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In many types of landscaping, variety is key. Decisions are made based on creating areas of different heights, colors, and textures. Over the past few years, crevice gardens have become increasingly popular, as they provide all of the above, as well as a focal point in a landscape, and, once they’re built, are…Read more...

Painting a room always takes longer than you think it will. It would be one thing if you just had to roll some paint on the wall, but on top of that, there’s moving or covering furniture, putting down drop cloths, and lining the borders of the room with painter’s tape.Read more...

Since it began in the spring of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has been affecting everything—including housing prices. Early on, several parts of the country had an influx of out-of-state buyers who were living in cities and looking for a bit more space. Their house prices went up, but recently, thanks to inflation and…Read more...

Think about all the places you (or members of your household) set down backpacks and other bags when you’re out and about. Over the course of a day, they could come in contact with the floors of bathrooms, buses, or cars, as well as shopping carts, counters, and other people. In other words, they can get pretty gross.Read more...

Although linoleum and vinyl flooring may seem like they’re the same thing, they’re actually pretty different in terms of cost, durability, ease of installation, and a variety of other factors. That’s why it’s important to know the pros and cons of each type of flooring before deciding which to install in your home.…Read more...

With scorching temperatures currently found across much of the country, Thanksgiving and the December holidays can feel like they’re in the distant future. And if summer travel has been any indication, flying anywhere this holiday season is probably going to be a nightmare.Read more...

It’s finally time to admit streaming apps and digital distribution have ruined most creative media industries, and maybe physical media was the right choice all along.Read more...

Part of the cost of doing business as a zoo is that occasionally, the animals are going to try and make a run for it. An orangutan named Ken repeatedly escaped from his enclosure at the San Diego Zoo. A gorilla named Evelyn temporarily escaped from her home at the Los Angeles Zoo. Even a hippopotamus managed to take a…Read more...

Lyme, the most famous tickborne disease, is growing more common than it used to be—at least judging by health insurance data that includes Lyme diagnoses. Our friends at Gizmodo recently covered new data about the (sorry) uptick, which roughly aligns with CDC estimates. So what do you need to know to keep yourself…Read more...

From weddings to breweries to barbecues to plain ol’ bars, alcohol is everywhere. Drinking is a ubiquitous part of our culture, and while it’s easy to stick with the drinks that you know, you might want to learn more about them (or you may be a seasoned drinker and still not know much about, well, alcohol). Here’s are…Read more...

Before we hit legal drinking age, my best friend and I usually hung out with her older boyfriend and his older friends, mostly because they would share their (terrible) booze. I had yet to learn anything about cocktails, and we weren’t exactly in the position to be choosy, so we drank a lot of Captain Morgan and Diet…Read more...

This week’s Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide features a grab-bag of unrelated nonsense from the world of young people culture, including an info-dump of salacious material in the seemingly endless imbroglio between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, a look into the Minecraft musical theater community, and a viral video from the…Read more...

We’ve all been there: You have an external hard drive or USB thumb stick plugged into your Mac, and you’re ready to part ways. You drag it to the the Trash, or right-click to eject it, only to be greeted by the infamous, “The disk wasn’t ejected because one or more programs may be using it.” You look around your Mac:…Read more...

When I was a kid, my mom would occasionally make chicken satay. This herby, nutty, spiced “chicken on a stick” was a favorite of mine and my brothers. Sadly, satay was only for special occasions, and, being the youngest, I still harbor a suspicion that I didn’t get as many as they did. These days, I can make it for…Read more...

Earlier this week I asked Lifehacker readers to share the pandemic purchases that made sense at the time, but now fill them with buyer’s remorse. These purchases ranged from the predictable (like too many cloth masks), to the slightly devastating (like a cat or dog).Read more...

If you’re looking for a way to track your expenses and stay on top of your budget, you’ll need to choose the right spend tracking app. There are a lot of them to choose from, though, so your choice might vary depending on what’s important to you—things like ease, whether you share expenses, whether you’re…Read more...

Little kids are picky eaters—that’s both common and normal. However, there are a few signs that your young child might be more than merely picky. If you think your child’s pickiness has gone to the extreme, but you’re not exactly sure why, you might want to seek assistance. You may worry that your child could develop…Read more...

For every blockbuster that makes it to your local giga-plex, there are probably a half million screenplays that were never produced and a hundred thousand partially shot-but-not-completed features gathering dust in apartments in Los Angeles and New York. Those tokens of broken dreams are sad, but the saddest…Read more...

Whether because you’re running yourself ragged raising little kids, you’re not feeling comfortable in your own skin, or you’ve simply gotten into a rut, there are a lot of reasons married couples may find themselves in a dry spell—but if you’re in a sexless marriage, it doesn’t mean you’re headed for an instant…Read more...

E-tickets are everywhere: Long gone are the days of pulling up to will call looking for your fancy “paper” tickets, and no longer do we print movie tickets at home to “save time” before heading to the theater. Everything is scannable, and that’s just fine—except when it isn’t. If your phone starts flipping out, or the…Read more...

To grill is human, but to smoke is dad-like. Smoke is the so-called “third leg” of BBQ. It adds flavor, and helps build that sought after bark, and is what makes BBQ taste like BBQ. To make smoke, you need to burn some wood (or pellets), and nearly every smoking tutorial will tell you that the wood chips or chunks…Read more...