Lifehacker readers help us identify our external drives, keep our homes safe if we lose our GPS device, and remember store hours.
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Protect Your House by Keeping It out of Your GPS
Photo by globetrotter1937
Andrew sent in a tip for GPS security:
My wife's GPS was stolen and the enterprising thieves pressed "Home" while she was busy with the police to pay a visit to our house. Rather than putting your exact address, put the nearest major intersection. You should be able to find your way home from there, and would-be thieves won't be able to identify your house with the GPS.
Use Your Cameraphone to Remember Store Hours
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Grey wrote in with a tip for keeping track of store hours:
I can never remember which store that I frequent is open which hours. Is Target open until 10 every night or just Friday and Saturday night? So for all the stores I go to often (Target, Best Buy, Lowe's, Trader Joe's, etc.) I just take a picture of their hours sign with my phone. I always have my phone with me so I always have their hours.
Use Colored Bracelets to Identify External Drives
Cameron found another use for different colored rubber bracelets:
I carry two 500GB external hard drives with me and have found that the bracelets you get for various causes will save your butt. With the help of my children I have killed more drives than I care to admit but since adding a few cause bracelets to each drive it not only keeps them on the table or desk but the bracelets also give the drives a little breathing room. In my case I have two identical drives, so If you have a few different colors of bracelets they are a great way to quickly tell which drive is which.
Looks like they're also handy for cable management.
Replay YouTube Videos with a Greasemonkey Script
Raghav responds to a previous tip for replaying YouTube videos:
The Greasemonkey script Loopy for YouTube puts a handy "loop" button under each YouTube video, erasing the need for a site like TubeReplay.
Definitely handy to have the loop option right on the YouTube page. If you don't have Greasemonkey installed, you can get it here.