Новости за 10.05.2018

I loved singing lullabies to my daughter. As a musical theater geek who suddenly had a captive audience (one that was physically incapable of walking out on me), how could I not? At nap time, bed time, really any time, I’d croon my own renditions of familiar classics. A couple standouts: “Don’t Cry For Me Little Baby”…

Not content with the current misery level associated with flying, airlines are overbooking more flights than ever, and bumping customers to later flights in an effort to ensure that you not only get to look forward to being squashed between two strangers, one of whom will inevitably fall asleep on you as the other—who…

The “present” is not a smoothly rolling window of time, always slipping into the past at the same speed. Every now and then we change something big—leave a job, move to a new home, break up with a partner—that defines a new past and a new present. We don’t always foresee the effects of this change, or whether there…

Hey, what on earth are you doing on Wednesday night? If you live in the New York City area and the answer isn’t “having a drink with Lifehacker and talking about manhood” then I suggest you take a hard look at your choices as well as your unnatural devotion to Riverdale and reconsider. We’re hosting the very first…

Google’s done more than almost any other company to bring virtual reality to the masses, from making cheap Cardboard headsets to giving the public easy ways to create and share 360-degree photos. Now the company is giving VR fans another way to dive in with a new tool called Tour Creator.

If you’re not careful, your well-meaning condolences can make you sound like a total ass. The trick to offering your sincere sympathy to the bereaved is knowing what to avoid while you show your support. These are the seven big no-no’s.

Mother’s Day will be here very soon, and with it the expectation of some sort of brunch-y meal, lovingly prepared for the maternal figure(s) in your life. If you are the sort of offspring/partner who possesses a giant heart but no real kitchen skills, do not fret, you can still serve Mama an excellent morning meal in…

The National Institutes of Health are trying to recruit one million people to share their health data for a long-term, wide-ranging study. “The next great breakthrough will be found in each and every one of us,” gushes an ad aimed at potential participants, “and what we find there will unlock mysteries, heal the sick,…

When it comes to messaging apps, Signal is one of the most secure options around, but it turns out the service actually has a pretty big vulnerability if you’re using it on a Mac.

Millennials have been accused of killing so many aspects of daily life. While I agree with eradicating some of these obsolete items (take that, napkins and network television!), there is one victim here that needs to be pardoned from death row.

Sometimes when you show pictures to a friend or relative, they start rudely swiping to other pictures. We have a hack for that. But what if they start opening other apps? Good lord! I was shocked to hear people do this. But you can stop them. Here’s how to enable the Guided Access shortcut and easily lock people into…

Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States, but it can be hard to find a dermatologist to check out your skin. As we head into summer, though, the American Academy of Dermatology is organizing free skin cancer screenings.

The green parts of the leek doesn’t get enough love. Almost every leek-containing recipe tells you that you don’t need them, that they’re too tough, and unworthy of you. This is all false. Though they are a bit tougher than their white counterparts, they have a lot of flavor within those hard-to-break-down cellular…

Jolie Kerr is a cleaning expert, advice columnist and author of the New York Times bestselling book, My Boyfriend Barfed In My Handbag ... And Other Things You Can’t Ask Martha. Her flagship column, “Ask a Clean Person,” debuted in 2011. Here on Offspring, we’ve launched a new iteration of it, focusing on parenting…

One day our wallets will be replaced by our phones and/or brain implants, but until then, you should probably carry the smallest wallet you can find. Kinzd makes a bunch of different styles of front pocket wallets for around $15, and you can save an extra 30% on all of them today with promo code 2F22XQNT. That should…

Heads up: Mother’s Day is this Sunday, May 13th. Right now, it’s still not too late to order your mom something awesome from Amazon Prime, or even go out and shop for the perfect gift. If you’re tight on time (or you’re coming across this article on Saturday night), you can also always fall back on the one gift that…

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Suppose you’re trying to troubleshoot a family member’s computer, you want to show a friend some issue you’re having with your system, or you want to make a quick recording of some crazy thing you’re about to do in a game. With the Chrome extension Loom, it’s incredibly easy to capture and share a quick recording of…

When planning a meal for the masses, it can be easy to get too focused on your main, but filling side dishes are just as—if not more—important. Here we show you the steps to take to turn simple cherry tomatoes into a surprisingly luxurious salad, and how to transform a bunch of humble Russets into a fancy, layered…

This week we hacked a theme park instead of a city, with a frankly intimidating 275 comments full of tips on visiting Disney World. (Would have loved some tips for living at Disney World; maybe next time.) Here are some of the best.

We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.

You knew it would happen, but you never thought it would happen this fast: Your child has become a teen. And now, suddenly, everything about you is annoying or embarrassing—the shirt you’re wearing, the way you walk, the questions you ask, the gifts you buy, the pace at which you spread cream cheese on your bagel. The…

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