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Lifehacker<\/a> often features great articles – I should read it more (as should I read so many of the feeds in my reader but I just can’t keep up). Gina Trapani<\/a>‘s Geek to Live column from last Friday is just one such example – power replacements for standard Windows utilities<\/a>. I already use some of these, but others may soon be finding their way on my systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lifehacker often features great articles – I should read it more (as should I read so many of the feeds in my reader but I just can’t keep up). Gina Trapani‘s Geek to Live column from last Friday is just one such example – power replacements for standard Windows utilities. 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