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How to recreate the sounds of "Forbidden Planet"
Listen to this episode by clicking the player, above. Or get the podcast here: RSS | On iTunes | MP3 file Check out our awesome picks this week, below: Xeni: Excalibur 5-tray dehydrator: $189 One of...
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How to survive travel
Some bloody good advice: get there really early, opt out of the pornoscanner, bring a white flu mask, headphones and a set of noise-cancellers. Go slow, be the Dalai Lama of travel, bring work that is...
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Mac users: replace your dock with StatusDuck
David makes fun of me for having so many Menu Bar items. Now that I am using StatusDuck ($15, free to try), he has even more fodder. Lifehacker has the details: Once you start StatusDuck, all your...
View ArticleAmazing ways to improve your fruit-preparation technique
Hull strawberries with a straw, cube a watermelon in the rind, easy-peel oranges, de-seed a pomegranate, extract a mango with a drinking glass (best in show) and peel a kiwi with a spoon. (via...
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Habits for living a more rational life
From the Center for Applied Rationality, a "Checklist of Rationality Habits" intended to help you spot when you're tricking yourself. One of my favorites is the next-to-last: "I try not to treat...
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Beat your brain's stupid hyperbolic discounting
Dispassionately, we know that cheating on our diets or procrastinating on our stupid deadlines isn't worth it, but our stupid brains treat most future consequences as if they're worth nothing, while...
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Walking for 5 min/hour prevents negative health effects of sitting
In "Effect of Prolonged Sitting and Breaks in Sitting Time on Endothelial Function," forthcoming in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, researchers from IU Bloomington report on a study...
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Indispensable lifehacks to thrill and amaze
"For perfectly cooked burgers every time, go to a restaurant." "How to tell if your avocado is ripe: squeeze it, then cut it open and see if it is ripe." " No time to boil water? You must be...
View ArticlePrevent car windows from steaming up with cat litter and a sock
This fellow says a sock filled with silica crystal cat litter will absorb moisture inside a car and keep the windows from steaming up.
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41 home improvement tips
Here's yet another list of "DIY hacks." Some are silly, such as the tip to "Use a drink dispenser if you’re tired of looking at that ugly Tide bottle." I'd rather look at an "ugly Tide bottle" than a...
View ArticleWhat is the fastest check-out line?
Shopping for groceries can be fraught with all kinds of frustrations. Someone’s cart might be blocking an aisle. Your favorite kind of cereal could be sold out. And where is the hummus? But perhaps...
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People who take tiny doses of LSD and other psychedelics every day say it's...
A strong dose of LSD is 500 micrograms. Some people are taking daily microdoses of 10 to 15 micrograms, which is not enough to feel trippy, but provides a sense of well-being and mental clarity. A...
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Tie your shoes the Ukrainian way
The "Ukrainian lacing" method puts a pair of loops in both sets of top eyelets, cross-laces to the bottom, and anchors the laces with a pair of hidden knots, so that you can slip your foot into a...
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How do I handle people who have a bad opinion of me?
I've had four death threats. I've had several major media outlets write articles trashing me (with hundreds of comments agreeing. Even two rap songs composed just to bash me). I've had people show up...
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100 useful tips from a bygone era
The Gallaher How to Do Its were a set of British 100 cigarette cards, each depicting and describing a 19th (?) century life-hack (the collection is undated). (more…)
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Awesome tips for getting cheap airfares with Google Flights
I'm a hardcore traveler and Google Flights is my tool of choice for figuring out my weird, complex, ever-changing plans. (more…)
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How to ripen a rock-hard avocado in 10 minutes
https://youtu.be/MShZxnfTJz0 According to this video, you can ripen a avocado by wrapping it in foil and putting it in a 250 degree oven for about 10-15 minutes. [via] Image: Shutterstock
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How to remember the top 10 things to bring when you leave the house
One of my all-time favorite books is Ron Hale-Evans' Mind Performance Hacks, by Ron Hale-Evans, which has 75 practical tips for becoming a better thinker. I highly recommend it, as well as his...
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Parent Hacks: 134 truly useful tips that parents of young kids will use
See sample pages from this book at Wink. Parent Hacks: 134 Genius Shortcuts for Life with Kids by Asha Dornfest Workman 2016, 272 pages, 5 x 0.8 x 7 inches (softcover) $36 Buy one on Amazon In 2005...
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How to Pack for Any Trip is like a Marie Kondo book for travelers
See sample pages from this book at Wink. How to Pack for Any Trip Lonely Planet 2016, 160 pages, 7 x 4.7 x 0.5 inches (softcover) $12 Buy a copy on Amazon I’ve bought many a travel guidebooks from...
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