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Does the colour of your console really matter? Should it match your curtains or the couch in the corner or should it just be good old black and to he read more »

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A curtain is a piece of cloth intended to block or obscure light, for instance at night to aid sleeping, or to stop light from escaping outside the b read more »

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Sometimes itÂ’s just too tiresome to update your Instant Messenger client whenever a new version is rolled out. Either the new options donÂ’t look so appealing or your connection really isnÂ’t that grand, the fact of the matter remains that enough IM users still have old (and I mean really old) versions installed and running.

Of course, thereÂ’s nothing like taking full advantage of the options you know and love, but Yahoo! has announced that an update is in order for everybody. Versions 5.5 and... read more »

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deep_cleaning.jpgReal Simple offers three-step processes to tackle the oft-neglected spots around the house that require a little more motivation to get into. From hardwood floors to drapes and curtains and into furniture fabric, the advice is sound and possibly worth printing, if only for the little nuggets of wisdom that prevent further cleaning down the line, as with this cabinet ideaStep 3: Consider an idea from How Clean Is Your House?'s Aggie MacKenzie: Store muffin tins, woks, and other rarely used things in plastic bags so you won't have to rinse dust off the next time you use them.What parts of your home space do you least look forward to spiffing up, and how do you fit it into your schedule? Let's hear about it in the comments.
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Plastic shower curtains and liners sold at big-box retailers release chemicals associated with cancer, liver and nervous system damage, an environmental group contends. read more »

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heatblockercurtains.png If the sun beating on your windows this summer is baking the place—or just making your air conditioner work harder—you can hang material that blocks the heat in your windows. Do-it-yourselfer thenickboy says: To save electricity with our super expensive A/C, I constructed reflective curtains to block sunlight from warming our house. Think auto windshield. This is super simple and kind of obvious, but it works well. Basically he hung foam, reflective material that windshield blockers are made of as curtains. Along similar lines, home blogger Emily Gertz did the same using foam and aluminum foil. Beat the Heat for Cheap: Reflective panels for your windows [Apartment Ecology via read more »

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Take a peek behind the curtain here at Lifehacker's virtual headquarters in my recent article for Macworld magazine, The Portable Office: Work Anywhere. Longtime readers won't be surprised to find out that the Lifehacker staff are heavy Gmail, MediaWiki, Google Calendar, Campfire, and del.icio.us users.



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