What to Do If You’ve Booked a Trip to Tokyo for the 2020 Olympics
The Summer Olympics were to be held in Tokyo, Japan, starting July 24. On March 24, the International Olympic Committee announced that the Tokyo Games […]
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My family and I have been in quarantine for about 14 days, and we are already running out of junk food supplies in case of […]
Continue reading »Start Your Weekend With a Quarantine Queen
Today is Friday, or at least that’s what my phone tells me, but every day is pretty much like every other day and the “weekend” […]
Continue reading »How to Hand Wash Clothes at Home
If, due to the coronavirus outbreak, you are not particularly enthusiastic about going to the laundry room – or even using the shared laundry room […]
Continue reading »What’s Your Best Home Workout so Far?
Guys, we need to talk. Although my body needs exercise more than ever, my brain is drained. I continue to do strength training on my […]
Continue reading »Toddler Tantrums: a Pandemic Survival Guide
Raising young children is hard enough. Raising young children during this pandemic is a whole new level of difficulty. Between work, childcare and the worries […]
Continue reading »How to Tolerate People You Are in Quarantine With
It’s been a few weeks since we started ” physical distancing ” and everyone is figuring out how to maintain their social relationships with people […]
Continue reading »Dove Pilki Conducts Virtual Readings and Drawing Lessons
Dove Pilki, author and illustrator of the children’s book series Captain Cowards and Dogman, is like most of us stuck at home. So he teams […]
Continue reading »Use a Large Mason Jar to Make a Countess Sized Cosmo
I’m usually not particularly fascinated by videos of rich people “confronting” being “locked” in their mansions (or worse, singing), but that’s because most of these […]
Continue reading »Is Now a Good Time to Buy a Car?
Have you seen advertisements for new cars lately? They are likely to have attractive prices and generous funding options. This is not because of the […]
Continue reading »How to Burn the Energy of a Young Child
Parents of toddlers, I feel obligated to ask you: are you okay? Did all this childish energy create a vortex in your living room or […]
Continue reading »What You Need to Know About the Recent Marriott Data Breach
On Tuesday, March 31st, Marriott International announced that there may have been a data breach that compromised the information of over 5.2 million guests. This […]
Continue reading »Samsung’s New Galaxy S20 Buyout Offer Isn’t a Bad Deal If You’re Patient
While the Galaxy S20 is a great phone, it’s not that popular right now . Samsung is trying to boost enthusiasm for its latest smartphone […]
Continue reading »That’s When You Get Your Check for Coronavirus
We now know when you can expect to receive coronavirus benefits. Direct investment will begin on April 9, a week earlier than Treasury Secretary Stephen […]
Continue reading »Which Monitor and External Hard Drive Should I Choose for Working From Home?
If you’ve previously had all of your tech needs handled by your company, but they’ve since sent you to work from home with little more […]
Continue reading »What to Watch Tonight, April 2, 2020
Ready to spend another night at home? Every night we collected some of the best things we wanted to see tonight. Yesterday we told you […]
Continue reading »You Can Still Order Girl Scout Cookies Online
One of the unfortunate consequences of our continued quarantine is the end of the sale of Girl Scout cookies. You won’t find girl scouts walking […]
Continue reading »This Coffee Cream Might Be Lurking in Your Pantry
If you don’t drink black coffee, you may be struggling a little right now, especially if you are not a fan of non-dairy powders. After […]
Continue reading »Block Malware With New DNS Cloudflare Options
Cloudflare has launched a new version of its free DNS (Domain Name System) service, Cloudflare 1.1.1.1, for families, which blocks adult content and malware before […]
Continue reading »When Will Grocery Stores Return to Normal?
