Tofu isn’t the enemy, your family is. This jiggly soybean beauty has gotten more popular and enjoyed more acceptance in the last decade, but there are still some misguided family members out there who think it’s wimpy, gross, or bland. (OK, it is bland, but in a good way.) Help your family get over their tofu…
Source: LifeHacker – Evil Week: Trick Your Family Into Eating Lots of Tofu
Third-party accessories are a long-standing tradition of console gaming. Often, it’s a way to snag a controller without paying premium for the official version, or it fills a gap the console manufacturer doesn’t provide.
Source: LifeHacker – These Accessories Will No Longer Work on Your Xbox Next Month
Last year, my advice was to ignore early Black Friday deals. This made sense at the time, given economic conditions at the time—in 2022, many retailers were overstocked due to slower spending by consumers amid an inflation-battered year, and looking to offload their excess supply with gradually more aggressive deals…
Source: LifeHacker – Why You Should Shop the Early Black Friday Deals This Year
Making a cake is never easy. With all the bowls, whisks, and measuring cups involved, it can feel a lot more like a chemistry experiment than a celebratory snack. “One bowl” recipes can make the process less of a chore, but all I really want to do is just dump everything in a dish and bake it. Turns out I’ve been in…
Source: LifeHacker – This Dump Cake Is Lazy as Hell, and I Love It
If you’ve ever experienced even a mild electrical shock, you know how powerful—and frightening—it can be. There are more than 50,000 electrical fires in the U.S. every year, and close to 400 people are electrocuted annually. Even if getting a dose of voltage doesn’t kill you, it’s not a pleasant experience, and being…
Source: LifeHacker – All the Stuff in Your Home You Should Be Testing for Voltage
Right now, this Seido Japanese eight-piece knife set—designed with strong high-carbon stainless steel—is on sale for $129.97 (reg. $429) through Oct. 31. Typically, western knife blades have a 25-degree angle, but these Japanese knives have a 15-degree angle, which creates a distinguished, sharper-cutting face.
Source: LifeHacker – This Eight-Piece Japanese Knife Set Is 0 Right Now
If multiple people in your household use your Apple Music account, chances are your recommendations are all messed up. Since Apple Music’s algorithms use your listening history to suggest music you might like, other people can easily “corrupt” your history by bringing their preferences into your account.
Source: LifeHacker – You Can Automatically (Temporarily) Disable Your Apple Music Listening History
Do you feel something a little sinister in the air? It’s not just the looming specter of All Hallow’s Eve: it’s Evil Week.
Longtime Lifehacker readers will no doubt recall that every year during the final week of October, we flip over our moral compasses and entertain the sort of hacks we otherwise would consider…
Source: LifeHacker – Welcome Back to Evil Week
Curiosity Stream is a documentary streaming service with a large library of documentaries and docu-series. Normally, it costs $399 for a lifetime subscription to Curiosity Stream’s Standard Plan, but you can get it for $169.97 through Oct. 31.
Source: LifeHacker – You Can Get a Lifetime Subscription to This Documentary Streaming Service for 9.97
Welcome to Evil Week, our annual dive into all the slightly sketchy hacks we’d usually refrain from recommending. Want to weasel your way into free drinks, play elaborate mind games, or, er, launder some money? We’ve got all the info you need to be successfully unsavory.
Source: LifeHacker – Evil Week: All the Shady Things You Can Do With a Flipper Zero
While there’s a lot of appeal to having a full-built desktop computer, sometimes you need something that offers a monitor and processing tower all in one machine. That’s where all-in-one computers come in. Over the years, these sleek machines have seen some huge advances, and if you’re looking to buy a great…
Source: LifeHacker – The Best All-in-One Desktops You Can Buy in 2023
Digital devices, including smart TVs, are continuing to improve accessibility settings for people with disabilities. The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) passed in 2010 updated accessibility requirements, such as closed captioning, for TV programming and includes provisions for audio…
Source: LifeHacker – Enable These Accessibility Features on Your Smart TV
Users of smart hubs like Alexa and Google Home have long enjoyed being able to use IFTTT to connect and enhance services that aren’t natively connected to each other. For instance, we recently reviewed Leviton switches, which rely on IFTTT to create automations. The upshot of these services working with IFTTT is that…
Source: LifeHacker – What to Do Now That Amazon Is Killing Alexa’s IFTTT Integration
An Apple ID is the social security card of the Apple ecosystem: It is your Apple identity, required whenever logging into a new device or to verify you are who you say you are. So if you don’t know your Apple ID, it’s kind of a big deal. Luckily, there are a few ways to find it, although some are easier than others.
Source: LifeHacker – How to Find Your Apple ID, Even When All Seems Lost
This one was half easy, half tricky for me; I got the first two groups in a HEARTBEAT and then nearly PANICked trying to figure out the rest. If you’re looking for the Connections answer for Monday, October 30, 2023, read on—I’ll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solutions to all four categories.…
Source: LifeHacker – Today’s NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Monday, October 30, 2023
You’re probably familiar with the lint trap on your dryer, and, ideally, clean it after every load of laundry. But did you know that your washing machine has a filter, too? If that’s news to you, that probably means yours has never been cleaned. But don’t worry: Once you know where to find it, it’s a pretty easy job.…
Source: LifeHacker – How to Locate and Clean Your Washing Machine’s Filter
In addition to visible signs of wear, pieces of leather furniture that are frequently in use—like a living room couch or office chair—may start to wrinkle over time. Known as “comfort wrinkles,” they can range from gentle rippling, to larger creases, and probably aren’t the look you were going for when you decided to…
Source: LifeHacker – Use a Blow Dryer to Smooth Wrinkled Leather Furniture
Whether Halloween is a hectic day in your household—getting people in costume, making sure the candy bowl is stocked, and putting the finishing touches on your spooky outdoor decor—or it’s just another day for you, you’re going to have to eat at some point.
Source: LifeHacker – These Are the Best Food Deals and Freebies This Halloween
I STEWed over this one for a bit, but ultimately I was up to the CHALLENGE, and I’m sure you will be, too. If you’re looking for the Connections answer for Sunday, October 29, 2023, read on—I’ll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solutions to all four categories. Along the way, I’ll explain the…
Source: LifeHacker – Today’s NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Sunday, October 29, 2023
Part of the process of shopping around for a used car is performing various inspections, including checking for damage. Consequently, part of the allure of buying a brand new car is, at least in theory, that you can skip that part, and don’t have to worry about anything being wrong with the vehicle. No previous owners…
Source: LifeHacker – Don’t Assume a Brand New Car Has No Damage