How to manage tangle prone hair

My hair turns into a rat's nest if I look at it the wrong way, while my mother has the sort of smooth well behaved hair I've always been envious of; she never quite knew what to do with mine, and so much ouchiness ensued. » 3/30/15 10:26am Yesterday 10:26am

Digital Comics on the Cheap- Friday March 27th

The entirety of my comics purchases nowadays are digital. Lucky me, you can get comics super cheap through Comixology, Amazon, and Google Play. So this is going to be my semi-regular effort to help others keep up with digital comics on the cheap. Check it out. » 3/27/15 11:32am Friday 11:32am

Chill Out in this Week's Open Thread

Taking a break from our usual crazy at Hackerspace, the reader run branch of the LifeHacker family, this week's open thread is a calm little place for y'all to ask questions, share tips, discuss DIY, and just pull up a keyboard and tell us all about what's new and interesting and random. This week we bring you the… » 3/27/15 9:00am Friday 9:00am

Marvel at animations and possibly learn biology in the cross thread

Hello, friends, and welcome to this week's cross thread. Today, I present to you the video shown in every college biology class since it was made in 2006 by XVIVO for Harvard professors to show in their undergraduate classes: The Inner Life of the Cell. A longer, narrated version is presented here, but if you would… » 3/26/15 8:30am Thursday 8:30am

Chewing, Doing, Less Nicotine

I have a tip, possibly, for all you nicotine heads who are chewing the gum. At some point when you're chewing, say, Nicorettes, you might be at 4mg for a while. After a few months of that, it may be time to drop down to 2. I've done this as of last week. So now there's even less of an urge for the gum.

The next stage I… » 3/25/15 10:14pm Wednesday 10:14pm

Killer Tips That Make Packing and Moving Easier

Moving to a new country and new city sounded like an exciting adventure, till actually came the day when I needed to start organizing everything and packing up. » 3/25/15 2:46pm Wednesday 2:46pm

Friendly Notice: Huge comics sale on the Play Store! (Updated!)

This one just got pushed to me thanks to a Pushbullet channel that sends me all the latest deals/specials/etc on Google Play. » 3/24/15 12:07pm 3/24/15 12:07pm

Music Intensifies Your Focus & Productivity (Neuroscience Proves It)

Most people underestimate the power of music. However, they can't deny the impact it has on their lives by way of the entertainment industry, and the performing arts. (I should know — while freelance writing, I'm also a musician, a songwriter, and a programming consultant for an FM radio station). » 3/23/15 8:51pm 3/23/15 8:51pm

Preview HTML/JavaScript/CSS in codepen

Trying to tweak a d3 image but don't want to fire up a full blown IDE? Give codepen a try. This nifty little tool bills itself as a "Front End Designer Playground" and auto updates, so you can instantly see how that tweak to HTML, JS, or CSS is changing your site. It's also super duper newbie friendly and free for the… » 3/23/15 12:58pm 3/23/15 12:58pm

The Semi-Irregular How Have You Been Thread

We don't really chat with each other here, except on Fridays, when we chat with everybody on Earth and Lifehacker. So, how have you been? » 3/21/15 1:59pm 3/21/15 1:59pm

Start a Bar Fight Without Getting Involved in the Friday Open Thread

In the last installment, Moon asked me to write a Hackerspace guide to starting a bar fight without getting involved yourself. I am an expert on not getting involved in bar fights because I've never started one. In true Hackerspace fashion, I shall not let that deter me from giving advice. » 3/20/15 6:07am 3/20/15 6:07am

11 eCommerce Success Tweet-tips from 11 eCommerce Experts

$1.3 trillion! That's the amount of money spent on online shopping in 2014. » 3/19/15 11:55pm 3/19/15 11:55pm

Wednesday Android Update - It's a slow week Edition

This week seems to be one of those incredibly slow news weeks for Android. I haven't seen anything that really caught my attention this week to be honest with you. Of course that's subjective and purely my opinion, what I don't think is news others might disagree with. » 3/19/15 12:50pm 3/19/15 12:50pm

How To See Drafts of Posts on Group Kinja Blogs

If you're an author on a Kinja blog, you can see drafts of posts on that Kinja blog, even if they're written by other people. This is how comments appear on the Friday open thread before they're posted. 😱 » 3/19/15 1:24pm 3/19/15 1:24pm

Lessons Learned:  A Papercraft Primer

Hello hello. I'm here today to talk to you about papercraft! » 3/19/15 10:42am 3/19/15 10:42am

You can avoid those white lines by gluing the model up farther than the end of the tabs. As in, find the line where the tab meets the paper and then go up just another little smidge.

Participate in this week's cross thread

Hello Whitenoise, Hackerspace, Groupthink, Tay, ODeck, Backtalk, Oppo, and Clashtalk denizens and welcome to the weekly kinja cross thread. How are ya'll doing? » 3/19/15 10:50am 3/19/15 10:50am

How To Travel Around France On A Shoestring Budget


France – the gorgeous land of Art, fashion, wine and cheese, chateaux, insanely narrow crooked lanes and stylish ladies walking down the streets in a beret with a baguette. (a pun I just couldn't resist). » 3/18/15 6:55pm 3/18/15 6:55pm