Month: November 2017

In theory, urban water supplies are safe. They are watched, checked and treated by those in power. But of course we know that it doesn’t […]

Yesterday, Donald Trump Jr posted a video on Instagram in which he sets a “new personal deadlift record” of 375 pounds. Impressive, of course, until […]

I will order exactly two items from the McDonald’s menu: French fries and ice cream. For a while, McDonald’s was my closest option when it […]

I think the first time this happened to me this year last weekend, in early November, at an IKEA store. As we rounded the last […]

We’ve all used Shazam for years to find out what song is playing at our local bar. Now you can get the same thing right […]

Every morning – roughly – I write three pages, stream of consciousness, by hand in a notebook. I sit down, write on three pages, stop. […]

To say that the current administration is pursuing an extremely tough immigration policy would be to put it mildly. Trump even went as far as […]

It’s tempting to quit your day-to-day job and create sponsored content on your Instagram timeline dedicated to trendy diuretic teas. At least it would if […]

IFTTT is an app and web service that uses if-then statements to trigger specific actions or actions on your favorite apps and devices. If you’re […]

One of Apple’s big new features for the iPhone X (as well as the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus ) is wireless charging , but […]

Face ID , the new face-scanning security camera introduced in the iPhone X , works pretty flawlessly most of the time . But there is […]

The lemon wedge in your drink has a bad reputation, and the evidence seems to be obvious: no one in the restaurant washes the lemon […]

When we collected weekly updates from our staff last Friday, our editors were injecting more plants into our environment, cracking the code for Instagram-worthy Halloween […]

At some point, we were all contacted by a Nigerian prince, a long-lost uncle, or some guy who just can’t get a bank account, promising […]

Many people enjoy having a few hop beers like Indian Pale Ale after a long week, but not super-tasters. In fact, they generally have a […]

Hopefully you’ve taken advantage of Microsoft’s free upgrade offer, which allowed consumers to upgrade their Windows 7 or 8 computers to Windows 10 (and if […]

Magnetic knife holders are a great way to keep knives ready, of course, but they are also useful for keeping other household items in place […]

iOS / Google: Different countries around the world have unique products, styles and cultures, but they also have their own diseases. This is why it […]

Losing (or breaking) your phone is never fun. Yes, there are complications that come with being covered in fragile glass , but the problem that […]

Getting an apartment in San Francisco is a competitive nightmare, so I was thrilled to find that the landlord I was texting with to arrange […]

Apple has AirDrop for quick and easy file sharing between iPhone and other Apple devices. Google is now offering a similar feature for Android in […]

Last week we looked under the hood of the iPhone X with a couple of batteries and a few other surprises. But if you don’t […]

Online multiplayer games are fun to play with both friends and random players, but they can quickly get spoiled by players who can only tell […]

How is NaNoWriMo progressing? Do you already have 20 percent of the novel on your hard drive? Otherwise, you may not be able to think […]

I know you are busy and have things to do, but you also need a little rest to recharge these batteries. So, is it worth […]