Sarah Basford Canales
The Bunnings sausage sizzle has become somewhat of a cultural staple for many Australians. That’s why it’s temporary cancellation signalled how serious the coronavirus situation was back in March. With restrictions easing in parts of Australia, Bunnings too is bringing back its sausage sizzle in phases. Bunnings made a tough…
This is your periodic reminder that there is still no known cure, nor specific pharmaceutical preventative or treatment, for COVID-19. So if anybody is selling one, it’s a scam.
About three years ago, I removed a pig’s face from its skull, packed it with herbs, zest, and spices, and sous-vided it for many hours to make a porchetta di testa. This process was recorded and made into a video (my first for Lifehacker), and it made a lot of…
It used to be that when it was time to buy my son a new bike, we’d take him to the store and let him try a couple out. Usually just him sitting on one for a few moments was enough to tell us if a bike was too small,…
Queensland finally opened its borders on 10 July as part of the government’s roadmap to easing restrictions. While we’ve all anxiously awaited this move, there are very specific rules and restrictions that apply. So, before you make your way to the Sunshine State, it’s strongly advised to read through the…
The egg yolk is the best part of the egg. There is no denying this. Yolks are basically neat little orbs of rich, golden sauce that taste good on everything, and you should add them to your savoury breakfast cereals, especially grits.
We can all collectively agree that remembering email passwords is a massive pain so why can’t we once and for all find a way to keep just one burnt in our memory? New research by NordPass, a password manager, on Google search queries has revealed that 48 per cent of…
Let’s be honest: during coronavirus lockdown it was hard to resist the allure of internet intimacy. Rates of watching porn skyrocketed in Australia during isolation. But have you ever wondered what effects consuming adult content can have on your health? We asked five experts whether watching porn is bad for…
The coronavirus lockdown has made us a lot of things — gardeners, chefs, bakers and maybe even bilingual in some cases. It’s also apparently made a lot of us backyard chicken owners, leading to an increase in salmonella outbreaks. The Food Safety Information Council has released a warning to all…
Yes, you simply have to keep your mask on.
Do you have the kind of cat who paws at your face at an ungodly hour of the morning until you finally relent and get up? Does s/he then proceed to meow and whine until you fill up their food bowl? It’s not that your cat is unusually gluttonous; it…
The timing of the release of the new book How to Be a Person: 65 Hugely Useful, Super-Important Skills to Learn before You’re Grown Up really couldn’t be better. I’m sure author Catherine Newman wasn’t expecting or intending for her book focused on teaching kids basic life skills to be released…
If your kid is resistant to putting away clothing, toys or other items, there is a good chance they just don’t feel like cleaning up. But if it has become a regular battle in which their opposition to the request seems disproportionate to the ask, there could be something deeper…
We’ve likely all had a friendly dog give us a slobbery smooch at some point in our lives but, in some cases, it can actually be fatal. Any good dog lover will tell you their dog loves to show its love by delivering a slurpy lick directly to their face….
In an age of isolation, video sharing platform TikTok has emerged as a bonding force for many. But recent headlines allege the service is feeding users’ data to the Chinese Communist Party.
Many office workers have had to adjust to new working arrangements due to the impact of coronavirus. Principally, that has meant a heavy reliance on video chat and conferencing services. Australia’s consumer law regulator, the ACCC, has released a new report highlighting which service has worked best so far. The…
The new h.266 video codec is a pretty big deal. You can’t play with it yet — tempted as you might be to go install Handbrake and bask in video encodes that are half the size of your already-optimised h.265 videos — but its very existence will speed up the…
The true cost of owning a car goes well beyond the sticker price, beyond fixed costs like annual registration fees and monthly car insurance, even beyond the exquisite pain of the occasional parking ticket. Though you might think of it as little more than regular oil changes and a set…
Soaking watermelon in some sort of alcohol is hardly a new strategy. I’ve traditionally favoured vodka or tequila ” both of which are perfectly serviceable ” as pretty much any single liquor can serve as a watermelon’s bathwater. But why stop at one when you could build a complete cocktail?…
In the great American spirit of independence, some people in the U.S. have come up with an extremely shitty take on pandemic safety precautions. It goes something like: “I feel safe doing this. If you don’t, you should stay home.”
Food can be fraught with emotion and meaning. When it’s labelled with a number of calories, even more so, because that number matches the food to your weight, your exercise habits, and your potentially complicated feelings about both.
New technology can make everyday functions in our life easier and more convenient but sometimes, it can open up a whole can of worms when it comes to our freedom and rights. Facial recognition technology is on the rise globally and with companies in Australia looking for ways to use…
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A recent study, which surveyed 1,000 respondents in Australia, revealed that a worrying 22% of Aussies reported self-diagnosing a food intolerance.
Google wants to make OS updates sexy again. Its latest attempt to galvanise the public (or ‘Great Black Hope’, if you will) is a bespoke ultra-dark mode built directly into Android 10. Here’s how to get it on your phone.
If you’re the parent of a toddler or preschooler, chances are you’ve discovered the joy (and the mess) that sensory activities can bring. When my son was that age, a bin full of strange material would occupy him for many minutes at a time — certainly more than plastic toys…
Have you ever wondered why your cat bites you after just three pets? Or how to get your dog to chill out and stop barking? We’re uncovering the mysteries of our four-legged friends this week with help from animal behaviour expert Zazie Todd. In this episode, you’ll hear about the underlying…
Getting food to go, even from your favourite restaurant, is not the same experience as eating at that restaurant. For instance, my favourite Lebanese restaurant (Nicholas) always sends out a giant pita for the table, which is served on its very own pedestal. Not only do I not have a…
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Drivers who reverse parallel park their cars without even thinking about it are the target of my envy. For me, and others in a similar situation, it’s a prolonged nightmare where every turn of the wheel does the opposite of what you were expecting. Meanwhile, multiple bystanders are watching your…
Last year, Australians reported more than A$634 million lost to scammers, a significant jump from $489.7 million the year before. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released its latest annual Targeting Scams report. But despite increased awareness, scam alerts and targeted education campaigns, more Australians are being targeted…
A number of coronavirus outbreaks in Melbourne has meant the return of restrictions for the entire city for the next six weeks. The Victorian Premier Dan Andrews announced on 7 July that all of Melbourne would return to stage three restrictions from 11.59pm, 8 July following a significant rise in…
As children, we were told not to stare (or even look directly at) the sun because it could hurt our eyes. Sure, that makes sense, but it also adds to the mystery of the sun. We know it’s bright, but what exactly does it look like? Thanks to NASA, you…
For the past few years, we’ve been told that loneliness is a public health crisis, as damaging as smoking 15 cigarettes each day. The messaging is that we’re people — people who need people — and spending too much time by ourselves is a major problem. Oh, but at the…
