本周我们学习了如何更有效地系鞋带，如何在睡觉时更好地使用电脑，以及如何完善我们的寿司礼仪。

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• Ditch the Granny Knot to Tie Your Shoes More Efficiently The difference between shoes tied with a balanced, neat, and self-tightening knot versus those tied with an unbalanced, sloppy, and loose knot, is all in how you make your first loop.
• Build a Wall-Mounted Kitchen Computer If you've been dreaming of having a computer in your kitchen but don't like the idea of hanging it from a cabinet or having it clutter up the counter, this guide can help you build a sleek in-wall computer.
• How to Put Your PC to Good Use While You're Sleeping If you've been dreaming of having a computer in your kitchen but don't like the idea of hanging it from a cabinet or having it clutter up the counter, this guide can help you build a sleek in-wall computer.
• Five Best Photo-Printing Sites Digital cameras are fantastic for letting us experiment, take t*** of photos, and search for the perfect shot. Digital picture frames and at-home prints are often poor substitutes for real photos.
• Lift Weights 10 Minutes a Day, 3 Days a Week to Lose Belly Fat Even if you don't care about having six-pack abs, studies show excess belly fat is unhealthy. Turns out just 30 minutes of weight lifting a week can make a big difference.
• Google Wave Versus the Rest, Feature by Feature We got a great resp***e to last week's frequently asked questi*** about Google Wave, and decided it's worth expanding further on the differences between Wave and the current crop of web-based collaboration offerings.
• Top 10 Clever Kitchen Repurposing Tricks It's all too easy to spend hard-earned money on unitasking kitchen gadgets that aren't all that helpful in the long run. Use the gear you already own, and some cheap household staples, to make your kitchen a better place.
• Create a Minimalist "Undesktop" for Distraction-Free Productivity If you really want to get down to business and get things done, you need to create an environment conducive to productivity. I do it by eliminating everything that might distract me from accomplishing what I want.
• Learn Proper Sushi Etiquette to Make a Good Impression Like many aspects of Japanese culture, there's a certain etiquette to eating sushi. Take the time to peruse these helpful tips so you can make the best impression on your sushi chef or dining compani*** the next time you're downing some maki.
• Build a Lego Router We love the Linksys WRT54GL router for its extreme hackability (it's what we used to turn our $60 router into a $600 router with DD-WRT or with Tomato), so we couldn't help but appreciate this fun WRT54GL Lego mod.