So you’re seated at the restaurant of your choosing when the waiter approaches and asks if you’d like to hear the daily specials. Here’s what you should know before plunking down for that filet mignon or other chef’s special.
Generally speaking, things that are good for you aren’t always the most enjoyable. But there are certain cases when being “bad” can actually help improve your health. Enjoy blasting your music, for example? Then you’re in luck.
When money appears that isn’t a regular part of your budget, it’s easy to let it slip through your fingers. Avoid wasting your windfalls by establishing a purpose ahead of time.
Lifehacker readers show us how to force our computers to shutdown quickly, how we can stick Evernote links into other applications, and how chocolate guzzling makes for a sweet iPhone stand.
Ever wanted to figure out what you’re looking at but not sure where to start? If you’ve got a camera handy, snap a pic and upload it to web site id•this for a little help from the hive.
If you thought the idea of having Opera on your Wii was a novel one but not if it cost you money, you’re in luck. Nintendo has dropped the point requirement for the browser.
Gmail’s reliability honcho jumped on the webmail’s official blog last night to explain what happened during yesterday’s repeated outages. The gist? They took down a few servers for maintenance Tuesday morning (US Pacific time) for maintenance, expected the webapp’s “request” routers to handle all the re-directs to valid servers, and … were unpleasantly surprised. The Gmail team notes that IMAP/POP worked throughout the outages, and that they’re working on a fix for similar problems in the future.
