I'm with you on this one. Ironically, I am less inclined to trust a service if their website is plastered with these 'seals', because it usually means they don't have much else going for them.

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Oh man, I'm trying to figure out some good ideas myself. I look forward to hearing other people's responses.

If I am at the office, it's hard for me to do anything that doesn't involve looking at the computer without my coworkers knowing that I'm not working. So I usually find myself reading Lifehacker articles, or…

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I'm right there with you. I've been playing guitar off and on for 7 years. I took piano lessons as a kid, but lost interest about the time that I started learning any theory. I'd love to learn more theory, and this seems like it could be just the right tool I need.

This can get kind of tricky. My wife is a therapist, and uses this technique with her clients, and, consequentially, with me. However, I find it confusing when she says something like "you have a beautiful house, AND it smells like cat pee" in order to avoid the BUT. In this instance, the first is positive, and the…

I'm a big fan of not spending a boatload of money on data, but going 100% data free seems a bit risky to me. I have wifi at home and work, which covers 95% of my time, (and I can use it to download files and podcasts to have on the go), but even for using Google Maps and Gmail in a pinch, I like having SOME data.…

I think the point here is that this is the author's way of 'filtering'. I wouldn't say he's 'running from the future'. He can check his facebook and email on his computer. And regardless, I don't think that 24/7 connection to everything internet is or necessarily has to be 'the future' anyway.

I hadn't heard of this either. Thank you for sharing, Melanie. I guess only the 'cool kids' got this memo the first time around.

Since when is Lifehacker in the business of spreading bro-science? The only time I've ever seen anyone do this is at the gym right before they bench press.

When your fan is facing out the window, it blows hot air out of the room, which his replaced by cold air from outside. As the cold air comes in, the temperature will drop. It's best if you have another window to open elsewhere so you can get a cross draft going too.

Phone: "Please press one for more options"

Maybe I'm confused, but it seems to me like this only works if you NEVER clean out your inbox...

"First World Problem"? As if the whole discussion of which $500 piece of technology is more suitable for checking Facebook isn't a First World Problem?

That's the proper pronunciation in Spanish. Spain Spanish pronounces the soft 'c' as a 'th' sound. Latin American Spanish, however, gives it an 's' sound.

Or just use some lemon juice.... I think the point of the lemon is the smell.

Understood :) BTW I don't really like the way my last post came off. I didn't mean to sound like an ass, I was just pointing out that the more material things you own, the more things you have to fix and replace. My cheap car cost about as much as that transmission you bought for yours, and it has served me well. I…

My solution? Rent. Home ownership cost you $6,000. (I'm not going into the pros and cons of renting vs. buying. Just sayin')

The author doesn't say anything about market timing. All they are talking about is avoiding the high costs that some funds charge. Essentially he's saying the opposite of your interpretation; that fund investors can't beat the market and therefore aren't worth the money.

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