James Golick
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How To Customise Swipe Gestures On Mail, Gmail And Inbox
To be honest, I'm not sure what different swipes do on your favourite email app, because every app is a little bit different. And it's possible that you don't like how your favourite email app handles swiping. Maybe you'd rather delete messages than archive them; maybe you just like swiping in one direction over... → Read More
Get Inspired By This Extreme DIY Furniture
What can you make with your own body, using no tools? Designer Nikolas Bentel made a four-legged stool. He felled a tree without an axe or saw, whittled the wood with his teeth and let his woodworker father use Nikolas's bare fists like hammers. Bentel's video series All Purpose Nik explores the human body's potential... → Read More
Keep A Few Coins In Your Wallet When You Go Adventuring Outdoors
Losing your wallet is like losing a part of you. Everything is in there — your driver's licence, your credit cards, your membership IDs and your photos of loved ones. This clever trick can help you avoid losing your wallet forever the next time you venture out into the outdoors.... → Read More
The Ten Best Free Apps On Android And iPhone
The Lifehacker staff sifts through a ton of apps on a regular basis, but a few have stuck with us over the years. Some apps are simply nice to have, while others have become essential in our daily lives. From dealing with irate dragons to counting our mindfulness minutes, each app on this list has a special place in... → Read More
Stay Tipsy With A Cherry Kalimotxo
Happy weekend, and welcome back to 3-Ingredient Happy Hour, the weekly drink column featuring super simple yet delicious libations. This weekend I wish to be slightly buzzed, and I wish to exert very little effort while achieving that goal.... → Read More
How To Avoid Cold Pyjamas Before Bedtime
The conensus is if you don't want to crawl into a cold bed every night, the most economical option is an electric blanket. But going to bed involves changing into pyjamas or other comfy clothes and well, they'll usually be pretty chilly. But they don't have to be.... → Read More
How To Be Smart About Pregnancy And Early Motherhood, With Angela Garbes
In this episode, we're talking with Angela Garbes, the author of Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy.... → Read More
Learn About 25 Photography Terms In Less Than 12 Minutes
Rather than looking up all those professional photography terms piecemeal, why not take a crash course in 25 of the most important ones? Even better, you can do it entirely in video form which, as we all know, is the best form. → Read More
Don't Get Duped By Crappy Third-Party Chargers
Video: Nobody likes spending money for a cable to replace the one that came with your smartphone, tablet, or other battery-draining device. You know, the cable you can't find, the one that's weirdly frayed, or the one that your loving pet chewed to pieces.... → Read More
How To Safely Reuse Food Packaging
Wasteful packaging is an inescapable part of drawing breath in a capitalist society but, for a variety of reasons, most people can't alter their food choices based solely on the materials that contain it. This is why I reuse food packaging whenever I can: sure, it cuts down on waste, but I also get to stock up on... → Read More
Aussie Streaming Showdown: Netflix Vs Stan Vs Foxtel Now
When Netflix finally flickered to life across screens Australia-wide, everything changed. Suddenly, we had access to movies and TV shows right there on our PCs, tablets and phones. In the intervening years, two competitors have rose to take it on: Stan and Foxtel Now. The battlefield is every couch around Australia,... → Read More
How To Use Pokemon GO's New Trading Feature
Even though you probably quit playing Pokemon GO a while ago, many people still "catch 'em all". And you might soon see a slight uptick of players where you live, because developer Niantic is (finally) adding Pokemon trading to the game, only two years after its release.... → Read More
How To Disable Nudges On Gmail Desktop And Mobile
One of Gmail's cool new features is the "nudge", which moves certain emails to the top of your inbox and suggests you take action. This is actually two features: Gmail asks if you want to reply to received email and if you want to follow up on sent email.... → Read More
Dealhacker: Amazing Bargains On Samsung, Dyson, Nintendo And More During eBay's Plus Weekend
So eBay has come out swinging with its Amazon Prime competitor, called eBay Plus. It's got some nice perks, but maybe not enough to get you to sign up. Well, you might want to take advantage of the free trail, at least for the weekend, as eBay is offering some unbelievable deals for products from Dyson, Nintendo and... → Read More
How To Motivate Yourself To Exercise Every Morning
Long before I noticed any fitness benefits of doing burpees every morning, I noticed something else: I really, really, did not want to get out of bed. Because once I got out of bed, I would have to do my burpees.... → Read More
Freshen Up Your Clothes With Vodka
When we last rounded up our staff's Weekly Upgrades, our editors were pickling red onions, embracing bathtime cocktails as a lifestyle, and putting the finishing touches on our home improvement projects.... → Read More
Surprise! The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Will Look Very Different
Now this is interesting. OnLeaks and 91Mobiles have knocked together a 360-degree render of the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 based on information procured from factory sources. In stark contrast to previous Note 9 leaks, the images depict a very different looking phone to the Galaxy Note 8.... → Read More
Top 10 Ways To Boost Your Home Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi is one of the most useful and important parts of using a computer and yet it's also one of the most frustrating. If you're plagued by slow speeds, bad reception, and other Wi-Fi issues, here are 10 ways you can power up the Wi-Fi in your home.... → Read More
10 Discontinued Google Services That Need To Come Back
Google has a long history of introducing, then forgetting about, and finally officially killing off its products. Most recently, that included Google Spaces, a service that most of us never knew existed to begin with. Let's take a tour of some of our favourite services Google's killed off over the years.... → Read More
YouTube Roundup: This Week's Best Online Videos
Here are this week's best online videos, including: FIFA World Cup Australia Vs Denmark highlights, Creed II trailer, new Lucas the Spider short, Jerry Seinfeld on Between Two Ferns, People React To Being Called Beautiful and heaps more!... → Read More