What to Watch This Weekend, March 27-29
Want to do something from the comfort of your couch this weekend? Yesterday we showed you how to attend cooking school for free while you’re […]
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You Don’t Need to Disinfect Food
Even if you follow the advice to stay home as long as possible, we must all get our food in some way, which means regular […]
Continue reading »How Do I Access My Work Passwords From Home Devices?
What a week we’ve had! It seems like it’s still Monday, but maybe it’s just me. We helped identify cable modems and internet service provider […]
Continue reading »Call This Hotline for Coronavirus Questions Instead of 911
Emergency dispatchers are now inundated with calls. Between coronavirus patients and many “common” emergencies, calls are breaking records. For example, New York City reported that […]
Continue reading »Use Plex for Three Months of Live Streaming
Right now, all Plex users are entitled to three months of free live streaming while they wait for COVID-19 . This is a pretty nice […]
Continue reading »Hope We All Add Liquor to Our Coffee
Many of you have shared your newfound tips for working from home, but you’ve just taken over work from home. I was born in it. […]
Continue reading »All Your Coronavirus Relief Security Questions Answered
When the Senate passed a giant coronavirus economic aid bill that includes checks worth up to $ 1,200 for many Americans, many people reacted like […]
Continue reading »You Need to Lock the Remote Control Parameters of the Router
We’ve talked about this before, but let’s say it again: unless you are using the mesh router setup, which usually associates its configuration with an […]
Continue reading »What’s on Prime Video in April 2020
April is just around the corner, and with it, dozens of new movies and TV shows will appear on Prime Video. Fans of insane horror […]
Continue reading »If Your Kids Have Questions About Coronavirus, the NYT Science Reporter Has the Answers
It was hard for everyone to watch the world close around us. But parents of young children face the additional challenge of trying to explain […]
Continue reading »It’s Time to Stretch Your Shoulders
I had trouble sitting down to write this post because as the reports of COVID-19 sweep over me, I’m thinking: who has time to stretch […]
Continue reading »No, You Can’t Just Visit a Friend
Don’t go to a friend’s house this week. You are welcome. Even if you and your friends are young and healthy, even if it’s “just […]
Continue reading »How to Watch Instagram With Friends in Video Chat
Since we currently all live in the world of video chats, Instagram has introduced a new feature that makes it easier for you and those […]
Continue reading »You Can Get a Refurbished IPhone for $ 119 Today
Online reseller Woot tends to have generous sales of refurbished Apple devices, but today’s refurbished iPhone 7, 8, XR, SX, and XS Max deal may […]
Continue reading »What Bad Habits Did You Develop During the Pandemic?
We’re nearing the end of another week of physical distancing and hiding in place – and for some of us, that means another week of […]
Continue reading »Use a Fork Instead of a Spoon to Mix the Chocolate Milk
A tall glass of cold chocolate milk is a good treat for young and old alike, but most people use a spoon to stir it, […]
Continue reading »Where to Get Free Online Classes While You’re Stuck at Home
If you’ve always wanted to go back to school, why not make good use of your involuntary downtime at home with a free online class? […]
Continue reading »How to Celebrate a Child’s Birthday During a Pandemic
You know what’s worse than canceling school now, canceling sports, or canceling most of the rest of life? You need to cancel a birthday party […]
Continue reading »How to Enable the New Dark Mode in WhatsApp [updated]
[Updated 3/27/20 10:30 AM] Good news: you no longer need to install the beta version of WhatsApp on your Android phone to take advantage of […]
Continue reading »Make Your Pandemic Shopping at the Restaurant Supply Store
Restaurants and bars aren’t the only food-focused businesses suffering severe consequences from the coronavirus outage – all the suppliers they’ve relied on for ingredients and […]
Continue reading »Dying HPE SSDs Are a Great Reminder to Update Your
In 40,000 hours, your HPE SSD is dead. This is not a Mission Impossible D-List fiction plot; this is reality. Fortunately, you probably weren’t hurt […]
Continue reading »What to Watch Tonight, March 26, 2020
Ready to spend another night at home? Yesterday we shared some of the live shows to watch, fitness and cooking classes, and how you can […]
Continue reading »What Does “pause on Checkout” Actually Mean?
States and cities across the country have decided to suspend evictions and shutdowns of utilities during the coronavirus pandemic. But if you face eviction, the […]
Continue reading »Launch a Virtual Race for a Solo Competition
Physical distancing put an end to most of our usual activities. For runners, this includes canceling any upcoming races. Fortunately, there are alternatives that can […]
Continue reading »How to Customize Cursor Appearance in IPadOS 13.4
Apple added external mouse support for iPad when it released iPadOS last year , but with the iPadOS 13.4 update, users can now customize the […]
Continue reading »Make Your Own Hassle-Free “spirit” With a Flat Tonic
When I first heard that I would be spending all this time at home, I imagined evening cocktail hours in the bathroom, a lot of […]
Continue reading »Help! Windows Does Not Load Correctly After a Recent OS Update
In today’s Tech 911 – Lifehacker’s support column dedicated to your work from home questions all week – we turn to an old favorite: Microsoft […]
Continue reading »Can You Still FIRE During a Recession?
For a while, I was interested in the financial independence movement, often called FIRE (Financial independence, early retirement). Probably since 2004, when I found an […]
Continue reading »How Unemployment Benefits Are Changing With Senate Coronavirus Aid Bill
If you’re out of work due to the coronavirus, the Senate relief bill passed last night (and is expected to pass soon in the House […]
Continue reading »It’s Okay If You Don’t Want to Work From Home Right Now.
From school closings to factory closings to mass layoffs and fears of getting sick, every hour gives us something new to worry about. In the […]
Continue reading »Start Your Day With Family Scrum
Trying to live day – day after day – with the whole family in one place and stay positive – will be … challenging. Probably […]
Continue reading »How to Avoid the New Astaroth Malware Hitting Windows
The infamous Windows malware Astaroth (aptly named after the demonic baron of hell discovered in occult cosmology) has returned to it after months of inactivity. […]
Continue reading »No Time to Drive Out of Town
If your city has a lot of COVID-19 cases, and this is almost any city at the moment, you may be tempted to visit rural […]
Continue reading »Defrost Frozen Meat With a Little Vinegar
My freezer is ineffective trash and any steak, chop, or chicken thighs I freeze get covered in frost. The meat is technically edible, but not […]
Continue reading »Is It a Panic Attack or a Coronavirus?
Over the past few days, I have had periods of shortness of breath, fatigue and general soreness. Anyway, I would dismiss it as part of […]
Continue reading »Remove These Malicious Android Apps Designed for Kids
Once again, a suite of Android apps made it to the Google Play Store and infected over a million devices with malware. I don’t want […]
Continue reading »What Parents Need to Know About Teens and Social Media Fame
Rhiannon Ragland has never had much interest in building her own social media presence. But as a mom to a teenager, she adheres to best […]
Continue reading »Shake up Your Kids’ Learning Routine With Activity Bingo
Now that many of us are ( damn it looking) a week and a half of physical distancing – that is, trapped in a house […]
Continue reading »What You Need to Know About Your Federal Government Audit [updated]
After much debate, the Senate passed legislation that would send aid checks to most Americans. The checks are part of a $ 2 trillion aid […]
Continue reading »Help Your Neighbors During the Coronavirus Pandemic With These New Nextdoor Features
Many of us are stuck inside, but that doesn’t mean we can’t be good neighbors and help each other. Nextdoor recently launched a new Help […]
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