Lifehacker, doing what they do best, has put together an incredibly helpful list of Windows 7 keyboard shortcuts, as well as a few new mouse tricks for good measure. Discovering a single new keyboard shortcut is enough to make a desk drone’s day—I rank the time I happened across the Windows+M shortcut as one of the best moments of Junior high, right above not getting acne scars and right below that one time I touched a boob with my elbow—but this list, which is full of stuff like that, including fresh Windows 7 goodies, is a revelation. My favourite?

[O]ne of the best new hotkeys in Windows 7 is the fact that you can create a new folder with a hotkey. Just open up any Windows Explorer window, hit the Ctrl+Shift+N shortcut key sequence, and you’ll be rewarded with a shiny “New Folder” ready for you to rename.

Oh, yes. [Lifehacker]

Those who don’t have money for two GPSes in the same car will need a map. Yes, a map. The kind you get from AAA for free (if you’re a member). Jalopnik’s got a set of instructions to teach (or refresh) your map reading skills so you can get back on the road like a pro. Like a boss. [Jalopnik]

After reporting some issues with their internet connection, technicians advised the folks over at Unplggd to wipe the tips of their ethernet cord with a coffee filter. Apparently the filters are excellent at catching loose impediments like lint, plus the technician reported witnessing more than on instance where installers had left cheeseburger grease on cords. Gross.

A bit anticlimactically, this coffee filter tip didn’t solve the problem for Unplggd, but it might still help you. Well, that, or you’ll just start licking those cords clean like we do. [Unplggd]

As it turned out, he did manage to visit all three stores and pick up a $100 iTunes gift voucher from each of them, which he’ll be giving away on Lifehacker. It’s a good thing he did it today as well – visiting four stores across three states would be a very big ask, and with the Robina store opening this weekend, he just avoided that very situation.

Still, in typical Lifehacker fashion, Gus picked up a few interesting pointers from each of the Apple Stores, like the fact Apple can email receipts instead of printing them out (although only Chatswood offered that) and Sydney likes to give away plastic bags.

Head on over to Lifehacker to follow the Hand Luggage Only adventures. And feel free to enter the competition.

[Hand Luggage Only on Lifehacker]

Evil Mad Scientist put together a list of 17 lesser-known uses for magnets. Our favourites? Putting your computer to sleep, pulling snug AA batteries and resealing snack bags. [Evil Mad Scientist via HackaDay]

From the US, you’ve got Blam, Chen, Rothman, Jesus, Mahoney, Wilson, Buchanan, Frucci, plus contributing editors Fallon, Loftus and Hermann, and, to round it out, intern Andi.

And if you don’t quite get the whole Twitter thing… well, you’re missing out, that’s all I’m saying.