Новости за 12.12.2018

There are the spices and seasonings you should always have in your pantry, and then are the special bois. These are the blends that smell so good and look so pretty, but maybe seem just a little too precious for everyday use. These are the blends you should give as gifts.

Who you marry is one of the most important financial decisions you can make. Financial incompatibility, in fact, is one of the main reasons couples get divorced.

Secret Santa gift exchanges are a good way to cut down your family’s excess holiday spending, and also, in theory, a pleasant, festive way to get to know your coworkers better. If you’re not especially well-acquainted with your chosen gift-ee, however, they can also be stressful as hell!

In a very special live episode of The Upgrade about “How to Fail,” Brittany Luse and Eric Eddings of The Nod shared what they view as each other’s biggest failures.

This week, Epic Games made the decision to pull all of its Infinity Blade games from Apple’s App Store. For fans of the franchise, it was a huge bummer. An even bigger bummer: if you had temporarily removed the app from your phone, now you can’t get it back from the App Store.

As the year draws to a close, it’s time to look back and reflect on the best and brightest posts from 2018, and what burns brighter than drugs and alcohol? Here are our favorite booze- and illicit substance-related posts from this year.

VSCO, one of Lifehacker’s favorite camera apps, lets anyone improve their mobile photos without advanced technical knowledge. We talked with co-founder Joel Flory about his background in photography, his management style, and his tea habit.

Netflix loses a lot of titles in January, including The Godfather, The Green Mile, Iron Giant, Million Dollar Baby, It Follows, Face/Off, Rogue One, Love Actually, Kung Fu Panda, five Sharnkados, The Shining, and The Fellowship of the Ring. So block out some afternoons on your Christmas break. And get ready for some…

You might not think you need a pressure washer, but after spending 10 minutes on r/pressurewashingporn, you’ll have your credit card out. Today only, Amazon’s marked down a powerful Sun Joe washer down to $159, way below its usual ~$250, and the best price ever.

We’ve all been there: You threw an amazing party—maybe a housewarming, maybe a holiday get-together—but now it’s 1, 2 a.m., and your guests just. Won’t. Leave. It’s not your fault you’re just that good at throwing parties, but you’d also like to clean up and head to bed sometime soon. What is one to do?

You might think the best book to read to your young child is one they’ll love. One that, when you close the final page, makes them shout, “Again, again!” One that, before you even say, “Go pick out a bedtime book,” is already in their hand and waving in front of your face, an old and familiar friend.

I’ll level with you: I hate the holidays. But I really, really promise I’m not writing this to ruin anyone’s holiday cheer — I decided to do a little turn on 5 Neat Things and offer up suggestions of five safety items that you should have in your home during the holiday season (and year-round, actually) in the event…

Last year around this time, a lot of us set some fitness goals for the year. I asked readers to weigh in here on whether you’re planning to learn something new, gain or lose weight, or try a race or competition.

“How to vote” was officially the top-trending search term of 2018, according to Google’s annual year in review. And Lifehacker had an answer. In fact, we had an answer for nine of the top 10 Google searches this year. (And our sister site answered the tenth.)

We are deep in what may be the most stressful time of the year—and that’s for people who like the holidays. The travel, the expense, the family dynamics: end of the year celebrations can make a Grinch out of anyone. Here’s how you can get into the holiday spirit without being taught a lesson by various ghosts.

In the case of the hard-boiled egg, the yolk provides all of the flavor. Though it is a reliable and easily accessible source of protein, the white is aggressively bland, and no fun at all without seasoning. Salt (obviously) works well, but if you wish to outright infuse the white of an egg with tons of nutty umami,…