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The popular Blue Tiles wallpaper has been added along with other color variants on the wallpaper page.

Frappuccino ingredients: makes 2.5 cups (590 mL)

• 1 cup double-strength Starbucks coffee OR 3/4 cup fresh espresso (cold)
• 3/4 cup milk (low fat, 2%, whole or whatever)
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar (or to taste)
• 2 cups ice
• Secret ingredient: Pinch of Xanthan Gum
  OR 1 teaspoon Dry Pectin
  (keeps Frapp from separating)

According to squawkfox, this only costs $0.32 instead of ~$3.45 for the Starbucks version.

Windows Explorer is a foundation of the user experience of the Windows desktop and has undergone several design changes over the years, but has not seen a substantial change in quite some time. Windows 8 is about reimagining Windows, so we took on the challenge to improve the most widely used desktop tool (except maybe for Solitaire) in Windows. Alex Simons on the program management team authored this post with a detailed look at the evolution of Explorer and the major improvements to its interface and functionality for Windows 8.

 

via Amazon vs. Best Buy Trade In Shoot Out – Gizmodo.

Glass cleaner:

Ingredients:

1 cup rubbing alcohol

1 cup water

1 tablespoon vinegar

Instructions:  Combine and spray on glass for a great clean.  Pretty simple, and it is very effective.

Hard Water Calcium Remover:

Ingredients:

Up to 1 cup Water

1 tablespoon citric acid powder

Instructions:  Heat water and mix in citric acid.  Works great for cleaning mineral deposits from hard water in humidifiers, coffee makers, irons, and more.  The solution can be placed directly on the area requiring cleaning.  Works a LOT faster than vinegar and without the harsh smell.  You can put it directly into the coffee maker or iron and run it through as long as everything has been dissolved.  For coffee makers, use a mild baking soda solution to neutralize it (1 tsp soda + 1 cup water), and then one cup of plain water.  This will make sure there the coffee taste isn’t affected.

Fyels – The worlds simplest file sharing site.

Naturally, 1234 is the most common passcode: mimicking the most common internet passwords. To put this into perspective, these 10 codes represent 15% of all passcodes in use. Most of the top passcodes follow typical formulas, such as four identical digits, moving in a line up/down the pad, repetition. 5683 is the passcode with the least obvious pattern, but it turns out that it is the number representation of LOVE (5683), once again mimicking a very common internet password: “iloveyou.”

via Most Common iPhone Passcodes | iPhone | Daniel Amitay.

* Screensavers
+ SRA QuoteScreensaver v 1.0.8
+ SRA_ColoredSquares v 1.0.6

* Desktop Tools
+ A-Timer v 1.0.0
+ Desktop Wallpaper Changer Beta 0.01

National Donut Day.  Free donut from Krispy Kreme.   Mmmmm.