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Review All Of Your Notifications On Your Ubuntu Desktop [Linux]

Do you think you're missing too many notifications on your Ubuntu computer? Then keep a running list of them all in your system tray, ensuring you'll never miss a single one. An easy-to-install applet gives you a list you can look over and clear whenever you want, similar to the tray on Android devices and the notification center on Macs running the upcoming Mountain Lion version of OS X.

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Rediscover Your Favorite Songs At These 2 Pinterest-Inspired Music Sharing Websites

Do you love Pinterest? If you do, then you will love these two websites which give you a Pinterest styled music sharing (and discovering) experience. Even if you don’t like Pinterest, and find it to be a faddish pretender for the crown of the social networking world, you just might like the eye-catching visual appeal of these sites.

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Enter The Twilight Zone With The SCP Foundation

Are you a fan of the unknown? Do you tend to investigate strange encounters that have unexplainable results? In that case, the SCP Foundation may be perfect for you. It's a site the crosses Kolchak: The Night Stalker with the Men In Black. A place where reality and the ethereal meet. Right along the lines of Creepypasta, the SCP Foundation is a wiki featuring articles about strange, unusual, and seemingly supernatural entities.

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5 Of The Best Google Doodles Videos

The Google logo is recognized the world over. It's a logo that many people see on a daily basis as they make the Google homepage their first port of call in exploring the wider web. It's simple and yet iconic at the same time. But no one wants to see the same old logo staring back at them every time they search for something online, do they? Google doesn't think so.

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How To Build Your Own Website In Minutes Without Any Coding Skills

As the Web grows, and it does so dazzlingly fast, the need for a web presence is becoming more pressing. In many parts of the world, you simply must have a web presence in order to succeed, market yourself and make yourself known. For some people this is easy, they just go and build themselves a beautiful website. But what about the rest of us?

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The Top 4 Facebook Page Admin Annoyances Made Easy

When you're setting up a Facebook page for your business or favourite local organisation you usually think it's going to be relatively straightforward - especially if you're a technically-minded person to begin with. However, there seem to be several steps in the process of getting things properly set up that are not at all intuitive and can be quite irritating to work out.

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6 Places You Can Find Great Creative Writing Prompts

Writing can be difficult, and it’s not only full-time writers who suffer from "writer’s block". Students have papers to write. Programmers have documentation to write. Teachers have curriculums to write. Marketing agents have advertisements to write. Small business owners have copy to write. No matter who you are, you’ve likely sat in front of a blank page without an idea of how to start.

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How To Be A Smarter Learner By Using The Method Of Spaced Repetitions

Spaced repetition is a method that can help you plateau out the downward curve of your forgetfulness and help you memorize large amounts of data. It is an accelerated learning technique. This article is about improving your learning with two digital tools and the method of spaced repetition.

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How to Fix Small Annoyances on the Web With Stylish [Firefox & Chrome]

Web designers have an almost impossible job. They need to come up with one design that pleases everyone. When talking about a service like Gmail, used by countless millions of people all over the world, you can really drop the "almost" part – it’s just impossible. Even if a redesign is well liked by most people, there will always be users who really don’t like the new look.

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4 Reasons The Digital Distribution Of Video Games Will Make Your Life Better [MUO Gaming]

Video games are going digital; it is a fact that we cannot avoid. The chances are great that the next console generation will allow gamers to buy all of their games by downloading them directly to their hard drive. But what does this mean for gamers? Is it a good or bad thing for the future of video games? As with any important issue, there are multiple ways to look at it.

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A Spring Cleaning Checklist For Your PC Part 1: Hardware Cleaning

With the arrival of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, houses across the globe get a nice cleaning to rid them of dirt and clutter that has accumulated over the past year. Dust and junk also settle on our computer. Whether your PC is suffering from a clocked up fan or an overloaded hard drive, it is time to give it a thorough spring cleaning. With the following checklist this will be a breeze.

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PicMonkey: The Spiritual Successor To Picnik

As you probably already know, Picnik’s days are numbered. The popular photo editing website, which was purchased by Google, is going under on April 19th, 2012. Some of the features found in Picnik have made their way to the Google+ Creative Kit, but that hasn’t gone over well with everyone. To the critics, I bring good news – members of the Picnik team have reformed to create a new site - and it’s looking awesome.

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