shrtcuts » How To http://shrtcuts.org because its all about saving time Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:40:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 HOW TO: Remember Which Side of the Car has the Gas Cap http://shrtcuts.org/2010/01/03/how-to-remember-which-side-of-the-car-has-the-gas-cap/ http://shrtcuts.org/2010/01/03/how-to-remember-which-side-of-the-car-has-the-gas-cap/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:58:55 +0000 afoley http://shrtcuts.org/?p=50 Now here’s a strange one that is not computer related, but I’m sure everyone has done this one in their lifetime. I first noticed this trick when I purchased my new car about amount ago. The gas cap of my new car – was on the opposite side of the car that I’m used to, so I constantly dealt with issues of remembering which side the gas cap was on. After getting tired of having to backup at every gas station – I noticed a quick trick that will certainly help you remember which side of the car your gas cap is on.

Now this trick doesn’t work for all models, but most cars have a neat little tip that most car drivers usually overlook.

I wonder what that arrow next to the Gas Symbol means...

On the gas gauge next to the Gas Symbol, you will notice an arrow pointing to either the left or the right side of the car. This arrow tells you which side of the car the gas cap is located on. Like I said – not all cars have this feature so go check your car to see if you have this feature and use this handy trick to save some time at the pump!

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It’s quite simple using a plugin feature called Magic Pref Pane – which enables you to customize the Magic Mouse the way you like it. Also – its a free plugin for the Mac!

It’s awesome features allow you customize what types of “taps” you would to associate with actions in Mac OS X. This has saved me numerous amounts of time using the new mouse. On my mouse, I have it set that if I click the Mouse with Three fingers – I am able to use Expose to see all open Applications. It’s amazing!

One of the biggest problems I had with the old Mighty Mouse is that the “Scroll Ball” always got stuck due to oil from my finger overtime. With the new Magic Mouse – now I can just scroll freely with the touch, and customize the “virtual” buttons to my liking!

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