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1. BetterZip 2 - The Next Generation of Archiving
   http://macitbetter.com/BetterZip-Quick-Look-Generator/
   AWESOME! Adds a quick look option to see inside zip files. Just copy to /Library/QuickLook and then press space on a zip file, genius, simple, should be part of OSX.
   15-05-2013 to geekery, genius, hacks, mac, osx, simple, unhacking, unzip, unzipping, zips
2. Remote Pair Programming with Screen and Vim | Jason Haruska
   http://haruska.com/2009/09/29/remote-pair-programming-with-screen-and-vim/
   Couple of simple commands to setup shared terminal sessions with screen. Neat. Requires some permission changes on some hosts. Awesome for paired programming.
   12-05-2013 to bxlhackathon, development, guaka, hackers, hacking, hacks, open source, paired programming, screen, screen sharing, shared screens, sharing, tmux
3. Download TinkerTool for Mac - Expanded preference settings for OS X. MacUpdate.com
   http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/5721/tinkertool
   Exposes additional preference settings for OSX allowing things like sloppy focus (activate window on mouseover) and probably other cool stuff. Must have.
   28-02-2013 to customisation, hacks, mac, mac hacking, osx, tips, tools, tricks
4. PopClip for Mac
   http://pilotmoon.com/popclip/
   $5 app for OSX that pops up the iOS style cut copy paste options above any selected text. Supports an MIT licensed extension system. Might support auto-copying, if not, probably easy enough with an extension.
   27-02-2013 to closed source, commercial, hacks, mac, osx, productivity, software
5. Top 10 Underhyped Mac Apps
   http://lifehacker.com/5985248/top-10-underhyped-mac-apps
   Good wee article on lifehacker hilghlighting 10 underrated mac apps worth having. A few are free, and some seem worth checking out.
   27-02-2013 to customisation, hacks, lifehacker, mac, osx, tips, tools, tricks
6. Abusing HTTP Status Codes to Expose Private Information
   https://grepular.com/Abusing_HTTP_Status_Codes_to_Expose_Private_Information
   A clever pseudo-hack that allows a web site to determine if I'm logged into facebook / gmail / digg / possibly other sites based on various urls which are only accessible to logged in users. Obviously smashed by noscript... :-)
   17-12-2012 to authentication, digg, facebook, gmail, google, hacking, hacks, logged in, oauth, twitter, xauth
7. Android Market Desktop Client
   http://peter.pisljar.si/projects.php
   A Windows desktop client that allows downloading from the Android market. Requires Google username / password and some other data that appears to be sniffed off the device.
   21-11-2010 to android, apps, google, hacking, hacks, market, nexus, nexus one
8. Full Update Guide - Nexus One - CyanogenMod Wiki
   http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Full_Update_Guide_-_Nexus_One
   Step by step instructions on how to flash the rom of the Nexus One. Only missing part is the udev rules for Ubuntu.
   20-11-2010 to android, flashing, google, hacking, hacks, htc, mods, nexus, nexus one, roms, ubuntu
9. Fastboot - CyanogenMod Wiki
   http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Fastboot
   Used these instructions to unlock the boot loader of the Nexus One.
   20-11-2010 to android, google, hacking, hacks, htc, mod, modding, nexus one, roms
10. ADB - CyanogenMod Wiki
    http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=ADB#Linux
    I installed the udev rules from this page on Ubuntu to get the HTC Google Android Nexus One properly recognised by Ubuntu.
    20-11-2010 to android, google, hacking, hacks, modding, mods, nexus one, phone, ubuntu
11. Amazon Kindle 2 Teardown - iFixit
    http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Kindle-2/624/1
    Detailed walk through with pictures on how to open and disassemble the Kindle 2. The battery is fairly easily replaceable.
    15-08-2010 to disassembly, hacks, hardware hacks, kindle, kindle hacking
12. WordPress Code Trac
    http://code.trac.wordpress.org/
    All sorts of goodies released under the GPL from the folks behind WordPress. Including jobs, stats stuff, mediawiki login integration, wpshell, and lots more.
    30-07-2010 to code, gpl, hacking, hacks, imagelibs, jobs, loggedin_feed_fetch, mediawiki-wpauth, mod_auth_mysql, nginx_auth_mysql, open source, plugins, servermattic, stats-osmf, wildcache, wordpress, wordpresscom-video-server, wpmu, wpshell
13. Tethering your Kindle 2 - Massively Parallel Procrastination
    http://blog.fsck.com/2009/03/tethering-your-kindle.html
    I think this was the original "tether your kindle via usbnetworking" post. The same fella also hacked his Kindle to get Ubuntu running (more or less) on it.
    25-06-2010 to freedom, hacks, kindle, kindle hacking, kindle updates, open source, tether kindle, usb, usb networking
14. Tab Control :: Add-ons for Firefox
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1480/
    A handy addon by one of the Greasemonkey developers that allows ctrl-t to open a new tab to the right of the current tab. It has some quirks though...
    26-05-2010 to addons, firefox, hacks, open source, plugins
15. Form Bookmarklets
    https://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/forms.html#remember_password
    Series of bookmarklets that help manipulate forms including the "remember password" one which disables autocomplete=off.
    22-09-2009 to autocomplete, bookmarklets, hacking, hacks, javascript, password, remember password
16. CSS Hacks
    http://www.webdevout.net/css-hacks
    Very handy CSS hack cheat sheet. Includes a whole load of IE5 / IE6 / IE7 stuff. Came in very useful for an all but IE7 selector. :)
    10-03-2009 to css, css hacking, css ie, css selectors, hacks, ie, ie css, ie5, ie5.5, ie6, ie7, internet explorer

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