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Budget Booze for Both Price and Calorie Content

Budget Booze for Both Price and Calorie Content

Budgeting is fun! Image courtesy of Flickr user Chris Waits. Licensed under CC BY 2.0.This week on Lifehacker/Mr. Money Mustache, folks have been discussing the idea of creating a dedicated alcohol budget. The suggestion in the article breaks down to an idea that most people should be getting drunk once a week, and so should ...

Get Drunk Not Fat Is A Handy Chart For Waistline-Conscious Drinking

Get Drunk Not Fat Is A Handy Chart For Waistline-Conscious Drinking

Get Drunk Not Fat helps you choose the most calorie-conscious alcohols for your next party. Image courtesy of Flickr user swimparallel and licensed under CC By-SA 2.0 We’ve already discussed the all-important topic of getting drunk on the cheap, but what if you’re more concerned about your waistline than your wallet? Lucky for us, Get ...

Crowdsource Your Playlist with DJtxt

Crowdsource Your Playlist with DJtxt

With Djtxt, the whole party is responsible for the song selection. Just be careful who you give the request number to. Holding a little shindig but don’t want the pressure of managing the playlist? With djtxt you can pawn the job off on all your friends.  The idea is pretty brilliant; anyone at your party ...

Hangovers Officially Cured by Science?

Hangovers Officially Cured by Science?

Do aspirin and coffee really cure hangovers? Image courtesy of Flickr user oooh.oooh and licensed under CC by SA 2.0 Everything you’ve ever read or heard about curing hangovers is officially moot. A professor at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia induced hangovers in rats (yes, rats), and discovered that a combination of coffee and aspirin ...

Guest Post: The Dangers of Four Loko

Guest Post: The Dangers of Four Loko

Today’s gust post is from our friends at College Candy. These drinks came out after Lesinski told us the cheapest ways to get drunk, ounce per ounce, and I’d like to see how it holds up. Here’s a quick little midterm for you: you have $10 in your pocket, but you need to unwind at ...

How To Build The Ultimate Dorm-Friendly Beer Pong Table

How To Build The Ultimate Dorm-Friendly Beer Pong Table

You can indeed fit a passable beer pong table in a dorm room, you just might need to temper your expectations a bit. Image courtesy of Flickr user Manufacturer CC 2.0. Dorm rooms have always been a great place to learn games like King's Cup and Caps, but what if I told you that you could squeeze be

Top 10 Drinking Games for College

Top 10 Drinking Games for College

The description for this photo on flickr is "This is a beer pong table at a frat party." How appropriate. Photo by flickr user English106 and licensed under CC BY 2.0. As my college career winds down, I am finding myself beginning to write more big-picture posts. We're pretty good at getting into th

A Stanford Student Hacked Darts — Now You Can, Too

A Stanford Student Hacked Darts — Now You Can, Too

This month’s Wired included a short feature on Ryan Tibshirani, a Stanford statistics student who figured out how to game a… game. He built an algorithm that will help you win at darts, even if you suck.  The game of High Score places high-valued areas close to duds — if you risk going for ...

How to Make the Perfect Party Playlist

How to Make the Perfect Party Playlist

Your coolness in college boils down to exactly one thing: your ability to create an epic, masterful playlist for a party. Every college student is required, at some point in their academic career, to throw a party, and the success or failure of the party depends on how good you are at compiling the 3 ...

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