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The Aged Paper Home Screen [Featured Home Screen] Reader Ammar Githam took a slightly different approach to home screen creation, placing all of his icons on the wallpaper itself for more freedom to create this handwriting-on-paper look. Here's how he put it together. More » Remains of the Day: Deleted Photos Still on Facebook Three Years Later [For What It's Worth] Facebook can't make your embarrassing photos go away, hackers make good on their threats to Symantec, and Kubuntu's future is uncertain. More » Remember Phone Numbers and Other Long Strings of Digits by Creating a Mnemonic [Memory] If you have trouble remembering long numbers—like phone numbers—Redditor Fealiks shares a simple way to keep everything straight. More » Why a Late Reply Can Be a Compliment [Email] Nowadays, immediacy is the norm. Cellphones offer the possibility of constant contact and app and media stores offer instant downloads of purchases. When we're required to wait for something, such as a reply to an email, we often feel slighted as if a lack of immediate response means we're not important. Sometimes it doesn't, and he's why. More » Daily App Deals: Get TextExpander for Mac for 51% Off in Today's App Deals [Deals] The Daily App Deals post is a round-up of the best app discounts of the day, as well as some notable mentions for ones that are on sale. More » Most Popular Method for Streaming Live TV: Slingbox [Video] A business trip on the other side of the country or a weekend with a family member without cable don't necessarily mean you have to go without your favorite shows. There are plenty of ways to stream the live television that's available in your home to your smartphone or your laptop wherever you are, whether it's upstairs in another room, or across the globe in a hotel room. Earlier in the week we asked you how you preferred to stream live TV. You responded, we looked at the top five TV streaming options, and now it's time to highlight the winner. More » If You Were Going to Die Today, What Would You Regret Most (and How Would You Change for the Better)? [Ask The Readers] If you've lived you've made mistakes, and that likely means you've accumulated a few regrets along the way. How damaging would those regrets be if your life was about to end? What would you wish you'd have done differently? Susie Steiner, writing for The Guardian, reports on the most common regrets of the dying and they're mostly things that could've been easily remedied. Do your regrets coincide? More » Turn a Drawer Into a Hide-Away Printer for More Space, Less Ugly [DIY] These days, a lot of us don't even need a printer—after all, what can't you do on the web? But, you probably have one anyway, just for those rare occasions, and it spends most of its time sitting there looking ugly. Instead, hide it in a hinged drawer with this DIY project. More » Transparent Screen for Android Lets You Walk and Text at the Same Time Without Bumping into Things [Android Downloads] Android: Have you ever typed or read on your smartphone while walking at the same time (be honest)? For those occasions, Transparent Screen can help you out by showing you what's right in front of you while you use your phone as usual. More » LARK Silent Alarm Clock Will Wake You Up Without Disturbing Your Partner and Help You Sleep Better [Video] We don't all have the same sleep schedule, and this becomes problematic when sharing a bed. This is why LARK has devised a silent alarm that you wear around your wrist while sleeping so you'll be woken up gently without disturbing your partner. As an added bonus, it'll track your sleeping patterns and provide you with relevant data as well. More » Black SMS Encrypts and Decrypts Your Text Messages [Video] iOS: Anyone can pick up your phone and read your text messages. It's also not that difficult for someone to install spy software or for the U.S. government to acquire your messages from your carrier. If you want to keep your text messages private, Black SMS is an app that provides a very simple method for doing so. You simply type in the message, set a password, and send it over to iMessage. The recipient can then use their copy of Black SMS to decrypt the message using the password you set by simply pasting the message into the app and entering the password. (Watch the video above for a demonstration.) More » Ask and Answer Questions About How to Gracefully Bow Out [Help Yourself] Every day we're on the lookout for ways to make your work easier and your life better, but Lifehacker readers are smart, insightful folks with all kinds of expertise to share, and we want to give everyone regular access to that exceptional hive mind. Help Yourself is a daily thread where readers can ask and answer questions about tech, productivity, life hacks, and whatever else you need help with. More » Make Perfect, Restaurant-Style Shredded Chicken in Your Mixer [Cooking] Shredding chicken for BBQ sandwiches or other recipes is really time-consuming. The well-named Simply Healthy Family blog offers this great trick: shred the chicken in a Kitchen Aid mixer with a cookie paddle attachment for the perfect texture. More » The Best Key Remapper for Windows [Windows App Directory] If you wish your keyboard's