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The Best Places to Sell Your Junk
This month we invited you to make some pocket money by cleaning out your toilets and selling junk. However, you might be wondering exactly where […]
Continue reading »Trumpcare Just Snuck Through the Back Door
After 900 unsuccessful attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (that number may be slightly lower, it has been a long year), President Trump took […]
Continue reading »Turn Any PC Game Full Screen With This App
Windows: Windows 10 makes managing windows a lot easier with the keyboard shortcuts available – the WIN key and the arrow keys – but some […]
Continue reading »How to Pair Cocktails With Your Favorite Horror Movies
Halloween is the best holiday; it is a fact. Children can dress like minions, or frozen, or whatever, stay up late and – if their […]
Continue reading »Why Friday the 13th Is Considered Bad Luck
Why is Friday the 13th considered so bad? It’s part math, part history, and part pop culture. Westerners have always had a problem with the […]
Continue reading »14 Really Good Books for Preschoolers That Librarians Continue to Recommend
There comes a time when the long-suffering parent simply can no longer read The Blue Truck . Or “ My First Book on the Farm,” […]
Continue reading »Photograph Your Child’s Stuffed Animal on Work Trips
When you have young children, it can be difficult to travel frequently for work (although at times it’s pure bliss, amyrit?). One father named Hunter […]
Continue reading »How to Stay Safe If You Live in a Bushfire-Prone Area
When you are in the middle of a fire, it is difficult for you to breathe, much less think. As a veteran of the devastating […]
Continue reading »Hide Nazis With This Twitter Setting
Twitter, the social network that vets Nazis , is required by law to hide Nazi content and symbols in Germany and France. You can take […]
Continue reading »Cook Multiple Dishes in One Pot With Clever Use of Coasters
The Instant Pot can be a multicooker, but most of its functionality is focused on one product at a time, often with great results. This […]
Continue reading »What Does It Mean to Be Cool, According to a Philosopher
At some point in your life, you probably said that someone was either cool or sucked. I know there is. But what does this mean […]
Continue reading »Why You Shouldn’t Buy a “new” Book From Amazon
Amazon, a company that Jeff Bezos invented to piss off everyone in the book industry at the same time, loves to make books as cheap […]
Continue reading »Should Your Daughter Join Girl Scouts or Boy Scouts?
The Boy Scouts will soon be welcoming the girls . This is controversial – some see it as a long-term victory for all the girls […]
Continue reading »How to Take the Old Fashioned Power Nap “Marble Drop”
Sleep naps are a great way to refresh your mind in the middle of the day . They give you psychological support, but they don’t […]
Continue reading »There Is a New Way to Force Restart IPhone 8 – Here’s How to Do It
Apple is quickly ditching the classic iPhone home button we all know and love. Last year, the iPhone 7 replaced the physical button with a […]
Continue reading »IQ Tests Fail to Prove Trump (or Anyone Else) Has a Very Good Brain
In recent days, our secretary of state has called the president a “fucking asshole.” The President objected that he believed he had a higher IQ […]
Continue reading »Low Fat Avocados Are Not New, but They Are Pointless
A Spanish fruit company convinces people that they “invented” the fat-free avocado they call “Avocado Light.” However, as the children say, this is “already the […]
Continue reading »How Many Burpees Can You Do Before You Want to Die?
Today is World Burpee Day, and while we’re pretty sure this is just a marketing ploy, we’re curious: what is your relationship with the horrible […]
Continue reading »How to Travel in a Group Without Wasting Time
Traveling with a group can be exhausting. There is always a danger that you will be trapped for a few hours in a store or […]
Continue reading »Use Breathing Friends to Teach Your Child Self-Control
In the latest episode of Lifehacker’s Upgrade podcast, psychologist and science journalist Daniel Goleman talked about self-control (what he called “cognitive control”) and its importance […]
Continue reading »It’s Time to Leave Friends and Unsubscribe on Social Networks.
Twitter is in the process of rolling out 280 character tweets, which means we’ll be able to get double the information per tweet from the […]
Continue reading »How to Install the Handy New Pixel 2 Calendar Widget on Your Current Android Phone
The new smartphones Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL there is love, from a powerful new camera to the compressed frame, which launches Google Assistant, […]
Continue reading »Wait, There Is No New Study on Epidural Anesthesia and Total Labor Time.
Does epidural anesthesia prolong labor? Read the headlines this week and you’ll think we’ve finally answered this question once and for all – epidurals have […]
Continue reading »How to Walk on Water Correctly
Simply swimming in water may seem easy, but it’s actually quite difficult if you don’t have a flotation device, and walking on water is an […]
Continue reading »Best Hacks for Chicago, According to Our Readers
Do you know the movie ” Chicago” , Sinatra’s song “Chicago” and the band Chicago? They are all based on a real city! And when […]
Continue reading »These Are Disposable Cleaning Products That Parents Swear By
Jolie Kerr is a cleaning expert, advice columnist, and New York Times bestselling author of My Boyfriend Is Boiling In My Purse … And Other […]
Continue reading »You Must Start Your Swedish Death Cleansing
Exciting news: new organizational instructions have appeared in the city. Watch out, Marie Kondo, and make way for The Swedish Art of Cleansing Death: How […]
Continue reading »How to Turn Your Favorite Cocktail Into Lollipop
As Halloween approaches, there will be a lot of talk about making your own Snickers or DIY candy corn. I usually leave this alone as […]
Continue reading »What Would You Say to Yourself When You Were Young About Leaving Home?
This is National Release Day, when people who are comfortable “out of the house” (like gay, trans, or whatever they had to talk about) share […]
Continue reading »It’s Not Enough Just to Be “good”
Welcome back to Mid-Week Meditations , Lifehacker’s weekly dive into the pool of stoic wisdom and how you can use its waters to meditate and […]
Continue reading »How Amazon’s New Kindle Oasis Outperforms Its Competitors
Amazon dominates the e-book market to a large extent at the moment, but that hasn’t stopped the company from regularly introducing new features and designs. […]
Continue reading »How to Build an Indian Spice Cabinet
Indian cooking can seem complicated and confusing to people who are not initially familiar with it; all this grinding of various pastes with spices – […]
Continue reading »How Not to Raise a Son Like Harvey Weinstein
Hearing news of abuse and sexual harassment from people in power such as Harvey Weinstein (as well as Bill Cosby, Donald Trump and everyone else […]
Continue reading »You Don’t Need a SIM Card for the New Google Pixel 2
Google’s Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL are the company’s latest smartphones, but they certainly don’t break stereotypes. Both run Android 8.0 , no headphone […]
Continue reading »How to Fly Low Cost Airlines Without Killing Yourself
Low-cost airlines like WOW Air and Spirit can save you tons of money when you fly with them, but it will still cost you – […]
Continue reading »It’s Illegal to Have an Abortion Online, but Maybe It Should Be
Nearly half of all early abortions are done with just a few pills. The tablets are safe to take at home with very low complication […]
Continue reading »You May Need a Public Portfolio Even If You Are Not a Freelancer or “creative”.
Even if you are not a freelancer or “creator,” you will probably find it helpful to have a page that describes your accomplishments, not just […]
Continue reading »This Is What Photo Pro Brings to Your Backpack
You may resist the urge to buy the latest mirrorless body or an expensive lens for your vintage camera, but a lot of people often […]
Continue reading »Beware of Checking Account Fees After Graduation
Money problems become a reality for most students when they graduate. Meanwhile, to make sure your student loan payments are being used correctly to deal […]
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