Evangelical Outpost Has Hints & Tips To Make Your Life More Fun

Joe Carter, aka as Evangelical Outpost, has spent the past three months sharing his collection of hints & tips on odds and ends. He calls these "sort-of-bi-monthly" installments, "Yak Shaving Razor." Last week he added installment #8 to his collection. Consider the following:

#69 Dowload of the Week -- Want to create PDF documents but can’t afford Adobe Acrobat? Try CutePDF Writer, a free version of commercial PDF creation software.

#38 Dead Pixel Test -- Is that spot on your monitor a speck of dirt, a scratch, or a dead pixel? Find out by using this simple test.

#37 Lost and Found -- Lost your keys again? Professor Solomon has an intresting method for finding lost objects. (HT: Lifehack)

Go ahead. Check it out. Who knows, you might even find a way to impress your date with some faux knowledge of fine wines! (Hint: See #48)

Oh, and by the way....this is what Joe has to say about "Yak Shaving Razor":

Yak Shaving -- [MIT AI Lab, after 2000: orig. probably from a Ren & Stimpy episode.] Any seemingly pointless activity which is actually necessary to solve a problem which solves a problem which, several levels of recursion later, solves the real problem you're working on. (From the on-line hacker Jargon File)