Readers offer their best tips for getting another free trial of Amazon Prime, reading your favorite blogs, and setting clocks to avoid being late.
Every day we receive boatloads of great reader tips in our inbox, but for various reasons?maybe they're a bit too niche, maybe we couldn't find a good way to present it, or maybe we just couldn't fit it in?the tip didn't make the front page. From the Tips Box is where we round up some of our favorites for your buffet-style consumption. Got a tip of your own to share? Add it in the comments, email it to tips at lifehacker.com, or share it on our tips and expert pages.
Get a Free Trial of Amazon Prime (Even If You've Already Had One)
Karaboudjan discovers an extra free trial of Amazon Prime:
I had signed up with Amazon at the end of 2011 and had opted for the free month's trial of Amazon Prime, but cancelled it right after the free trial ended (my card was charged for $79 but I got it all back (minus some loss on the forex conversion since its a non-US$ card) because I cancelled it that very day).
This week I ordered something more from Amazon, and on a whim I decided to activate Amazon Prime to get the free 2 day shipping, since it told me that I was eligible for a month's free trial. And lo and behold! I have a month's free trial on Amazon Prime, and have not been charged anything for it.
I thought that the free trial could be exercised only once per Amazon account - I thought I should share this to find out if its worked with anyone else before. Perhaps Amazon allows users to avail of this trial once every year, but hasn't publicized it?
We couldn't find any concrete information on this, but it's still worth a shot! Let us know what you discover in the discussions below.
Automatically Send Posts from Your Favorite Blogs to Read-Later Services
Geekgirlbarbie shares another tip for getting through all your favorite blogs:
Problem: There are a few sites where I KNOW I'm going to read any article that comes through (ie. The Simple Dollar, 99u, Accidental Creative, etc.). Even using the Google Reader starred to Readability formula still has those articles cluttering up my feed reader and requires an extra step.
Solution: If those blogs have between 1 and 10 posts a day (i.e. not too many), I set up an IFTTT recipe to have their RSS feed go straight into Readability.
Set Your Home to Different "Time Zones" to Stay On Task
Some people set their clocks a little early so they aren't late for things. Matt Hayes takes it a step further by setting up "time zones" in his house:
To help punctuality I set clocks in different parts of the house with different times. I start in the bedroom, where they are typically set around 15 minutes fast. Then, the bathroom is about 10 minutes fast and the
car is about 5 minutes fast.This creates the most pressure to get moving the further I am from leaving?a little bonus kick in the booty.
I never really understood the "setting clocks early" thing, but if that works for you, this is a good extension of that idea. Photo by Harri Li.
Use Dropbox for Quick Reverse Image Searches
Moon combines two tools to find better versions of his favorite images:
I'm always looking for higher quality pics than the ones I already have. I'll upload an image to the Public folder in Dropbox, copy its url, and paste that into Google Images, and do a search.
Often I get what I want. If not the same image in multiple sizes, then similar ones further down the results list.
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