Hangar Puts Your Most Commonly Used Apps in the Notification Shade

When you first implement the app, you’ll see the most recently used apps. If you’d prefer to have a bit more control over your shortcuts, you could also trypreviously-mentioned Quickly. Hangar| Google Play Store viaXDA

June 9, 2014 · 1 min · 35 words · Amy Allen

How to Slack Off at Work (and Not Get Caught)

Unfortunately, goofing off at work makes you look bad and can get you in a lot of trouble. In fact, you probably already know that taking a bit of slacking off canmake you more productive. Plus, many of us are in offices that are pretty strict and won’t approve of these breaks. You don’t necessarily have to be slacking off. Either way, you need tomaster the art of looking busy....

June 9, 2014 · 3 min · 483 words · Donald Castro

How to Stream the 2014 World Cup

Here’s what you’re gonna wanna know if you’re in the US. you might also catch the games in Spanish on Univision channels wher available. Seethis scheduleto find out which games are airing on each channel.

June 9, 2014 · 1 min · 35 words · Kevin Davis

Make an Oak Raspberry Pi Case for Less Than $10

Need a nice-looking Raspberry Pi case you’ve got the option to build yourself on the cheap? Instructables user sandshock shows how to build an oak one for less than $10. For a complete guide check out the link below. Update: Whoops, Looks like we’vefeatured this case before! Sorry for the duplicate post. Oak Raspberry Pi Case for Under $10| Instructables viaadafruit Photo bysandshock.

June 9, 2014 · 1 min · 63 words · Shannon Snow

Mojito for Chrome Customizes Mint's Interface to Your Liking

Chrome: Mint is by far themost popular personal finance toolamong Lifehacker readers. We don’t blame you. It’s free, it’s intuitive, and it’s got a lot of great features. And with the Mojito extension, you have a handful of new options available for your Mint account. Mojito connects to your Mint.com account, allowing you to customize your page layout and preferences. you’re able to also sort accounts by balance with this extension....

June 9, 2014 · 1 min · 84 words · Logan Oconnell

Record Any Streaming Audio from Your Computer Using Audacity

Digital Inspiration shows off a way to do it easily with Audacity and a couple cables. Depending on your particular setup, what you’ll need to do here differs. On some Windows PCs, you’re free to just use the"Stereo Mix" setting. Head over to Digital Inspiration for the full guide. How to Record Streaming Audio with Audacity| Digital Inspiration

June 9, 2014 · 1 min · 58 words · Kaitlin Hayes

Should I Move to a New City to Look for a Job?

Dear Lifehacker,I’m looking for a new job. Should I “follow the money?” You have a lot to consider. Let’s take a look. That’s not the case. Look at companies headquartered where you live, or large companies with branches in your area. You may find options in your field that you would never have considered. Want to work in tech? Consider working for local or state governments, or schools and universities....

June 9, 2014 · 2 min · 368 words · Kyle Hanson

Shrturl Edits Text and Images on any Web Page and Shares It

Just paste a link in Shrturl and use the editor to change any text or images. Save once you’re done and share the newly created Shrturl link.

June 9, 2014 · 1 min · 27 words · Heather Carlson

Stay Optimistic by Focusing on the Journey, Not the Goal

It can be difficult to remain optimistic in the face of adversity. But there are techniques that can help keep pessimism at bay no matter what your goal is. Whatever you want to achieve, there will almost certainly be obstacles along the way. Overcoming these can be as rewarding as reaching your ultimate goal. They find joy in the process of getting there. Let go of the results. Allow the results to flow from following the path with a right attitude....

June 9, 2014 · 1 min · 104 words · Edgar Murphy

This Video Is Everything You Need to Know About Steak Cuts

Pat LaFrieda’s Steaks 101| YouTube viaDigg

June 9, 2014 · 1 min · 6 words · Lori Hall

Turn a Raspberry Pi Into an Automatic Beer Brewing Controller

Reader Sebastian built a Pi-powered controller to monitor and even adjust the temperature accordingly. Here’s how Sebastian describes it: MashBerry is a Raspberry PI based beer-brewing controller. It is designed to automate the mashing-process for the homebrewer. MashBerry can be operated via a Web-interface or via a Display and an IR-remote. The temperature is controlled using a PID-controller, the temperature-measurement is done with a PT1000 or a Dallas 18B20. For power-control an external Solid-State-Relay is used....

June 9, 2014 · 1 min · 91 words · Erin Morse

Two-Year Chromebook Users: Your Free Google Drive Space Is Ending Soon

Here’s what it’s crucial that you know. When the expiration date rolls around, your storage limit falls back to where it was before. Ultimately, if you need more space, you’re left with two main options. Go down this route and there’s not need to worry about expiration dates. As long as you keep paying the monthly fee, the storage space is yours. You could even create yourown cloud storagewith a NAS drive....

June 9, 2014 · 1 min · 97 words · Ashley Williams

Unread, the Gesture-Based RSS Reader, Is Now on iPad

Now, the apps available on the iPad. Essentially, Unread isn’t about managing your RSS feed, it’s about actually reading it. Unread($4.99) | iTunes App Store

June 9, 2014 · 1 min · 25 words · Anthony Campbell