You shouldn’t keep your Uber driver waiting; it’s just impolite. On top of common courtesy, though, it will also cost you if you’re late. The company has just decreased its five minute grace period to two minutes.
This week we explained why the buying versus renting debate is silly when it comes to homeownership, tried to get a decent night’s sleep after drinking, and then, of course, learned to make a decent cup of coffee the laziest way possible. Here’s a look back at this week’s top posts.
This month we challenged you to jumpstart your retirement savings.
Now it’s time to check in and tell us: how’d you do?
Greetings and salutations, fellow Lifehackers. I’m chuffed to be hosting my very first Friday Open a Thread; please be kind to me. The Friday Open Thread is brought to you by HackerSpace, a reader-run service of Lifehacker.
Rubbermaid leftover storage containers, a touchless toilet kit, and a $250 touchscreen laptop lead off Friday’s best deals.
When most people look for a doctor
, they try to find someone covered by their insurance, close to their home or work, and perhaps recommended by others. I look for those things too, but what I really want—and have learned is frustratingly difficult to find—is a doctor who uses 21st century tools like, you know, email.
We all get cravings for specific foods every now and then, and those cravings can be so strong, they almost feel involuntary, like your body is missing some nutrient it can get from a Cinnabon. This isn’t typically how cravings work, though.
You guys love
Rubbermaid’s Easy Find Lid storage system, and today, the glass version is on sale for an all-time low price.
HotelTonight already makes it easy to book budget-friendly
last minute hotel rooms, but their new Aces concierge service takes things a step further. Open the app and you get a personal assistant who can recommend local restaurants, sights to see, even request pillows and towels from your hotel desk.
Commuting doesn’t have to be a waste. There are plenty of ways to get more out of it
. If you’re curious, though, this calculator tells you just how much time and money you’ll spend commuting in your lifetime.
Sig Nordal 