keys were laid out just a tad bit differently, you can change it around with a keyboard remapper. Windows users have a few to choose from, but the easiest to use is certainly KeyTweak, which presents you with a full, visual keyboard layout and multiple methods for changing it. More » Chrome for Android Brings Bookmark Sync and Incognito Browsing to Android [Video] If you've got an Android device running Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0), you can now download the beta version of Google's Chrome browser from the Android Market, complete with many of the things we love about Chrome—like bookmark syncing and Incognito mode—but on your mobile device. More » How Paranoid Should I Be About Trusting Companies With My Personal Data? [Ask Lifehacker] Dear Lifehacker, I understand that signing up for "free" services like Gmail and Facebook require that I put my trust in a company and provide them with quite a bit of personal data. I know that data is supposed to be kept private, but with the amount of information and web activity that's tracked every day I'm started to worry. How paranoid should I be, and is there any way I can ensure my data isn't being used in ways I don't want? More » Turn a Balloon into a Key Cover [Clever Uses] Here's a cheap and quick way to color code your keys: Cover 'em with balloons. They're easier to get on than the rubber covers you get from the hardware store, and you have lots of color choices at your disposal. More » Conquer Common Stains with the Stain First Aid Chart [Cleaning] Unfortunately, there's no one treatment that will remove all types of stains, but in lieu of that we have this handy stain first aid chart from housekeeping guru Martha Stewart. Post it by your laundry center along with your cleaning supplies and you're good to go. More » Train Yourself to Become a Morning Person and Test If You're a Real Lark or Night Owl [Sleep] Some of us just aren't natural early risers, yet there's still hope for us if we want to get up earlier with less struggle. The New York Times reports it might take just 20 minutes a day (and some discipline) to reset our inner clocks, and offers a convenient quiz to help you figure out what kind of sleeper you really are. More » How to Make Google Music Your Secondary Media Player (and Why You Should) [Google Music] Even if you don't want to use Google Music as your full-time music player, it's become one of the best ways to back up and access your music library from anywhere. It doesn't need to be your main player; you can still reap the benefits of Google's free music backup and on-the-go streaming service. Here's everything you need to know about setting it up as a secondary player and getting around its few quirks. More » Make Portable Coffee Bags for Better Coffee Anywhere [Coffee] If you're sick of using generic instant coffee at work or out camping, Instructables user claven20 suggests making your own portable coffee bags using tea bags for delicious coffee no matter where you are. More » Skip Tunes Gives You Menu Bar Access to Controls for iTunes, Spotify, and Rdio [Video] Mac: One of the problems with playing a big playlist in Rdio, Spotify, or iTunes is that it's hard to get a quick glimpse at what's playing without opening the app or right-clicking the icon. If you'd like graphical representation, Skip Tunes sits in your menu bar and controls all three of those apps. More » Paint a Warning Strip on the Inside of Your Car Door to Prevent Accidents [Safety] It has likely happened to all of us: we're casually opening the door of a car when another car or bike comes whizzing past, nearly hitting the door because they didn't see it opening. Instructables user milesfromnelhu recognized the problem and decided to fix it by spray painting a warning strip on the inside of the door. More » Get the Most Out of Your iPhone's Notification Center, from Beginner to Jailbreaker [Ios 5] The Notification Center feature on iPhone's is a powerful tool to keep track of everything happening in your life, but it's not transparent how to use it to its full extent. We'll guide you through the basics of getting started with Notification Center and show you how to make it more useful with a few tweaks. More » MeetingBurner Is a Fast, Free Video Conferencing Solution, No Downloads Required [Webapps] MeetingBurner is a new video conferencing service that offers video, voice, and web conferencing with all of the features you would expect from a more expensive commercial service for free. If you host small meetings or work at an organization where there's no company-sponsored video conferencing solution and no budget to buy accounts to one, MeetingBurner is worth a look. More » The Best Sites to Raise Money and Get Your Ideas Off the Ground [Ideas] If you have a brilliant new idea for an mobile app, a handy gadget, a smartphone case that does something cool, an album you want to produce, or even a comic book you want to publish, it's never been easier to get your idea in front of a lot of people and raise money to make it a reality. There are dozens of free and cheap sites designed to boost new ideas, but not all of them are best for your idea. Here's how to pick the best one for you. More » Mod a Cabinet Drawer to Keep Your Printer Usable but