News: When to Ship Your Holiday Packages: Deadline Cheat Sheet
Alleviate your holiday shopping stress with this handy shipping deadline cheat sheet. It's all about organization (or the willingness to shell out extra for speedy delivery rates).
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News: Top 10 Rules of Japanese Sushi Etiquette
Planning a trip to Japan? Your basic sushi etiquette isn't quite enough. You'll need to know the right things to say, the right way to kneel, and the right way to consume. Click through for AskMen's top 10 rules on authentic sushi eating.
Double Take: Roof Riding Skyscrapers in Kiev
When I first saw Red Bull's Photo of the Month by photographer Serge Illin, I thought I was looking at some sort of skate ramp with an amazing back drop of skyscrapers.
HowTo: Make Perfect, Extra-Crispy Potato Chips
The art of the potato chip. You can make them the fancy way. You can make them the lazy way. Or you can try the Serious Eats way: extra crunchy.
HowTo: Make Your Own Custom Fit Earbud Headphones
Earbuds have always been a problem for me. Maybe I have abnormally shaped ears, but when I go running, my iPod Shuffle earbuds are a chronic distraction, always popping out. With the iPod Shuffle, you're bound by the Apple brand earbuds, as the controls are on the headphones rather than the device itself. Damn you, Apple.
News: PRANKS! Ass-To-Face Your Roommate Jersey Shore Style & More
Has the new season of Jersey Shore brought out your inner hooligan? Or better yet... does the anticipation of the new Jackass 3D movie have you itching to debase and humiliate your best pals? Fortunately, it's just about time to head back to school. And if you have a roommate, well....we pity him/her.
HowTo: Make Soap With Bacon
"Fruity hand soaps, moisturizers, emulsifying lotions, pumice stones, and Loofahs don't cut it. We want to cleanse ourselves with the fat of the sweet, dead pig."
HowTo: Shave Like Your Grandpa (Wet and Close)
Sounds dirty, but this entry is straight up clean. According to the Art of Manliness, proper shaving has become a lost art and it's time to take a lesson in the old:
How To: 10 Ways Your Brain Can Trip You Out (and How To Prevent It)
Ever feel like your brain is playing tricks on you? Well, that's because it is. Lifehacker has put together ten common weaknesses of the human mind, and how you can be beat them.
HowTo: Henna Yourself
Let's face it. One day, you just might regret that tattoo you've been considering. If you're hesitant about making the commitment, try a less permanent solution. Craftzine posts a HowTo on creating your own temporary tattoos.
HowTo: Protect Yourself on Public Wi-Fi Networks
Life is getting more and more convenient. You can pick up a wireless signal at nearly any coffee shop these days (Starbucks is now officially free in every location across the nation), as well as airports, libraries, hotels and more. However, along with this convenience comes the risk of security breach. Passwords. Emails. Account numbers.
HowTo: Rake in Cold Hard Cash Writing Articles in Your Spare Time
Great news. If you've got a passion for writing (and more importantly, a passion for HowTo), you can make some dough doing what you love. WonderHowTo's latest feature allows users to earn 100% of Google AdSense money for every article written.
HowTo: Jailbreak the iPhone 4 (With Just 1 Click!)
Finally, a solid jailbreak for the iPhone 4. Released by the iPhone Dev Team, all you need to do is visit JailbreakMe 2.0 with your iPhone and watch the magic happen.
News: Everything You Need to Know About Bed Bugs
If you've ever had even the slightest encounter with bed bugs, you know they are the most feared, nastiest vermin in New York City, as well as other closely populated spaces (re: college dorms). The latest nasty bit of news on the topic concerns clothing retailer Hollister- their flagship Soho store was shut down for three days for infestation.
News: Africa Hosts the Cup but Imports the Coaches
Something not mentioned in the article is the amount of money the foreign coaches make compared to local salaries.
HowTo: Watch the World Cup For FREE (Live From Your Couch)
Too cheap to pay for ESPN? Sick of watching alongside drunken World Cup hooligans at your local bar?
HowTo: Silence That Damn Vuvuzela!
If you've been watching the World Cup, you've likely become pretty damn annoyed by the vuvuzelas (even when played by kids as cute as above...). MOST of us have jobs, which means recording the games is necessary. As a solution, LifeHacker offers a simple equalization trick to remove vuvuzelas from an audio recording: Too complicated? Try this super simple trick posted on World Cup World.
News: What's Going on Here? Amorphous, Living, Breathing... Butts?
