CircleCount helps you better understand Google+

2013-04-27 22:34:50 (28 comments, 81 reshares, 260 +1s)

Released an update to my Google Music Chrome extension. Added a mini-player mode and fixed bugs. Install from the Chrome web store and let me know if you run into any problems/have any feature suggestions!

2012-08-02 15:25:15 (10 comments, 4 reshares, 31 +1s)

We compared three different flight and hotel booking methods to see which saved the most money and which method was most painless. I was (honestly!) very surprised with the results.

2012-06-06 15:20:57 (69 comments, 170 reshares, 262 +1s)

To be on the safe side, you should probably change your LinkedIn password.

2012-04-24 14:46:25 (30 comments, 4 reshares, 35 +1s)

Something I'd always wondered about: Is it actually legal to wear headphones when you're driving?

2012-04-16 18:04:41 (8 comments, 10 reshares, 55 +1s)

In which I remember one of the greatest Chrome shortcuts, paste-without-formatting.

2012-04-04 14:05:55 (6 comments, 6 reshares, 25 +1s)

This is obviously some of the most important work we've ever done on Lifehacker.

2012-03-16 15:25:12 (17 comments, 6 reshares, 33 +1s)

De-porn your browser's autocomplete, aka How to banish embarrassing autocomplete suggestions from your browser

2012-03-12 20:27:37 (5 comments, 31 reshares, 43 +1s)

It ain't easy to work on something you're into when you're exhausted from your real work. Getting started is everything.

2012-03-09 00:08:33 (14 comments, 19 reshares, 49 +1s)

Unlike the rest of the internet, I wrote about Kony 2012 today!

2012-03-07 17:13:09 (18 comments, 7 reshares, 44 +1s)

Just a heads up: If you're using my Music Plus extension for Google Music, Google updated the service to a new "Google Play" url, which temporarily broke the extension. I pushed an update ASAP yesterday, so if you were having problems with it, all should be well now, and if necessary, you can reinstall here:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ipfnecmlncaiipncipkgijboddcdmego

2012-03-05 17:36:24 (3 comments, 5 reshares, 23 +1s)

This is my favorite cord-shortening and tangle-free storage technique (with video!)

2012-02-29 19:18:36 (5 comments, 3 reshares, 17 +1s)

If you're not ready to install the Windows 8 preview,@WhitsonGordon video demos what it's like actually using Win8 http://lifehacker.com/5889345/this-is-what-using-windows-8-actually-looks-and-feels-like

2012-02-29 16:18:07 (10 comments, 13 reshares, 27 +1s)

You can download the Windows 8 Preview right now here http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/consumer-preview or just take a look at what's new in Windows 8 here http://lifehacker.com/5839777/first-look-at-whats-new-in-windows-8

2012-02-28 21:58:03 (79 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

Dear internet,

Let's say you had a birthday coming up, you have to come up with a present to ask for (you don't really have a choice—someone wants to buy you a present in the $100 range), and you literally had no ideas re: what to ask for.

Okay, say that's me. Who has ideas?!

(Note: Gift card is considered ineligible.)

2012-02-28 16:52:31 (9 comments, 10 reshares, 22 +1s)

A great, thoughtful take on how to answer the stupid question "what is your greatest weakness?"

2012-02-27 19:07:02 (7 comments, 14 reshares, 29 +1s)

Rejection Therapy is a game and a really cool idea for fixing your fear of rejection http://lifehacker.com/5888637/rejection-therapy-the-game-you-win-by-actively-seeking-out-rejection

2012-02-24 17:02:59 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 20 +1s)

For those of you who've been waiting for the return of the Lifehacker show: Here's a rough test of a new format http://lifehacker.com/5887928/the-ask-lifehacker-podcast-watch-or-listen-to-our-first-episode

2012-02-23 16:33:23 (0 comments, 13 reshares, 19 +1s)

Great piece about the science of cravings and how you can hack your brain to use them to your advantage by +Thorin Klosowski http://lifehacker.com/5887614/hack-your-brain-to-use-cravings-to-your-advantage

2012-02-20 20:12:03 (9 comments, 5 reshares, 24 +1s)

Here's the stuff I use every day to get things done http://lifehacker.com/5886581/what-we-use-adam-pashs-favorite-gear-and-productivity-tips ...let the navel gazing commence!

2012-02-16 18:44:35 (3 comments, 9 reshares, 29 +1s)

You can roll most of Mountain Lion's best features on your Mac right now, no upgrade required.

2012-02-16 16:48:08 (22 comments, 7 reshares, 27 +1s)

Dear anyone who can peel an egg by blowing it out of the shell: Why can I never get this to work? http://lifehacker.com/5651930/easily-peel-hard+boiled-eggs

2012-02-16 16:06:37 (16 comments, 11 reshares, 21 +1s)

New features in OS X Mountain Lion make a lot of sense. Best of iOS to the desktop. Here's a video http://lifehacker.com/5885625/apple-announces-os-x-mountain-lion

2012-02-14 23:24:00 (5 comments, 2 reshares, 15 +1s)

All the foremost St. Valentine experts say buying greeting cards is so 2011--also known as "I did something dorky" http://lifehacker.com/5885002/how-to-make-your-special-someone-a-last+minute-app+as+valentines+day+card

2012-02-14 16:13:43 (10 comments, 11 reshares, 35 +1s)

In which we find out which web browser is fast fast FAST(est)! http://lifehacker.com/5884941/browser-speed-tests-chrome-17-firefox-10-internet-explorer-9-and-opera-1161

2012-02-14 15:59:26 (2 comments, 5 reshares, 28 +1s)

Happy Google one box graph day! https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=sqrt(cos(x))cos(300x)%2Bsqrt(abs(x))-0.7)(4-x*x)%5E0.01%2C+sqrt(6-x%5E2)%2C+-sqrt(6-x%5E2)+from+-4.5+to+4.5

2012-02-13 21:49:00 (22 comments, 1 reshares, 8 +1s)

Hey people who pay for web hosting: How do you back up your web site? Looking for solutions to help with problems like http://gizmodo.com/5884684/why-ill-never-trust-a-human-with-my-data-again

2012-02-10 01:06:28 (6 comments, 5 reshares, 35 +1s)

Love http://lifehacker.com/5883886/fill-up-large-buckets-with-water-using-a-dust-pan

2012-02-07 20:40:37 (65 comments, 4 reshares, 13 +1s)

Q: What talented/successful/skilled/brilliant people would you like to see interviewed in a new series on Lifehacker?

