Most Viewed Posts This Week: May 22-28
This week we honed our interviewing skills , learned how to handle the IT department , rolled cables like roadies , and refurbished our garages . Here’s a look back.
Most Common Illegal Interview Questions To Look Out For
A job interview does not mean that you have to discard all of your personal information and background. Whether you’re preparing for an upcoming interview or wondering about a previous one, these are questions you don’t legally need to answer.
Seven Things Your IT Department Wants You To Know About Help Desk
Working in the IT department is often thankless. You are like an invisible behind-the-scenes worker who is only noticed when something breaks, and then blamed for it. Here are seven misconceptions about tech support and IT that you should be aware of in order to work better with an IT Pro or Girlfriend.
Coil extension cords like a roadie using the over-under method
No one understands the value of a properly wound cable more than concert roadies and film crew professionals who reel and unwrap hundreds of feet of cable every day. Here’s the method they use to get their shows on time.
10 best smart ways to organize and upgrade your garage
The garage is often an abandoned and dirty place. However, with a small organization and a few handy projects, we can get much more value out of our garages as well as modernize them. Here are our 10 best garage remodeling ideas.
Internet Health Checker checks if your Internet service provider is slowing down your connection
The FCC recently set new rules to prevent ISPs from selectively degrading the quality of your connection to certain services, as some have done in the past . This tool from Fight for the Future can check if this kind of degradation is happening to you.
The minimum wage required to rent a two-room apartment in every state
If you’re not ready to buy a home , it’s usually best to rent an apartment. This is the minimum hourly wage you need to earn in each state to rent an average two-bedroom condo, according to a new report.
Learn six key principles of persuasion with this video
Once you’ve mastered the art of persuasion, it’s easy to get people to do what you want them to do . This video explains six science-based shortcuts you can use to start influencing others.
Turn Tracking Protection on in Firefox to load pages 44% faster
Even if you don’t care about the privacy implications of tracking cookies and other technologies that sites use to identify us on the Internet, you can still turn on Tracking Protection in Firefox to potentially significantly improve speed.
Beware of these pricing tricks that retailers use to trick your brain
Retailers are damn good at inventing gimmicks to separate us from our money. Whether it’s the price points they choose, how they sell their products, or discounting techniques, they are experts in how to get into our brains and influence our buying decisions. Here are some of the most popular tricks retailers use, as well as some easy ways to fight back.
10 valuable lessons for beginners
In the summer of 2007, my wife and I bought our first house. As a first home buyer, I knew we needed to spend a significant amount of time researching our purchase. That’s exactly what we did: we read as much as we could, studied the local real estate market, and researched every aspect of the home buying process. But even then, we still made a few rookie mistakes.
Huge list of brands with lifetime guarantees
When you plan to have something for the long term, it makes sense to pay for the quality. And it makes even more sense when companies replace your item if it wears out or becomes unusable. GOBankingRates rounds off 32 brands with lifetime warranties.
Become a Stronger Leader by Asking Yourself These Three Questions
A good leader knows how to communicate, and more importantly, a good leader knows how to solve communication problems. These three simple questions will always keep you informed.
What is worth buying at the dollar store?
Dollar shops can be very unfortunate. Of course, there are many things that cost money. But there is also a lot of garbage. If you’re a dollar store shopper, tell us what to buy.
How I broke out of my social comfort zone by saying yes to everything
For as long as I can remember, I have been predisposed to say no to social plans. If something is not in my comfort zone, I try to avoid it. But there is a problem: when you are not experiencing new things, life can get bored. Mine recently ended up somewhere between extreme discouragement and “what does it even matter what day of the week is today?”