This week we went back to school, considered upgrading to solid-state drives, disabled creepy Facebook Places, and more.
- How to Disable Facebook Places
Facebook rolled out a new feature called Places that lets you and your friends check in to locations, Foursquare-style. If you'd prefer to keep your location private, or at least stop your friends from posting it, here's how. - Top 10 Ways Your Brain Is Sabotaging You (and How to Beat It)
An unexamined brain is a tricky thing to carry around. You've got unintentional biases, marketing weaknesses, "overclocking" issues, and all kinds of other mental bugs you may not know about. Here's a helpful list of the mind's weird ways. - Are Solid-State Drives Worth the Money?
Dear Lifehacker, I'm considering ordering a MacBook Pro with a solid-state drive. Is it really worth it to dish out the extra few hundred bucks for one? - Five Best Deal-Hunting Sites
Today's deal-hunting web sites have changed the once hit-or-miss aspect of scoring an amazing deal into more of a whenever-you-want affair. Check out these five popular deal-hunting sites to score deep discounts and bargain-basement prices. - Where to Get the Best Free Education Online
Whether you're a student looking for supplemental learning or you're in the workforce but thirsty for knowledge, you don't have to drop thousands of dollars in tuition to enjoy a top-notch education from some of the best schools in the world. - Master the Art of Low-Effort Cooking
Whether you're a college student, single career builder, or parent with mouths to feed, we're all short on time. Luckily anyone, undergraduate or otherwise, can learn to cook easy, low-effort meals that are cheap, nourishing, and helpful at healing last night's indulgences. - Snow Transformation Pack Makes Your Windows Desktop Look Like Mac OS X
Windows: If you like the look and feel of Mac OS X but prefer to stick with Windows (whether it be for gaming, or because you just don't like Apple), freeware Snow Transformation Pack will make Windows look like OS X. - DIY Ultimate Note-Taking Notebook
For those of us who are picky about what we write on, finding a quality notebook that meets your specific needs can be tricky. Here's how to make your own personalized, customized notebook. - Is the Multiple-Monitor Productivity Boost a Myth?
Dear Lifehacker, I've always heard that multiple monitors were supposed to boost your productivity, but this post on rebuilding your attention span mentions, in passing, a second monitor myth. So what's the deal? Do multiple monitors boost productivity or not? - Hipmunk Is a Fantastic, Surprisingly Usable Flight Search Site
Web site Hipmunk re-imagines flight search, translating the information you're most interested in to a user-friendly chart of possible flights.