I've successfully transferred my number onto Ting and H2O wireless (MVNO on ATT's network) with no issues.

x2. I was on Ting for a good 6 months, and was always impressed with their responsiveness to my support requests. I would have stayed with them but getting a CDMA phone (instead of GSM) wasn't appealing. I also spent a bit more monthly because my wife and I talk on the phone a lot, and I wasn't aware of the…

This is one of the key points, I would say. I pay $30/mo for unlimited talk/text, and 500mb data, and spent a solid $130 on my phone (Moto E, great budget phone). That comes out to about $35/mo over 2 years. Obviously that's a huge discount from the $60-70 you would pay on a contract (maybe more? I'm not sure). But if…

Hmmm, not entirely true. My friend is a nurse, and when I asked him how many actual hours of work he did a week, it was somewhere in the ballpark of 5. I imagine it depends on the hospital, and what part of it you work in.

Edit: I'll submit that he may have exaggerated his downtime, but the way he talks about it, I…

I'm glad I'm not the only one that found that antiperspirant actually made me sweat more... I switched to straight deodorant, which worked for a while, though now my stinkiness seems to have gotten worse. I actually keep a travel deodorant in my bag for bad days.

I hadn't really thought of that comparison. I have a coworker that has a tendency to blow up without thinking about it, and I always criticize her in my mind for her lack of impulse control, but then everytime I get a bit frustrated or bored at work, it isn't even 10 seconds before I'm browsing LH or Reddit…

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…

This compact LED flood light can run for 3-4 hours on its built-in battery, or you can use it as an emergency USB charger for your phone. It also comes with an AC adapter and a car charger, so you'll never be left in the dark. You might not need this very often, but it's one of those things you'll be really glad to…

I think you make a good point about low quality tablets. If someone can pump out a product for $50 that Apple pumped out for $400, the market is going to grow, and Apple's share of it is going to shrink. But to say that this is hurting sales, one would have to show how many of those people that bought the $50 Costco…

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.

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