I thought it would be nice to share some of my favorite posts from this week. Here they are, with a few excerpts from each article (and one video demonstration). Enjoy!

Break out of your “Victim Mentality”

How To Break Out of A Victim Mentality: 7 Powerful Tips [The Positivity Blog]

Why do people often have self-esteem problems? I’d say that one of the big reasons is that they don’t take responsibility for their lives. Instead someone else is blamed for the bad things that happen and a victim mentality is created and empowered.

This damages many vital parts in your life. Stuff like relationships, ambitions and achievements.

That hurt will not stop until you wise up and take responsibility for your life. There is really no way around it.

And the difference is really remarkable. Just try it out. You feel so much better about yourself even if you only take personal responsibility for your own life for a day.

Make your web clips more printer-friendly (or Evernote-friendly!)

Printliminator Quickly, Easily Makes Any Page Printer Friendly [Lifehacker]

[Note: Pair this service up with Evernote’s “Clip Selection” tool and save yourself a lot of hassle for clean web clips!]

It’s that time of year again!

The Quick 10: AFI’s Top 10 Thrills [mental_floss Blog]

The American Film Institute has done a pretty bang-up job of releasing movie lists in the past few years – best lines, best laughs, best musicals, best film scores. They even recently released the 10 best movies in a bunch of different genres, including “Courtroom Drama” and “Gangsters.” But they have yet to release a “best horror movie” list, much to my chagrin (and the chagrin of many others… lots of horror nerd bloggers have made their own to make up for the AFI’s omission). But they have released the 100 “Best Thrills,” which I guess is as close as they are going to get. I’m listing their top 10.

Hulu Desktop starts reaching out a little farther…

Hulu Embraces Publishers, Linux Users With Shiny New Tools [Mashable]

Hulu Desktop’s new compatibility with Linux assures that Hulu’s slick desktop app for watching TV is available on all three major operating systems. They got the Linux version out surprisingly quickly. Heck, there’s still no Chrome for Mac and it’s been over a year, much less the Linux version, so we applaud Hulu’s speed to market.

Put together that photobook keepsake quickly, easily, and CHEAPLY!

HotPrints Prints Free, Ad-Supported Photo Books [Lifehacker]

If you’re cool with that at the cost of free, even free shipping, HotPrints’ Facebook app makes it fairly easy to pull in tagged photos of yourself or any Facebook contacts for a quickie album, with a limit of one per month. It’s a free service, requires a Facebook account (and app authorization) to use.

Cut the stupid drama out of your life

Live Simply, and Save The Drama for Your Mother [Zen Habits]

If you have gotten fat, instead of making a big deal about it, go outside for a walk, and make it a simple daily habit (perhaps gradually turning it into a jog). And then just start eating fresher foods — fruits and veggies and beans and nuts — rather than unhealthy foods. Start cooking for yourself instead of eating fast food. The drama will only serve to get you depressed and fatter. Simply getting on with it will solve the problem, rather easily if you don’t make a big deal of it.

We all need at least a FEW tools

10 Tools For The Non-Handy Person’s Toolbox [Stepcase Lifehack]

Below are some of the tools I have in my tool chest. They’re the “extra” tools – that is, not the basics that everyone should have. If you don’t have any tools, you’re going to want a decent hammer, at least two screwdrivers (one each, Phillips head and flat head), an adjustable crescent wrench, a handsaw, and a couple pairs of pliers (needle-nose and adjustable). Once you have those, look into adding these to your collection. They’re listed roughly in order of usefulness – but of course, that’s subjective.

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