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When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens wouldn't work at zero gravity as ink wouldn't flow down to the writing surface. They took one decade and $12 million to develop a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down underwater, and in practically any surface including crystal.

And what did Russians do.. They used a PENCIL!

Always look for simple solutions. Devise the simplest possible solution that solves the problems.
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The Simplest Way To Fix 'Unable To Safely Remove Device' Issue

Submitted by Alucard on Fri, 07/30/2010 - 07:12
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safely remove devices
[Picture source: http://rocketdock.com/images/screenshots/thumbnails/USBIcon.png]

We use USB thumbdrives & External Harddisk all the time on our PC. However how many times when you try to 'safely remove' it, an annoying error message such as the one below pops out?

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The Simplest To Do List App For iPhone

Submitted by Alucard on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 07:06
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do it tomorrow

Do you love procrastinating? The idea of this app is simple, after you've created your to do list, a single tap will mark a task as complete while tapping on the small arrow beside it will push it till tomorrow :) Now you could party today and do your tasks tomorrow!

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The Simplest Way To Search For Text Within Files

Submitted by Alucard on Tue, 07/27/2010 - 07:30
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search text within files

Ever wanted to search for text strings within a bunch of files? For example I would like to find out all the files in my harddisk that contains the word 'google' in their contents (not just the file name) it will be impossible to use the default Windows search.

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The Simplest Way To Store All Your Passwords / Secret Information On Your iPhone

Submitted by Alucard on Mon, 07/26/2010 - 07:27
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keeper password data vault

With this free little app you may store all your passwords, credit card information, financial information, and other personal information securely on your iPhone.

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The Simplest Way To Convert Anything To Anything (Without Installing Any Software)

Submitted by Alucard on Fri, 07/23/2010 - 07:10
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all conversions genie
[Genie and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © Walt Disney]

This website allows you to convert basically anything to anything. The process is simple, the user uploads a file, chooses the format to be converted and the converted file will be delivered to the user's email. The downside is that when the server is busy the process might get delayed up to one day.

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The Simplest Self-Photo-Taking App For iPhone

Submitted by Alucard on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 07:16
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self photo

If you haven't notice, it is hard to take a picture of yourself with the iPhone because you have to tap on the small on-screen shutter button which is facing away from you during self-photo intake.

This is where this app shines.

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The Simplest Way To Store Multiple Items In Windows Clipboard (Copy & Paste Multiple Items)

Submitted by Alucard on Tue, 07/20/2010 - 07:20
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copy paste multiple
[Star Trek and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © CBS Studios Inc]

Copy & Paste.. we all use it. But I always wonder why limit to only one item at a time but not multiple? 

This is where this simple but powerful tool comes in.

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The Simplest Way To Read Comic / Manga On The iPhone

Submitted by Alucard on Mon, 07/19/2010 - 07:35
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icomic

I tried a few comic book readers (including free ones) but this is one of the best for its price. It is specially designed to read Japanese manga because the author of this app is Japanese.

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