How to Cool Your Home More Naturally
In a sense, the pandemic has made us less wasteful and more environmentally friendly. We travel less, use less public transport, and support more local […]
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Play Free Twitch Prime Games With Amazon’s New Game Launcher
One of the best things about Amazon Prime is the ever-changing selection of free games offered every month through Twitch.tv’s Twitch Prime service. What’s more, […]
Continue reading »When Making Frozen Smoothies, Use Frozen Strawberries Instead of Ice
I recently saw several recipes for frozen strawberry smoothies (both daiquiri and margarita) that somehow don’t require syrup or any kind of sweetener. “Good strawberries […]
Continue reading »How to Get 3 Months of Free Coffee at Panera
If you’re tired of making quarantine coffee at home, or just need regular iced coffee to fight the summer heat – and if you have […]
Continue reading »6 Great Energy-Saving Backyard Games for Young Kids
Well, here we are. We’re knocking on the door in July and COVID-19 is still raging in many of our communities. Maybe you’ve already added […]
Continue reading »Recover Deleted Files With Microsoft’s New Free Windows App
If you accidentally delete a file, hope is not lost. However, assuming you can’t just drag it back out of the Windows Recycle Bin – […]
Continue reading »How to Enable Facebook’s New Dark Mode on IPhone
The Facebook iOS app is finally getting an official dark mode. Just like dark modes in other Facebook apps – Messenger , Instagram, and Whatsapp […]
Continue reading »What to Use If You Run Out of Soap
So, you have dangerously low hand soap in the midst of a global pandemic, and it is difficult to get it due to supply chain […]
Continue reading »How Does It Feel to Start a New Job During a Pandemic?
My first day at Lifehacker was March 23, 2020 – a little over three months or three years ago. I received my job offer on […]
Continue reading »Kids Can Still Earn Free Pizza by Reading
If you were a kid in the 1980s or 90s, you may remember reading mainly in order to earn free personal Pizza Hut pizza. Founded […]
Continue reading »How to Make One Glass of Lemonade
When I think of lemonade, I always imagine a jug – this is the most palatable scale imaginable. But a whole pitcher of lemonade requires […]
Continue reading »Your “ Medical Mask Exemption Card ” Is a Lie
Masks can be uncomfortable, it’s true. And since most of us in the US are not used to wearing them, they are also an unpleasant […]
Continue reading »How to Laugh at Depression With Comedian John Moe
This week we find humor in our troubles with the help of John Moe, host of the Merry World of Depression podcast. John helps us […]
Continue reading »Listen to This July 4th Playlist If You Have Difficult Feelings About America
America … well. We’re in exactly the right place, aren’t we. We originally published this playlist on July 4th last year thinking that the country […]
Continue reading »How to Enable the 14 Best Hidden Features in IOS 14
WWDC 2020 is over. And while I loved Apple’s virtual setup for a weeklong series of events, it was even more fun for me to […]
Continue reading »Look at Your Webcam When on a Zoom Phone Call
Eye contact is not easy for everyone. Now that we’ve been isolated for months, it can be difficult to remember exactly how to interact and […]
Continue reading »What’s New on Netflix for the Week of Jun 28, 2020
It took 26 years to remake the classic 1984 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street , but in Content Wars 2020, no one can […]
Continue reading »Use This Free AAA Card to Get Updated Travel Restrictions in Every State
Before the advent of GPS and smartphones, the American Automobile Association (AAA) ‘s TripTik had a way to plan and navigate a trip. In fact, […]
Continue reading »How to Watch Disney + Movies in Chronological Order
Since the Disney + streaming service launched in November 2019, it has quickly become * a family favorite (* including single-person families). While there were […]
Continue reading »Practically Attend a Q&A Session With the Co-Writer of the 1980s TV Series Cosmos
Are you a fan of science series and documentaries? Although they have been present in some versions since 1903 , one 13-part series on PBS […]
Continue reading »Bookmark This Directory of Black Owned Businesses Across Different Industries
While shopping for goods may seem like a must in order to get what you need, how we spend our money has more impact than […]
Continue reading »Learn the Difference Between “systemic” and “systematic”
Given the recent conversations and demonstrations against racial injustice, the words “systemic” and “systematic” have begun to appear frequently and are sometimes used interchangeably. And […]
Continue reading »How to Watch Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Reunion
One of the few bright spots in the last few months of quarantine has been Josh Gad’s YouTube series Reunited Separately . Every few weeks […]
Continue reading »How to Add CarPlay Wallpaper in IOS 14
One of the new features introduced in iOS 14 is the ability to customize your car’s CarPlay interface with one of several new wallpapers. If […]
Continue reading »Pool Noodles Are Not the Best Way to Coerce Social Distancing
Customers at a cafe in Germany were asked to wear pool noodle caps to achieve social distancing, and we were blessed with this viral photo […]
Continue reading »How to Hide Money When Traveling
I’ve often heard people say that they were stolen while traveling, or that they thought a hotel worker had stolen money from their belongings. If […]
Continue reading »How to Know If You Are Doing Well
From the moment we are in school, we are often named based on how other people perceive our “accomplishments”. Some children are called “lagging behind” […]
Continue reading »How to Do Pull-Ups Without a Bar
In our ongoing series of improvised home workout equipment today, we’ll talk about how to do pull-ups or inverted rows at home. If you are […]
Continue reading »Infused Campari With Frozen Berries
Campari, with its burnt, bitter citrus notes and syrupy, almost medicinal character, is not often referred to as “summer”. This special honor belongs to Aperol. […]
Continue reading »Stop Hoarding Apps With IOS 14
I have a lot of apps on my iPhone. There are many applications installed on your iPhone. This is life in the digital world. Things […]
Continue reading »Here’s Everything New in the Latest Google Photos Redesign
Google recently announced a new design for the Google Photos app, packed with brand new features and an optimized look and feel. The redesign is […]
Continue reading »What’s on at Hulu in July 2020
The time-loop structure is one of my favorite tricks in films, in which the character is doomed to repeat the same period of hours or […]
Continue reading »Take a Virtual Tour of Tokyo’s Ghibli Museum.
You may not be able to travel to Japan for the foreseeable future, but you can now take a virtual tour of the Secret Ghibli […]
Continue reading »Cancel Your Quibi Subscription Before the 90-Day Free Trial Ends
Quibi, the new short format streaming service for your mobile devices, has been around for almost three months now. This means that if you went […]
Continue reading »What Do You Want to Know About Moving Abroad?
As an expat (a person who lives and works in a country outside of his own country), I have lived in five different countries around […]
Continue reading »Fancy up Potato Chips With Black Pepper
There are no bad chips, but some chips are definitely better than others. At the bottom of the range, you have thin, flimsy, fatty, super […]
Continue reading »How to Watch the Stellar “Free to Be … You and Me” Fundraising Event
If you grew up in the 70s or 80s, your record (or cassette) collection may have contained a hot pink album cover with colorful bubble […]
Continue reading »10 Podcasts to Open New Movies
If, as you browse the latest Netflix offerings on another of countless nights, you feel like you’ve already watched every movie worthwhile, well, you’re wrong, […]
Continue reading »Reminder: Sunscreen Spray May Be Flammable
Aerosol cans, including many sunscreens and insect sprays, are often flammable. They talk about it right on the label in small print, and I guess […]
Continue reading »Is It Too Late to Postpone College for a Semester?
Attending college is a financial decision that can affect alumni and their families for years after graduation, if not decades. And if that wasn’t enough, […]
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