How to Report Fake Listings on Google Maps

Does your neighborhood have strange joke listings on Google Maps? Are you living next to a Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? Fake Google Maps locations are surprisingly common, and these fictional locations and pop-cultural references can even come with highly detailed (false) information, such as…

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Author: Brendan Hesse

The Best Size of Starbucks Coffee Isn’t on the Menu

There is no such thing as a “small” on a Starbucks menu. The sizes, as everyone who’s listened to a bad stand-up comedy show knows, are tall, grande, and venti. Starbucks does offer a small; there’s just so little demand for it that they don’t put it on the menu. And they don’t call it a small. (Maybe Starbucks is a…

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Author: Nick Douglas

How to Listen When Your Kid Has a Bad Day

Our kids are—or very soon will be—back in school, which means the late-afternoon crankiness is coming. They’ve (mostly) held it together for their teachers all day, and we are their safe place, so as soon as they see us, they may feel compelled to unleash all of the day’s frustration.

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Author: Meghan Moravcik Walbert on Offspring, shared by Meghan Moravcik Walbert to Lifehacker

Make The Switch To a Tankless Water Heater With Home Depot’s One-Day Deal

I just moved into a place with a tankless water heater, and it’s a revelation. Instant, unlimited hot water, and with lower utility bills. The only downside to tankless heaters is that they tend to be more expensive than standard water heaters, but that’s not really true with today’s Home Depot sale.

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Author: Shep McAllister on Kinja Deals, shared by Ana Suarez to Lifehacker