It’s a bit of a scam, but you can add a preorder that is prime (grab a video game or movie or something) to get over your $35, then immediately cancel the preorder item after the order goes through. They don’t charge you till things ship, so it never hits your card.

It’s a bit of a scam, but you can add a preorder that is prime (grab a video game or movie or something) to get over…

I can get past a selfie or two, especially if we’ve done something distinct or visually cool, but even owning a selfie stick is a deal breaker.

Haha, I love “do it yourselves,” in general, but this one is a little ridiculous. It saves you six bucks on the normal live trap, looks fifty times as ugly, will be harder to fit in small hard to reach places (where the mice are), and won’t work as well because of the thinner more easily chewed plastic.

I’d argue you’re playing a little fast and loose with the word “star.”

I must be missing something. I don’t see how his race is relevant at all, but a lot of people seem really focused on the fact that he’s white?

To all those mocking the hack, I totally agree. This’d be ridiculous for one banana. That being said, if you were making fruit salad for some sort of family reunion and were going to chop up a dozen bananas . . . I think you could make a case for it.

I know a few other people who make their living that way. Though, everyone I know who can live entirely off of it writes extremely salacious stuff, and lots of it. My most successful friend writes nothing but gay romances, “romance” being code for “porn,” and puts out at least a half dozen a year. None of the ones I…

Damn. . . that’s going to bug me for months :) I suppose that is why my ebooks only sell for the .99 cents

I really liked all the writers who want to throttle people for thinking they write fiction. I’m who they are accusing you of being, the guy slinging bad ninety-nine cent eBooks on Amazon (and trust me, they are bad).

Precisely my point. Don’t confuse the decision not to use a skill with the absence that skill.

I don’t know. You could hide valuables from grabby roommates, or valuable smaller tech items that you just want paired with your comp. You could “hide valuables” at work, where things tend to walk off if they are left out, but no one is going to grab your computer tower and take off. There are lots of ways you could…

I think my favorite is “clinically tested/proven ingredients.” Considering they almost all start with “water,” as the first ingredient, typically at least one of the ingredients will have been proved safe.

I think it’s more about aesthetics than it is about it being a mini safe. Either that, or having a place to stash your flash drive with the REALLY kinky porn on it that it might not get immediately noticed.

Woah Woah Woah, lets not get all crazy and start using the right tool for the job. That’s not what we do here at lifehacker.

My personal feelings on “literally” aside, Mark Twain is one of those writers you never use to demonstrate proper grammar. He worked hard to give his writing a specific feel that fit with the subject matter and setting in the book, as well as whichever character he was using as the narrator. He was so willing to…

Oh my god! You’re officially my favorite writer on this site. I was just expecting the standard “get a life,” reaction.

Thank god. Now I can finally use alcohol instead of a chemical.

I understand people’s point with the tablets, and not needing a dedicated ereader, but that is always a pet peeve of mine in these polls, people not answering the question, or answering their own question. Might as well answer “I don’t read,” or “I like audiobooks.” They are both just as relevant to the conversation…

I might have missed this in the post, but one quick addendum is that with the more porous items like mushrooms, and to a lesser extent things like strawberries, your best bet from a culinary perspective is to do the washing by dampening a towel and then wiping them clean. It's definitely a trade off. You probably…

I've lived alone for a few years, and probably half of the time since I turned eighteen, with breaks in there for roommates or live in girlfriends. Maybe I'm just naturally hermetic, but the me this article should have gone something like this.