Ask anybody what they think about PlayStation Home and you’ll likely get one of two reactions: “What is that?” and “Meh.” For PlayStation Home director Jack Buser, however, it’s quite the accomplishment — a “very good business model for PlayStation, and quite profitable,” he told Gamasutra . “With numbers like we have, it goes without saying that Home has been a huge success for our company, something that we have been very proud of.” The numbers he’s talking about look pretty decent on paper: there are over 100 games on the service, the average user session is about 70 minutes, there are over 50 unique spaces available and 14 million people have at least stepped foot in Home once. Not bad, but it’s all about the context — do people play those games? Do people explore those unique spaces?
Icy treats be they ice cream, smoothies, or pitchers brimming with margaritas make even the hottest summer day bearable. Add a little flair to your summer drinks with straw made of, you guessed it, ice. More » Home – Cooking – Frozen – Baking and Confections – Ice cream
You get home from the store and put your inexpensive bouquet in your vase but it just doesn’t look right. Somehow it seemed fuller and prettier in the store. Dress it up with local foliage. More » Flower – Shopping – Home – Home improvement – Artificial and Silk
Nowadays, many of our mobile devices are USB-based, but those darn wall socket adapters are so easy to lose (or not have enough of). Thankfully, this fall, you can plug those USB devices straight into the wall with the $20 U-Socket. More » Universal Serial Bus – USB – Hardware – Operating Systems – Linux
The last thing you’re probably thinking about after getting over a bout with the flu or other illness is cleaning your house. Cleaning these overlooked things will help keep you and the rest of your household healthy. More » Clean – Business and Economy – Business Services – Industrial Supply – Industries
We’ve showed you how to get out tough stains and even make your own detergent , but oil and grease stains are notorious for lingering after washing. Next time you spill salad dressing on yourself, just rub it with chalk for quick absorption. More »
App Store , iPad Lest you think that all we’ll be spotlighting in this space is games, here’s an interesting app meant for anyone thinking about adding a couch to that living room or putting an extra bed in the back bedroom. Home 3D is an “architecture and interior design app” that allows you to model out your home in 3D, including doors and windows on a floor plan, wallpaper, and furniture, allowing you to test out your choices on your device first before tearing out a wall or repainting a room. Having all of this functionality on your iPhone or iPad is impressive (and the best home design software costs a lot more than this one — US$3.99 for the iPhone and $4.99 for the iPad ), but Home 3D does it with an impressive interface and a surprising number of features. You can use a color picker and choose from a set of pre-loaded furniture, buy more with in-app purchases, or try creating your own models or even using the iPhone’s camera for textures.
Now that the snow’s melted and you can see your yard again, you may find some large branches that you didn’t know had fallen—instead of lugging them to the garbage, turn them into a coat rack for your house. More »
If you’ve already turned your Twisted Sister shirt into a shopping bag now you can move on to recycling your Def Leopard 1992 World Tour t-shirt into a pocket apron. More » T-Shirt – Shopping – Clothing – Casual – Business and Economy
If your backyard is looking dull after the long winter, consider brightening it up with a small fountain. DIY web site Instructables has a guide to making your own out of pretty much any structure you already have lying around. More » Garden – Home & Garden – Shopping – Business and Economy – Recreation
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We’ve featured one or two bulletin board hacks here at Lifehacker, but if you’re looking for a more subtle design change, try making your own pushpins out of branches and sticks from your yard. More » Business – Management – Shopping – Business and Economy – Consulting
iPad Luxist is our luxury-obsessed sister blog here at Weblogs, Inc, and even though I’m just a poor blogger, I still enjoy browsing through their site every day, checking out all of the stuff I don’t need and can’t buy. Enter the Louis Vuitton iPad case , patterned canvas cases made by the famous French fashion brand that provide a very stylish sleeve for your Apple tablet. I especially like the notches in the top to show off the Home button — you’d never actually need to press that button without seeing the screen, but I suspect it’s there to just show enough of the iPad that you can prove to any onlookers that that’s what you’re carrying around. They’re $365, which is almost as much as the iPad itself, but as with most luxury items, if you’re worried about the price, you probably shouldn’t be buying them anyway
If keep your trash and recycling bins hidden away in the garage you don’t have much need for prettying them up, but if you keep the bins where they’re visible this clever and inexpensive trick will attractively label them. More »
No matter how hard you try, it happens: leftovers. If your fridge has filled up with the leftovers of past days and weeks, put them to use by turning them into a Panade—a Thanksgiving stuffing-like meal where anything goes. More »
