Tell Your Child About Your Day With This Question.
This chorus is played all over the world every afternoon or early evening. Parents everywhere ask: “How was school?” And their kids say, “Okay,” far […]
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How to Troubleshoot Bluetooth Connection Problems
Bluetooth technology has enabled our electronic devices to communicate with each other for over 20 years. However, Bluetooth connections between devices can still fail or […]
Continue reading »What’s the Best Way to Sleep in Flight?
For the Washington Post, writer Natalie B. Compton detailed exactly why sleeping on a flight is so damn hard. You may be surrounded by sneezing, […]
Continue reading »I Want to Update Windows 7, but I’m Afraid of Losing My Programs
Everyone’s talking about Windows 7 this week. And even if you’re completely uninterested in the internals of your PC’s operating system, your attention has undoubtedly […]
Continue reading »What to Watch on Netflix This Weekend
Netflix needs to understand that we are all watching Oscar nominees in theaters; Why else would they leave us so little decent streaming material to […]
Continue reading »How to Keep Perspective When Everyone Is on a Diet
It might seem like everyone you know has a weird relationship with food every January – maybe Whole30, maybe sugar detox, maybe it’s a genuine […]
Continue reading »Is Yahoo’s New OneSearch Privacy Safe?
Yahoo and Verizon’s new search engine , OneSearch , is a completely different product from the Yahoo search of yesteryear. Not only does OneSearch opt […]
Continue reading »The Best Sauce for a Skillet Is Mostly Butter.
You can be picky about pots. (My fault , for one, is my fault .) Various thickeners, flavors, and even cream all add a certain […]
Continue reading »You Can Eat the Salad Again If Needed.
If you’ve been dreaming of romaine lettuce for months now, I have both good and bad news for you. The bad news is, your salad […]
Continue reading »Add Self-Service to Your to-Do List
For the past couple of years, I’ve been using a bullet log to keep track of all sorts of things. Work assignments and appointments, my […]
Continue reading »Our Favorite Tips for Microsoft’s New Edge Chromium Browser
Microsoft has finally released the official stable version of its Chromium-based Edge web browser. And while that doesn’t mean your old school edge is going […]
Continue reading »Why You Should Ignore the Stock Market in 2020
The past year has been stressful at best for investors of all levels. The Federal Reserve has cut interest rates several times after years of […]
Continue reading »Best and Worst Airlines Rankings 2019
The Wall Street Journal released its annual ranking of the largest U.S. airlines this morning, basing its decision on factors such as on-time arrivals, canceled […]
Continue reading »Only Check Email When You Have Time to Reply.
You may already know that I am a proponent of batch administrative tasks like email. Unless you have a job where your main job is […]
Continue reading »Roasted Radishes Look Like Flower Petals
Everyone at some point was tempted to eat a potpourri (forbidden chip). A mixture of dried flower petals and spices always looks seductively crispy, albeit […]
Continue reading »How to Develop Patience in Your Only Child
As a parent of an only child, I don’t believe many of the prevailing stereotypes about singles. As a group, they are not spoiled, unadapted, […]
Continue reading »Please Leave Your Shitty Bank
If you only do one small thing for your finances this year, can you get her to leave her awful old bank that still charges […]
Continue reading »How to Check If Your Windows 7 Apps Are Compatible With Windows 10
One of the biggest issues holding people back from updating their (really) legacy copies of Windows 7 is application compatibility. If you have some super-specialized […]
Continue reading »Find the Right Mattress Size With This Guide
Buying a mattress is a pain in the ass; After all, it’s expensive and it’s hard to tell one mattress from another if they look […]
Continue reading »How to Filter YouTube Subscriptions on IOS
The YouTube iOS app is getting an updated Subscription tab that should make it easier to keep track of your favorite channels. The revamped Subscriptions […]
Continue reading »Add Sour Cream to the Caramel Sauce
I am always looking for excuses to pour sour cream into and around my mouth. I use it the usual way (tacos, nachos, sauces), but […]
Continue reading »How to Set up IPhone As a Dongle for Google Two-Factor Authentication
iOS: If you’re a good Google user, you’re probably used to getting all sorts of prompts on your device whenever you log into your account […]
Continue reading »Rising to Failure Is Not Always the Best Option
Training plans often recommend lifting the weight so many times that you can barely complete the last rep. This is called a lift to failure, […]
Continue reading »How to Help Your Child Cope With Anxiety at Any Age
When I asked our parent Facebook group what they would like to read about on Offspring this year, I noticed one topic that came up […]
Continue reading »How to Check If Your AirPods Pro’s Noise Canceling Is Broken
The noise canceling headphones can help you enjoy your music in crowded places like buses, or stay focused on work in a coffee shop or […]
Continue reading »Your Workplace Needs an Analog Clock
If you’re struggling with time management at work, a clearly visible analog clock may come in handy. Why? Because while digital clocks tell us very […]
Continue reading »Nuts Don’t Have As Many Calories As You Might Think.
Whole nuts have fewer calories than previously thought. Over the years, research has accumulated to support this fact, but now food labels are starting to […]
Continue reading »How to Talk About Art so You Don’t Sound Stupid
Jerry Saltz, New York Magazine’s leading art critic and author of How to Become an Artist , is n’t pretentious when it comes to art. […]
Continue reading »Sous Vide Is the Perfect Way to Cook Crab
Almost all of the crabs you see at the grocery store – whether whole Dungen or Alaskan legs – come pre-cooked and frozen. This extends […]
Continue reading »Paris Museums Have Published Over 150,000 Images of Works of Art
If you’ve always dreamed of traveling to Paris to admire world-class artwork, then you no longer need to book this plane ticket. Thanks to the […]
Continue reading »Highlights From Last Night’s Democratic Debate
Last night, six presidential candidates took the stage in Des Moines, Iowa, for the seventh Democratic debate of the 2020 race – and things got […]
Continue reading »Create a Dungeons & Dragons Character With the Instagram Filter
Instagram’s “What are you ____” filters are still going strong – at least judging by the number of Disney characters I’ve seen in my friends’ […]
Continue reading »How Elizabeth Warren Plans to Cancel Student Loans With or Without Congress
Ask any professor of political science and he will tell you that the presidential candidates’ ambitions are beyond their means. The President can do so […]
Continue reading »How to Know If Your Child Is Ready to Use a Smartphone
It started at my home towards the end of the last school year. I knew it was coming, but I was still surprised to learn […]
Continue reading »Why You Should Always Contact Your Airline During a Close Relationship
On the Flyer Talk forums, one user explained why they missed their connecting flight due to an issue with their boarding pass on their phone. […]
Continue reading »How Is Your No-Cost Task Progressing?
At the beginning of this month, which is so focused on positive change, we’re putting even more pressure on you to join us and take […]
Continue reading »Save Space on Your Android Device by Automatically Removing Attached Signals
Signal has just updated its Android app with new features that make managing file attachments and deleting old conversations much easier than before. As Android […]
Continue reading »Prepare Two-Ingredient Honey With Jewels
I am a fierce and implacable advocate of beige food – always was, always will be – but even I admit that a bright color […]
Continue reading »How to Claim a Greener Investment for Your Retirement Account
Just a few years ago, if you wanted your investment to be even remotely environmentally friendly, you had to choose from a limited set of […]
Continue reading »How to Tell If You Are the Victim of a SIM Swap Attack
SIM swap attacks may sound like one of the horror stories of identity theft that only happens to people who are too careless or careless […]
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