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Practice Multiple Skills at a Time Instead of Focusing on One for Greater Results. Cooking News, Videos, Reviews and Gossip - Lifehacker. Cooking News, Videos, Reviews and Gossip - Lifehacker. Mind Hacks News, Videos, Reviews and Gossip - Lifehacker. What's a Private BitTorrent Tracker, and Why Should I Use One? Private trackers are my primary source for all content.

What's a Private BitTorrent Tracker, and Why Should I Use One?

I've staffed at private trackers before, though I don't really have as much free time for that as I used to anymore. My advice to those interested is to think about what they're looking for. While a site like BTN is pretty low stress (ratioless, seed for X hours and you're all set), a site like What.CD is incredibly daunting to new users, especially those not used to maintaining a ratio. If you don't have the benefit of a very fast connection or external server with such a connection, it'll take months of dedication, uploading your own torrents, and seeding everything you snatch 24/7 before you're anywhere close to comfortable, ratio-wise. Those who know me know I have a somewhat involved role there, and I deal with inquiries about ratio building on a daily basis. It takes a very specific kind of person to succeed on a public tracker. The 10 Best Android Apps that Make Rooting Your Phone Worth the Hassle.

(promoting self from Gizmodo) Yo.

The 10 Best Android Apps that Make Rooting Your Phone Worth the Hassle

I'm with you. Same phone. Same situation. How to Find Time to Learn Something New or Tackle a Passion Project. Don't make random lists of exciting things you'd like to accomplish.

How to Find Time to Learn Something New or Tackle a Passion Project

Try to pick just one. (This is very, very hard.) Take two weeks, a month, if necessary, to decide if you really care enough about whatever it is to make the sacrifices to pursue it. Create a draft schedule into which you fit your activity, or at least visualize making the time to do it, which probably means not doing other immediately pleasurable things or saying "No" to people. Save Money in the Meat Department with Chuck Eye Steaks. And the final cost of that is what, 1800 dollars?

Save Money in the Meat Department with Chuck Eye Steaks

You'd have to have a family of Mormon proportions for that to seem a viable option. Interesting way to spend your tax refund tho. I tend to just wait for Porterhouse and Sirloin to go on sale for 6.99/lb. Cook Eggs in Bell Peppers or Onion Rings for a Simple, Clever Breakfast Treat. SExpand Ingredients: White or Wheat Bread Bacon Shredded Cheddar Cheese Eggs Butter Maple Syrup Salt & Pepper (Note quantities not added.

Cook Eggs in Bell Peppers or Onion Rings for a Simple, Clever Breakfast Treat

Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees. Using a cookie cutter, ravioli cutter, or whatever else you may have that can cut a 3 inch diameter circle—cut circles out of the bread slices. Here comes the good part! Place in oven for 7-8 mins. When Should I Not Use WD-40? Wow this story is full of misinformation.

When Should I Not Use WD-40?

Not a lubricant? I am certain that the company that makes WD40 will like to have legal words with you. it IS a lubricant. It is a light oil. WD40 is hrdroscopic. An Easy Way to Peel an Orange. Where to Stash Your Emergency Fund for The Best Rates and Security. The One-Page Career "Cheat Sheet" Helps You Figure Out If This Is Really The Right Job For You. Readability Now Available on Android; Saves Articles for Later Sans Formatting. How Can I Get Large Companies to Pay Attention to the Little Guy (aka, Me)? How to Quickly Read a Terms of Service. Bake Bread in a Coffee Can for Perfectly Round, Evenly Baked Loaves with Little Crust. How to Improve Your Night Driving. If you wear glasses, the parts not 'shadowed' by your head can be illuminated by headlights behind you.

How to Improve Your Night Driving

I imagine glass gaiters (like in bolle snow goggles) might work, or a big upright collar, like a comic book villain, but IMO the easy fix is to just bear this in mind the next time you buy glasses. You do not want the ones that protrude to the sides (which most of the currently-stylish square styles do) for use when driving. Yeah, that Steve Jobs frame shape is practical as all get out. If you're using a GPS or smartphone-as-gps, dim that too.

If you have an android phone that's still too bright even at '0', try "Screen Filter". Not just nighttime: if you need progressive lenses, don't mount the GPS (or smartphone-as-gps) up near your mirror. If you're driving at night in the rain, where there are lots of reflections, try polarized lenses. Learn the Economical Art of Wet Shaving. I taught myself to use a safety razor (just like Dad used) almost 10 years ago.

Learn the Economical Art of Wet Shaving

It saves huge money over the course of one person's shaving lifetime. And when you consider that a safety razor's useful life can almost be measure in geologic time, it can be passed down or sold & resold indefinately. The blades are dirt cheap. over 8 years ago, for about $20.00, I bought enough blades to probably last the rest of my life. The cumulative amount of waste in landfills from cheap shaving products (handles, cartridges and shave cream cans) in a 100-year period must be enormous. It can be avoided completely. Learned the skill is fun, and makes shaving a much more deliberate, almost meditative experience. The first few times I looked like I'd stuck my head in a tank of pirana fish, but after mastering the basics, I almost never even nick myself.