Actually it's easy to meet people outside of work in a new town. What are your hobbies? join a club, take classes, etc.. Meetup is a great tool to meet others that are like minded or have similar interests.

Whitson — My view is, "No harm in giving it a try." With a lot of his ideas and suggestions, you can get a pretty good idea if the idea holds water quite quickly. I've found some awesome gems reading his stuff. I think it's not unlike everything we find here at Lifehacker... some of it, we say to ourselves, "That's…

I'm really surprised this isn't already on the list but

There's a lot of good stuff but I think there's some other stuff dubious enough that I wouldn't recommend it for life improvement (e.g. Deuteronomy 23:1 ESV: "No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the Lord.").

Several have had a huge impact. Among them:

Moonwalking with Einstein

I never sleep in my car with the engine running, and I would never suggest doing that. Like any outdoor activity, I would suggest being prepared for the climate.

I would agree, although I HATE ads. I mean, I hate them to the point that every time an ad interrupts my life, in any way, I want to get on Facebook and tell all my friends to AVOID that company like the plague....just to do my part. ;) But seriously, I normally respond to advertising in a negative way, I even have…

Two words: married up.

I understand. I recently had to deal with that.

That's my photo I shared via creative commons license. Thanks for attributing me, and thanks for the article. That dog has since passed away and I cried my eyes out seeing the pic. Then I smiled. She's a star now.

When I've resigned, the counter-offer usually goes like this:

I love the Web Clipper for research articles. There are often great legal articles other have written that explain a change in law or certain code section that are well written. It doesn't get save anywhere until I used to Google to try to find it again. Not anymore!

Take it this one step further: Upload a screenshot of your receipt (& the item itself!), and upload pdfs of instruction manuals and/or warranty details. It made moving out of my apartment a bit slower, but I have EVERYTHING with a serial # documented.

Any time I buy something new, I go to the manufacturer's website, download the PDF of the instruction manual, and then save it in Evernote. I also scan and save the receipt along with it. If I ever need either one again, they're now easy to find and I don't have a box full of instruction manuals anymore.

Certain members of my extended family get *very* put out if I don't send cards on random holidays (Thanksgiving, for example - I'LL SEE YOU AT DINNER /rant) or if I don't send postcards when traveling. So keeping them in an easy to access spot saves me a a lot of haranguing down the line.

No one ever thinks to write this stuff down until they need it. Next time you buy a laptop, a TV, or even a bike, write down (or snap a picture of) the serial number so you have it when you need it. Bonus: you can also snap a picture of the model number, so the next time your TV is having problems, you don't have to…

My parents paid for me to go to college. When I graduated I moved back in, and decided not to move out. During my years of single life I went in on a beach house (and other friends had a ski house, so we traded off) and a buddy with a large apartment and spare bedroom gave me a key so I always had a place to bring…