Go Camping This Winter
Camping was a great way to spend the summer of the pandemic: you naturally got social distancing, you didn’t need to spend time indoors with […]
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How to Get Along With Your Ex After a Breakup
Getting along with your ex may be necessary if you have mutual friends, children, or for professional reasons. However, aside from adjusting to others outside […]
Continue reading »The Real Story of Columbus Day
On Friday, Donald Trump issued a proclamation announcing that the country would celebrate Columbus Day today – a fairly standard step for a president. But […]
Continue reading »This App Finds a Prescription by Scanning Your Glasses
Sometimes you just need (or want) a new pair of glasses, even if you can see perfectly using the ones you already have. In situations […]
Continue reading »How to Treat or Treat at Home
Each month of parenting during a pandemic brings with it many questions that parents never thought they would have to ask themselves. Will my child […]
Continue reading »How to Customize Google Assistant Shortcuts for Your Android Apps
It’s great that Google Assistant now works with some third-party apps. And by “works with,” I mean you can now issue multiple commands to the […]
Continue reading »Hot Dogs in a Deep Fryer – the Platonic Ideal of Machines at Gas Stations
When I first heard someone admiring their “deep fryer” and touting its ability to cut calories, I almost immediately lost interest. I just don’t care […]
Continue reading »Revise Your Budget by Solving the Problem Without Wasting a Single Day
For many Americans, a day off is not a pandemic budgeting exercise, but an everyday reality. But others are wasting on what has been called […]
Continue reading »Create a Temporary Baby Monitor With New Android Sound Notifications
The world is full of loud noises competing for our attention, but sometimes we may not be fully aware of what is happening around us. […]
Continue reading »What You Need to Know About Airbnb’s New Halloween Booking Policy
Airbnb definitely doesn’t want people to rent out properties on their site for parties. First, in August they announced a global party ban . They […]
Continue reading »How to Keep Pets Safe on Halloween
Many people consider pets to be part of their family, so it makes sense to include them in their holiday celebrations. Whether it’s putting leftover […]
Continue reading »Why All Days Run Together and How to Cope
There was a lot of talk about burnout during the COVID pandemic , and rightfully so – new work conditions (or unemployment), coupled with family […]
Continue reading »How to Get a Free Box of Mac and Cheese From Kraft This Weekend
Kraft Macaroni & Cheese has been a staple of children’s kitchens and pantries across North America for over 80 years. Ever since it first hit […]
Continue reading »Distract As a Public Speaker, Including During Zoom Meetings
Earlier this week, during the Vice President’s debate, we were shown a display of Senator Kamala’s annoyed expression and a two-minute shot of a fly […]
Continue reading »Receive an Extra Dozen $ 1 Donuts From Krispy Kreme Every Saturday in October
Well, it’s been a week. We somehow made it to Saturday morning, and this achievement deserves recognition. Krispy Kreme thinks so too, and today – […]
Continue reading »It’s Time to Check Your Auto-Paid Subscriptions
How much subscription services do you pay for? A study by tech consulting firm West Monroe found that the average American spends $ 237 a […]
Continue reading »Child Culture Guide for Adults: the Generational Gap
In week six of the Out of Reach for Adults’ Guide (“OoTag” for kids at the classy dinner table), I draw attention to the generation […]
Continue reading »When Is It Better to Use Gmail Go Instead of the Gmail App?
Google just released a lightweight Gmail Go app on the Play Store , offering Android users two options for using Google’s mail service on their […]
Continue reading »You Deserve Smoked Tea the Old Fashioned Way
Autumn is a season with an aggressive theme. Of course, there are holidays that have an equal number of themes, but fall food and drinks […]
Continue reading »What Does It Mean When Yelp Calls a Business Racist?
When I’m looking for a new place to protect a service, I turn to Yelp . In addition to learning about the overall quality of […]
Continue reading »Should You Sell Your Car If You No Longer Commute to Work?
Have you thought about leaving your old car? This may be the easiest way to bolster your finances, saving you thousands of dollars in annual […]
Continue reading »Do You Read “problem” Books to Your Children?
To understand the often unspoken depths of growing up in a sexist and racist society, you just need to become a parent and decide that […]
Continue reading »Time to Plan Meals for Next Week
One thing that has changed for many of us this year is how we eat. Maybe for the best, maybe for the worst. If you’re […]
Continue reading »What to Do If Your Credit Card Application Was Rejected
A credit card denial may seem like a test failure, but it usually means that your current income and credit profile should be matched against […]
Continue reading »More Than Ever, You Need to Put Your Phone Down
It’s almost odd to think about what the Internet was like in 2008, when Lifehacker first recommended making it a practice to “disconnect” from computers […]
Continue reading »Mixing Mayonnaise and Salt Is Not As Bad As It Should Be
There is no denying the fact that I am very white. Look at me – my face looks like a raw roll. And look how […]
Continue reading »What Is a COVID Passport?
It will be some time before air travel is back to where it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. And after seven months of restrictions on […]
Continue reading »If You Are Thinking of Spending the Night, Read This First.
Overnight stays and pandemics are actually incompatible. It’s a wonderful child’s rite of passage, with all that pizza eating, soda drinking, watching movies, and giggling […]
Continue reading »Don’t Fall for Phishing Attacks on Trump’s Health
The new phishing is tricking unsuspecting victims with tempting links promising access to President Trump’s alleged medical records and top-secret information about COVID-19 treatments. In […]
Continue reading »Flying First Class Won’t Protect You From COVID
It has been about seven months since the flight as we knew it had changed due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus. Now that […]
Continue reading »How and When to Tell Your Boss That Your Telecommuting Location Has Changed
Now that teleworking has become the norm, and not the exception, for many people who previously worked in the office, new questions about the device […]
Continue reading »How Can I Wirelessly Access My Android Device From My PC?
Why bother with cables if you don’t need them? It’s 2020. There is no reason why we shouldn’t be able to wirelessly connect to all […]
Continue reading »Which Means the Coronavirus Can Be Airborne
The CDC recently updated information on the coronavirus to highlight the “potential for the spread of coronavirus through airborne droplets.” This marks some subtle changes […]
Continue reading »Buy Cheaper Car Insurance Every Six Months
Since the start of the pandemic, 53% of millennials have tried to save money on auto insurance, according to a recent survey by the insurer […]
Continue reading »How to Unlock Experimental Tab Scrolling in Google Chrome Early On
A new tab management feature is coming to Chrome. You’ll need Chrome Canary to try out this new “scrolling tabs” feature, but it’s worth installing […]
Continue reading »11 of the Best Halloween TV Shows Currently Airing
There’s something about Halloween that can make a good TV show great. Maybe it’s the over-the-top set on set – the kind we’d put on […]
Continue reading »Election Results Prediction With Presidential Plinko
You see the New York Times’ election needle and you start to worry. You are reading FiveThirtyEight and wondering how your candidate can lose by […]
Continue reading »Should You Upgrade to an AMD Zen 3 Ryzen Processor?
AMD officially announced its new Zen 3 Ryzen processors today and gave graphics-hungry gamers a little bit of a feel for what they can expect […]
Continue reading »Watch Upcoming Specials on Race and Racism From PBS Kids and Sesame Street
PBS Kids and Sesame Street continue to provide opportunities for parents to talk to their children about race and racism. Two specials –PBS KIDS Talk […]
Continue reading »Which Frozen Potatoes Make the Best Hash Browns?
I don’t know a single person who doesn’t like crispy fries. In fact, we love them so much that we figured out how to use […]
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