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Instant Google Street View Immediately Transports You to Any Location
Google Street View is a very handy feature of Google Maps. Instant Google Street View takes it a step further, taking you to any address or place name as soon as you start typing and offering features...
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What's the Best Way to Save All the Useful Articles I Come Across Online?
Dear Lifehacker, I love finding different tips and tricks online, but I often find that many of them are most useful days, months, even years down the line. What's the best way to save and organize all...
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What Computer Parts Do You Want for the Holidays?
The holidays are a great time to upgrade your home-built computer, since you can ask for the necessary parts as gifts. We want to know what upgrades you're looking forward to this season. Next week...
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Why You Should Always Have More Than One Backup
Your data really isn't safe unless you're backing up properly and with lots of redundancy. The computer backup rule of three, also known as the Backup 3-2-1 rule, can help ensure that your data will...
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Scratchpad Puts All Your Quick, Temporary Notes One Keystroke Away
Windows: Scratchpad is a simple little app that sits out of your way until you need it, providing you a quick place to jot down any and all notes with just a few keystrokes. Scratchpad is simple: Press...
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Build Your Own Raspberry Pi-Based Game Console
Oh the things you can do with a Raspberry Pi. Here's one more option: Turn the tiny, inexpensive computer into a game console that runs a homebrewed cross-platform game engine. As you can imagine,...
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WavTap Records Your Computer's Audio with the Press of a Keyboard Shortcut
OS X: Screenshot and screencasting apps are popular, allowing you to easily record images and video of the contents of your screen. But what about audio? WavTap fills that void by allowing you to...
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This Week’s Most Popular Posts: November 9th to 16th
This week we learned how to be spies, upgraded and repaired our smartphones, changed our lives with $2.75 a day, and ran through the best earbuds on the market. Here's a look back.Learn How to Break...
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How Difficult Is It to Pick a Deadbolt Lock?
Easier than you think. As YouTube has proven, even little kids can pick a lock. Make sure that your deadbolt isn't dead-easy to crack open. The DIY experts at Stack Exchange offer answers on keeping...
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Tea Bag Buddy Holds Your Tea Bag While it Steeps and Contains the Mess When...
If you're a regular tea drinker who makes their tea the old-fashioned way—with an individual tea bag—you know that you can lose heat while the tea bag steeps and that it can create a bit of a mess when...
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Is using just cloud storage a good enough backup?
Great discussions are par for the course here on Lifehacker. Each day, we highlight a discussion that is particularly helpful or insightful, along with other great discussions and reader questions you...
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Before Moving, Check Your New Address with Your Insurance Company to Avoid...
As if moving wasn't costly enough, your insurance rates may go up based on the location of your new home. And it's not just homeowner's and renter's insurance—car and health can rise as well because...
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Remains of the Day: Lots of Twitter Updates Suggest Big Changes
Twitter slowly moves towards a redesign, Europe is the first to get a big Google Play Music feature, AT&T announces global talk/text plans, and a Google Maps iOS app is rumored to be in beta...
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Create a Spy Kit This Weekend
Spy Week may be coming to an end, but that doesn't mean you can't continue your training in the arts of espionage. One of the most exciting parts of being a spy is the gear. This weekend, put together...
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Make Hostess Treats at Home, Even After They're Gone in Stores
If the news of Hostess closing its doors is driving you to hoard Twinkies, Ding Dongs, and Ho-Hos, take a break from stockpiling and try a few of the many copycat Hostess recipes posted online until...
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Top 10 Ways to Survive Going Home for the Holidays
Whenever the holidays draw near, stress levels seem to skyrocket worldwide. Whether it's the annoyance of travel, distractions from work, small talk with long-forgotten family members, or constant...
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Learn How to Properly Dismantle a Wooden Pallet
We've covered a lot of projects that reclaim free wooden pallets into furniture such as desks , chairs, and garden sheds, but in exchange with free wood you have to deal with taking the pallet apart...
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Hack a Dollar Store Pedometer Into a Basic Voltmeter
If you'd like a voltmeter for a small project but don't want to shell out for a commercial model you can make your own using a dollar store pedometer, a PIC12F683 microcontroller, and a few other...
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DIY PVC Trash Bag Dispenser
It's not rocket science, but if you need a way to keep plastic garbage bags around and you have a leftover piece of PVC pipe you can make a simple bag dispenser by cutting a slot in the side of the...
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Freeze Your Non-Dairy Creamers to Make Coffee Drinkable Almost Immediately
If you take creamer and like your coffee to be warm and not boiling-magma-hot you should consider freezing non-dairy creamer—you'll cool down your coffee while adding your preferred amount of creamer....
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