Backwoods Home has written up an extremely thorough tutorial demonstrating how to create your own 10 day survival pack for under $25. I have been a stickler for having a survival/emergency kit in my car for many years. I think many of the ideas presented at Backwoods Home are extremely important…

Before deciding on a destination for your last minute trip, why not consult The Havaria World Disaster Map to make sure you’re not heading into trouble. It’s quite impressively up to date, chronicling anything like extreme weather to a biological hazard. Earthquake and volcano activity is also documented, as well as airplane accidents out of the…

Gary at Azazil.net has a method to prevent suffering from jet lag after a half-day flight. There are, obviously, factors that may not make his process universal and it may really just come down to well timed sleep deprivation. However, a method is a method and if it works, it works. Here is the technique I’ve…

The online version of Real Simple Magazine posted the “solutions” to six extremely common automobile-related situations. The tips are quite rational and they address several situations I have been curious about for several years — especially the last two situations on the list: You’re interested in buying a used car but have no idea what to…

Sometimes you feel lucky if the flight is overbooked and you are bumped to next available flight. Why? Usually you will get a free hotel or free flight voucher to compensate for the inconvenience. Did you know that airlines regularly overbook their flights on purpose? It’s all a numbers game, and perfectly legal. They know that…

When you travel with your laptop, you would want long battery life. It’s extremely important when you travel on the plane, where you have all the time to be productive, but the battery couldn’t last as long as your concentration – ouch. Looks no further though, Sam Phillips at On The Beach suggests 10 ways…

Here are some things I’ve learned while traveling. They’re just little tidbits that might make your days go smoother: On your cell phone, rename your significant other’s contact listing to read – Firstname, Lastname-CallForEmergency (so that they know who to call if someone finds you injured). Take 10 or so feet of…

I’ve been traveling a bunch more with the new job, and I’ve realized that a plane ride is quite a chunk of time where you can’t conduct NEW business. Instead, you get an opportunity to catch up on things that need doing. Here are a few things I did and felt could get done on…

In my new role, I’ll be attending and hosting lots of conferences and meetups. This means traveling probably as much as twice a month to other places, and that means lugging all the stuff a technological nomad needs to take along to stay viable. Here’s a list that I’m compiling that contains some obvious…

Lots of websites and blogs are celebrating the US holiday, Independence Day, and that’s swell! But we here at Lifehack.org realize that you’re a worldly bunch. Heck, the founder of the site is from Australia! So, in the spirit of celebrating the world, here’s a completely off-topic but very buzzed video that’s circling the blogosphere…

It’s tricky to be a kid. My Four-year-old wants to be an equal partner in all activities my wife and I are engaged in, and she’s not exactly the best sit-still person for longer car rides. One trick we’re finding is that if we give her a job to do, it’s helping her focus and…

Here are a few hacks and tips for getting yourself ready for vacations. Some deal with money. Others deal with planning. They all hopefully add up to ways you might get more fun and comfort out of your next vacation: Save Change and Coffee Money- Make it a project to raise jars of money for vacations…

Travelingforever.com talks about how USB memory stick could replace a laptop – with all of the essential applications and files. If you are sure you could access machines along in your travel, you could really save your bag space but taking your USB memory stick – and it is more convenient than bringing your laptop…

Tim Matheson has some tips and tricks on making the airport security portion of your next journey a little easier to manage. The premise seems to be, “If you can easily explain what you’re carrying, it makes the ‘show and tell’ part easier to manage.” Make a list of what you’re taking and minimize. Categorize…

Things will become irritating when you couldn’t sleep on a long distance flight. What you can do is take some advice from Independent Traveler. It has a post on ways to improve you chances to sleep in the plane. It has suggested on which are the best seats for sleeping, try to take one instead…