Don’t Waste Your Money on a Beautiful Standing Table
When we last collected our staff’s weekly updates , our editors moved into new apartments, worked outdoors, tried new financial options, and increased our emergency […]
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How to Automate Your Home With an IFTTT-Enabled Router
I love automation; I do. I just think this is the funniest thing to ever walk into my house and immediately have my smart lights […]
Continue reading »Aged Steaks With Fish Sauce and Koji
Some things, like love or a delicious shrimp base , may not be rushed, but a lot can be brought closer. While nothing replaces an […]
Continue reading »The Real Story of Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is a time of flowers, trendy brunches and thanks to Mom for what she has endured all these years. But once the holiday […]
Continue reading »How to Become a Good Storyteller
Not many of us aspire to become storytellers of the level who made it to Moth, but being famous for spinning good yarn has its […]
Continue reading »Surprise Your Child With Different Toys Every Hour on Long Trips
Parents, you have heard the advice: when going on a long flight or traveling with small children, be sure to take classes with you. And […]
Continue reading »How to See Answers at Friends HQ and Prevent Random Players From Finding You
Be delighted, “HQuties”. The popular quiz app that you probably stopped playing a few months ago because it took you ages to win and you […]
Continue reading »How to Improve Your Relationship With Your Mother
It’s almost Mother’s Day, which means that many of us are going to spend the day talking to mothers – in person, on FaceTime, or […]
Continue reading »How to Have BDSM Sex Safely and by Mutual Consent
This week, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman was charged by four women with physical assault during sex. Schneiderman responded by saying that the blows, […]
Continue reading »What Do You Want to Know About Buying a Home?
Hello friends. It’s me, your dedicated personal finance blogger, who came back to ask you questions about buying a home. We’ve gotten into the weeds […]
Continue reading »How to Write the Perfect Lullaby
I loved singing lullabies to my daughter. As a musical theater fan who suddenly had a captive audience (one that was physically unable to reach […]
Continue reading »Ask for Cash When Kicked Off a Flight
Not content with the current level of misery associated with flying, airlines are booking more flights than ever and rerouting customers on later flights so […]
Continue reading »What Was the Last Big Change in Your Life That Defines You Today?
The “present” is not a smoothly sliding window of time, always slipping into the past at the same speed. From time to time we change […]
Continue reading »Come Have a Drink and Talk About Masculinity With Lifehacker and Esther Perel in New York
Hey, what are you doing Wednesday night? If you live in the New York area and the answer is not “drink with Lifehacker and talk […]
Continue reading »How to Make Your Own Virtual Reality Tour With Google Street View
Google has done more than any other company to bring virtual reality to the masses, from making cheap Cardboard headsets to providing the general public […]
Continue reading »How to Express Condolences Without Sounding Like an Ass
If you’re not careful, your well-meaning condolences can make you seem like a complete idiot. The trick to expressing genuine empathy for the bereaved is […]
Continue reading »What to Do on Mother’s Day If You Can’t Cook
Mother’s Day will be here very soon, and with it the expectation of some kind of brunch lovingly prepared for the mother figure (s) in […]
Continue reading »Should You Sign up for the All of Us Massive Medical Study?
The National Institutes of Health is trying to recruit one million people to share their health data for long-term, large-scale research. “The next great breakthrough […]
Continue reading »Here Are the Countries That US Citizens Can Visit Without a Visa
If you are a US citizen with a valid passport, you are free to travel to more places in the world than citizens of other […]
Continue reading »How to Make Your Disappearing Alarm Messages Really Disappear
When it comes to messaging apps, Signal is one of the safest options out there, but it turns out that the service does have a […]
Continue reading »Shower Gel Is a Scam and You Influenced It
Millennials are accused of killing many aspects of everyday life. While I agree with uprooting some of these obsolete items (grab this, napkins and networked […]
Continue reading »How to Keep People From Spying on Your Phone
Sometimes when you show a photo to a friend or relative, they will rudely flip through other images. We have a way to do this. […]
Continue reading »How to Find Free Skin Cancer Screening Near You
Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States, but it can be difficult to find a dermatologist to check your […]
Continue reading »Fried Leeks Are Great for Scrambled Eggs
The green parts of the leek are lacking in love. Almost every leek recipe tells you that you don’t need them, that they are too […]
Continue reading »How to Clean a Backyard Trampoline
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 »Where to Check Your Credit Score for Free
With the abundance of personal finance apps, sites, and services available, you no longer have to rely on just a free copy of your credit […]
Continue reading »Where to Buy Flowers for Mother’s Day at the Last Minute
Attention! Mother’s Day is this Sunday, May 13th. It’s not too late right now to order your mom something cool on Amazon Prime, or even […]
Continue reading »Make It Easier to Record and Share Videos From Your Screen With the ‘Loom’ Chrome Extension
Suppose you are trying to eliminate a family member’s computer, you want to show a friend some of the problems you have with your system, […]
Continue reading »How to Make Cheap Side Dishes That Seem Trendy
When planning a massive meal, it can be easy to focus too much on the essentials, but filling the side dishes is equally – if […]
Continue reading »Top Reader Tips for Traveling the Disney World
This week, we hacked into a theme park instead of a city, writing an openly intimidating 275 comments full of tips for visiting Disney World. […]
Continue reading »The Only Thing Holding You Back From Cultivation Is You.
Welcome back to Mid-Week Meditations , Lifehacker’s weekly dip in the pool of stoic wisdom and a guide to using its waters to meditate and […]
Continue reading »How to Use the Confusing New Gesture Controls in Android P
Android P contains many exciting new features , but it also brings huge changes to the way you control your smartphone. Google is replacing familiar […]
Continue reading »The Most Efficient Way to Keep Your Resume up to Date
Finding a job is difficult even in the best circumstances, and when you are not prepared for it, it becomes even more difficult. Optimistically, we […]
Continue reading »Best Way to Enable Sound in Web Games and Apps Disabled by Latest Google Chrome Update
Google’s latest update for Chrome made big changes to how the browser handles autoplaying videos, but it now causes a lot of audio issues in […]
Continue reading »When Can I Eat Romaine Lettuce?
The CDC is still finding people who developed E. coli associated with romaine lettuce : there were 12 more this week, bringing the total to […]
Continue reading »Don’t Pay Anyone to “Help” You With Your Student Loans
Beware of companies that charge you a commission in exchange for cutting student loan payments, making loan payments for you, changing your repayment plan, consolidating […]
Continue reading »Why Antihistamines Should Not Be Used to Prevent Alcohol-Induced Flushing
For some, sipping on cocktails does more than just tipsy, it makes your skin red as beets. There is an old way to prevent skin […]
Continue reading »Make a Large Batch of This Shrimp Base and Use It in Every Meal
In this age of instant food gadgets and meal kits, recipes that take over an hour are often optimized and optimized or completely ignored. But […]
Continue reading »You Probably Already Have Cousins in Your DNA Database
The DNA database led police to the Golden State suspected murderer through data uploaded by distant relatives. Now, population genetics researchers have calculated the likelihood […]
Continue reading »Three More Great History Podcasts That Aren’t Hardcore Story
When these business school bullies bullied you for your worthless doctorate in medieval literature, they didn’t see the history podcasts appear. Now it’s pretty damn […]
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