If you're good at something and your friends know it, it can get boring—and time consuming—to answer the same question over and over again. Blogger Brett Kelly suggests creating a web page that answers the questions you get asked most.Photo by wanderingone.
Having a very sharp knife goes a long way toward preventing disastrous knife slips, but there are oh-so-many ways of cutting yourself with any kind of knife. Tom Mylan, a Brooklyn butcher, shares his hard-earned tips on avoiding bad blade slips.Photo by sfllaw.
Everyone wants to make a good impression on their first day at a new job. Career blog Work Awesome suggests learning the landscape of your workplace like the back of your hand for better chances of success, new job or not.Image by peretzpup.
We live in an era of multi-functional devices. Our phones aren't just phones—they're internet-connected computers, GPS devices, cameras, and more. So before you go buying new gear to fill a need, take blogger Fred Wilson's advice: Look for an app.
Lifehacker's hashtag forums offer a great way for Lifehacker readers to share tips and chat, but for rich, full-on how-to guides and the like, it's not quite there. If you've felt cramped in our forums, Productive Geek is a solid alternative.
If you've ever been called on to diagnose, fix, upgrade, or shop for a new computer, you know that hardware and software features can be hard to convey in plain English. We're searching for the best non-geek explanations you've heard.
Seeing your just-separated ex with a new fling on Facebook? Painful. Seeing that they've run through your Gmail? Devastating. Ars Technica suggests a well-considered checklist of changes to make to your online accounts in the wake of a severed relationship. Photo by pawpaw67.
New ideas and ways of thinking—or people who think differently than you do, for that matter—aren't always easy to embrace. Instead of sticking with your knee-jerk reactions, better understand your reaction with the Five Whys. Photo by TheBusyBrain.