As winter goes on and your much loved woolies start to emulate your regular diet and exercise plan by falling apart, why not fill in some spare time by replacing them with your own warm creations? Adalya Nash Hussein explains how.
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Daily Proposition: Don’t bake the 26-page Pentagon brownie recipe
Crikey was particularly taken with a leaked 26-page Pentagon recipe for baking soldiers’ brownies, so we asked Nicole Eckersley to make them and write it up. One sex shop visit later, this is her story.
Daily Proposition: Learn how to shave with a straight razor
There isn’t a much more focused, or masculine, way to start the day than shaving with a straight razor. Try it, says Mark Andrews.
How to write an attention-grabbing email
Need to snare that great job or scoop interview? Copyblogger has six simple but smart tips for making your emails stand out from the pack, so they get read and get a response.
How to quit Facebook (without actually quitting Facebook)
So you want to ditch Facebook over their privacy policy and because all the cool kids are doing it — but you still want to see embarrassing pictures of your friends? Lifehacker explains how.
Daily Proposition: Learn how to play a leaf
Leaf playing. It’s a valuable life skill, one I learned only recently, and one that I’m sure Crikey’s readers will find as useful as I did, writes Nicole Eckersley.
Charlie Beckett: How to report on a hung parliament
Britain’s hung parliament presents a big challenge for journalists. Experienced hack Charlie Beckett explains how journos can report impartially and proportionately on a hung parliament, without getting too dull and wonky.
How to clean oil-covered birds
Celebrities and do-gooders rushing off to “help” clean birds covered in oil after the recent Gulf of Mexico spill will probably do more harm than good. Doing it properly is slightly more complicated than “rinse, lather, repeat”.
How to survive a terrorist attack
The director of Columbia University’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness explains what to do when the bomb drops. Start building your fallout shelter now.
How to restore your privacy on Facebook. Again.
Remember when Facebook tweaked its privacy protocols and revealed your drunken photos and messages to the world? It’s done it again. PC World has a step-by-step guide to re-securing your account (and dignity).
How to spot fake online reviews
From Amazon to Yelp to Rotten Tomatoes, we increasingly look to the internet for guidance on what to buy, watch and eat. But how can you tell if the glowing “review” you’re reading isn’t just well-disguised PR puff? Consumerist readers compile a spotter’s guide.
The tech industry’s dirty little secrets
PC World lists 21 things “they” don’t want you to know — and how to get around them: spying ISPs, the printer ink price scam, hacked pacemakers, what Google knows about you, and more.
Forget about Sir and Madam: how to write a great cover letter
Smashing Magazine speaks to company owners about what makes a captivating cover letter — and what will see your job application sent straight into the waste paper basket.
You 2.0: Forbes‘ guide to reinventing yourself
Finally ready to ditch the 9-5er for the job you’ve always dreamed of? Forbes has put together a great guide to reinventing yourself and your career, with plenty of feel-good first-hand success stories.
Daily Proposition: Fold the perfect paper plane
What are you doing tonight? How about making paper fly? An activity only improved when you’re three sheets to the wind.
How to tell Grandpa he’s too old to drive
What happens when your parents or grandparents become too old and doddery to safely navigate the streets behind the wheel of a car? How do you take your dad’s own car keys off him without making him feel, well, old?
How to make the perfect cuppa
There’s a lot more to good tea than just putting a Lipton Jiggler in some water. Tea collector Manoj Murjani explains the fine art behind brewing the perfect pot.
A how-to guide for living in countries with no internet privacy
Lifehacker has a great guide to staying safe and protected online while living, working and travelling in countries where privacy isn’t respected — say, oh I don’t know… China?
The Excessive Heat Events Guidebook
How do you survive the heat, besides sucking down box loads of lemonade icy poles? Try consulting the Excessive Heat Events Guidebook…
Nerd alert: uber-geeky Christmas crafts
Lifehacker has eight dorky (but cool!) DIY projects for the holidays, including an LED Christmas card and a laser light show for your Christmas tree.
How chefs stay thin
Your Ian Hewitsons and Two Fat Ladies aside, many chefs manage to maintain model-like physiques, despite being surrounded by their own fatty, sugary, delicious creations all day long. How do they do it? The Daily Beast gets their inside secrets.
How to restore your privacy on Facebook
Facebook is in ur internetz, changing ur privacy settings. But for those who don’t want the entire web seeing pictures of them drunk at the office Christmas party, Valleywag has a comprehensive guide to keeping your profile private.
The ultimate guide to avoiding online scams
Phishers, pirates and Nigerian Princes — the internet is crawling with nasty pasties trying to steal your money and personal details. Lifehacker has created the ultimate “NO DON’T CLICK THAT!” guide to staying safe online.
The ultimate tight-arse guide to cheap (and free) eats
Who says there’s no such thing as a free lunch? BillShrink presents the ultimate guide to eating on the cheap — from ordering off the kids’ menu and pretending it’s your birthday to the ultimate in desperate dining, the Ikea cafeteria.
Top authors explain: how to write a great novel
Some of the literary world’s brightest stars, including Junot Diaz, Hilary Mantel, Anne Rice and Kazuo Ishiguro, explain their novel methods for writing great works of fiiction — from retreating to the bathroom to color-coded plot charts.