I also thought toilet paper would be back on sale. I was used to seeing empty shelves in grocery stores and pharmacies, but assumed that […]
Continue reading »Is Your Yoga Form Terrible? Find Out With Alignment Chart
Yoga is the perfect quarantine workout : it can be relaxing or physically punishing, and all you need to get started is your body and […]
Continue reading »The Latest Windows PowerToys From Microsoft Are Awesome
The hard-core developers at Microsoft are gradually releasing fun new utilities that Windows users can tinker with. These PowerToys tend to add some quirky but […]
Continue reading »Use a Squeeze Bottle As a DIY Bidet
I don’t know about you, but I’m running out of toilet paper. I have only two buns in my closet, and only empty shelves in […]
Continue reading »What Is R₀ of Coronavirus and Why Does It Matter?
If you want to describe how an infectious disease spreads, one convenient number is what epidemiologists call R 0 (“R no”), the disease’s main reproductive […]
Continue reading »These Chrome Extensions Will Clean up Your Crowded Gmail Inbox
The stream of emails never ends. Even with enough quarantine time, tidying up your Gmail account and hitting zero inbox seems like a far-fetched fantasy, […]
Continue reading »If You Are Struggling to Become a Parent Right Now, You Are Not Alone.
I was going to write a post on how to help your young children burn off all this shackled energy that is coming from them […]
Continue reading »What to Do If You Purchased Tickets for the 2020 Olympic Games
The Tokyo Olympics were supposed to host 339 events in 33 different sports, with 30% of the 7.8 million tickets sold to foreign visitors from […]
Continue reading »Don’t Post Happy Hour on Your Company’s Zoom Account
After a long day of awkward virtual meetings and scrolling through increasingly apocalyptic headlines, chatting with friends on the Zoom phone may be the closest […]
Continue reading »Help Researchers Track the Spread of the Coronavirus With This App
How are you feeling today? Would it be great if a little more than usual? Go down? Feverish? The team of doctors and researchers hope […]
Continue reading »Cherry Tomatoes Are the Perfect Tomato Right Now
Given that the goal right now is to stay inside, some people have developed a bunker-type mentality, spending most of their grocery budget on canned, […]
Continue reading »How to Connect Xbox and PlayStation Controllers to Your Apple Device
One of the lesser known features added in last year’s iOS 13, iPadOS 13, macOS Catalina, and tvOS 13 updates was the ability to connect […]
Continue reading »How to Plan Strength Training When the Future Is Uncertain
All have home workout ideas ( we’re included ), but when you know you will be home workout for a few weeks to arrive, you […]
Continue reading »How to Deal With a Plumbing Emergency Right Now
Plumbing emergencies don’t bother with pandemics. Pipes burst, toilets close again, sewers clog up – all on our own schedule, regardless of how desperate we […]
Continue reading »This New Deduction From Your Charitable Contributions As Part of Your 2020 Tax Return
While many of the items on the coronavirus aid bill are temporary, here’s one that could benefit your tax returns for years to come. Starting […]
Continue reading »LeVar Burton Will Read to Us, Thank God
Over the past few weeks, many celebrities have invited us (and our kids) to read. Actor Josh Gad , who voiced Olaf, was one of […]
Continue reading »How to Quickly Make Animated GIFs From Screen Recording
Sometimes it is much easier to write down how you do something and send it to the person than to try to describe it for […]
Continue reading »Receive “Holy Potatoes!” IOS Games Are Free Until April 3
One of the few positives of the coronavirus-related large quarantine is that a number of app developers contribute to show generosity in times of self-isolation […]
Continue reading »What to Watch Tonight, April 1, 2020
Today is April 1st, which means streaming services like Netflix , Hulu, and Disney + have dropped a ton of new content. The COVID-19 pandemic […]
Continue reading »Don’t Click on Links in Public Zoom Chats Right Now
There is a vulnerability in the way Zoom transforms into hyperlinks that hackers can use to harvest your Windows credentials and potentially remotely access your […]
Continue reading »Why You Shouldn’t Withdraw Money From Your Retirement Account Even Now
The coronavirus relief package that was signed last week included relaxed rules for withdrawing money from your retirement account. But while an option now exists […]
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