According to Reddit, When Is It Worth Spending the Extra Money?
It can be difficult to justify the extra cost of a product when the cheaper version is right in front of you in the store […]
Continue reading »Month: November 2019
You Can Now Stereo Pair With Google Home and Google Home Mini Speakers
If you have a few chubby Google Home – Max speakers – or two brand new Nest Mini speakers from the company, then you’ve probably […]
Continue reading »The Right Way to Tip Your Customer on Instacart
Last week, Instacart employees staged a nationwide strike that lasted three days demanding an increase in the default tip on the delivery platform interface from […]
Continue reading »Do You Treat Rejection Like an Asshole?
Every now and then, some asshole (and sometimes an asshole) gets rejected online by romantic prospects, goes crazy over the text, and then goes viral […]
Continue reading »Why Google Assistant Looks Smaller on Your Old Pixel Phone
Pixel 4 users have the least intrusive version of Google’s digital assistant, but the new Google Assistant UI design has started showing up on older […]
Continue reading »How to Get Rich With Personal Finance Expert Ramit Sethi
Ramit Sethi, author of I’ll Teach You To Be Rich and a financially smart professional, is joining us at The Upgrade this week to talk […]
Continue reading »How to Set Boundaries When Your Family Is Badly Money
When I recently asked about the bad money habits you learned from your parents, you responded with stories of debt, desperation, and the bumpy roads […]
Continue reading »How to Hold the Barbell in the Deadlift
Deadlifts are a great way to work almost half of the muscles in your body, especially your hamstrings and back. But if you can’t hold […]
Continue reading »Prevent Plain Text Copies of Encrypted Emails on Your Mac
IT guru Bob Gendler spoke on Medium last week to share a startling discovery about Apple Mail. If you have an app set up to […]
Continue reading »How to Drink Coffee Without Sweetener
There are many reasons why someone might want to switch from sweetened coffee to unsweetened coffee. Some are health related, some are not. How to […]
Continue reading »Use Wolfram Alpha to Think About Giant Numbers
Our monkey brains have not evolved to understand large numbers unaided. Therefore, when you come across an abstract figure, it is good to have some […]
Continue reading »Turn Your Old Bookcase Into a Sensory Activity Hub
From time to time you move into a new home or change rooms in your current home and you find that you have a bookcase […]
Continue reading »Be the Hero Bringing Serving Dishes for Thanksgiving
If you are not hosting Thanksgiving, you will most likely be a Turkey Day guest at someone’s home, and you should bring something to share […]
Continue reading »How to Hide Memojis in IOS 13 and IPadOS 13
Memojis have been added to iPad and iPhone keyboards in iPad and iOS 13, which is great news if you’re a fan of weirdly creepy, […]
Continue reading »Does Apple Card Discriminate Women?
When Apple Card officially debuted in August, one of the handy features was the ability to apply for a card from your phone and get […]
Continue reading »How Your Tight Budget Can Be Time-Consuming
If you want to reach your financial goals, you will need to set aside some contingency money. If you want to reach your time-based goals, […]
Continue reading »How to Make Enough Whipped Cream for Dessert
If fresh whipped cream has one drawback – an otherwise ideal and surprisingly versatile product – it must be whipped just before serving. It’s okay […]
Continue reading »How to Choose the Right Doula for Yourself
In 2019, almost certainly any pregnant person with a smartphone and an Instagram account knows what a doula (a person who provides non-medical support for […]
Continue reading »You Can Use FSA Money for 23andme DNA Tests
If you’ve been thinking about doing a DNA test that will give you health reports, the good news is that the IRS has ruled that […]
Continue reading »How to Listen to Stereo Music and Podcasts With One Earbud
Sometimes you want to play music, podcasts, or audiobooks, but you need one ear open to the world, so you only put in one earbud. […]
Continue reading »How to Observe the Passage of Mercury Through the Sun This Morning
Last week we wrote about one way to look at your problems, comparing them to the size of entire planets and galaxies. If you want […]
Continue reading »The Fastest Way to End an Argument
When someone just doesn’t shut their mouths, sometimes just interrupting is the only way to say a word – when that fails, honesty also works. […]
Continue reading »How to Save Data When Leaving Work
You may feel great leaving work, but before you report to that coworker who always annoyed you, lifts his legs and does nothing for two […]
Continue reading »Why You Should Start Your Holiday Shopping Today
Black Friday may be the traditional start to the holiday shopping season, but sales start earlier each year. This is not because of the “Christmas […]
Continue reading »What’s in Store for and Out of Netflix in the Week of November 11, 2019
There’s a new Crown in town , played by Fleabag’s stepmother, everyone’s favorite star, Olivia Colman. I’ve never seen Crown, but I admire Coleman so […]
Continue reading »Make Working From Home More Productive by Pretending to Be in the Office
For most of the last decade, I have worked exclusively from home. Working from home is great, but it can also be very distracting. What […]
Continue reading »How to Watch People’s Choice Awards 2019 Without Cable
People’s Choice Award E! Kicks off today at 9:00 pm ET and the red carpet show officially kicks off a little earlier at 7:00 pm […]
Continue reading »Do Your Global Interview As You Land on an International Flight at These Airports
Global Entry is one of the best investments I’ve ever made. I leave the country quite often, and this not only cuts down a ton […]
Continue reading »Make Cookie Monster Your Navigation Voice With Waze
Earlier this year, Waze made Cookie Monster one of their navigation voices . It was fun, but it was also limited participation, which means if […]
Continue reading »Earn Rewards for Purchases on Google Play With Google Play Points
You can now earn rewards for downloading things from Google Play. This week Google introduced its Google Play Points Program in the United States , […]
Continue reading »Find Great Discounts on International Flights With This Search Tool
While travel is often something we plan weeks and months in advance with specific travel dates in mind, sometimes you just know where you want […]
Continue reading »Seriously, Upgrade Your Old Windows 7 PCs and Windows Servers Now
Over the past year, we have made several reports of BlueKeep, a serious exploit present in the Windows 7 Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) that could […]
Continue reading »Play These Pencil and Paper Games With Your Child
When raising children, it often happens that you are somewhere with your child waiting for something to happen. You may be waiting for the doctor […]
Continue reading »This Vermouth and Pear Cocktail Is Perfect for Chilly Evenings
I always love pears more than real fruits, primarily because, like avocados, their “oh my gosh” window is very short. But pear brandy never fails […]
Continue reading »CDC Officially Confirms Vitamin E Acetate Top Suspect for Vaping Disease
The CDC announced today that they finally agree with the leading theory of what causes the vaping disease they call EVALI : vitamin E acetate, […]
Continue reading »If You Are Using Amazon Doorbell Devices, Please Change Your Wi-Fi Password
If you are using one of the Amazon Ring doorbell devices, you should change your home Wi-Fi password immediately. According to Techcrunch , Ring doorbell […]
Continue reading »This Calculator Will Tell You If the “discount” Is Worth
Of course, it seems like everything is on sale all the time these days. But not all sales are created equal. This is especially important […]
Continue reading »Visit Any National Park for Free This Veterans Day
This coming Monday, November 11, over 400 National Park Service sites will be offering free admission to commemorate Veterans Day and as one of five […]
Continue reading »Ask Yourself, “What Would This Assignment Look Like If It Were Fun?”
If you follow productivity guru Tim Ferriss, you may be familiar with his mind-changing question, “What would it look like if it were easy?” As […]
Continue reading »Find the Perfect Excuse for Every Nasty Corporate Data Breach
Sometimes I wonder why everyone is not constantly hacked. We are all so bad about security, and so many people know how to abuse it! […]
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