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” […]
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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, […]
Continue reading »These Free Books Can Help Children With Autism Understand the Pandemic
It can be difficult for any child (or an adult, to be honest) to grasp all the changes that we have had to make to […]
Continue reading »Replace File Explorer With This Free Windows App
Windows Explorer has evolved and expanded over the years, but the core functionality has remained largely the same. And he’s just as awkward and ugly […]
Continue reading »Which Note-Taking App Should I Use on Apple Devices?
I often write about some pretty serious and escalating technical issues for Lifehacker’s Tech 911 column. It could be … a lot. For a little […]
Continue reading »How to Take Extra Things With You Without Paying
Gone are the days when checked baggage was automatically included in economy class tickets for domestic flights. Or when there weren’t airlines charging for carry-on […]
Continue reading »How to Drink Properly on Vacation
There is nothing like a refreshing pina colada, mojito or beer while on vacation. And given the way things are now – with travel restrictions […]
Continue reading »Should You Upgrade to Verizon’s New Unlimited Prepaid Plan?
One of the reasons we like prepaid phone service is that you will not (usually) be bound by a carrier contract for any length of […]
Continue reading »Homemade Breakfast Sausage Is Totally Worth the Effort
I have had a KitchenAid faucet for roughly 13 years – long enough for the novelty to get worn out at a distance. Over the […]
Continue reading »How to Combine Lifting and Running
If you are a runner, it helps you to be strong. If you’re lifting weights, it’s still a good idea to do some cardio. But […]
Continue reading »Export Countless Open Browser Tabs With TabTopus
macOS: If you have a habit of leaving tons of tabs open across different browsers, here’s the good news: you’re not alone. As much as […]
Continue reading »Does TikTok Really Record Everything You Copy to IOS?
Apple’s iOS 14 has a nifty new privacy feature that sends you a notification whenever an app checks what’s on your iPhone’s clipboard. This sounds […]
Continue reading »Help Your Graduate Turn an ‘interim Year’ Into a ‘target Year’
High school students this year did not have full graduation experience this year. In many cases, they missed the last few months of school, and […]
Continue reading »Use This Free Pomodoro App to Stay Focused on Your Work
It can be difficult to complete an assignment at any time these days, especially if you work from home and are easily distracted by children, […]
Continue reading »Should I Wear a Clear Plastic Face Mask?
Face masks are one of the most important tools we can use to keep each other safe when things open up again. But what about […]
Continue reading »How to Get Rid of Your Child’s Technical Addiction
The global pandemic has changed the world on a macro level, but also changed the microcosm of our family life . Screen time was once […]
Continue reading »Scrambled Eggs in a Jar Are Better
I don’t watch a lot of food TV because I enjoy spending time on TV in Star Trek, but our video producer Joel Kahn does […]
Continue reading »What Not to Do When Volunteering Abroad
In the aftermath of a pandemic, there is likely to be an immediate need for volunteers to help rebuild sites around the world. Tourism has […]
Continue reading »What’s on at Disney + in July 2020
Almost every day from March 17, 2016 to March 12, 2020 – when the lights went out on Broadway amid the global pandemic – I […]
Continue reading »Make Little Children a “family Mask Monitor”
I don’t know about the others, but the novelty of wearing masks in my family has officially declined. My nine-year-old son at first thought they […]
Continue reading »How to Set an 80/20 Budget
When you are budgeting, you will likely receive advice on how to focus on saving as early and often as possible. “Treat your savings like […]
Continue reading »Launch Google Assistant on Your IPhone As Fast As Siri
If you’re a Google supporter who happens to be an iPhone owner, you can now summon Google Assistant almost as easily as you can with […]
Continue reading »Check the Default Auto-Delete Settings on Your New Google Accounts
Newly created Google accounts will include automatic deletion by default for all data types – a feature that users previously had to select. Google stores […]
Continue reading »How to Remove Titles From the Continue Watching Category of Netflix
There is always a new Netflix series to kick off as soon as you complete the one you are currently eating, but with so many […]
Continue reading »No, Apple and Google Have Not Secretly Installed Contact Tracing Apps on Your Phone.
Recent social media posts (which I won’t link to, but you can easily find them by searching Twitter) claim that Apple and Google are installing […]
Continue reading »Never Pay for a Copy of a Contact Lens Prescription
If you’ve worn glasses or contact lenses for a long time, you know the dance. You go to the optometrist for a new prescription. And […]
Continue reading »The Dressing for This Cucumber Salad Consists of Two Ingredients
I have been eating cucumber, tomato, and onion salad since I was old enough to eat solid foods, and I have been cooking it since […]
Continue reading »Our Kids Are Watching Us Act Now
I’ve written about how to have various “ important conversations ” with our kids as they get older – just enough so that we group […]
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