The DIY Cheapskate Laptop Stand

Some uber creative folks have come up with ways to make $20 laptop stands out of IKEA BENJAMIN stools and wire mesh file organizers, but who has $20 to spare nowadays? Also, anyone with access to a pile of books, a shoebox, or a CD spindle is capable of ...

The Orbit Gum Pack Business Card Holder Hack!

Who says you have to spend money to have a unique business card holder? All you really need is an Orbit gum pack and some elbow grease and you'll be one your way to being the life of the party; or at least on your way to saving some ...

Create Multiple Custom Gmail Signatures

If you're an avid Gmail user, then you're familiar with Gmail's custom 'From' address feature for managing multiple email accounts within Gmail. You're probably also familiar with Gmail's custom signature option which can prove cumbersome when sending email from a different account. For example, my regular signature contains ...

Create A Twitter Background Using PowerPoint

Who would've thought that the presentation app used to lull audiences to sleep could also be used to create an appealing Twitter background? The process is fairly simple and only limited by your imagination and Twitter's 800Kb upload limit. Step 1: Download The Twitter Background Template The templates are designed around ...

Sort a List by Last Name When First Name is Used

Alphabetically sorting a list of names in FirstName LastName format can be simplified by using the Text to Columns wizard in Excel. Unfortunately, you can run into issues when titles, middle names, middle initials, and name suffixes are used. Thankfully, the Team at REsolved LLC sent in this great Excel ...

How To Find All Unlabeled Email in Gmail

Your Gmail inbox is about to reach the next level of anal-retentiveness! Although Gmail doesn't have a search operator for unlabeled emails, there is a way to find all unlabeled emails in your inbox. The Good News! Gmail's advanced search operators can be used to locate all unlabeled emails by using ...

How To Color a Cell With a Double-Click In Excel

Here's a relatively simple way to color a cell in Excel using a double-click instead of the toolbar's fill option. The trick is to use some VBA code to color a cell when double clicked then clear it if double clicked again. There are various uses for something ...

How To Add a Vertical Line to an Excel XY Chart

Normally, one turns to the line tool in Excel to manually draw vertical lines on a chart. The issue is that these lines aren't bound to the x-axis, so any change to the chart is usually accompanied by manual line repositioning. Thankfully, there's a "hack" that can eliminate ...