This past week we discovered what alcohol actually does to your brain, powered up our browsers with the best extensions, battled the common cold, and much more.
- What Alcohol Actually Does to Your Brain and Body
Alcohol, like caffeine, has an enormous reputation but loose understanding in popular culture. Learn how it's absorbed and how fast, why it's essential to reality TV altercations, its paradoxical sexual effects, and its life-lengthening potential, whether red wine or Bud Light. - Top 10 Must-Have Browser Extensions
Your browser of choice may have changed a lot in the past year, but luckily the best extensions for making your browser better have kept up with all the most popular browsers. Here are our cross-platform, must-have favorites. - Customize Your Desktop This Weekend
If you use a computer and read Lifehacker, it's probably safe to assume you've customized your desktop. But if you haven't, or you're looking for a fresh new look, here are some great options to explore this weekend. - How to Most Effectively Battle the Common Cold
I had my first bout with the common cold last week, and yours isn't far behind. This year, I decided to stop blindly subscribing to anecdotal "cures" and preventions and get to the bottom of what science says really works. - Lifehacker Readers' Favorite Pens
In celebration of Writing Week, and as a companion to yesterday's favorite notebooks roundup, here's a look back at Lifehacker readers' favorite pens. It's the place to find the perfect pen for your favorite notebook. - How to Craft the Perfect Computer Spec List for Your Needs
Whether you're building or buying, the perfect computer isn't necessarily the product of the most expensive parts. Your perfect spec list makes up the machine that works best for you and your budget. Here's how to put it together. - How to Google-ify Your iPhone
Got Android envy? Just wish Apple handled sync, the web, and openness a bit better? You can't have it all, but if you want to bring more Google paradigms to your iPhone, here's how to do it. - Five Alternative Android Keyboards to Speed Up Mobile Touch Typing
Let's face it: Typing on your touchscreen phone with your big fat fingers is still too difficult and error-prone. These alternate Android keyboards aim to make text entry on a tiny touchscreen faster and easier using radical redesigns and smarter predictive text. - Turn a Film Canister into a Confetti Bomb
If you're looking to add to your arsenal of office pranks, you can turn a film canister and some paper punch cast-offs into a harmless but colorful confetti bomb. - Firefox 4 Beta 7 Is Nearly Complete and Much Speedier
Windows/Mac/Linux: Firefox 4 Beta 7 is out, and it's an impressive preview of the final release. Mozilla has let loose the JaegerMonkey engine, enabled hardware graphics acceleration on Windows and Mac, and integrated Sync and the awesome Panorama/"Tab Candy".