We Are the Welcome to Night Vale Team and This Is How We Travel
Welcome to Night Vale is a public radio broadcast from a fictional American desert town where all the paranormal happens at the same time. This […]
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What to Do Now That the Student Loan Grace Period Is Over
College graduates with government student loans usually receive a six-month grace period after convening before they have to start making payments . This means that […]
Continue reading »December Fitness Challenge: Yoga
December can be a busy time of the year, so we’ve left our most relaxing, deepest and most serious issue for last. Yoga can be […]
Continue reading »How to Stream Every Episode of Buffy, Angel and Firefly for Free
Fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Angel and Firefly can now stream every episode of all three shows on Facebook for free. Facebook acquired […]
Continue reading »Should You Keep Your Kids Waiting Until High School for a Cell Phone?
Receiving a cell phone has become something of a rite of passage into childhood. Parents often struggle with how soon it is too early: The […]
Continue reading »How to Deal With Coworker Envy
If you have an ounce of ambition in your profession, there will be times when other people get what you want: promotions, accolades, press. This […]
Continue reading »How to Fail, With Comedians Chris Gethard and Aquila Hughes
This is our first live Upgrade recording performed in front of an audience at Bell House in Brooklyn, NY. We were joined by comedians Chris […]
Continue reading »You Should Serve Leftovers at Your Next Dinner.
Pre-Snacks are a godsend during the holiday entertainment season, but for some reason this isn’t the default method for special occasions. This is as it […]
Continue reading »Do You Run Without Music?
The beauty of working without headphones is that you are finally alone with your thoughts. This is also the horror of running without headphones: what […]
Continue reading »Increase Your 401 (K) or IRA Contributions for 2019
In our quest to improve our finances by one percent in the new year, here’s a simple task you can accomplish in just a few […]
Continue reading »When Tech Support Calls You About a PC Problem, It’s Likely a Scam
It’s time for the PSA for technical safety. A recent article in The New York Times provided a compelling insight into the ongoing evolution and […]
Continue reading »I Am Actress Tia Mowry and I Am a Parent
Tia Mowry is an actress best known for her role as Tia Landry in the 1990s sitcom Sister Sister . She will star in the […]
Continue reading »What’s in Store for and Out of Netflix in the Week of December 3, 2018
For those of us who can’t get enough of Anthony LaPaglia, who may or may not have signed up for a free trial of Sundance […]
Continue reading »How to Use Alexa As an Advent Calendar
If you are celebrating Christmas, you are probably familiar with Advent calendars. The idea is that you open a small gift every day as part […]
Continue reading »Take Advantage of 10% Off Target Gift Card Today to Shop for Yourself
If you’re still looking for holiday gifts, Target is offering a pretty nice deal today: 10% off all gift cards. While you might not really […]
Continue reading »Quickly Find Out If a Shared News Is Out of Date With This Chrome Extension
Over the past year, all (well, most of us at least) have become a little more skeptical about what we read on the news, especially […]
Continue reading »How to Make Your Instagram Stories Available Only to “close Friends”
Instagram is one of those platforms like Twitter, and I’ve always considered the content I post to be accessible to the masses. Yes, I know […]
Continue reading »How to Use Google Home to Control Your August Smart Lock
Smart locks can be useful when you need to give someone temporary access to your home and don’t want to transfer the copied key, or […]
Continue reading »How to Make Santa Claus Your Navigation Voice in Waze
This is a very special time of the year. You know, precious month and a half, when Santa Claus can “guide your sleigh” with directions. […]
Continue reading »Try These Inexpensive New Year Socializing Ideas
After a year or two of increasingly frivolous spending, one of my goals ahead of the New Year is to save as much money as […]
Continue reading »How to Find Out What Twitter Thinks Are Your Interests
Today I found out that Twitter thinks that I am interested in literature, beer, hip-hop, and I really like my friends Ina and Harry (they […]
Continue reading »Should You Upgrade to Google Fi on Your IPhone?
Earlier this week, Google announced that its division of cellular service provider Project Fi has moved from beta to a full-fledged Google Fi product. The […]
Continue reading »Here’s What’s Wrong With Romaine Lettuce
Some romaine lettuce can be eaten again. The FDA and CDC announced on November 28 that they had narrowed the recent E. coli outbreak to […]
Continue reading »Let These Doctors Tell You If You Are Dying
Anytime you have a severe headache or chest pain, you can throw yourself straight into WebMD and explode fiercely in panic. This is why cardiologists […]
Continue reading »Make It Easier to Move Around With a Weekender Bag
A move never goes exactly as planned, no matter how prepared you are. The movers arrive late, you run out of packing tape, or, like […]
Continue reading »When Multitasking Is a Bad Idea
It’s hard to keep all your eggs up in the air, but a little multitasking can help – until you drop them to the floor […]
Continue reading »Are You Excluding Amazon From Your Holiday Shopping This Year?
Whether your main concern is decent working conditions and a living wage for workers ; the company’s systematic fraud with American cities in search of […]
Continue reading »How to Emotionally Distance Yourself From Criticism
You will never make everyone happy – and people who are unhappy will tell you why. Criticism is part of the cost of human existence. […]
Continue reading »Our Favorite Newborn Khaki
A tired and overwhelmed (new) parent recently asked me for help: instead of searching all the Offspring content for the hacks he needs the most […]
Continue reading »You Can Now Take a Tour of Jay-Z and Beyoncé at the Louvre
Several weeks ago I was in Paris and visited the Louvre. For four hours, a guy named Jeremy, who has an MA in art history […]
Continue reading »Come to Upgrade Live Tonight With Chris Gethard, Aquila Hughes, Brittany Luze and Eric Eddings
What are you doing tonight? If you’re in the New York area, do we have an option for you: Join us for the first ever […]
Continue reading »You Probably Don’t Want a New Sinemia Debit Card
Sinemia, a competitor to MoviePass, was recently criticized for charging a $ 1.80 “processing fee” when its customers bought movie tickets in advance (the company […]
Continue reading »Who and How Much to Tip This Holiday Season
As with travel , tipping on holidays can be confusing and stressful. You know what you should tip, but how much and to whom? Will […]
Continue reading »Get Extra $ 100 Swap for IPhone From Apple Now
If you’ve been thinking about updating your iPhone, now might be the right time to do so. Apple is currently offering an additional $ 100 […]
Continue reading »Send Authors Thank You Letters This Holiday Season
When it comes to content, there is a wealth embarrassment these days. Countless podcasts, TV shows, newsletters, magazines, traditional media, YouTube series, Instagram stories and […]
Continue reading »Your Newly Divorced Friend Needs to Be Fed
While divorce can be a positive life change, it is one of the most emotional and stressful experiences a person can go through. It feels […]
Continue reading »How to Calm Down, With ASMR University Founder Craig Richard
I’m not going to be overconfident, but if you live in the world in 2018, chances are good that sometimes you will need help to […]
Continue reading »Try a Timeout Instead
When my son got hysterical (and was somewhat aggressive) during his childhood / preschool years, we spent a lot of time observing the time-honored tradition […]
Continue reading »How to Keep Your Personal Data Safe From Targeted IRL Ads
Personalized ads aren’t just on your screens anymore. Over the past few years, advertisers have experimented with ways to use all the data they have […]
Continue reading »Why Procrastination Is Bad for Your Brain
Procrastination is a vice that many of us indulge in, and there is a reason why it is so difficult to quit. However, the long-term […]
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