Start a Virtual Recipe Club
I’ve recently been using FaceTime-ing and Zooming, and I’ve found it helps to have an action, topic, or some focal point to orient calls. Anyway, […]
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Connect With Your Closest Friends and Family Using the “Family Mailbox”
When my husband’s parents returned from a trip to Florida in early March, I picked them up from the airport and my son and I […]
Continue reading »What to Watch Tonight, April 22, 2020
Today is Wednesday, which means we are officially half a week old. Why not reward yourself by watching something new and timely tonight? We’ve got […]
Continue reading »It’s Okay to Grieve Over Little Things.
Over the past few months, as we have all dealt with a rapidly changing situation, there have been many valuable things, big and small, that […]
Continue reading »How to Determine If You Need Emergency Dental Care
We’ve been hiding at home for a long time now that many of us are starting to wonder what to do with ongoing dental care. […]
Continue reading »How to Adjust the Sound Sensitivity of Your Google Home Device
Accidentally invoking artificial intelligence like Google Assistant by inadvertently uttering a wake-up word (or something that sounds similar enough to trick a computer) has been […]
Continue reading »What CARES Act Means for Loan Forgiveness for Government Students
The government has granted a temporary grace period for student loan borrowers who are repaying federal loans. But while it’s nice not to repay your […]
Continue reading »How to Get Refunded for Canceled Summer Plans
Summer is traditionally a time to overcome your fear of roller coasters or walk on the lawn with your team at a music festival, but […]
Continue reading »Save Energy by Creating a Home Office With Natural Light
My home office is tucked away in the corner of my studio apartment farthest from my west-facing windows, but as the coronavirus quarantine progresses, I’ve […]
Continue reading »What’s Coming to Netflix in May 2020
May is around the corner, and when he arrives, he’ll bring a ton of new content with him for Netflix. Back to the Future , […]
Continue reading »Sometimes the Best Cocktail Is a Glass of Wine.
“Just stay home” is not as relaxing as it sounds. Some of us do our real work sitting on couches and kitchen tables, and many […]
Continue reading »Are You Still Trying to Conceive During a Pandemic?
Deciding when to try to conceive can be difficult, even at the best of times. Are you confident that you are truly financially prepared, even […]
Continue reading »How to Get up to 8 People to Video Call on WhatsApp
In these crazy days of quarantine, I give credit to companies that took another look at their communications software and concluded, “It’s not enough.” This […]
Continue reading »Help COVID-19 Research by Sharing Your Fitbit Data
I know my Fitbit is not for diagnostic use, but I’m also pretty sure I’m not the first to notice a correlation between, say, my […]
Continue reading »How to Recover Access to a Blocked Linksys Account
Linksys is currently forcibly resetting passwords for anyone with an account with their Smart Wi-Fi service. This behavior may sound random or even disturbing, but […]
Continue reading »Stanley Tucci’s Negroni Shook Me
They say that rules are made to be broken, but you must understand the rules before you can effectively break them. There are many rules […]
Continue reading »Physically Distance Yourself From Stress With Our Pandemic Playlist
When everything sucks, you can get up and dance. Or curl up and cry. Do you know what helps in both cases? Music. This is […]
Continue reading »It’s Time to Embrace Guilty Pleasures
If you’ve spent your days in quarantine hanging out with friends and family through Animal Crossing or drinking each season of your favorite show, you’re […]
Continue reading »What to Watch Tonight, April 21, 2020
Looking for something fun to watch tonight? Every day we collect some of the best things we could see during the day. Yesterday we found […]
Continue reading »How to Stop Random Skips and Pauses of Netflix on Android
It’s always annoying when you’re watching a movie on your phone and accidentally stop or skip it when you adjust your grip and touch the […]
Continue reading »How to Turn Off Face Unlock on Your Smartphone Now That You Are Wearing a Mask
In most cases, face unlocking your phone is an easy way to gain access to your device. However, now that we’re all in masks while […]
Continue reading »What Is Contact Tracing?
Contact tracing is an important tool for containing an outbreak. As for COVID-19, it is also a key part of plans, such as the World […]
Continue reading »How to Politely End a Video Call
Now that we’re all making more Zoom calls, Google hangouts, and FaceTime sessions, we’ve started to face that awkward moment where we might be ready […]
Continue reading »What Does “peak Infection” Mean?
We are now at a stage where the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States is in the hundreds of thousands and […]
Continue reading »Can You Be Happy in Quarantine?
Now, when everything that may seem impossible (or even selfish) is happening in the world, try to be happy. Gretchen Rubin , author of Project […]
Continue reading »Make Cheater Pancakes by Diluting the Pancake Mix
The upsurge in fancy homemade baking is still quite difficult to find flour, eggs, and yeast, but mixes remain in abundance, including for pancakes. I […]
Continue reading »Not Applicants, Request Coronavirus Assistance Payment for Your Children Until Tomorrow
If you don’t usually file your tax returns, you don’t have enough time to request a $ 500 per child coronavirus assistance payment for your […]
Continue reading »Is Your Child Misbehaving or Just Sad?
This looks like another argument between siblings. Or stamping feet followed by a slamming door. It sounds like loud voices and a challenge, or those […]
Continue reading »How to Make Compost in an Apartment
As part of our new lifestyle of pandemic preparedness, many of us have turned to gardening to the point of widespread seed shortages . Given […]
Continue reading »A Beginner’s Guide to Starting 401 (K)
Let’s say you’ve started your first job. Or maybe you’re just thinking about saving for retirement. Your employer offers 401 (k), but you don’t know […]
Continue reading »How to Take Prettier Screenshots on Your Samsung Galaxy Phone
By default, your Samsung Galaxy smartphone saves screenshots as dull images in .JPEG format. I have nothing against good old JPEG, especially if you need […]
Continue reading »This Week We’re All Trying to Find Someone to Blame
It seems that every week of this crisis has its own theme. There was a week in early March when many of us experienced isolation […]
Continue reading »Get Bing Wallpaper for Windows Desktop With These Apps
Whatever you say about Bing as a search engine, it has gorgeous wallpapers that make the whole experience almost worth it. There are many websites […]
Continue reading »You Should Set up 2-Step Verification for Your Nintendo Account Now
If you have a Nintendo Account, now is the time to make sure that your account is set up with two-step verification to keep it […]
Continue reading »Don’t Fall for These Coronavirus Phishing Scams
The severity of the COVID-19 pandemic is the perfect backdrop for scammers trying to trick you with their schemes. We’ve seen fake coronavirus tracking apps […]
Continue reading »You Should Make a 4/20 Pot Waffle Pie
As with most baking, making the perfect pot cake is practically a science. You should decarboxylate the bud , infuse the oil, and (ideally) calculate […]
Continue reading »Before Opening a New Line of Credit, Check for This Limitation
When you apply for a new credit card or decide to take out a loan, you are reading the fine print – or at least […]
Continue reading »How Should Airlines Change After the Pandemic?
We’re heading into another week of travel restrictions, quarantines, and more creative ways to stay comfortable at home 24/7. However, as hard as it may […]
Continue reading »What to Watch Tonight, April 20, 2020
Another week means a fresh search for things to see and do online. Every day we collect some of the best things we wanted to […]
Continue reading »Watch Our Planet and Other Netflix Shows on YouTube for Free
In the days when kids did go to classes to learn, Netflix made most of its educational documentaries free for teachers who wanted to stream […]
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