2012-02-06 16:14:51 (4 comments, 14 reshares, 35 +1s)

Here's how to roll your own killer drag-and-drop file sharing service. Very, very cool.

2012-02-03 16:24:24 (8 comments, 5 reshares, 29 +1s)

Sure, +Whitson Gordon's post on getting better battery life and performance from your Android phone may be good, but the image of the little Android partying in popcorn is more than worth the price of admission. http://lifehacker.com/5881842/how-to-get-better-battery-life-and-performance-on-your-android-phone-with-a-new-kernel

2012-02-02 19:25:41 (15 comments, 45 reshares, 54 +1s)

Test a cool experimental build of Dropbox, get an extra 4.5GB of Dropbox storage for free #winwin

2012-01-31 16:52:50 (14 comments, 17 reshares, 33 +1s)

This is how you eat a messy chicken wing like a pro: One handed http://lifehacker.com/5880851/eat-a-chicken-wing-with-one-hand #lifechanger

2012-01-26 22:22:01 (26 comments, 17 reshares, 59 +1s)

Very good news for Google Music users: The Music Manager app now lets you download all the music you've uploaded to Google Music, making it a pretty solid backup option for your tunes.

https://plus.google.com/104629412415657030658/posts/B2pZ6zcmUVd

2012-01-26 18:28:37 (7 comments, 4 reshares, 16 +1s)

If you aren't using Slice to track packages, why aren't you using Slice to track packages? It's awesome! https://www.goslice.com

2012-01-25 17:24:34 (48 comments, 10 reshares, 24 +1s)

Google is Facebook is AOL: This is why everyone's mad at Google, and why it shouldn't be that surprising. (aka: I have a strong opinion about Google+ in search results.)

2012-01-23 19:21:14 (10 comments, 6 reshares, 11 +1s)

The Don't Be Evil Bookmarklet makes Google's social results useful rather than simply promotional.

2012-01-19 00:22:39 (13 comments, 65 reshares, 100 +1s)

"Don't cry. Disney owns the rights to that emotion."

2012-01-19 00:13:42 (16 comments, 9 reshares, 22 +1s)

Wishing I were a SCOTUS judge only when I read a judgment I disagree with probably means I'd be terrible at it.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/scotus-re-copyright-decision/

(Of course it's more complicated. It always is. There's a difference between what you know should be the case and what the constitution says, and SCOTUS doesn't get to decide based on what they want to be the case. So, yeah, I would still be terrible.)

2012-01-18 22:53:12 (8 comments, 1 reshares, 20 +1s)

My friend Nathan has been doing some awesome one-page comics. Like this one.

2012-01-18 16:35:45 (25 comments, 8 reshares, 26 +1s)

On the flip side, if you desperately need to access Wikipedia today, here's how:

http://lifehacker.com/5876833/how-to-take-wikipedia-offline-so-you-can-keep-using-it-during-tomorrows-anti+sopa-blackout

2012-01-18 16:30:02 (2 comments, 16 reshares, 37 +1s)

If anti-SOPA blackouts have piqued your interest, this video + post is a great primer on what SOPA is all about.

2012-01-17 19:46:21 (29 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Hey LA people: I want to plan a trip to Big Bear (soon) for some skiing. Any suggestions? (Or any mountain-y ski-y place near LA, really. I've never actually gone skiing, so I'm starting from zero knowledge)

Any and all suggestions welcome! Good places to stay, to eat, to ski.

2012-01-16 21:54:33 (32 comments, 160 reshares, 195 +1s)

Really, really cool way to securely log into your Google account on a computer you don't trust.

2012-01-16 16:42:18 (8 comments, 13 reshares, 13 +1s)

In case you haven't heard: Zappos was hacked. Here's what you need to know.

http://lifehacker.com/5876462/zappos-passwords-hacked-what-you-need-to-do-right-now

(Been a while since the last big hack, huh?)

2012-01-12 16:19:07 (1 comments, 11 reshares, 34 +1s)

A little CES counterprogramming: Make your own gadgets.

2012-01-11 18:43:55 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Any designers have a suggestion for a good iPad app for organizing a portfolio? Photos app not so good.

2012-01-11 17:41:12 (38 comments, 13 reshares, 25 +1s)

I really, really dislike the way @google has integrated "personal results". Here's how to disable them by default: http://lifehacker.com/5875156/how-to-turn-off-googles-annoying-new-personal-search-results

2012-01-11 16:27:24 (8 comments, 33 reshares, 40 +1s)

The web's packed w/free courses from the best schools on the planet. Here's a curated list of the best courses available for Spring 2012.

2012-01-11 00:21:16 (8 comments, 34 reshares, 63 +1s)

Compelling SOPA reading for the day — Lockdown by @corydoctorow

2012-01-10 16:01:32 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 20 +1s)

New and awesome at Lifehacker: The App Directory curates the best apps for every platform. Go to http://lifehacker.com/apps/ to get started