Love it. Spooky. Weird. Visually compelling. Entitled, "Klunk Garden", the piece was made by (well-known-in-the-art-world) Austrian artist collective, Gelitin. Looks like one of those cheesy little tabletop zen gardens. You know what I'm talkin' about:
News: Vicktor & Rolf Spring 2010 Peep Show
Via WonderHowTo World, She Shops: Feel a breeze sweeping through your bottom half? If you're wearing Viktor & Rolf it would be for good reason: Part of your dress is missing. Yes, gone. Finito!
News: Blow That World Cup Vuvuzela!
Happy UK vs US World Cup Day! Says Metafilter:
News: Slurp Live Octopus Here
Another stomach churning exotic delicacy (previously, testicles: 1, 2). Watch below as National Geographic pays a visit to Korea to check out the art of eating live octopus.
News: Let's Make an Erupting Eyjafjallajökull Cake
Via WonderHowTo World, CAKES! CAKES! CAKES!: Next on the baking agenda? An exploding Volcano Cake, in honor of the recent Eyjafjallajökull eruption.
RECIPE: Exploding Volcano Cake
Next on the baking agenda? An exploding Volcano Cake, in honor of the recent Eyjafjallajökull eruption.
TED TALKS: "How We Wrecked the Ocean"
Coral Reef Ecologist Jeremy Jackson exposes our Dying Oceans TED TALKS: "How We Wrecked the Ocean"
News: Poor Italians, Can't Afford a Frisbee
Mamma mia! This year's annual World Pizza Championships, held in Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy, featured taste tests, speed trials, an event called "The Longest Dough Stretch," and best of all: freestyle pizza throwing competitions.
News: Wii + Netflix = Finally!
After over three years of waiting, we finally can stream Netflix on our Nintendo Wii. This is several years after it was available on Microsoft's XBOX 360 and a year or so since it came to PS3.
Beyond the Still: Chapter 2 Winner
Check out the winner from Beyond the Still's Chapter Two: Job Security. "Job Security" written & directed by Josh Thacker.
Frequent Flier Guide: HowTo Fly Super Cheap This Summer
Trusty LifeHacker brings us another helpful HowTo, but this time it's in the travel department.
News: Stingrays and the Shuffle
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News: $500 Craigslist Car Beats $400K Rally Racers
Bill Caswell, we salute you. You bring true glory to the D.I.Y. world. Jalponik reports:
News: 100 of YouTube's Coolest Science Experiments
The X-Ray Vision-aries Blog has compiled a list of YouTube's 100 Coolest Science Experiments. I particularly enjoy their introduction to the selection:
News: Goodbye Twitter, Hello Google Buzz?
Are Twitter and Facebook in trouble with the advent of Google's brand new social networking tool, Google Buzz?
HowTo: Cast Iron Skillet Pizza
The secret to the perfect homemade pizza? No need for a professional pizza oven, apparently a cast-iron skillet will do the trick.
News: Catch a Mouse! (Humanely, Of Course)
Simple enough. You will need: 1 toilet paper tube, a dab of peanut butter, and a bucket or trash can.
Today Only: Linkin Park's 'Hybrid Theory' Album Free on Google Play
Here's some good news if you were hankering for a little early-2000s electronic-scream-rap-metal to get you through the day. Linkin Park's debut release, Hybrid Theory, the 48th best-selling album of all time, is available for free on the Google Play Store. Hate to break it to everybody abroad, but it looks like the album is free only to users in the U.S.
How To: 6 DIY Ideas for Keeping Your Earbuds Tangle-Free
If you always carry earbuds with you in your purse or backpack, you can use simple household objects to prevent the cords from tangling up into knots.
How To: Turn Off MacBook Pro Screen with the Lid Open and Using an External Monitor
This is a working solution for those using an external monitor on their MacBook Pro's running Yosemite. The previous terminal commands for Mavericks no longer works on Yosemite, so this how to do it.
How To: 10 Clever Money Hacks to Help You Spend Less & Save More
Are you tempted to splurge over your budget on an expensive restaurant meal or cool new jacket? Before you make an impulse purchase, imagine how much that indulgence costs in terms of hours of work based on your current salary.
How To: 10 Unexpected Household Items That Can Help You Out in a Medical Emergency
Are you feeling flu-like symptoms that involve fever, headache, muscle pains, vomiting, and a skin rash? Take a glass cup and press the glass surface against your skin. If the rash doesn't fade under pressure like a normal skin rash, then you are suffering from meningitis and you need to seek medical attention right away.
How To: 7 Tips for Booking a Cheap Hotel Room
If you know where you need to book a hotel for traveling but aren't too picky about the hotel brand or exact neighborhood, book a hotel room for a discounted rate at Hotwire.com or Priceline.com. Once you book the hotel, then the exact hotel name and location is revealed to you.