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Chat With AI to Summarize Horrendously Long PDFs

Posted on April 21, 2023 by resourcefulman

AI is great at summarizing text , which can save you a lot of time that you would have spent reading. But we can do […]

No, You Don’t Need to “balance” Your Hormones If You Have Period Flu.

Posted on April 21, 2023 by resourcefulman

Have you ever felt unwell when your period started, or maybe a week or so before your period? Social media has dubbed it the “period […]

Body

Don’t Cash Your 401(K) When You Leave Work

Posted on April 21, 2023 by resourcefulman

When you leave a company—whether on your terms or not—you may panic about what happens to your employer-sponsored retirement account. While you have several options […]

Retirement

Build Your Own Solar Powered Water Heater for Your Garden

Posted on April 21, 2023 by resourcefulman

The crows have begun. I noticed that they often played in the puddle that formed in the rock garden next door when it rained. I […]

How To's

How to Collect Free Food for Your Next Vacation

Posted on April 21, 2023 by resourcefulman

From time to time, I escape the warm embrace of the Pacific Northwest rain to visit friends in the desert and hang out by the […]

Cooking

10 Movie Trilogies That Actually Got Stuck Landing

Posted on April 21, 2023 by resourcefulman

While it’s unlikely we’ll actually see the final Guardians of the Galaxy anytime soon, the trailers for the third installment in the franchise promise us […]

Streaming

How to Try Bluesky, a Decentralized Twitter Clone

Posted on April 21, 2023 by resourcefulman

Twitter is no longer the same . If you’re tired of seeing your “For You” feed fall apart and want to get away from the […]

Apps

Prime Video Wants You to Really Hear This Damn Dialogue

Posted on April 20, 2023 by resourcefulman

If you don’t hear what’s going on when you watch modern shows and movies on TV, you’re not alone. It can be almost impossible to […]

The Best Technique for Using a Playground Swing, According to Physicists

Posted on April 20, 2023 by resourcefulman

An international team of physicists has determined the ultimate method for using a playground swing, and I’m happy to report that you’ve probably done it […]

Life in General

Which Fermented Foods Are Really Healthy?

Posted on April 20, 2023 by resourcefulman

Fermented foods are often one of the best foods for gut health as they contain probiotic bacteria that are thought to have a beneficial effect […]

Nutrition

You Must Use This Carton Drink Holder As a Kitchen Organizer

Posted on April 20, 2023 by resourcefulman

Those little cardboard cup holders you get when you make coffee at the office are very handy for exactly what you need them for at […]

Hacks

Are the Sleepovers Finally Over?

Posted on April 20, 2023 by resourcefulman

By the third grade (around the early 1980s) I was regularly sleeping with friends. Late night birthday parties were commonplace, as were the occasional Friday […]

Parenting

What to Say (and Not to Say) When Submitting Assignments Late, According to Professors

Posted on April 20, 2023 by resourcefulman

No matter how hard you try to manage your time, at some point in your academic (or professional) career, you are likely to be late […]

Life in General

You Can “retire” but It Could Cost You Money

Posted on April 20, 2023 by resourcefulman

Retirement is one of those life stages that seems inevitable. From an early age, we are taught that you should save money for retirement and […]

Careers

How to Move Seedlings Outdoors Without Killing Them

Posted on April 20, 2023 by resourcefulman

Welcome to fake spring, a time of great unrest for gardeners across the US. We’ve spent the winter devouring seed catalogs like porn, prowling garden […]

Plants

Let Me Suggest Flip Chips and Dip

Posted on April 20, 2023 by resourcefulman

This past weekend was very social. I met up with my friends from the gym for lunch and then went to one of Portland’s busiest […]

Cooking

Why You Should Exercise Before School, According to Science

Posted on April 20, 2023 by resourcefulman

Before you sit down to study or start working on a big project, you might consider hitting the gym or taking a brisk walk. In […]

Science

You Should Plant Artichokes and Asparagus Right Now.

