A messy desk is not a sign of a genius—it’s a sign of a messy person—don’t get it twisted. The fact that “great” men had messy desks, e.g., Thomas Edison (racist), Steve Jobs (asshole), Donald Trump (racist asshole), etc., doesn’t permit you to live like a pig.
The urge to be perfect can prevent you from taking action. You don’t share creative projects that aren’t 100% ready, or you’re afraid to ask someone out if you’re not sure it’s exactly right—so you just ... don’t. If you’re feeling stymied by this need to never screw up, try making a mistake on purpose.
You’ve probably seen it. That image—a creepy, what-the-hell-is-that lady-bird figure with bulging eyes and a chilling grin. Its name: “Momo.”
What’s worse than waiting for an Amazon package? Finding out it will arrive sometime between tomorrow and a week from now, with no guarantee.
We see good deals on Philips Hue starter kits fairly often. But if you already have a Hue system set up, it’s very rare to see individual bulbs for more than $10 off, so stock up before today’s $12 discount expires. This is about as good a deal as you’ll ever expect to see on individual bulbs outside of major holiday…
Tickling can be a fun way to bond with a kid—all that giggling and squealing is downright precious. If the kid likes it, that is. And surely they like it, right? After all, they’re laughing.
Breakfast sandwiches are a deeply personal affair. The classic combination of meat, cheese, egg, and bread is infinitely variable, with everything from one’s preferred egg doneness to regional processed meat delicacies contributing to each person’s ideal version. Personal preferences aside, most people would probably…
Are you a trivia master? Or an Alex Trebek superfan? You could be on Jeopardy! The show’s application and testing process are open to anyone willing to put their knowledge to the test.
The regular, 6 qt. Instant Pot is still on sale for $70, and honestly, it’s probably the one you should buy at that price. But if you need a larger model for a bigger family, or care about aesthetics and a few extra features, the Instant Pot Ultra just went on sale too, in two different sizes.
I know from neurosis. Seconds before writing this post, I heard “Hey Soul Sister” come up on our office’s playlist. I saw a visitor sitting someone from outside the company sitting in the lobby, and my bad broken brain thought, Oh no, what if she’s here for an interview and thinks our company is the kind of place…
You got laid off and are expecting a severance check from your former employer. You’re trying to work out a budget with that money in mind, picking up work to fill in the gaps. Then you finally receive the payment, but it’s for far less than you expected. What’s going on?
Gizmodo Media Group is teaming up with Smartypants Pictures to premiere the second season of The Secret Life of Muslims—a video series with a view on modern Islam you’re not getting on cable news.
I love dog and cat transformation videos on YouTube.
A Dutch oven, air fryer, Anker projector, and kitchen essentials lead off Thursday’s best deals.
Of all the tough conversations we should be having with our kids as they grow up, I’ll admit that educating my son about climate change has not exactly been a priority. We’ve had conversations about death, disability, mental illness, racism, sexism, poverty and gun violence. All of those felt like important, pressing…
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Even though they’re still kinda dumb, robot vacuums happen to be the most successful type of home robot right now. But a couple of years ago, they were too expensive for the average person, and budget options tended to be hilariously awful. They’d miss obvious dust bunnies, crash into furniture, and get hopelessly…
Roll up those yoga mats and hop down from the pull-up bar—our month of creative core exercises is over.
There comes a time in every Windows user’s life when things start to feel slower. Perhaps you’ve been installing and uninstalling a ton of applications, or you’ve been mucking around with obscure Windows settings (or worse, the registry). Maybe you even decided to live life on the wild side, like me, and signed up for…
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One day, everything that plugs into your laptop, tablet, or phone will use USB-C, but that utopia is a long way off, my friends. In the meantime though, I’m sorry to report that you’re going to need some dongles or adapters, and this 5-in-1 hub from Anker consolidates all of them into a single, affordable device.
We’ve all had those rushed moments when we’re late for dinner (or the airport) and there are still a half-dozen things to accomplish on our way out the door—including booking an Uber or Lyft.
If you’ve filed your tax return and are waiting for that sweet, sweet refund, you likely know how easy it is to check on your federal status. You simply go to the IRS’s website or use its app (you can track yours here).
At Gizmodo Media, Lifehacker’s parent company, we love a portmanteau. A lot of our sister sites, as well as their subdomains, are combinations of existing words: Deadspin evokes backspin but also ESPN; Gizmodo contains gizmo and mod. Lifehacker’s subsites find a second meaning within a word or phrase: Skillet contains …
If you’re committed to day-drinking, you have to find plausible excuses to do so. Fortunately, neighbors of ours are fans of all things Irish and are also big rugby enthusiasts. This culminates every February in weekend group parties for the Six Nations rugby series, with games that often kick off at 8 a.m. Central…
I’ve got travel on the brain, because I’m heading off on a short vacation soon and it’s honestly all I can think about. But duty beckons, and work continues apace, and so to pass the time before I get on the plane to LAX with my dreams and my cardigans, I thought I’d devote this column to the actual things I, a…
It can be a fun surprise when you bump into someone you haven’t seen in awhile—for about five minutes. Then it veers into “let’s meet for coffee” territory, which reminds you of why you haven’t really been in touch with this person in the first place. Here’s how to turn down the idea of a catch-up coffee without…
It already made sense to join REI’s Co-op membership program; for just $20, you’re a member for life, and have access to perks like a 10% back annual dividend, access to in-store REI Garage Sales, and special pricing on REI Outdoor School classes and REI Adventures trips. But now through March 21, it makes even more…
Several months ago, I went to Disney World with my extended family for a week. If you’ve ever been to Disney, you know that approximately 75 percent of the experience revolves around waiting. A few days in, while standing a particularly long line, my 9-year-old niece turned to me and said, “Wanna play a game?” She…
If you’re working on your tax return for 2018, you’ll want to make sure you double-check your IRA contributions and disbursements for the year so you don’t incur the IRS’s wrath (well, a penalty anyway).
