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Seeing a professional league play in a stadium is much more fun than watching it on TV, but it will cost you, especially if one […]
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When doctors at Doctors recommend a particular treatment or diet or supplement, you will realize that there is probably some truth in their recommendation, right? […]
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Hot Topics is bullshit , says Select All. These little social media modules are swamps of platitudes and misinformation. A conspiracy theory video was posted […]
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If you’re a telecommuter, you’re probably wondering if your company has to pay for the supplies, technology, and more that you use to do your […]
Continue reading »Use Excel to Keep Your Family Organized
In my first post-college role, I worked with a boss who loved Excel spreadsheets. She thought that almost everything could be packed into “boxes and […]
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There is nothing better than lying on the couch and proudly staring at the new home you just moved into. That is, unless you are […]
Continue reading »How to “work From Home” When Traveling
The best thing about working from home is that you don’t have to stay at home. You can work from a coffee shop , local […]
Continue reading »These Are the Loopholes to Ban Assault Weapons That Marco Rubio Talked About.
CNN held a town hall discussion last night with those affected by the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, Florida officials and an NRA spokesman. […]
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While all of us at Lifehacker are thrilled with Work From Home Week, for the four of us it really is home (ha). Here’s a […]
Continue reading »How to Deal With an Angry Crowd Is Much Better Than Marco Rubio
Survivors of the Stoneman Douglas High School massacre yesterday met with their Senator Marco Rubio at a CNN City Hall meeting. Not everything went well […]
Continue reading »Brand Loyalty – for Horny Monkeys
We all think we’re the only person who doesn’t fall in love with commercials featuring celebrities and sexy models. But here’s a particularly humiliating demonstration […]
Continue reading »Here’s What’s in Store for and Out of Netflix in March 2018
February isn’t producing any results, but we’re making it through with the benzocaine-like capabilities of Netflix’s video streaming service. In addition, March is just around […]
Continue reading »What You Need to Thrive in the Gig Economy
If you can summarize what it means to be a freelancer, this is getting pretty close from a new Harvard Business School report: Unconstrained by […]
Continue reading »Find Out About Fake News With This Web Game
In the 10-minute online game Bad News , developed by Cambridge social psychology professor Sander van der Linden, you play an insidious conspiracy theorist who […]
Continue reading »How Do You Eat While Traveling?
Hello and welcome back toWhat’s Cooking? , an open thread where you can share your brilliant thoughts, tips, recipes and opinions on all food related […]
Continue reading »Use Google Chrome’s Task Manager to Find Out What’s Slowing Down Your Browsing
Frozen web pages, a precursor to constantly frustrating dead tabs , can be very frustrating – even more so when you can’t pinpoint what is […]
Continue reading »Tell Your Boss About Your Five-Year Plan.
Work is not just work for many people – we want to be realized, and often we want to work for a greater good or […]
Continue reading »What to Do If Your Child Bites on the Couch
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 Are at the Home Stretch in a Push-up Competition.
In literally a week, the February push-up challenge will be over, and we can compare notes on how the month went for each of us. […]
Continue reading »Top Tips From Amsterdam Readers
This week our Hack Your City readers posted 73 comments with tips about Amsterdam , such as where to eat and drink, how to stay […]
Continue reading »Protect Your Mind As Much As Your Body
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 »What Have You Added to Your Home Office That Helps You in Your Work?
Congratulations, you got the opportunity to work from home! You will be the designer of your own office, where you can customize every detail to […]
Continue reading »You Should Put Kohlrabi in Your Pizza
Life taught me very little to expect February, the worst month, but this one was especially bad. It’s important to enjoy the bright spots as […]
Continue reading »Why You Should Consider Day Care When Working With a Home Parent
I have three children and I work from home. Even when I had one or two children, I asked: “What are you doing?” Your conversation […]
Continue reading »Why GIF Toaster Is the Only GIF App You Need
Everyone uses the same app to check Facebook, send tweets, or take pictures. Boring. This App is Fire is designed to take a look at […]
Continue reading »Announce the Reason Why You Are Going to Look at Your Phone
Why am I looking at my phone? I don’t know for many reasons. To find out exactly where my J.Crew order is. To find out […]
Continue reading »Is Drinking the Secret to Longevity?
Most of us will only live to be 70, so raise your hand if you’re jealous of 100-year-olds blowing out birthday candles and giving some […]
Continue reading »How to Budget As a Freelancer
So you’re a freelancer who leaves home in the morning , explains to his roommates that you have work to get done, and knows when […]
Continue reading »As a Person, Even If You Work From Home
On the surface, working from home seems to give a person unprecedented control over their diet. You are not only in control of your schedule, […]
Continue reading »What Your Boss Messages Really Mean
If you work from home, you know how important it is to stay in touch with your boss and colleagues through email and chat programs […]
Continue reading »Give Kids a Playlist of Their Favorite Songs
“Uptown has its hooligans, the Bowery has its bums. Big Jim Walker appeared on Forty-second Street, he shot the pool with the son of a […]
Continue reading »Use Smart Home Devices to Work From Home
This pair of smart lights in your home, a customizable Flic button on your desk, your voice assistant of choice, and a smart plug in […]
Continue reading »How to Protect Your Privacy on Smart Home Devices
Smart speakers are cool, convenient, and fun to use, but when it comes to privacy, they leave a lot to be desired. If you have […]
Continue reading »Pick up Someone Else’s Trash
I love collecting trash from the ground. I like to take other people’s garbage from the street and throw it in the trash. And I […]
Continue reading »How to Get Through the Last Hour of Your Workday
For me, the workday has a predictable arc: those first great hours of opportunity and productivity; dinner; dead eyes / coma; revival, in which an […]
Continue reading »Set Calendar Alerts to Avoid Being Charged for a “free” Trial
In this harsh capitalist world, there is a hard truth: everyone loves free stuff. Enjoying more wonderful (and more free) things is an innocent enough […]
Continue reading »I Am Professional Skier Greta Eliassen and This Is How I Work
It’s Olympics season so we’re ready to talk about the Winter X Games baby! In particular, the Games from 2005 to 2011, when skier Greta […]
Continue reading »Large New Diet Study Has Just Disproved Many Pet Weight Loss Theories
Teach 600 people to eat more vegetables and less sugar throughout the year, and they will find themselves losing weight. There is nothing shocking about […]
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