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Use Location-Aware Task Lists

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Easily join 2 Android Apps to Increase Your Productivity What's this about ? Get your Smartphone to launch a relevant list of tasks based on your location. Combine Shuffle with Llama to get a location-aware task list  What do you mean ? Managing a task list on my Smartphone is probably the most important use case for me (other then, well, talking) I use Shuffle , a freeware task list app based around the concept of Getting Things Done . Adding an app called Llama enables you to configure events to happen on your device based on things like your current location (e.g. phone cell), day of time etc etc. You can get Llama to launch Shuffle in the right context - when you arrive home, pop up a list of things you want to be reminded of when at home. when you arrive at the mall, pop up the shopping list for the mall etc. OK How ? In Shuffle configure a context for each location. I have one for "Home", one for "Work" one for "Shops"

Improve charging success for Logitech's Harmony 885

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Problem:  my remote would sometimes not charge when placed in the cradle. Solution: Make the rear end of the remote sit about 2-4 mm higher in it's cradle than the original position. Use a material which is slippery so the remote can 'slide' into place. I used 2 layers of dual-sided glue-tape, but did not remove the upper cover, which happens to be slippery. I placed it as shown below - near the recesses in the rear part of the cradle. This is not 100% fool-proof but from a few minutes of fiddling with it my success rates are much  better than the original design. Granted, it's butt ugly, but that's what I use ATM. maybe I'll paint the thing black or something. Rectangle on the right hand is 2 layers of double-sided glue-tape I suppose the same problem exists with the whole 800 series, and as such, that the same fix applies... ? See also: another option  for resolving this problem