‘When Life Gets Messy, Shine Your Sink’

When life gets hectic or crazy (and we’ve all been there), take some of the stress off by finding comfort in the mundane. Even routine chores, such as shining your kitchen sink, can help.


Infuse Beer With Flavour Using A Coffee Plunger

If you’re interested in pushing the envelope and expanding the flavour of your beer, it turns out you don’t have to do a complicated soak or extract a bunch of oils. All you need is a coffee plunger.


Make A MacBook Dock With Sugru And A Few Cables

Laptop docks generally don’t come cheap — especially when you have a Mac. DIY enthusiast Johan Frick put together a simple docking solution with the necessary cables and a little bit of Sugru, saving lots of money in the process.


Weekend Project: Make A Greenhouse From Old CD Cases

If you were a consumer in the ’80s or ’90s, you probably have a large collection of software/music CD cases that you’ve been planning to get rid of. Instead of adding yet another layer of plastic to your local landfill, why not do something positive for the environment and build a green house instead?


Takeaway Truth: KFC Zinger Pie

Takeaway Truth is an occasional Lifehacker feature where we compare marketing images against what you actually get served. Today: KFC’s Zinger Pie.


Create Multiple ‘Tablet Stations’ With Command Hooks

Pick up a few inexpensive Command hooks, and you have an instant holder for your tablet in any (or every) room of your house. This comes in very handy in the kitchen, where you can watch cooking videos or read recipes.


Make A DSLR LCD Hood Out Of Old Hotel Key Cards

The DSLR LCD screen once served as little more than a means to view photos you had already taken in the comfort of indoor lighting. Now you can use it as a live monitor and capture photos and video, but it still doesn’t work too well outside. With some old hotel key cards, however, you can fix that problem.


Hack Two Wall Fittings Into A Vertical Bike Rack

Bicycles are great, but storing them can be a real hassle; especially if you live in a cramped apartment. Thankfully, our friends over at IKEA Hackers have come up with a DIY solution that will set you back less than $10.


Ask LH: Can I Replace My Laptop Screen?

Dear Lifehacker, My Asus U36sg is a nice, light notebook with good features, but the screen is 1366 by 768 and nothing to write home about. Assuming I could afford the $150 hardware cost, I would like to try putting something like a B133HAN03 1600 by 900 screen in its place. How far out of my depth am I? Is this a non-starter and I’m totally deluded? Thanks, Screen Queen


Hang Pots And Pans In Corner Cabinets

Corner cabinets are awkward, tricky places to store your kitchen stuff efficiently. It turns out, though, that this is a great area for tucking away your pots and pans.


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