Your Child’s Name on Google
There has been a lot of talk lately about the extent to which parents exchange pictures, anecdotes and information about their children on the Internet, […]
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Don’t Accumulate Credit Card Points
Earning credit card points and earning miles may seem like the perfect way to pay for your dream trip. But as CreditCards.com points out , […]
Continue reading »Organize Your Browsing With This Chrome Dashboard Extension
Chrome: The Great Suspender is an extension that I recommend to anyone who has ever used the Google Chrome browser because it is a great […]
Continue reading »Tell Us About Your Street Food Tips
My best street food was to hire a Wafels & Dinges truck to cook desserts at a wedding. Food vans are the trendiest form of […]
Continue reading »What’s in Store for and Out of Netflix in the Week of February 25, 2019
Have you watched Jeopardy on Netflix? Jeopardy on Netflix is Jeopardy without ads, and that’s a cool 20 minutes on a series of boring little […]
Continue reading »Make Your Oscar Party by Betting on the Winners
I am a huge fan of every opportunity to gamble for small amounts of money. I am not going to spend hundreds of dollars on […]
Continue reading »Save More Money by Cutting Down on Housing and Transportation Costs
We all would probably like to have a little more money in the bank. One easy way to do this is to underestimate housing and […]
Continue reading »Remove Water From Your Phone Speakers After an Unexpected Dunk Using This Web-Based Tool
At some point, even the most cautious of us have a smartphone mishap, particularly when our over $ 1,000 equipment is dipped in a puddle, […]
Continue reading »Keep a Mobile First Aid Kit in Your Suitcase in Case of Any Contingencies While Traveling
I write a lot about travel, which means I spend a lot of time on the road. After several “emergency” trips to the local pharmacy, […]
Continue reading »How to Stream Oscars Live
This Sunday is the Oscar. The red carpet coverage begins at 6:30 pm ET / 3:30 pm PT and the actual awards show starts at […]
Continue reading »Make Your Google Home Automatically Quiet at Night Using This Mode
The Google Home Max in our living room is great for resolving disputes, from the correct pronunciation of the ciabatta to when some of our […]
Continue reading »No, Airlines Don’t Track You With Cameras (Yet)
In the totally cool, very nice privacy news this week, you might have to protect your personal information in one place other than your laptop […]
Continue reading »Give Your Kids Podcasts and Audiobooks With Pinna
The other day, when my son and I were driving around the city, he decided that he did not want to grow up. “Then, when […]
Continue reading »Exercise Your Core With Only the Chin Bar
Welcome back! I hope you all enjoy working on your corpus without making any planks this month . Today we’ll talk about the exercises you […]
Continue reading »Hack or Wack: Amy Klobuchar Salad Comb
Another day, another viral fake hack to fight against. According to the New York Times, Minnesota Senator and 2020 presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar once got […]
Continue reading »Save the Last Moments of the Citrus Season With This Cocktail
The grocery store is an inspiring place, especially the grocery line. Whatever I have on my list, I make sure to take a few minutes […]
Continue reading »Check If Your Next Chrome Extension Is Safe on This Website
When it comes to security, Chrome extensions are the wild west. Many of them ask for wide permissions, and if you choose the wrong one, […]
Continue reading »How to Stop Sweating
I’m sweating a lot. I sweat as I walk. I sweat while I sit. I sweat when I talk. At any job interview, I walk […]
Continue reading »How to Stop Hating Food
You don’t have to love every meal. But a certain aversion to food is very uncomfortable when you are out of the house. The writer […]
Continue reading »Know Your Credit Card Dispute Resolution Policy
When fraudulent payments appear on your credit card statement or are flagged by your card issuer, you know to void your card and report them […]
Continue reading »Make Any Vegetable Sandwich Better by Treating It Like Reuben
Reuben is not Reuben without corned beef, but that does not mean that Reuben filling cannot be used to update other, plant-based heavy sandwiches, because […]
Continue reading »A Parent’s Guide to ADHD
My son Dexter is a poor student in the computer lab in the sixth grade. The boy taught himself how to edit Minecraft videos in […]
Continue reading »Do Not Use Your Debit Card at a Gas Station
Don’t be fooled. Card skimming, in which an illegal reader is connected to a payment terminal, is a widespread financial scam, especially at a gas […]
Continue reading »How to Prevent Your Friends From Becoming Vaccine Opponents
When it comes to misinformation, a person believes not so much in what they read as in who they trust. If that someone in your […]
Continue reading »How to Reserve Blocked Seats on Flights on the Plane
Airlines love to torture us. They cheat us with baggage rates, delays and passengers who don’t wear pants . Best of all, even if you […]
Continue reading »Copy Emoji and Special Characters With CopyChar
We all have certain special characters that we use all the time, and finicky little ways to type them. You can google the name of […]
Continue reading »What Wi-Fi Channels Should I Use for My Wireless Network?
The Ultimate Lifehacker Guide to Wi-Fi ): title The Ultimate Lifehacker Guide to Wi-Fi Wireless networking is tricky, but not necessary. Let us help you. […]
Continue reading »Sunscreens May Be More Effective Soon
Sunscreens will be re-labeled soon, and some will be phased out under a proposed regulation announced today by the FDA. The changes also mean it […]
Continue reading »Don’t Be the “answer Guy”
When I first started writing online (for the now defunct xoJane), my comment and mention sections on Twitter were mostly filled with wonderful, responsive women […]
Continue reading »Should I Get an Apple and Goldman Sachs Credit Card?
Apple and Goldman Sachs will launch a joint credit card this spring, according to the Wall Street Journal . The card is expected to be […]
Continue reading »How to Test New Twitter Features (and Help Fix Them Permanently)
Hate Twitter? Tired of seeing broken tweets? Do you have long-standing gripes with the interface? Are you annoyed by Trump’s pointless tweets? Well, you may […]
Continue reading »How to Pre-Order the Galaxy S10, Galaxy Fold and All the Other Devices Samsung Announced Yesterday
Samsung yesterday announced a number of new phones and devices to be launched soon, including the new flagship Galaxy S10 line of smartphones, fully wireless […]
Continue reading »Embrace Your Child’s Streak of Stubbornness
One day, when my son was three years old, I took him to an indoor bounce park. However, an hour of jumping, sliding and bouncing […]
Continue reading »How Tiny Bugs Cause Huge Disasters
“If I were to write a curriculum at university,” says engineer Fung Turing , “I would spend an entire semester on the Challenger disaster and […]
Continue reading »Finish the Stir-Fried Herbs With a Drizzle of Honey
A bitter taste is often considered undesirable, but a slight bitterness can add a tasty flavor to a plate with a single note. Bitter greens […]
Continue reading »Do You Really Need a Stand Mixer?
I love my KitchenAid madly, but I’d be lying if I said it’s because I can’t live without it. This is a family heirloom passed […]
Continue reading »Why We Yawn and How to Stop It
When it comes to yawning, there is a good time and place. Work is not the place for this if you want to appear alert […]
Continue reading »How KonMari Tabs Your Browser
I like to write about different methods of organizing your web browser because my own Chrome browser looks like a tab farm. It never fails. […]
Continue reading »Purpose for This Purpose of the Emergency Fund
When it comes to following standard financial advice, many of us would say that we actually have three to six months’ living expenses saved in […]
Continue reading »If You’re Tracking Calories, Write Down Your Dinner First.
Keeping track of what you eat is a lot like budgeting: you have a certain amount of calories or nutrients that you can “spend” during […]
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