This week we hacked our tiny apartment, settled the iTunes flame war, dominated our fantasy football draft, and learned what happens to our brains when we meditate. Here’s a look back.
Eight Ways I Hacked My Tiny Apartment to Fit All My Stuff
Decluttering is an unending art form. Sometimes, the solution is to get rid of things you don’t need, but other times you have to keep a bunch of stuff in a small space. If you find yourself in a cramped home, here are some ways to keep your things stored without contributing to a mess.
Why Does Everyone Hate iTunes? Should I Be Using Something Else?
Dear Lifehacker,
I feel like every time I browse a music forum online, people are hating on iTunes. Is it just because it’s fashionable to hate Apple, or is there actually something wrong with iTunes that I’m missing? It seems to work fine for me.
Dominate Your Fantasy Football Draft with This Cheat Sheet
In the world of fantasy football, there’s nothing worse than showing up to your league’s draft unprepared. Inevitably, you’ll be under the gun as the clock ticks down and you need to get your next draft pick submitted, and you can’t find the right player to add to your team. Your fumbling draws the ridicule of your opponents, and results in an unsatisfactory pick that could ruin your entire draft.
What Happens to the Brain When You Meditate (And How it Benefits You)
Ever since my dad tried to convince me to meditate when I was about 12, I’ve been fairly skeptical of this practice. It always seemed so vague and hard to understand that I just decided it wasn’t for me. More recently, I’ve actually found how simple (not easy, but simple) meditation can be and what huge benefit it can have for my day to day happiness.
Preload Entire YouTube Videos By Disabling Dash Playback
A few years ago, YouTube switched to a streaming protocol called Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP, or DASH for short. While it’s more efficient in most cases, you probably know it best as the thing that only lets you preload the video a few seconds ahead of the playhead, no matter how fast your connection is. Luckily, it’s easy to disable.
10 Easy Ways You Can Save Money Tonight
Frugality isn’t a handful of big things that you do every once in a while to save cash. It’s a steady routine of little steps that, over time, add up to a big difference. Best of all, those little steps are the ones you choose. You can skip over the ones that impact your particular life in an unwanted way, but stick to the ones that cut spending in areas that you care a little bit less about.
Five Best Video Converters
If you’re getting your movie and TV show library in order, it helps to have all of your video in one format that you know every device you own can play without issue. However, if your collection spans years of downloads, rips, and saved copies, your files can be all over the place. This week we’re going to look at five of the best video conversion tools that can faithfully get your media library organized and ready to watch anytime, anywhere.
Top 10 Ways to Make This School Year Your Most Productive Yet
The summer is drawing to a close and school is here once again. Instead of dreading your return, start preparing now for your most productive semester yet. Here are 10 tricks for doing just that.
Seven Free Add-ins and Apps to Supercharge Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office is already a robust, feature-filled office suite. If you want to make it even easier and boost your productivity, here are seven awesome, free add-ins and apps for your downloading pleasure.
Which Store Brands Are Just As Good As Name Brands?
Sometimes name brands at the grocery store are popular for a reason, but more often than not, a store brand tastes just as good. So, we want to know, which store brands and generics are just as good as their name brand counterparts?
How Can I Learn to Dress Better?
Dear Lifehacker,
I admit that I’m not the snappiest dresser. I know how to keep my clothes clean and ironed and whatnot, but I don’t always know what I should wear and I don’t look quite as neat and professional as my friends and coworkers. How can I learn to dress better?
Improve Your Facebook News Feed in Minutes with the “Organize” Tool
Facebook has an awful lot of noise, especially if you’re “friends” with people you don’t really care about. If you want to clean up your News Feed, Facebook actually has a handy tool to help you do just that.
Plan Your Free Online Education at Lifehacker U: Fall Semester 2013
Your education doesn’t have to stop once you leave school—freedom from the classroom just means you have more control over what you learn and when you learn it. We’ve put together a curriculum of some of the best free online classes available on the web this fall for our latest term of Lifehacker U, our regularly-updating guide to improving your life with free, online college-level classes. Let’s get started.
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