Thanks for writing two great options, but there are also a new bunch of blogging solutions such as postach.io (which links your evernote with your blogging), and dropbox based solutions (scriptogr.am and calepin.co). I remember that they were covered in lifehacker as well. These of course provide a lot more privacy…

Very nice introduction to mindfulness. Just a couple of things — mindfulness is not new by a long shot. First, mindfulness is anything but new. At least as early as 500 BC, the Buddha basically talked about mindfulness in his eightfold path to follow for attainment of a state of bliss and a state free from "dukkha"…

Great insight. What he writes is failsafe and it works. I tried this recently, and realised that there are some challenges in the first few days to overcome (inertia, not sure I am in the mood, not happy with what I write, and so on). But once you start pushing, get your mind out of those blocks and tell yourself you…

Just a caveat for those of you who use septic tank with this hack. Unfortunately, shaving with olive oil can be a very expensive option if the oil and the hair bits gets through to the septic tank system. A milder soap is probably a better option.

I am quite prepared to believe the HP and Acer at the bottom of the list, at least my experience supports this. Both brands were some of the worst laptops that I ever purchased/used. Compared with MacBook (pro), while spec-wise, price for price, both HP and Acer offered a lot more (screen size, features, but also…

Book: If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland

I upgraded from OSX lion?? (10.7.5) to Mavericks, and I see not much loss of speed. Immediately after the upgrade, the computer was quite slow, almost all programmes started with the spinning colour wheel, but that went on for a couple of hours. Safari web browser is particularly fast. I was used to Chrome, and…

The idea of video recording is brilliant. The other alternative might be to photograph a landmark nearest to the car. But what happens if you do not carry a cellphone/cameraphone/camera with you? How about dropping something next to the car as a marker?

Great set of tips, except for insurance, because you never know when disasters may strike. For years, people lived in cities like Christchurch in New Zealand that did not experience earthquake, but two such events and people learned the worth of home and household insurance (this, despite living in NZ, perhaps the…

Thanks for posting some really helpful tips lifehacker, but posting an article to readability does not always work with multipage articles. Quite often, readability only prints the first page or so.

# Interesting Essay almost negating its basic premise ...

Yes, Thorin, you missed OneTab. A great extension to take care of open tabs and make good use of them. There are plenty of others you did not cover, but this was a glaring omission.

Brilliant article! The headline of 25,000 mornings make compelling reading. You are right on the money, the day should be started early and in the right earnest. As a born lazy person though, I recently found a routine of 100 push ups as the first thing in the morning a great exercise routine to start the day.

Interesting article, but could also have discussed more than compositional elements, things like exposure, focus, ISO settings that'd have helped some other people who are often unsure about these issues. In particular, dusk is very difficult to capture.

Definitely great advice. This certainly works for me.

Eminently useful article, thanks Lifehacker. Pomodoro technique (25 minutes of work + 5 minutes of rest) is a great technique, as the article asserts. I have also found that working in full screen mode to remove distractions helps. I still need to figure out how to check the impulse of checking email and social media…

I got to say I really like this layout and your excellent plans to integrate readers' views and ideas, sounds like this is a great plan. I first thought it was a little confusing to have two kinds of views ("recommended/latest"), but testing both, I think I am going to stick with what you label as "recommended". Top…

When my daughter was under two years old, she and her mother were travelling together in Singapore Airlines from Christchurch, New Zealand to Kolkata, India. We paid 10% of the fare for the little girl. Throughout the flight between Christchurch to Singapore, the air hostess did not offer as much a drop of water to…

Your post has a misleading title. This guy did not live without a vehicle, see where he writes, "I've probably rode tens of thousands of miles in cars owned by others. If I didn't have such an awesome group of friends to travel with then my life would be incredibly boring". That does not sound like "without a…