Readers offer their best tips for saving yourself from Thanksgiving food comas, getting better prices on Amazon, and improving your tablet stylus.
Every day we receive boatloads of great reader tips in our inbox, but for various reasons?maybe they're a bit too niche, maybe we couldn't find a good way to present it, or maybe we just couldn't fit it in?the tip didn't make the front page. From the Tips Box is where we round up some of our favorites for your buffet-style consumption. Got a tip of your own to share? Add it in the comments, email it to tips at lifehacker.com, or share it on our tips and expert pages.
Take a Walk After Overeating to Avoid a Food Coma
Thorin shares his tried and true tip for post-Thanksgiving relaxation:
Every year, everyone talks about the "food coma" that comes after Thanksgiving dinner. The obvious solution is to not eat so much, but I have another solution: even though I've done it a zillion times, I'm always surprised at how much better I feel if I take a walk after eating way too much. So if you're afraid of the oncoming Turkey nap...take a little walk and you should be able to make it through the rest of the night okay.
Photo by Juhan Sonin.
Check Different Categories on Amazon for Better Prices
JCMasterpiece discovers a strange quirk on Amazon:
To get a better price on Amazon, sometimes it's as easy as choosing a different category. For instance, when looking at the game Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim for PC going through the Video Game section gave a $42.99 price, while going through the Software section showed a price of $52.11.
Amazon can be weird with stuff like this. I've even seen claims that viewing an item in Chrome produces a different price than in Firefox (though I've never seen this myself). The real thing you should take away from this is that you can almost always find a better price if you dig around Amazon, whether it's in a different category, from a different seller, or under the "New & Used" link.
Get a Better Tablet Stylus with a Plastic Bag
Clarence Waialeale shows us how keep your stylus in good shape:
I've researched styluses in the past and decided to buy something dirt cheap that has decent reviews (while waiting for the technology to improve).
Then came this morning. You would not believe the things you can accomplish when your little one endlessly nags about a legit problem. Basically, his stylus getting sticky, because the coating on the rubber tip is wearing through. I'm not sure what made me try this, but the quick fix I decided to do to his stylus was:
- Get one of those plastic shopping bags from the grocery store, or similar. Has to be those thin ones to work best.
- Cut out an approximate 1.5" square piece.
- Wrap it over the point of the stylus, taping down each corner one at a time. Be sure to pull plastic piece a little tight before taping each corner.
- To secure things in place a little better, wrap one more piece of Scotch tape around the section of the stylus where the plastic bag ends and stylus shows.
That's it. Try writing with this. It's the best stylus I've ever used and probably won't ever have to buy another due to the now-replaceable stylus tip. On my Xoom, it actually responds a lot better to writing, especially when I write fast.
I hope this works for many of you, as stylus technology seems to be either bad or very expensive.
Restore Deleted Items in SkyDrive
MsCassLopez discovers a handy new feature in SkyDrive:
I just noticed the Skydrive web page has a Recycle bin link. I'm not sure how long it's been there but like Dropbox it lets you recover files you deleted. From what I have read it keeps things there for three days but I had files there from nearly two weeks ago.
Looks like this feature is new as of September. Pretty handy!
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