While you could probably get more money from the auction section of eBay, sometimes you just don’t want to go through the trouble and stress of putting up a listing, taking pictures, coming back to check up on it all the time, and dealing with buyers. eBay’s relatively new Instant Sale option is a great alternative: just pick a popular gadget (they’ve got quite a few phones, tablets, cameras, and other gadgets in their system), let them know its condition, whether you’ve included a charger, and whether its fully functional, and it will calculate a price for you. You can then check out immediately, ship it for free, and eBay will remove your personal data, deposit money into your PayPal account, and resell it (or recycle it). It’s hard to get any simpler than that. They’ve even got a super easy swap offer for those looking to trade in their old iPhones or Android phones for the new Verizon iPhone.

Of course, eBay Instant Sale isn’t the first service of its type. Sites like previously mentioned Gazelle or the Android-focused Swappa are also quick and easy ways to get rid of your tech, though it’s nice for eBay to add this option, since you probably already have an account there anyways. Hit the link to check it out.

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Juan Solanoy‘s workspace is a fairly simply white desk in a white room. He scavenged some tree trimmings and propped them up in the corner to add an organic element to his room and serve double duty to hang some peripherals like his headphones. They break up a space that would otherwise be completely sterile (now he just needs something organic and alive and he’ll have to total life on a 23rd century space station vibe down pat).

If you have a workspace of your own to show off, throw the pictures on your Flickr account and add it to the Lifehacker Workspace Show and Tell Pool. Include some details about your setup and why it works for you, and you just might see it featured on the front page of Lifehacker.

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You’ll need a DSLR body cover, a lens socket cover, some hot glue, a lightproof tube (cardboard or metal is idea) roughly the diameter of your lens, and a dremel tool for cutting a hole in the body and socket covers. When you’re done following the tutorial at the link below you’ll have dirt cheap extension tube to help you snap macro photographs without shelling out for a macro lens.

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We’ve definitely realized over the years that eating certain foods in front of your computer is a bad idea: potato chips, coffee cake, any thing with lots of sauce on it…but we’re wondering what you guys have experienced. Which foods (especially meals) are the best to eat at your keyboard if you want to avoid a mess? Photo by Taiyo FUJII.

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Instructables user BongoDrummer wanted a way to keep his workshop clean and keep all the dust from his woodworking projects away from his electronics projects. By aggressively reusing everything from scrap wood to plastic canisters to old vacuums he was able to build an amazing little extractor for around $30. Check out the video above to see it in action or visit the link below for the detailed build guide at Instructables.com.

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GOTO Lockscreen is very simple to implement with its built in setup/tutorial, so once you download it, you should be up and running in a minute or two. Once installed, you can see immediately how this app is going to save you time. The normal unlock slide function of your Android phone is now replaced with a very stylish arc based slider that has a few other tricks up its sleeve.

GOTO Lockscreen costs $1.50 in the Android Market.

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We’ve actually mentioned the Ian Knot once before, but the diagrams were a bit difficult to follow for some, so reader A Jostel put together the above video, complete with a slowed-down demonstration and instructions, for super simple learning (he also included a nice trick to getting the first half of the knot down). It might take a few minutes to get right, but once you get used to it, you’ll be tying your shoes in two seconds flat.

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Whether your friends have dragged you to a 3D movie or the movie you want to see is only out in 3D (seriously, that actually happens), having this trick up your sleeve is a nice way to avoid being the crybaby that doesn’t want anything to do with 3D movies. For this to work, you’ll need two sets of 3D glasses from the movie theater. All you need to do is pop out the lenses and rearrange them between the glasses, making two pairs of glasses that will each show the movie in 2D. Check out the video to see the hack in action.

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As it turns out, circumventing this block is extremely easy.

Here’s how:

1. Turn off your phone.
2. Pop out the SIM card.
3. Turn your phone back on and connect to a Wi-Fi network.
4. Open the Android Market, search for, and install the previously carrier-blocked app.
5. Turn off your phone.
6. Pop the SIM card back in.
7. Turn your phone back on.
8. Enjoy!

Your mileage may vary depending on your carrier and device. I’m using a Samsung Captivate on AT&T—a phone I’d suggest no one ever buys—and this method worked perfectly on that. If you’ve installed carrier-blocked apps before with your carrier, let’s hear how you went about it in the comments. (Hat tip to a user in the ATTDroids forum.)

Update: As many people have pointed out in the options, you’ve got countless other alternatives for installing apps once you’ve rooted your phone. The nice thing about this method is that you don’t have to root to do it.

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