How to Permanently Archive WhatsApp Conversations
The latest beta version of WhatsApp for Android brings some major changes to the chat archive system in the app. The “new archive,” as the […]
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How to Get IOS Notifications on Your Oculus Quest
Getting into virtual reality is fun, but it can also be productive: lately I’ve found it to be a pretty decent way to practice quickly. […]
Continue reading »Why It’s Always Worth Cooking Extra Bacon, Recipes Be Damned
There is no way to cook bacon without stealing a strip, lard, or nib during the process. I wouldn’t even call it stealing ; As […]
Continue reading »How to Fix a Gap in a Bag of Chips
Feel free to say that opening a bag of chips can be frustrating. The seals in the bag may be stubbornly stuck together, or your […]
Continue reading »7 Foods Hit by Inflation (and How Not to Spend More)
After several years of historically low inflation, consumer prices rose 4.2% year on year in April , the largest increase since the 2008 financial crisis. […]
Continue reading »How to Clean a Portable Fan Because It Blows Out a Lot
Summer is almost here and you know what that means: it’s time to throw the box fans away and wonder how they’ve gotten even dirtier […]
Continue reading »It’s Not Too Late to Change Your Parenting Style, and Maybe You Should
If you overestimated your parenting skills in the past year, you are hardly alone. What seemed to be effective in the pre-pandemic period does not […]
Continue reading »How MoCA Made My Home Network Faster Than Mesh Wifi
I love tinkering with Wi-Fi, but when I’m building my network backbone in a new location – home, apartment, or wherever – I try to […]
Continue reading »How to Use Tea Leaves in the Garden (and When to Not)
Some perennial vegetables are a natural fertilizer for yourself and nearby plants. It’s the same with herbs. Old and used tea bags contain nitrogen, tannic […]
Continue reading »Your Next Potato Salad Will Need Fried Potatoes
Roasting vegetables gives them a deeper, sweeter and more complex flavor, so I would like to see them in more salads. After all, there is […]
Continue reading »How to Make Your Home Less Attractive to Spiders
Spiders have many benefits in terms of pest control, but that doesn’t mean they are always welcome guests in your home. Here are some easy […]
Continue reading »How to Get a Blue Checkmark Confirmation Badge on Your Twitter Account
Twitter’s verification process may change soon. The social media company announced plans to update its verification process last year, and recent data suggests the new […]
Continue reading »How to Win Free Blizzard Dairy Queen All Summer Because It’s Hot
Ahead of Memorial Day, Dairy Queen is giving away “The Sweetest Season Pass,” which will allow 20 randomly selected ice cream lovers to order free […]
Continue reading »Find What You Like by Trying What You Think You Don’t Like
When our parenting editor Megan Walbert wrote a few weeks ago that she was determined to learn to love running , some of the comments […]
Continue reading »How to Protect Indoor Plants From Insects
Having plants means taking into account lighting, watering, fertilization, and even insects. Plants can attract certain insects such as spider mites, midges, and whiteflies, which […]
Continue reading »Why Apple Music Lossless Audio Recording Is Not so Important
I admit, even I was a little excited when I heard that Apple is upscaling many of its Apple Music tracks to lossless audio . […]
Continue reading »How to Talk About the Pentagon’s UFO Report Without Sounding Like a Conspiracy Theorist
The idea of alien life has long seemed like fiction, immortalized in pop culture and discarded in the mainstream as a stupid conspiracy, but a […]
Continue reading »For the Freshest Shrimp, Buy Frozen
I almost always have a couple of bags of frozen shrimp in the freezer, but a couple of weekends ago I decided to grab a […]
Continue reading »How to Support Children in Foster Homes Without Being Foster Parents
There are more than 400,000 children in the US foster care system every day. Some of these children are in the system for days or […]
Continue reading »How to Prevent Apple Music CarPlay From Crashing Until a Real Solution Is Found
Over the past few days, we’ve seen loads of posts on Reddit and social media that Apple Music on CarPlay is suddenly crashing. While we […]
Continue reading »Optimize Trash Bin With Drill, Command Hooks and Drying Sheets
We all have the same trash can problems: the bag falls off, you can’t get it out, it smells awful, etc. So we’ve put together […]
Continue reading »What’s New on Netflix in June 2021
Netflix recently killed Original cartoons by nominated for “Oscar” film “over the moon” to the crazy apocalyptic surprises “Mitchells against the machines.” They’re trying again […]
Continue reading »How to Choose the Easiest Hanging Plants to Stay Alive Indoors
Hanging plants can make your home a wonderful oasis, but when the colors of these plants start to fade and their leaves dry out, they […]
Continue reading »How to Air Fried Olives You Love
Anyone can put a bowl of olives on as part of a butcher’s board or as a snack, but serving a platter of warm olives […]
Continue reading »How to Install Android 12 Beta 1 Today
It’s time for Android 12 Beta 1 – your first chance to try out all of the exciting new changes to Google’s operating system with […]
Continue reading »Let’s Stop Calling Little Girls Bossy
We label kids a little reflexively, and not all of them are good. We see and point out unwanted behavior in the same way that […]
Continue reading »What to Look for in an Offer Letter (Besides Money)
If you recently graduated from college or are preparing to take on your first paid position, you may have never seen a job offer letter […]
Continue reading »All New Google Privacy Settings Announced at I / O 2021
This year I tuned in to Google I / O with privacy in mind. Chalk it up to the recent Facebook drama -Exec Turned Apple-Turned […]
Continue reading »HIPAA Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Ask People Why They Aren’t Vaccinated
The law known as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, is misunderstood. ( First , it’s spelled HIPAA, not HIPPA .) The […]
Continue reading »What If Space Debris Lands in Your Yard?
Imagine waking up to a smoldering car in your yard, which is still smoking and hissing after shouting towards Earth from space. This is an […]
Continue reading »What’s New in Hulu June 2021
You think hmm. Nothing special will appear in Hulu in June. Love Victor, Season 2 will be released on June 11; I should probably try […]
Continue reading »How to Buy Property in a Hot Housing Market
The housing market is not overheated, it is on fire . According to the National Association of Realtors, both post-pandemic home demand and supply shortages […]
Continue reading »How to Clean up Clutter in Your Home: a Start to End Guide
It’s hard to argue with the fact that most of us have too many things lying around, but getting rid of them can be difficult. […]
Continue reading »How to Keep the Flavor Juicy Because It’s Harder Than You Think
Newbie growers are often advised to buy plants such as bamboo, cacti or succulents. We were told that these are resistant plants that do not […]
Continue reading »How to Interview a Potential Therapist
It would be nice if finding a therapist you like would be as easy as finding someone to paint your house. In both situations, you […]
Continue reading »8 Better Ways to Fry an Egg
Fried eggs are simple eggs. A little fat, a hot skillet, an egg – that’s all you really need to cook it. But they are […]
Continue reading »How Long Is an Ideal Workout?
How do you know if you’re doing too much or not enough? We talked about how to manage exercise intensity , but what about the […]
Continue reading »How to “Gently Intervene” in the Parenting Role
At one end of the spectrum of parenting styles are ” helicopter parents ” who constantly vigilantly try to protect their children from almost everything. […]
Continue reading »What’s New at Disney + June 2021
Loki, Luke. Luka, Loki. Disney Plus is committed to keeping you home in June as it premieres the third TV series in the Marvel Cinematic […]
Continue reading »How to Set up Home Monitoring on Your Echo Show
It’s not a good week for a new feature that turns your smart assistant’s display into a security camera, but I guess one company’s failure […]
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