It Will Make Your Boxed Cake Taste Better Every Time.
This gimmick, like many kitchen origin stories, came about out of necessity. My friend and I were making a Funfetti cake for a birthday and […]
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A Guide to Child Culture for Adults Out of Touch With Reality: Who Is the Corn Baby?
Sometimes the storm and onslaught of a dying republic is drowned out by purity and light. This week our momentary respite from despair is given […]
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Five Cheap Ways to Make Your Home Look More Expensive
Turning your home into the home of your dreams can be costly and time consuming, especially if your goals include changing the look. If a […]
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How to Hack an Old Car (and Steal a Modern One)
You know what’s cool? In crime movies, when someone jumps behind the wheel of a car, kicks the steering column cover, crushes a couple of […]
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How to Be a Parent With “associated Consequences” (and Why You Should)
As parenting trends move further away from punishment and harsh discipline, there is still conflict between parenting communities and perhaps even within your own family […]
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Don’t Try to Hack a Virus Dishwasher
I hate washing dishes and buying dishwashing detergents. Two types of soap may seem like overkill, but keeping a kitchen clean is impossible without dishwashing […]
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All the Things You Must Put Away on the First Day of the Month
The first day of every month should be dedicated to planning and getting things done, but most of us aren’t planner geeks. However, there are […]
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Can I Imagine These Tofu Pizza Buns
Tofu puffs are my favorite form of tofu. They are pre-fried, chewy and crunchy, with a honeycomb interior that soaks up sauces like a dream. […]
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Four Alternatives to Gasoline Blowers (It’s Not a Rake)
Everyone hates blowers and it’s not hard to see why. For most people, the noise is enough; if your area has lawns, chainsaw-level humming is […]
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How to Install Unsupported Apps on Older IPhones
As much as Apple wants you to buy an iPhone 14 , your old phone is probably serving you just fine, even if the company […]
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Impress Yourself With This Simple Four-Ingredient Thai Dish
If you’ve ever come home hungry to a refrigerator filled with nothing but scattered vegetables and a spice door, you can understand the emotional breakdown […]
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A Beginner’s Guide to Buying Solar Panels
Solar panels have been around for a long time and can be seen everywhere in many places. They power street lights and emergency signs, and […]
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What If You Can’t Even Run Slow
Slow, easy running is the foundation of any running program, whether you’re looking to beat your race time or just want to give your heart […]
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How to Watch the Launch of Artemis I Moon
After stopping the launch sequence at the end of the game earlier this week, NASA is once again about to send a massive rocket into […]
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How to Finally Edit Your Tweets
As long as Twitter has existed, there have been tweets that needed a second chance. Twitter users have been begging the company for years to […]
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Use the Junebug Cleanup Method When Clutter Gets Overwhelming
I am not a neat person by nature. I try, but it’s never been a particularly easy or intuitive process. In calmer times, I can […]
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11 Essential Fall Home Care Tasks Everyone Should Do
Winter weather is taking its toll on your home, and if you don’t stick to your maintenance schedule, you could be in for some nasty […]
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The Real History of Credit Ratings
Recently, there has been a growing murmur online about the fairness of credit ratings and consumer credit reports. It’s a hot question: This semi-hidden number […]
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You Underestimate Kindness
In an overwhelming world, small acts of kindness can seem insignificant. In a world where bad things happen every day, what difference can a little […]
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How to Make a Bed With “hospital Corners”
In addition to favoring a mattress of a certain firmness and sheets made from some materials but not others, most people also have preferences when […]
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How to Know If Your Air Conditioner Has Mold (and What to Do About It)
Air conditioners make life much easier in hot weather. But if your air conditioner is poorly maintained or doesn’t work properly, or hasn’t been used […]
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Do Not Book a Holiday Home With These Words in the Ad
When it comes to your hard-earned vacation, rental property can make or break your trip. For example, you might get lucky and end up booking […]
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This Is When It’s Supposed to Get Colder This Fall (Earlier Than You Think)
After a scorching summer across the country, cool, breezy autumn weather sounds particularly refreshing this year. And as the days get shorter and the season […]
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You Are Probably Vacuuming Too Fast
Generally speaking, there are two types of vacuuming: a few quick sweeps to pick up crumbs, spilled snacks, and visible dirt; and more thorough sweeping […]
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How to Keep Stink Bugs Out of Your Home This Fall
It’s only about a month away from the official start of autumn, which means cooler temperatures, leaf changes and, for the 47 states , brown […]
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Why You Should Photograph Your Physical Media Collection
Owning physical media has its benefits , especially in the era of streaming and digital distribution, but it also comes with risks such as loss, […]
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How to Legally Guarantee That You Will Get Your Security Deposit Back
Security deposits are one of the many annoying things about renting a house or apartment . You have to fork out a lot of extra […]
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This Free Utility Will Extend the Battery Life of Your Ancient MacBook
If you’re rocking an old MacBook, you probably don’t expect it to keep up with the latest and greatest – Apple’s silicon machine will obviously […]
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How to Assess Your Home’s Risk From Climate Change
We can’t seem to go more than a few days without worrying headlines about the climate crisis – from a looming “megastorm” in California to […]
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The Easiest Ways to Make Your Home More Wheelchair Accessible
If a relative uses a wheelchair and wants to come visit, or if someone in your family suddenly finds they need to use one, even […]
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11 Best Life Advice Podcasts That Will Answer All Your Tough Questions
Need advice? Of course we all do. And where we once could turn to newspaper columnists of the past (from Abby to Ann and Amy) […]
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How to Choose the Best Airport Security Pre-Screening Program for You
Airport security lines are notoriously long, the process is slow, and it’s often hard to know what to do to get through quickly. However, there […]
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12 Best Roles of Anne Heche
Anne Heche, film, television and Broadway actress, passed away last week at the age of 53. The media paid much attention to the tragic circumstances […]
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There’s a New Way to Know If You’re Exercising Enough
The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (and similar recommendations from other countries) encourage healthy adults to get 150 minutes of moderate exercise, such as walking, […]
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20 Best Films About Man and Animal of All Time
In the trailer for his new movie, The Beast , which opens today, Idris Elba is punching a lion. Sounds like gibberish, but the animal […]
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A Guide to Child Culture for Adults Out of Touch With Reality: What’s Behind the “Girl Bro” Meme?
This week’s events in youth culture could give you a whiplash. We’re moving from extremely wonderful internet stuff – hilariously silly memes, positive YouTubers – […]
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How to Improve Manual Dexterity (and Why It Matters)
Over the past few months, it has occurred to me that at the respectable age of 30, I lost some manual dexterity. I used to […]
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The Best Ways to Spend a Buffer Day Vacation
Vacations, as enjoyable as they are, can also be exhausting. There’s jet lag, the fatigue that comes after a busy vacation schedule, and on top […]
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8 of the World’s Most Amazing Real-Life Prison Breaks (and What You Can Learn From Them)
According to a demographic study I just did, seventy-nine percent of Lifehacker readers are serving hard time in our nation’s correctional facilities. So if you’re […]
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How to Get a Free Stove From the Government (and Help Save the Planet)
Earlier this week, President Biden signed into law a bill to reduce inflation. Over the next decade, the federal government will spend $370 billion to […]
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