Month: December 2017

Furries – people who dress like cartoon animals and have less sex than you think – know the rest of society finds them odd. In […]

December is always a tough time of the year and 2017 is not good. Add this news cycle to the short days and stress of […]

The current wave of news about sexual assault leaves brooding people everywhere with disgust, sadness and anger towards their victims. But for some of us […]

Traveling by plane is incredibly safe – your chances of dying on a commercial flight are roughly one in 11 million, but accidents still happen […]

I spent an hour today playing a game called Whamageddon . Which is tragic, because the game lasts almost a month. The rules are simple: […]

One of the most fun aspects of a gaming console is the ability to play with friends. Unfortunately, some large gaming companies make it difficult […]

macOS: Freedom , a cross-platform app that blocks distracting websites , just got more powerful. Now on macOS, and soon on Windows, Freedom can block […]

So you want to learn how to speak and write in a new language, huh? Not just “hello” and “thank you,” but learn it well […]

Setting up a new Android phone means you’ll spend more than a few minutes on the Google Play store downloading apps. It also means that […]

If you use multiple accounts in Chrome, you know how useful it can be to separate things like personal and professional email. Unfortunately, if you […]

If your smart home gadget can’t be controlled by voice command , is it really smart at all? The rise in popularity of the Amazon […]

No word evokes as much lexical contempt as “no matter what,” I felt a shiver just typing it. But in contrast to fictional terms he […]

If you are buried under unanswered e-mails and constantly begin their answers with the words “I’m sorry for the delay,” do what I did BuzzFeed […]

Scary Story Time: You’re giving someone a thoughtful gift certificate, perhaps for a spa massage they looked at, or an art lesson they said they’d […]

Immediately after reimagining existing public services with private applications, death by hacking could be the last dream of the SiliconValley elite. Death is really the […]

Full Christmas trees look great, but they can be painful when it comes to watering them. If your tree has low hanging branches, it can […]

Early Saturday morning, the Senate passed a new tax bill, the largest rewriting of the tax code for individuals and businesses in the United States […]

Amazon Prime is a gift that never stops giving. Free fast delivery, streaming videos, Kindle Lending Library – it’s like Jeff Bezos trying to make […]

If your iPhone or iPad has been crashing all day Saturday, you are not alone. On Saturday, there was an iOS error that caused the […]

Sure, you’ve heard of the binge drama on Netflix, but what about binge listening? Netflix has a category of programs for which it offers audio […]

For some reason, I’m always the person in our group who reservations for dinner. I hate queuing, so whenever my group of friends invites all […]

Bond is one of (many) elements of the justice system that disproportionately affects people on low incomes. This is a pressing issue for reform and […]

My family doesn’t know how to exchange gifts. We tend to buy gifts too late (“Merry Christmas, here’s a printout of what you get in […]

When we rounded up our staff’s weekly updates last Friday, our editors supported IFTTT, experimented with ballet, and finally got things off our floors and […]

The longer you open a bottle of wine, the better, right? Well, if you haven’t actually bought a good aged wine, not really. As certified […]