Do Not Buy Travel Insurance Through Online Travel Agencies
Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) such as Orbitz and Expedia are useful for comparing prices for certain flights and hotels, although it’s worth looking at prices […]
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How to Know If You Need to Call Poison Control
The Poison Control Center is always at your service if you have swallowed, inhaled or been exposed to anything inappropriate. If you have severe symptoms, […]
Continue reading »Use Five Spices Instead of Pumpkin Spices
While I’m not entirely against pumpkin spice, I confess that I was a little tired of it. I have nothing against the combination of cinnamon, […]
Continue reading »Find Your Phone by Talking to It
If my house had a Game of Thrones -style family motto, it would be “Darling, can you call my phone?” This is a common way […]
Continue reading »How to Stop Pesky Apps From Loading When Windows Boots
When was the last time you sat down and thought about how many apps are automatically launched when Windows 10 starts up on your desktop […]
Continue reading »How to Buy Weed in Canada When It’s Legal
Canada has just become the second country in the world to federalize recreational cannabis . Implementing a national cannabis system in a huge country with […]
Continue reading »Should I Buy a Nintendo Labo Car Kit for My Child?
I’m not exactly a tech-savvy parent, so when I was asked to check out the Nintendo Labo car kit , I first thought, “Wait, what’s […]
Continue reading »Clean up Your Camera Roll With IOS Shortcut [updated]
Photos of bells and whistles are real, people. Most of us forget about all our selfies, food shots, and random photos soon after we post […]
Continue reading »I’m Ann Brock, Master Distiller at Bombay Sapphire, and This Is How I Work
We can say that Dr. Ann Brock makes a living by drinking. But please don’t say it so that you can hear it. Dr. Brock […]
Continue reading »Why You Should Be a Librarian
As parents, we are told that we are the first teachers of our children. This is true, but to me it conjures up the idea […]
Continue reading »How to Install IOS 12.1 Public Beta
I’ve seen the future, and that’s Group FaceTime. Should you install the iOS public beta on your mainstream iPhone or iPad? Most people caution against […]
Continue reading »Should You Consider a Lyft Subscription?
Avid ride hailers have a new subscription option that could potentially save them over $ 100 a month: Lyft’s new monthly full access plan . […]
Continue reading »Make Your Own Hand Luggage Cocktail Set for Flights
Flying is awful, which is why so many people drink on airplanes. But the plane is not a bar, so on-plane drinks are limited in […]
Continue reading »Don’t Panic About a Bumpy Plane Landing
If you are a nervous pilot, any turbulence can be alarming. It is especially bad when, upon landing, you come closer to the ground. There […]
Continue reading »How to Find Hidden Cameras on Your Airbnb
When you live in someone else’s house, there is something to think about. Will they kill me? Can I dine in my bedroom so I […]
Continue reading »Why You Should Try the Read Aloud Feature in Pocket
Pocket , the leading app for saving articles for later reading, has a new voice – Amazon Polly. And it’s good enough that you really […]
Continue reading »Nobody Needs Hot Glue Shoes
The above hacks are terrible for the most part. You know they are terrible, everyone knows they are terrible, perhaps the people who made them […]
Continue reading »Alfred’s Best Workflows to Optimize Your Mac Usage
If you’re the type of Mac user who never takes their hands off the keyboard, an application launcher like Alfred can be your best friend. […]
Continue reading »How to Prevent a Crunchy Taco Shell From Breaking
Biting down on crunchy tacos just to crack the bottom and pour out the filling is definitely a tragedy, but it can be prevented: you […]
Continue reading »Sometimes You Just Have an Emotional Cold.
If I have a fight with someone, especially someone who will not affect my life in any way, I know that for a while I […]
Continue reading »Have a Morning Parent and an Evening Parent
When my daughter was an infant, my husband and I had no idea what we were doing, so we did most of the parenting tasks […]
Continue reading »Best Camera Apps
Last week, we asked you to tell us about the camera apps – for iOS or Android, that you can’t live without. Our hunt for […]
Continue reading »Why Even Optimists Should Stick to Their Pessimistic Side
Setting goals and working to achieve them is inherently an optimistic exercise: you want more and better, and you believe that you have what it […]
Continue reading »Your Guide to the 2018-2019 Flu Shot.
The CDC recommends getting the flu shot for everyone, starting with six month olds. Recommendations and available vaccines change slightly each year, which is why […]
Continue reading »Make Veggie Caesar Dressing With Blue Cheese
A real Caesar salad dressing takes on the rich, salty flavor of anchovies, but not everyone eats fish. Screaming purists might insist that these people […]
Continue reading »How to Free up Hard Drive Space With Windows 10 After the October Update
It looks like Microsoft is ramping up its major system updates for Windows, now one every six months or so. But the problem, besides Redmond […]
Continue reading »Don’t Project Sexual Identity Onto Young Children.
The smiling baby boy is not a “lady killer.” A toddler offering a cookie to an adult is not flirting. Literally nothing that a child […]
Continue reading »I Am a Vlogger Kristina Kuzmich and I Am a Parent.
Here’s what Kristina Kuzmich knows: Perfection is boring. Fatherhood is a mess. We might as well embrace chaos. In her funny and compassionate videos, the […]
Continue reading »Track Your Habits at the Command Line
The minimalistic bad habits tracker Habitctl is launched on the command line. (If you don’t know what the command line is , this is not […]
Continue reading »How to Stop Getting Ridiculously Long CVS Receipts
CVS is famous for its ridiculously long receipts. If you’re worried about getting the equivalent of a tree branch every time you buy chewing gum, […]
Continue reading »What Questions Do You Have About Open Enrollment?
It is open enrollment season now and you will soon be tasked with choosing a health plan for you and your family for 2019. We […]
Continue reading »Roast Pork Kimchi Will Warm You to the Bone
Cool autumn weather has many names. This is known to some as “handcuff season”. For others, it’s “pumpkin spice time.” For me, it’s the “Thanksgiving […]
Continue reading »How to Increase Your Chances of Surviving a House Fire
Half of home fires happen between 11:00 pm and 7:00 am, a time when most of us are unaware that something is happening. It’s terrible, […]
Continue reading »What Is Red Tide?
The toxic red tide has hit Florida’s beaches since last year, and it’s especially bad right now. Our friends at Earther cover this topic in […]
Continue reading »How to Buy Champagne on a Budget Lager Beer
Champagne is more than something for your monocle when you’re outraged. While associated with luxury, there are many less expensive (but lower quality) options that […]
Continue reading »How to Hide Your App Folder Names in IOS
If you’re the type of person who gets a little creative with organizing apps on your iPhone or iPad – for example, by the color […]
Continue reading »Tell Us Your Top Travel Tips for Athens
I read a book about Athens, a novel about “runners” who hop on trains into the city and trick tourists into paying overpayments for crumbling […]
Continue reading »What’s in Store for and Out of Netflix in the Week of October 15, 2018
We’re heading towards the end of October, this swampy backwater where Netflix dumps the remnants of its least outstanding originals and hopes for the best. […]
Continue reading »Quickly Understand Complex Voting Initiatives in Your State Using This Site
For some reason this year, political groups in California decided it would be a good idea to send people text messages asking them to vote […]
Continue reading »How to Get Fortnite on Any Android Phone Right Now
When Epic Games first released Fortnite for Android earlier this year, it became available exclusively on Samsung devices. If you’re using a Galaxy S9 or […]
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