Sometimes teenagers really do know best.WHEN I WAS 16, I was sure my dad’s goal in life was to make me miserable. He seemed to have a running list of all the ways he could embarrass me in front of my friends, trick me into doing more chores, or make my curfew earlier. I felt manipulated and angry, and our relationship began to deteriorate.

Anne Hoffman curates a soundtrack for your late summer.1. Leidi Li – “Mate a mi novio”This song contains one of my favorite lines of all time, “Estaba basta de tranquila” — “I’d had enough of being calm.” For all the girls in the barrio, Leidi Li croons, this one’s for you.The Bomba Estereo chanteuse has gone and killed her boyfriend, and for all those interested chicas out there, if you can speak Spanish, you can follow her foolproof recipe to poison, terminate, and successfully hide his body.

How to avoid being a target, and recognize the common pickpocket techniques.YOU’RE WALKING DOWN a city street. It’s late, and you just want to get to the subway station and get back to your hostel for the night.Suddenly, a man bumps against you, reeking of beer. Seeing you’re a tourist, he asks where you’re from and enthusiastically offers a handshake.

With Paul Robinson calling his new climb Lucid Dreaming a V16, the US now has two boulder problems at the top of the grade scale. We take a side-by-side look at them.Robinson’s problem follows Daniel Woods’ claim of V16 for The Game, which he climbed in February. While neither of the problems has been repeated yet, Chris Sharma visited Robinson’s project and reportedly backed the high grade.

Just when you thought you were being clever…TELL YOUR BABYBOOMER parents who chose the “easiest password to remember.” Tell your friend whose ex hacked his email. When it comes to passwords, us tech users are dangerously predictable.California software firm SplashData published a report of the 25 most common passwords of 2011.

ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I do in the morning — somewhere between brewing a cup of Earl Grey and looking outside to assess the weather — is open a laptop.This isn’t something I’m particularly proud of; I would much rather say I spend the first half hour of my day doing sun salutations. However, I can’t deny that the main components of my life — my work as a writer, my ability to keep in touch with family and friends while living abroad, my finances, entertainment, and reading material — are all conveniently contained within my 11″ MacBook Air.