Stashed Away and Out of Sight [Ikea Hacks] Printers are often unsightly things—they take up a lot of space, they're loud, and even if you have a Wi-Fi model that doesn't have to be directly connected to your computer, it's hard to find a place for them. This hack puts your printer away in a dresser drawer, and adds a hinge to the front of the drawer so you even have easy access to your printouts when you send a job to the printer. More » Make a Broiler Map of Your Oven to Ensure Even Cooking Every Time [Video] Your broiler is a useful kitchen tool, and whether you use it to refresh day-old fried foods or make the perfect pizza crust, it helps to know where your hot and cold spots are to avoid uneven heating when you turn the broiler on. America's Test Kitchen shows us how to make a map of your broiler so you'll never burn your food again. More » From the Tips Box: Siri Pronunciation, Facebook Likes, and Speaker Cables [From The Tips Box] Readers offer their best tips for getting Siri to understand complicated names, liking articles on Facebook, and swapping the position of your speakers. More » Remains of the Day: Adobe Brings Flash Player Sandboxing to Firefox [For What It's Worth] Adobe brings long awaited Flash sandboxing to Firefox, Facebook and Google back down from Indian courts, and longstanding torrent site BTJunkie closes up shop. More » Todo.txt Touch for Android Adds Home Screen Widget, Tap to Call Support [Todo.txt] Android: Todo.txt, our favorite plain text to-do list manager, has updated its touch-centric Android app to include a home screen widget, recognition for phone numbers and email addresses, and a few other fixes that make it easier to use. More » Elements of Wood and Metal: A Simple, Single Cable Workspace [Featured Workspace] Today's featured workspace comes from Lifehacker reader H. Sterling Cross, who has put together a simple and compact setup for his MacBook Air. You'll notice it only has one cable, and that's thanks to the desk's built-in power supply and the great cable management of the Apple Thunderbolt Display. More » Daily App Deals: Get Trackmaster for Android for $5 Off in Today's App Deals [Deals] The Daily App Deals post is a round-up of the best app discounts of the day, as well as some notable mentions for ones that are on sale. More » How a Regularly Scheduled Phone Call and a Little Research Can Reduce Your Monthly Bills Twice a Year [Saving Money] This past weekend I called up my cable internet provider and received a discount of $15 off my monthly bill. On top of that, they nearly doubled the speed of my connection. I received this discount and upgrade by simple asking for it, just like I have about every six months. All it takes is a regularly scheduled phone call and a little research to get better deals on cable, your phone bill, and more. More » The RCA USB Wall Plate Charger Adds USB Ports to Your Wall Outlets, No Wiring Required [Stuff We Like] The A/C adapters that come with your gadgets only charge one device at a time, and you need to buy extras if you want some permanently stashed in your go bag. The $20 RCA USB Wall Plate Charger turns one of your wall outlets into two USB ports, for a mini charging station anywhere in your home. More » Organize Your Apps by Action Instead of Category for a More Intuitive Find-and-Launch System [Organization] If you're having trouble remembering where you've filed away an app on your phone's home screen, you may want to consider organizing your apps by action. More » The Always Up-to-Date Guide to Building a Hackintosh [OS X 10.7.3 UniBeast] [Always Up To Date Guide] Building a hackintosh—that is, installing Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware—used to require extremely restricted hardware choices and quite a bit of know-how. Now your options are vast and the installation process is fairly simple. With that in mind, here is our always up-to-date guide to building a hackintosh that will walk you through purchasing compatible parts, building your machine, and installing OS X all on your own. Thanks to a new process, it's even easier than before. More » Get Nine Great Mac Apps for $39, Plus a Free Video Converter [Deals] Software bundles are a great way to pick up some great new apps at a huge discount, and MacBundler's latest offering is no exception. It offers up a number of useful and fun media apps, plus a few practical downloads for your notes, finances, automation, and computer-cleaning needs. Here's the entire list, how much they normally cost, and what each app can do: More » Ask and Answer Questions About Searching for a Home [Help Yourself] Every day we're on the lookout for ways to make your work easier and your life better, but Lifehacker readers are smart, insightful folks with all kinds of expertise to share, and we want to give everyone regular access to that exceptional hive mind. Help Yourself is a daily thread where readers can ask and answer questions about tech, productivity, life hacks, and whatever else you need help with. More » musicForProgramming(): Focus-Boosting Mixtapes for Everybody [Work Sounds] Web site musicForProgramming(); distributes a series of roughly hour-long ambient music mixes intended to "aid concentration and increase productivity" while you work. More »