Humble Spring Sale, Sony 65" HDMI 2.0 4K, Klipsch
Humble has launched their Spring Sale, which runs
for two weeks, has flash sales, and offers a whole lot of deep
discounts. "Today, customers can save 33% off South Park: The Stick of Truth, 75% off The Walking Dead, 67% off Shadowrun Returns, 90% off Trine and more."
The Space Home Screen
Android: If you've been obsessed with the new Cosmos series, or you're just playing Portal 2 for the jillionth time, a space-themed home screen would not go amiss. My Color Screen user Pedro Gelli has you covered.
You May Have Greater Success Losing Weight With a Friend
With over 50 million users, nutrition tracker MyFitnessPal has
accumulated a hefty amount of fitness data. What they found in that
pile of information was an interesting trend: MyFitnessPal users who
shared their food diaries with friends ended up losing twice as much
weight.
Replace Your Water-Wasting Lawn With These Alternatives
Even though they have no nutritional, industrial,
or ecological value, grass lawns are America's largest irrigated crop,
by some estimates using three times as much land as corn. So why keep spending all that money — and water — when these alternatives exist?
Portable VirtualBox Lets You Take Your Virtual Machines Anywhere
VirtualBox is our favorite virtualization program,
but usually, it needs to be properly installed with Windows kernel
drivers and system services. Portable VirtualBox lets you install
VirtualBox on a USB drive or external hard drive and run your virtual
machines anywhere.
Make It to Work Fresh (and On Time!) When Your Alarm Clock Fails You
As you wake to the idyllic sound of birds
chirping, you cast a casual glance at your alarm clock and a creeping
panic settles over you: you overslept. Today, there will be no time for
idly reading your email, thoughtfully sipping coffee, or singing in the
shower. Your nine-o'clock meeting is thirty minutes away, and if …
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OS Experience Brings True Multitasking to the iPad
iPad (Jailbroken):
iOS has never had really solid multitasking abilities, but OS
Experience is a new jailbreak app for the iPad that allows you to
multitask in a way that's similar to a desktop.
The fitness tracking app Moves updated its
privacy policy today to make it so the app can share your user data with
Facebook. This is in opposition to a previous statement saying the app
wouldn't "commingle" its data after Facebook purchased it. You can read more over on Ars Technica.
Minitube Turns YouTube Into an Endless, TV-Like Video Stream
Windows/Mac/Linux: YouTube's great for watching
videos, but it's still not as easy as just flipping on a TV. Minitube
makes that kind of experience happen, and pulls videos based on keywords
into an endless stream.
Stop Trying to Be Happy and Start Working Towards Your Ideal Self
If you have to try to be cool, you will never be
cool. If you have to try to be happy, then you will never be happy.
Happiness, like other emotions, is not something you obtain, but rather
something you inhabit. It's the long-term pursuit of your goals and your
ideal self that gives you fulfillment.
Teach Kids the Basics of Capacitors with This Video
Capacitors are one of the most important parts of
electronics and if you're working on DIY projects it's important to
know how they work. "C is for Capacitor" is a video from Adafruit that
makes it easy to understand exactly how they work.
Hukkster Notifies You When an Item You Want Is On Sale
Chrome/iOS/Web: There are plenty of services
online that track products and sales for you. Where Hukkster excels
above the others is that it can keep up with items at the SKU level,
following them by size, color, and more.
Why Having a Vision for Your Life Matters More than Individual Goals
Goals
are an important part of getting what you want out of life. They can
also be specific enough that we miss the forest for the to-do lists we
made out of the trees. Money blog Finance Girl explains why it's
important to draw a distinction between your goals and your vision.
How Often Should I Charge My Gadget's Battery to Prolong Its Lifespan?
Dear Lifehacker,
What is the deal with lithium-ion batteries (the kind found in smartphones and laptops)? I've heard lots of different things about how to take care of them, like that they need to be kept charged between 40% and 80%, or that they should be drained completely and charged to 100%. What is the ideal…
What is the deal with lithium-ion batteries (the kind found in smartphones and laptops)? I've heard lots of different things about how to take care of them, like that they need to be kept charged between 40% and 80%, or that they should be drained completely and charged to 100%. What is the ideal…
Save for Both Your Emergency Fund and Retirement with a Roth IRA
It's a common dilemma: You want to get your nest
egg going, but still have many months of emergency savings to build up.
You don't have to choose one or the other.
The Surprising Things You Can Recycle or Donate, from A to Z
Beyond newpapers and plastic bottles, there are a
ton of items you can help keep out of our landfills and recycled for
better use. Real Simple's A to Z guide points out a few uncommon ones.
Too Much Sleep Might Be as Bad for Your Brain as Too Little Sleep
We've long talked about the importance of sleep and getting enough of it, but what if you tend to sleep more than the often recommended 7-8 hours? A new study suggests that might also negatively affect your memory and thinking.
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