If you’re going through a big transition or simply feeling drained, it can help to go into “low power mode.” I heard this tip on the podcast “Happier With Gretchen Rubin” while I was on maternity leave, and immediately felt comforted. Low power mode—yes. During this period, you’re able to perform only the most…
Google has slowly but surely been transforming the Google Home app into a centralized control hub. If you haven’t opened the app recently, you may not have noticed the bevy of new features and settings available. The most recent of these new features is the ability to change the colors of your smart home’s lightbulbs…
By pairing a couple of standard USB chargers with a super-powerful 60W USB-C Power Delivery port, Aukey built one of the most practical and future-proof desktop charging hubs you can buy. Get it for $36 today with promo code AUKPD070.
“There is no guidance or set path after college,” says redditor u/InvictaVox in a thread on r/AskMen about growing older. When you’ve been spending most of your life in school, graduating one grade a year, you get used to steady forward progression. You might be able to hold onto that feeling at your first job. But in…
What’s the worst part of social media? Seeing friends on tropical vacations, baking under the sun, while you’re seated in a cubicle seething under harsh fluorescent lighting.
Any good vinaigrette contains oil and water-based ingredients which, if we remember our basic chemistry, are not particularly fond of each other. To help these diametrically opposed partners get along and work as one, you need an emulsifier.
An Xbox One X, Clarks, Gloomhaven, and a Brother printer kick of Wednesday’s best deals.
When my treadmill broke down a few weeks ago, I wondered how I was going to get in some regular exercise at home during the winter. I texted a friend asking for advice and she sent me a slew of (old) Pilates workouts on YouTube with this note: “Sorry for the lack of modern suggestions. Apparently when I find something…
I first encountered the phrase “intuitive eating” on Instagram, and my first assumption was that it was another list of dieting rules wrapped in a pretty package of empowerment and self-care. Then I noticed the bagels. And the cupcakes. And the glasses of wine. Having struggled with my own sometimes disordered…
Most of us have morning rituals, and yours probably involves a computer at some point. And while it’s not that hard to press the power button, wait for your system to boot up, and then type in your Windows password to log into your desktop, those are a lot of time-consuming steps that morning you has to sit and do. If…
Isn’t it weird how most of our life is just... data now? Well, right now you can find a place to store all of those memories and work stuff with this Amazon Gold Box sale on memory and storage. There’s something from everybody here—microSD cards, rugged external drives, key chain flash drives, and awesome SSDs from…
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Whether you travel once per year or every month, there’s value to joining an airline’s frequent flyer program. Which one to choose, though, will depend on your needs: Is having multiple flights in a single day most important to you, or are you a point-value purist?
There are bad phone calls, and then, there are really bad phone calls, like the ones in which you’re forced to give someone news that a loved one was in an accident or worse—they’ve died.
Exchange-traded funds are getting cheaper and cheaper for the average investor to trade as multiple firms have introduced or expanded their fee-free options in the past few months. Vanguard, for example, gave investors access to nearly 1,800 different ETFs commission-free in August. Charles Schwab and Fidelity have…
LG’s OLED TVs have achieved something of a cult status thanks to their inky dark black levels and vibrant colors, and today, we’ve got the best price we’ve ever seen on the 2018 55" and 65" models.
Jonas Never works in public. His murals are seen by thousands of passerby (and soon after by their Instagram followers), but he has less time to paint them than many artists who can work in private. He’s learned to work quickly and maximize his time to create local landmarks around L.A. and beyond. We talked to Jonas…
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I need advice! We have an “S” fabric couch we like enough (really, a couch we can’t afford to replace right now). We got it when our daughter was about 1, and she’s 8 now. There’s a cornucopia of stains, visible and other: milk, spit up, yogurt, chocolate, ice cream, oil, and probably another kid’s weight worth of…
Hello, Offspring! I am back from maternity leave. We had our second child, a boy named Max. It has been the best! It has been the worst! My brain constantly teeters between thoughts of “How did I ever live in a world without this baby?” and “Who thought this would be a good idea again?!” (It’s mostly the former,…
There are a lot of things you shouldn’t be putting in the dishwasher, if you’re lucky enough to have one. That means putting on the gloves and getting to scrubbing, yes, but there’s also a right and wrong way to hand wash most things.
Almost two years ago, we launched The Grown-Up Kitchen, and asked you all for your most fundamental cooking questions. Knowing what readers didn’t know let me fill in those gaps in knowledge, which (hopefully) made for better, happier home cooks.
Global makes some of our readers’ favorite knives and it’s not hard to see why. They’re distinctive in their design, comfortable to use, and extraordinarily sharp. This Global 3-piece kitchen knife set may be the single greatest investment you can make for your kitchen.
