Make an Easy Summer Dessert That Isn’t a Flag Cake

With so much focus on grilling, Independence Day desserts are often an afterthought, unless they take the form of the dreaded flag cake—the American flag bikini of the dessert world. But there are a lot of delicious, easy, non-flag-cake desserts you can make for today, or for the rest of the summer, since they are not…

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

Use Your iPad as a Secondary Display in macOS Catalina

One of the neater features you’ll find in macOS Catalina—one that definitely got my attention, at least—is Apple’s new “Sidecar” mode. Like a tiny seat attached to a larger motorcycle, Sidecar allows you to link your iPad to your Mac and use it as a secondary display. And if you have an Apple Pencil, you can even…

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Author: David Murphy

The Coolest Disposable Cups For All Those Hot Summer Parties

Summer party season is in full swing, and this week especially, you may find yourself hosting a big ol’ summer party! (I guess my invite got lost in the mail?) Though admittedly not great for every-day use, a staple of summer parties—especially ones being held in by a pool, the beach, or on grass, where people will be…

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Author: Jolie Kerr on The Inventory, shared by Ana Suarez to Lifehacker

Wear Ear Protection When Soothing Your Screaming Baby

Babies cry. It’s a feature, not a bug. Sure, we all know this before getting into the whole parenthood thing, but I don’t think any experience—being seated next to a tiny screamer on an airplane, holding a shrieking nephew as his bottle is prepped, or even living above an infant in full sleep-training mode—could ever…

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Author: Michelle Woo on Offspring, shared by Michelle Woo to Lifehacker