005/07/68103

43folders is a lifehacks blog, inspired by allen:
http://www.43folders.com/


Step by step diy projects:

http://www.instructables.com/
loads of projects from the very easy to the very hard. wide variety.

http://www.makezine.com/
more 'tech' based projects mostly based on electronic cct kits.


there are 100s more, will add as we go along and everyone suggestions welcome. I'll keep this first post updated with any from posts that follow and sticky the thread

Illkillya

www.lifehacker.com surely

copacetic

Illkillya wrote:

www.lifehacker.com surely

I reckon so! I have all the variants of those types of sites
to post up at some stage. but keep them coming..

just for me to remember to put in:

http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com/


also, welcome to first actual lifehacking poster (don't kill me)

Illkillya

copacetic wrote:

I reckon so! I have all the variants of those types of sites
to post up at some stage. but keep them coming..

just for me to remember to put in:

http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com/


also, welcome to first actual lifehacking poster (don't kill me)

I'm so proud That ikeahacker site is cool... never saw it before.

copacetic

Illkillya wrote:

I'm so proud That ikeahacker site is cool... never saw it before.

they have some good ideas, I guess an upside of ikea being so universal (outside ireland) is that there is a massive user base with access to their basics for projects.

I'm looking out for a nice unit I can put my LCD on that will allow me to add cheap backlighting, apparently it is much better for your eyes.
(Yet another thread to start!)

An electric screen or possibly side pull 'roller' blind style panel with a design on it is also a possibility.

Dord

Here's another site to check out.

http://www.hackaday.com

just as the name says, its one hack each day (sometimes more )

humbert

Perhaps this was intended to be stickied...

I'd also like to add http://www.radionics.ie/ in term of price I cant say but they do stock a pretty good range.

oscarBravo

They're comparatively quite expensive, but extremely prompt to deliver.

copacetic

farnell have a better selection and are priced about the same as radionics. However both of them are very expensive. They will both deliver next day though

stevenmu

Wiki How has a large number of how-to's covering a wide range of subjects.

a5y

copacetic wrote:

I reckon so! I have all the variants of those types of sites
to post up at some stage. but keep them coming..

CRAFT (from the makers of MAKE magazine)

HACK

InventGeek

ReadyMade