It had been a particularly stressful week when, scissors in one hand and 10cm of hair in another, I decided to cut. A few snips later, I felt triumphant. Sure, a week from then I paid an expert to fix it. But in that moment, I felt like a weight had been lifted, and that felt good, even if it was just a few grams.

The best online videos of the week, including: BBC unveils first female Doctor Who lead, behind the scenes of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Everything Wrong With Ghostbusters (2016) and more.

Mac users, hello! Let's argue about which side of your screen is best for your dock. (PC users, please ignore this piece and don't make fun of us.)

These days, Optus seems to spend most of its money on content deals — but it's also investing in network infrastructure for the people that need it the most. Optus will build 500 new mobile sites out across rural regional parts of Australia, will upgrade 1800 sites from 3G to 4G, and will boost existing sites with better 4G and small cell satellite coverage at a cost of $1 billion — the largest regional investment in its 25 year history as a company.

Someone you're interested in dating gave you their number and asked you to text them. Hard part is over, right? Wrong: your entire romantic future here could be determined by your first few text messages. Here's the best way to approach texting someone you want to date, according to the experts.

The hard-drinking Aussie is the stuff of legend and lore. But there’s little proof Australians drank more than other colonials and by some accounts they drank less (points made in Sidney Baker’s The Australian Language). But, of course, we do enjoy a drink – at times a little too much – and a rich bevy of terms suggest we do it in Australian ways: merrily, tongue in cheek and with a shout or two.

Pregnant bellies come in many shapes and sizes, and they're all beautiful. But when people on the internet saw the "baby bump" of fitness model Sarah Stage, they cried, "SORCERY!"

There's probably a lot of money advice you wish you would have gotten sooner. But for many people it wasn't about when they got the advice, it was more about when they decided to actually take it.

Local start up MyFiziq wants to change the way we measure the progress of our exercise and diet programs. By using your smartphone camera and measuring over 70,000 data points on the body, they claim to be so accurate the health, insurance and fitness markets are interested in buying or leasing the tech.

Nobody enjoys being with someone who is always passive aggressive. If you're not sure what that looks like, here's an excellent, and funny, demonstration.

My daughter has a toy dinosaur that talks to her. She named him Bob, and she can ask him anything: What's the circumference of Jupiter? Who won the World Series in 1965? What is the Hokey-Pokey really all about? But she's four, so she mostly asks him how to spell her name.

Learning a second language is something most of us aspire to, but never get around to. This is unfortunate, as it's one of the most enriching skills you can acquire without spending heaps of money. This infographic breaks down eight ways becoming multilingual will benefit your life - from increased employment opportunities to a better understanding of your native tongue.

Choosing the right name for your baby is tougher than it sounds. You probably don't want an overly weird name lest your child gets teased at school. On the other hand, nobody wants to be saddled with a boringly common name like John or Chris (thanks for nothing, Mum!)

Instead, most parents plump for something that sits between unique and familiar. If you're stumped for ideas, this list of 100 popular baby names - 50 boys' and 50 girls' - is well worth a look.

When it comes to household chores, it's nearly impossible to remember what you started, who's supposed to be doing what, and what's still left to do. So you end up with a half-cleared out freezer, a vacuum that coughs out dust clumps ("Wasn't Bob supposed to empty this thing?!"), and a general feeling that everything is always awry.

Hey Lifehacker, I have been an avid gamer for many years and unfortunately my eyes have deteriorated because of this. I was wondering if you had any recommendations for software or hardware to encourage me to take breaks for my eyes?

There are so many good podcasts out there, but there's only so much time in a day. The Wall Street Journal reported on "podcasts nuts" who make time for podcasts by speeding them up with apps such as Overcast. Like, up to 5x speed. Sure, that saves time, but it also probably spikes your blood pressure and makes listening to podcasts super stressful. So what's the best speed to listen to podcasts in without sacrificing your health or ruining the podcast?

Over the last few weeks we've seen the government increase the rhetoric around the need to access encrypted messages sent using services such as Telegram, WhatsApp, iMessage and others. The government's view is bad guys are sending messages to coordinate attacks and law enforcement can't eavesdrop, with a warrant, to these conversations in order the thwart the bad guys. On the other side, there's the continued erosion of our right to privacy. CCTV on our streets, metadata retention rules and other measures mean we are monitored more than ever before. But does the government need to have a way to "break" encryption?

This Saturday, Aldi will be selling the Xbox One S console bundled with two games for just $279. That's well over $100 off the usual RRP.

Even if you have zero interest in the Xbox brand, this is a great way to get your hands on a 4K Blu-ray player and streaming entertainment center without spending a bucket of cash. Here are the details.

When our very own US editor-in-chief sent me a recipe for ceviche, I was excited, because ceviche combines two of my favourite activities: Eating seafood and not cooking. When I read the recipe, however, I was a little appalled, for it suggested that beautiful pieces of fresh sea bass be left in an acidic marinade for two freaking hours.