Every week we pose a simple, focused question to the Lifehacker readership about a specific topic: Which is best? From netbooks and malware removal to home servers and wallpaper, here’s a look back at the most popular Hive Five topics of 2009.
The Hive Five asks the question “Which is best?” in a variety of topics [...]
An article at Gamasutra provides some details on the hardware Mythic uses to power Warhammer Online, courtesy of Chief Technical Officer Matt Shaw and Online Technical Director Andrew Mann. Quoting: “At any given time, approximately 2,000 servers are in operation, supporting the gameplay in WAR. Matt Shaw commented, ‘What we call a server to the [...]
Readers offer their best tips for de-icing frozen car locks, trimming your beard without a guarded trimmer, and remembering to bring loose items out the door.
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About the Tips Box: Every day we receive boatloads of great reader tips in our inbox, but for [...]
Corpuscavernosa writes “As 2009 winds down and we try to come up with new and clever ways of referring to the early years of this century, there’s really only one thing left to do: declare our ten favorite gadgets of the aughts and show them off in chronological order. It’s arguable that if this wasn’t [...]
Do we love us some Alton Brown food science around here? We most certainly do. You can learn a whole lot more from the Food Network star and kitchen hacker at the wonderful Good Eats Fan Page.
To put it mildly, the Fan Page has neither a slick interface (iframes, ahoy) nor the kind of inter-locking, [...]
unknown_gamer writes “BRINK turns out to be a lot more than just a regular shooter. The research behind the game — yes, there was research — turns out to actually be valid. Richard Ham and Edward Stern talk to Snezana about the actual scientific methods behind BRINK, the motivations behind the game, and about the [...]
You might want to think twice before picking up the bar tab too often; money blog Realm of Prosperity says some credit card purchases may get your account flagged and lower your customer value in the eyes of your credit card company.
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Financial blogger Simon Zhen says that credit card companies routinely profile customers [...]
CyberDong writes “Roscosmos, Russia’s Federal Space Agency, will start working on a project to save planet Earth from a possible collision with Asteroid Apophis, which may happen in 2036. NASA specialists believe that the collision is extremely unlikely. Russian specialists will choose the strategy and then invite the world’s leading space agencies to join the [...]
iPhone only: The iPhone’s built-in camera is capable, but its features (or lack thereof) aren’t exactly electrifying. Gorillacam adds all the tools you wish the default Camera app had and then some, including timed shots, time-lapse, burst mode, and more.
If you’ve ever watched the perfect shot pass you by because you’re stuck waiting for the [...]
resistant writes “As the evocative title from Wired magazine implies, Kevin Dunbar of the University of Toronto has taken an in-depth and fascinating look at scientific error, the scientists who cope with it, and sometimes transcend it to find new lines of inquiry. From the article: ‘Dunbar came away from his in vivo studies with [...]
