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TheLifehacker Packis a yearly snapshot of our favorite, essential applications for each of our favorite platforms. For our always-updating directory of all the best apps, be sure to bookmark ourWindows App Directory. So dont forget to grab those ones manually after youve installed the rest of the pack with Ninite! You might need tocreate some special shortcuts for Modern UI appsin Windows 10, butits still our favorite. The same can be said for Microsofts OneNote, whichgoes toe-to-toe with Evernote in most features....

Heidel originally grew indigo before his son Jean Jacques converted the plantation to sugar in the early 1800’s. It was Jean Jacques who built the historic French Creole raised-style main house. Some 350 slaves are recorded to have lived, sweated, toiled and beaten here. In 1999, the plantation was bought by New Orleans lawyer named John Cummings. There is another memorial dedicated to 107,000 people enslaved in Louisiana. It was at Whitney Plantation where the 2012 Quentin Tarantino movieDjango Unchainedand the 2013 movie12 Years a Slavewere filmed....

From the archives of Amusing Planet. Alexandre Fartos wall portraits are spread over a handful of European cities, and also Moscow and New York. Anamorphic Artworks of Awtar Singh Virdi Awtar Singh Virdi from India is a skilled anamorphic artist. The image appears distorted at first when viewed from a conventional position and without aid.

Four years ago, a little-known developer namedNianticcreatedIngress. It was a location-based mobile game that set the stage for their next big game,Pokemon Go. Both are extremely fun and get you out of the house, but with very different flavors. Heres how Niantics two hits compare. Comparing the two is more for fun and to see how each can improve. Pokemon Go isas close as we can get. The game even focuses solely on the original 151 Pokemon, to maximize nostalgia....

About 20 km from Madrid is the small town of Mejorada del Campo. If you look carefully, you will notice the columns are old petrol drums. The project began more than fifty years ago in 1961. Its initiator, Don Justo, is now ninety-one years old. He then decided that he would serve god in which own way, by building a cathedral. What he knew, he learned from books and by consulting photos of cathedrals and other famous buildings....

Let us take a brief look at thenine sites. There are many dolmen sites scattered across the world. The dolmens at Antequera are one of the largest known ancient megalithic structures in Europe. It was an important crossroads for merchant caravans plying the Silk Road. Nalanda was ransacked and destroyed by the invading Muslim dynasties and it was eventually abandoned and forgotten. Nalanda is now a notable tourist destination. Photo credit: Rajneesh Raj/UNESCO...

The intensity recorded by the instruments measured 2.5 in Richter Scale. In other words, the landslide felt like a 2.5 quake. The hole is such a spectacle that it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966. In the morning of the landslide the movement began so strong that they immediately evacuated the area. The first landslide occurred seven hours later, followed by another one 1.5 hour later. Each avalanche lasted 90 seconds....

Canned Wine and Beer Worth Buying Glass is the enemy of the picnic. Also, as with the watermelon above, the fruit is mainly there to complement an already delicious beer. Here, tart grapefruit is married with a citrusy, hoppy IPA for an extremely drinkable beverage. Im also really into the name and packaging, and they give 8% back to local charities. I dont care for the Pinot Gris, which tastes sweet and metallic....

The nearest town is Sirsi Taluk, around 17 km away. Photo credit:Unique Creator/Wikimedia It should be noted that places like Sahasralinga are not uncommon in India. Its difficult to say how many shrines are there at Sahasralinga. Photo credit:www.indiadivine.org Sources:Wikipedia/Deccan Herald

Le Bruns original lecture is lost but his sketches have survived. There are over 250 such drawings at the Louvre museum today. Le Brun’s physiognomic drawings were published in 1806 making them accessible to the general public. It sparked a particular interest in facial and racial characteristics, and the connections between humans and animals. Lavaters theory was that physiognomy related to the specific character traits of individuals, rather than general types....

Heres how I built the ultimate PokeBike, and how you’re able to build your own. What a cool idea, I thought. But when I tried to ride around and play at the same time, it actually sucked. Still, I was determined to make it work. A few days and a few Amazon orders later, the PokeBike was born. What Youll Need First things first,you need a bike. you could pretty much turn any bicycle into a PokeBike, but I recommend springing for aSchwinn Loop 7-Speed....

But then, this is no ordinary dollhouse. All of these were meticulously handcrafted by artisans from all over the world. As with the Colleen Moore dollhouse certain exterior walls are fixed to create a 3-D viewing experience. The basement level consists of the Knights Of Columbus room, wine cellar, kitchens, and the armory. The main floor contains the entrance foyer, main stairway, and butler’s closet. Next level up contains the formal living room, dining room, and music room and its audience balcony....

When I first graduated from college, I was lucky enough to get a pretty good job almost immediately. In fact, my first day at that new job was literally nine days after my college graduation day. My starting salary at that job blew away my earnings up to that point. This post originally appeared onThe Simple Dollar. In fact, it was higher than the earning level of my parents at the time....