When you're lucky enough to have a day off, you need to take advantage of it. In this episode, we'll learn how to play SNES games on an iPad, find true north without a compass, create a fire with a piece of chocolate and a soda can, play classic games on your home theater system, remix your old boardgames, and test the done-ness of steak. So Put on your parasol and strap on your fanny pack, it's episode 3 of the Lifehacker show!
It's 2011, and you want to be unattached - let Lifehacker help you live without wires. In this episode, we'll learn how to charge your phone without an outlet, stream music throughout your house, create a charging station for all your gadgets, boost your router's wireless signal, and print anything from anywhere. Get ready to feel the warm embrace of an untangled lifestyle - it's episode 4 of the Lifehacker show!
In this episode, we talk about everything you need to know to take better photos right now. Learn how to build a flash diffuser with household items, paint with light, take good looking pics with your phone, and most importantly we'll go over some basic compositional rules. Clean your lens and grab your light meter; This is Lifehacker Episode 7.
In this episode, we'll show you why sticking with the default is for suckers. Learn how to skip floors on an elevator, give your MacBook a major speed boost by installing an SSD drive (without sacrificing space), and customize your iOS home screen. Plus, want to decorate your apartment without making your land lord want to kill you?
This week, we were all atwitter with the launch of the new social network Google Plus. Although invitations were open for a night, the service is still locked out to most people. Thankfully, we've got a handy workaround that can get you on the other side of the velvet rope! We also run down the best ways to save money with your smartphone, provide some beginner photography tricks, and more!
Apple's new operating system dominated the news this week, and in case you haven't been able to keep up, we've got you covered. We run down some of the biggest features in Mac OS X Lion, as well as some of the more than 250 "secret" features that Apple hasn't publicized much. Plus, we show you how to upgrade your Hackintosh to Lion and much more!
More and more of our music lives on our phone, and thanks to DLNA it's pretty easy to get that music on to your home theater system. Whitson and Dachis show you how to do it for both Android and iPhone. We also talk about how to lower your power bill during those expensive summer months, migrate your Facebook friends to Google Plus, and a whole lot more.
In this episode, we're going to show you how you can work for yourself. We'll teach you how to ask for a raise when you're feeling overworked and underappreciated, how to create a business plan for your new venture, and how to start freelancing. Plus, we'll run down everything you need to know about iOS 5.
This week on Ask Lifehacker we're wondering if anyone's going to use the Google Drive service supposedly coming in April, upgrading our media centers, and urging you not to give your employer your Facebook credentials. Also, we take a look at the troubles of dual-booting Windows and OS X, getting on an information diet, making Google Voice and Skype play nice together, and more.
This week on Ask Lifehacker we're debating the feasibility of Google's futuristic augmented reality glasses, protecting ourselves from hacks and viruses, blocking porn in every possible way, and fitting our big hard drives on small SSDs. Also, we take a look at a few downloads that can turn your diet and exercise routines into games, make Windows 7 feel like new, and turn the pages of PDF documents with your face. It's an action-packed episode this week, so come check it out!
This week on the podcast, we're prepping for the next Gmail outage, learning a new language in a matter of months, and wondering if an all-in-one home theater is a good idea. We'll also figure out the best time to upgrade to an iPhone, the best format for your music, and how to fix one of Flash's biggest annoyances.
This week on the Lifehacker podcast we're comparing Google Drive to Dropbox, looking at the cost of renting Adobe software, and finding out what happens when you throw your privacy out the window. We've also got tips on learning to type better, finding free music, installing Windows on a Mac, and more. Plus a bunch of downloads and the biggest pile of Grid-Its you've ever seen.
This week on the Lifehacker podcast we're learning that Internet Explorer 9 isn't the worst browser on the face of the planet. Also, the Galaxy SIII dominates this month's best Android phone contest and we realize the Skype ringtone is the best there is. We answer questions about hybrid hard drives, show off a surge protector and fix YouTube.
This week on the podcast we're talking about mapping out your neighborhood with a Google weather balloon, saying goodbye to software we love, and learning about Google's new Knowledge Graph. Also, we're answering questions about batch audio conversions, making tablets productive, having a say in what search engines say about you.
This week on the podcast we're learning about phantom vibrations in your pocket, free Wi-Fi for everyone (with cable internet), and life at your local hackerspace. Also, we're solving Apple TV jailbreak problems, speeding up slow Windows boot times, and getting Chrome to keep your activity a secret.
This week on the podcast we're discussing the ins and outs of Apple's latest updates to their mobile and desktop operating systems, breaking warranties with Linux, and only sort of caring about the "death" of unlimited data. Also, we're helping you decide if you should build an XBMC home theater PC or just get Google TV, figuring out if your iDevice will actually run the new features in iOS 6 and learning that you actually can build your own iPod.