If you’re looking for the Wordle answer for August 25, read on. We’ll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solution. Today’s puzzle is of medium difficulty; WordleBot says the average player gets it in 3.9 guesses. Beware, there are spoilers below for August 25, Wordle #797! Scroll to the end if you…
Source: LifeHacker – Today’s Wordle Hints (and Answer) for Friday, August 25
It’s the day after a company picnic or summer barbecue and somehow, you’ve ended up with a bucket of leftover potato salad. You can pack it in lunch boxes and serve it as a side as is, but not everyone is made for eating the popular picnic staple meal after meal.
Source: LifeHacker – Leftover Potato Salad Wants to Be Roasted
Labor Day sales are in full swing, including tech deals and many large appliances for your home. If you’re looking to replace any home appliance, including refrigerators, washing or drying machines, dishwashers, or ranges, take a look at our round-up of Labor Day deals you can get right now.
Source: LifeHacker – These Are the Best Labor Day Sale Deals for Large Appliances
Taco Bell loves to taunt me, so I’m sure their newest offering, the Grilled Cheese Dipping Taco, is not long for this world. (I got to try it exactly once before it disappeared from my local restaurant; it was pretty good.) We are not, however, helpless in the face of their trickery. You can make your very own…
Source: LifeHacker – You Can DIY a Better Taco Bell Grilled Cheese Dipping Taco
There’s one good way to stuff a waffle, and at least two lousy ways to do it. That’s what I learned today. You might know this already, but I enjoy pushing classic dishes to a new place. Hopefully a better place. (That’s kind of my thing.) Mixing blueberries into waffle batter isn’t the end of waffle modification,…
Source: LifeHacker – This Is the Right Way to Stuff a Waffle
When you call someone, you usually want them to know who you are. Usually. On the flip side, there are times when you might want or need to hide your phone number from the person on the other end of the call. Whether you use an Android or iPhone, you can easily hide your number through one of three options.
Source: LifeHacker – How to Hide Your Phone Number on Android and iPhone
Buying a new iPhone isn’t easy. If you go to Apple.com, you’ll find not one, not two, but eight different iPhones to choose from, each ranging in price and features.
Source: LifeHacker – How to Decide Which iPhone 14 to Buy
Eating hallucinogenic psilocybin mushrooms (also known as “shrooms” or, if you’re from 1968, “magic mushrooms”) can open your consciousness to the limitless wonders of the universe, make your Sunday afternoon extra colorful, or send you sliding into a despair deeper than you ever knew existed.
Source: LifeHacker – How to Take Mushrooms
Student loans get so much press for making life hell, it’s easy to overlook the challenge of paying for the everyday living expenses that most college kids are facing for the first time. In fact, it’s these costs that are often the major obstacle to earning a college degree, according to a 2021 study by the Center of…
Source: LifeHacker – How to Make Your First Budget As a College Student
Streaming helped many of us ditch cable in favor of a “pay for what you want to watch” model. Sure, there are way too many streaming services now, but I still wouldn’t want to go back to the olden days.
Source: LifeHacker – There’s a New CNN for Max Subscribers
I wear three rings every day—wedding and engagement bands, and an Oura ring as a fitness/recovery tracker. But in the summer, I often find myself taking them off before I go for a run. If I don’t, sometimes they’ll be stuck—which, it turns out, is a common problem.
Source: LifeHacker – Why Your Hands Swell When You Run or Walk, and What to Do About It
Bodies are exhaustingly high-maintenance. The list of things you’re supposed to be doing just to stay alive and in reasonably good health gets more detailed the longer you live—especially when it comes to grooming and hygiene. You might think you’re doing a reasonably good job of detailing all the bits on your body,…
Source: LifeHacker – How to Clean Your Belly Button
There was a time in the not-so-distant past when a standard coach airline ticket included checked and cabin baggage, seat selection, and even some type of meal or snack. But starting in the early 2000s, that began to change, and now 89% of the world’s airlines hit consumers with one or more hidden fees, according to a …
Source: LifeHacker – These Airlines Have the Most Hidden Fees
Control D is a content filter and ad blocker, useful for getting rid of ads, pop-ups, and trackers, but also for mitigating distractions across your (or your kids’) devices. It’s on sale right now, and you can get your first five years for $39.99 right now (reg. $120).
Source: LifeHacker – This Ad Blocker and Content Filter Is Right Now
As summer’s cherry season fades, you might be faced with a lingering bag of the fruit in your fridge. Maybe you’re cherried-out and you can’t bring yourself to eat them plain, but you don’t feel at peace throwing out Earth’s crimson gifts. Stress no more. From preserving them for year-round enjoyment, to drinking them…
Source: LifeHacker – Ten Great Ways to Use up Your Summer Cherries
Social media movie discourse is at it again. This time around, I’m being horrified by posts from younger moviegoers who freely admit to fast-forwarding through movies to skip past “the boring parts” (like, you know, the dialogue scenes), or even to watching them at double speed. Let’s talk about attention spans…and…
Source: LifeHacker – 23 of the Best Boring Movies
Microsoft now bundles its Office products in the Microsoft 365 subscription. The Microsoft 365 Personal bundle comes with access to all Office programs, plus 1TB storage space in OneDrive. But it also costs $69.99 per year for individuals, and $100 for the Family plan. And now, Microsoft has a new plan called Microsoft…
Source: LifeHacker – How to Get Microsoft Office for Free
This refurbished 14-inch Dell Latitude laptop with a lifetime license for Microsoft Office is on sale for $449.99 right now (reg. $719.98). It has a grade “A” refurbished rating and comes with an Intel Core i7 processor, 16GB of memory, Windows 10 Pro pre-installed, and 512GB of onboard storage. It also includes a…
Source: LifeHacker – This Dell Laptop With Microsoft Office Is 0 Right Now
The much-awaited details of PlayStation’s upcoming portable handheld gaming machine are here. But before you rush to save money for the pre-order (it’s not shipping until late 2023), think about this: As we already knew, the PlayStation Portal is not a spiritual successor to PS Vita. But it’s also not a replacement…
Source: LifeHacker – PlayStation Portal Is Not the Portable Gaming Console of Your Dreams
iPhones do an amazing job capturing 4K, stabilized video with great detail and color quality, but the resulting files are massive. That’s okay if you want to view the videos on your phone (provided you’re paying for cloud storage), but what if you need to send them to someone over the internet, or back them up without…
Source: LifeHacker – How to Compress Video on iPhone Fast