How Your Last Name Can Affect Your Decisions and Even Cost You Money [Spending]
While your last name, itself, has little effect on what you do, the way it was used to categorize you in grade school may affect the way you think. Time Magazine highlights a study that explains how...
View ArticleStay Inspired with These Beautiful and (Mostly) Motivational Wallpapers...
Wallpaper Wednesday is generally a collection of wallpapers found from all corners of the web, but every now and then there's one source that's so wonderful we have to feature them specifically. Such...
View ArticleCheck for and Remove the Flashback Trojan from Your Mac in an Instant [Mac...
By now you've probably heard about the Flashback, the Mac's latest virus scandal at least ten million times, but the folks who discovered the thing just released a tool to help you detect and get rid...
View ArticleIn Defense of Procrastination: When to Prioritize Doing Nothing [Mind Hacks]
Procrastination gets a bad rap, likely because we use it in excess. Putting too many things off is a problem, but the opposite isn't necessarily much better. Last year I managed to completely eradicate...
View ArticleGot a Hobby? It Might Earn You a Tax Break [Personal Finance]
Tax Day is coming. If you're looking for more expenses you can claim in hopes of a higher return, MSN Money notes that a hobby might just do the trick. For some of us, hobbies can be seen as a...
View ArticleMinimalistic Text Creates Stylish, Customized Android Data Widgets [Android]
Android: You can spend a long, long time looking for the perfect at-a-glance Android widget, with just the right calendar, weather, time, and date information—and maybe battery level, too. Or you can...
View ArticleChallenge: Find the Connection [Search Research]
Daniel Russell knows how to find the answers to questions you can't get to with a simple Google query. In his weekly Search Research column, Russell issues a search challenge, then follows up later in...
View ArticleRecruiters Only Look at Your Resume for an Average of Six Seconds and This Is...
Many resumes end up at the bottom of the pile, and with the results of a recent study highlighted by BusinessInsider, it's no wonder: recruiters only look at your resume for an average of six seconds...
View ArticleDaily App Deals: Get Safe Gmail for iOS for 99¢ in Today’s App Deals [App Deals]
The Daily App Deals post is a round-up of the best app discounts of the day, as well as some notable mentions for ones that are on sale. The Best Safe Gmail (iTunes) Previously $3.99, now 99¢. Safe...
View ArticleWinPlusX Gives You Super Quick Access to Windows' More Hidden, Advanced...
Windows only: If you're a Windows tweak addict, you probably use tools like the Registry, Computer Management, Disk Management, and Power Options often—apps that are extremely useful, but don't always...
View ArticleFeed Any Vegan or Food Allergy-Prone Friend With Just a Few Simple Recipes...
We all have that one friend that's either vegan, gluten intolerant, or allergic to nuts/eggs/dairy/all of the above—and feeding them can be stressful if you don't plan ahead. Instead of frantically...
View ArticleRemains of the Day: The United States Sues Apple [For What It's Worth]
The United States' Justice Department sues Apple and a host of publishers, Facebook provides a new service to users with a college or university email account, and St. Louis and Staten Island, NY are...
View ArticleLouder Headphones, Text Selection, and the Google Bar [From The Tips Box]
Readers offer their best tips for getting extra volume from your headphones, selecting text, and making the Google bar follow you down web pages. Don't like the gallery layout? Click here to view...
View ArticleKeep Your Plants Warm Over a Chilly Night with a Bucket of Water [Gardens]
It's springtime at Lifehacker HQ, and while it's getting warmer, we still have our share of chilly nights and mornings. If you've already started planting your garden and you're worried your plants...
View ArticleSafe Shepherd Scrubs Your Personal Information from Creepy People Search...
People search sites can be really useful to help you find people you used to know but fell out of touch with, but unfortunately most of them are for-profit entities that have no real skin in the game...
View ArticleThe Happy Sky Desktop [Featured Desktop]
A glowing night city and a rare astronomical event lay the groundwork for Flickr user Tasha Ward's desktop, on top of which she's built an informative, intelligent, and useful HUD thanks to a little...
View ArticleTurn a Key Into a 10-in-1 Tool [DIY]
Ever wished your key could do more than open doors? Instructables user Vitizop did, so he cut, chopped, and screwed a single key into a multi-tool. Using a drill, saw, and a variety of files, Vitizop...
View ArticleDon't Forget To Clean These Easy to Overlook Places When Spring Cleaning...
You might have already gone on your spring cleaning binge, but chances are you missed a few things. Home design blog Apartment Therapy notes that your most likely to overlook the cleaning appliances...
View ArticlePrepare Yourself to Navigate Challenges by Thinking Like a College Student...
Everyone faces challenges on a daily basis and it's impossible to be prepared for all of them. However, if you went to college, or even just moved out of your parent's house around 18, then you might...
View ArticleWhitespace Remover for Google Plus Cleans Up the New Google+ Layout on Chrome...
The new Google+ layout is pretty nice, but if you're looking at it on a widescreen monitor it adds a lot of whitespace. If you'd like to cut down on that whitespace and center everything, Whitespace...
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