How to Practice Like the Best Musicians

How do you practice your music? Do you sit down and play a specific piece all the way through, over and over? Do you do the thing where you start at the beginning of a piece, play until you make a mistake, repeat that part until you play it perfectly, and move on—only to make that exact same mistake during your next…

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Author: Nicole Dieker

Is the Vegan ‘Just Egg’ Substitute Any Good?

Vegan foods that seek to replicate the taste and texture of The Real Thing are having a moment, and it’s looking like that moment may stretch out into a minute, or even an hour. (This is a good thing, I believe.) And though there are many ways to mimic the structural roles that eggs play in cooking and baking, Just…

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Author: Claire Lower on Skillet, shared by Claire Lower to Lifehacker

The Complete Guide to Making Animated GIFs

Sometimes, the best response to a group chat or email is a strong GIF—a small animation that can express your feelings much better than you can type them. While you can find plenty of GIFs for every occasion with a few taps of your phone’s keyboard in your favorite messaging apps, why use the same “DealWithIt.gif”…

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Author: Eric Ravenscraft and Gloria Sin

Ask The Salty Waitress: Do restaurant employees get to eat for free?

Dear Salty: This doesn’t really affect my experience at restaurants at all, but it’s just something I’m curious about. When and what do servers and cooks eat during their work day? I assume you all eat before your shift, but do you get served anything from the menu? Or do you eat at different times? Just always…

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Author: The Salty Waitress on The Takeout, shared by Virginia K. Smith to Lifehacker