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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!

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The Simplest Way To Defrag Your Harddisk (Really!)

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defrag

*Updated 11 June 2010* Introducing an even better solution!

Lazy to schedule a time slot to defrag your harddisk? Not to mention you can't use your PC during that time..

The solution is to auto defrag every time you left your computer idle :)

The Simplest Way To Entertain Your Kids With Your iPhone

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talking carl

Easily the best way to entertain your kids (or yourself) on the iPhone. It costs 99 cents (at the time of writing) but it is money well spent =)

The Simplest Way To Encrypt (Password Protect) Any File

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You might want to transfer important files via USB thumbdrive, but if you lost it, your confidential files will be in jeopardy. What's the simplest way to encrypt a file?

The Simplest Way To Convert Units On Your iPhone

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Looking for a free and simple unit converter for your iPhone?

The Simplest Text Editor For Programmers

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notepad++

Even if you're not a programmer, this program is also a good alternative to Notepad/Wordpad given the fact that it supports tabs (just like in Firefox, Chrome, or the latest IE).

The Simplest Way To Understand Image Formats

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The 5 most common image formats used are JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG, and TIFF. I'll try to explain in simplest terms, their most noticeable difference and purposes they serve.

The Simplest Arcade Style Beat-em-up Game For iPhone

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simpsons arcade

The Simplest.. or rather, the SimpSONS classic arcade beat 'em up game. Both hilarious and fun to play with at the same time.

The Simplest Way To Store Credit Card Info In Your iPhone

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ewallet

Create good looking credit cards and store them in your iPhone securely!