Posted on April 20, 2023 by resourcefulman

When you think of expensive vegetables in the store, you know, really sexy vegetables that have a “season”, you usually think of perennial vegetables. Ironically, […]

Cooking

Get an Extra Free Movie Ticket This Weekend

Posted on April 20, 2023 by resourcefulman

Atom, an app and website where you can buy movie tickets, really wants you to head to the cinemas to watch a new movie this […]

Deals

You Can Finally Add Some Links to Your Instagram Bio

Posted on April 19, 2023 by resourcefulman

Instagram is the land of self-promotion, but it doesn’t let you easily share links in posts. If you have links that you want people to […]

Apps

Why Your Tax Refund Wasn’t so Big This Year

Posted on April 19, 2023 by resourcefulman

As a taxpayer, you receive a federal refund whenever it turns out that you overpaid taxes during the year or withheld more from your paycheck […]

Taxes

You Can Experience ‘Pluto Time’ Twice a Day on Earth

Posted on April 19, 2023 by resourcefulman

As the saying goes , “Born too late to explore the earth, born too early to explore the cosmos.” It’s true that, barring some monumental […]

Stuff We Love

Your Frittata May Need a Piece of Metal

Posted on April 19, 2023 by resourcefulman

Inevitably, almost every conversation I have with anyone turns into a conversation about food. Maybe 80% of them are about eggs. It wasn’t until I […]

Cooking

Learn a New Language by Casually Browsing the Internet

Posted on April 19, 2023 by resourcefulman

Learning a new language is hard, man. Many of us have tried all the apps in the world, worked day in and day out, and […]

Internet

Car Rental Inflates Fares

Posted on April 19, 2023 by resourcefulman

Driving has slowly become a mindless activity with the development of navigation apps and even self-driving cars. But if you’re not careful, you can expect […]

Deals

How to Check If the Government Owes You Stimulus Money From 2022

Posted on April 19, 2023 by resourcefulman

Last year , more than 50 million Americans received some form of financial assistance from their states. While these payments were not as large as […]

Money

You Can Run Windows 11 for Free on Your Apple Silicon Mac

Posted on April 19, 2023 by resourcefulman

The latest generation Apple Silicon Macs are powerful and fast, but they can’t run Windows. Fortunately, there is a workaround – and it’s free. This […]

Computing

What You Need to Know About Investing in ChatGPT, According to ChatGPT

Posted on April 19, 2023 by resourcefulman

You’ve heard all aboutChatGPT , an artificial intelligence chatbot with which you can answer any question – or, you know, write a thank you note […]

Investing

Where to Get Garden and Landscape Materials for Free or Cheap

Posted on April 19, 2023 by resourcefulman

Giving your yard a fresh new look for spring or upgrading your garden to create the serene open space you’ve always dreamed of can get […]

Home

These Weather Apps Really Care About Your Privacy

Posted on April 19, 2023 by resourcefulman

It is common knowledge that weather applications are easy to create but very difficult to control. Any developer can whip up an interface from a […]

Apps

Make Homemade Bialis From Packaged Pizza Dough

Posted on April 19, 2023 by resourcefulman

Store-bought pizza dough is one of my favorite bread-making tools, maybe even my all-time favorite. We made lazy zeppols , pretzels and cinnamon rolls from […]

Cooking

Facebook Probably Owes You Money

Posted on April 19, 2023 by resourcefulman

Facebook may not be your social platform of choice in 2023, but if you’ve had an active account at any point in the last 15 […]

Money

Gamestop Is Hosting a ‘Buy One Get One’ Sale for These Popular Games

Posted on April 19, 2023 by resourcefulman

GameStop is offering a free Buy One Get One (BOGO) offer for Nintendo Switch, PS5 and Xbox games. There are 40 games to choose from […]

Deals

3D Regal Movies Now Cost Just $3 Per Ticket

Posted on April 19, 2023 by resourcefulman

When one big movie screen isn’t enough, ScreenX is here to surround you with the ultimate visual movie experience – and for one day, you […]

Deals

What’s New on Hulu in May 2023

Posted on April 18, 2023 by resourcefulman

Elle Fanning Is Secretly The Best Fanning? Older sister Dakota may have risen to stardom early, but over the past decade, the younger sister has […]

Streaming

Memorize These Cheap 4/20 Meal Deals Before You Get Too High

Posted on April 18, 2023 by resourcefulman

What began as a high school weed meeting in California in the 1970s, “420” has become an unofficial holiday. But whether you’re a smoker or […]

Deals

What’s New on Disney+ in May 2023

Posted on April 18, 2023 by resourcefulman

Everything, everywhere at once on Disney+ this month as the streamer unveils a new limited series based on the acclaimed graphic novel, featuring most of […]

Streaming

How to Know If You’re Buying Real Human Nudity… or Artificial Intelligence Porn

Posted on April 18, 2023 by resourcefulman

From videotapes to Web 1.0, pornographers have always been technology pioneers, so it’s no wonder they are pioneers in using artificial intelligence to sell sex. […]