April 20th, 2012Top StoryThis Week's Most Popular Posts: April 14-20This week we poured some awesome sauce on our old, dust-gathering gadgets, learned to speak a new language, started measuring our mood, and more. Here's a look back. Top 10 Awesome Things You Can Do With the Underused Gadgets You Already OwnIf you're a fan of technology, chances are you've retired a few gadgets over the years and they're sitting in a box in your closet. Today's the day to dig out your leftovers and start thinking about what you can do to let them live and breathe again. More » I Learned to Speak Four Languages in a Few Years: Here's HowLifehacker reader Gabriel Wyner was tasked with learning four languages in the past few years for his career as an opera singer, and in the process landed on "a pretty damn good method for language learning that you can do in limited amounts of spare time." More » The Cheapest Place to Buy Toiletries Isn't Actually the Drug Store (Or Even Amazon)These days, it seems like you can buy things like shampoo or toothpaste just about anywhere. And, while it's obvious you probably won't find good prices at the grocery store, ShopSmart magazine found that your local CVS or Walgreens isn't the best place to buy them either. More » Fill Out This One-Minute Form Every Day and Find Out Why Your Life Sucks (or Doesn't)Ever wonder why you're having a bad day, or even a good one? Is there an ongoing problem in your life that you just can figure out? If you've got a free minute, just fill out this daily form to help you diagnose the problem by analyzing how you think, act, and feel. More » Never Get a Red Light Camera Ticket Again with This DIY GPS HackIf you live in a city with red light cameras that snap pictures when you accidentally sneak through a red light then chances are you've received a ticket with your picture in the mail before. More » Five Useful Upgrades for Your Computer's Unused Bays (and a Few Ridiculous Ones)You've got, what, one DVD drive on the front of your computer? You have so many empty drive bays-how embarrassing! Here are a few awesome (and absurd) things you can put in those bays to add extra features to your computer. More » Get All That Crap Off Your Desktop with These Minimalist WallpapersOften times our desktops get too busy and too cluttered. Although there are definitely nice ways to clean them up, it helps if your wallpaper isn't adding to the clutter as well. More » Clean or Replace These Things Regularly, Because If You Haven't Noticed, They're Absolutely VileWhen's the last time you replaced your pillows? Or cleaned your keyboard? You're using things every day that are perfectly fine (where "fine" is defined as "functional"), but that, frankly, are absolutely gross. More » Five Best Universal Remote ControlsNo one wants a half-dozen remote controls on their coffee table, or even two or three on their nightstand that you have to swap out depending on what you want to watch on TV or whether you'd like to change the volume. More » How to Remove Screws with Stripped HeadsYou don't have to be a professional carpenter to come across stripped screws. In fact, if you're stripping screws, you're probably not a carpenter. Also, you should throw a little back into your screw twists. More » You May Be Able to Actually Make Yourself Smarter—All It Takes Is PracticeNew research shows that, with simple brain exercises, you may be able to actually increase your intelligence-something scientists previously thought impossible. More » Change a Habit in Three Steps with This FlowchartBreaking a bad habit or developing a good one might be hard work, but it's not impossible. In fact, once you know the main structure of habits, you can develop a plan to change them. More » |
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This Week’s Most Popular Posts: April 14-20
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