What to Do If Your Funny Story Isn’t Funny
I’m a terrible storyteller. With enough time on the keyboard, I can turn a personal experience into a passable story, but personally I fall apart. […]
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Slice Toddler Food With a Pizza Knife
When preparing food for your toddler, you cannot get bogged down in the ineffectiveness of a knife – a tool that requires you to use […]
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macOS: I’m busy. Are you busy. We’re all busy. Sometimes the sheer amount of crap you have to deal with can seem overwhelming, but a […]
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Basically, there is nothing wrong with Dropbox, Google Drive, or whatever popular service you use to back up files to the cloud and keep them […]
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Mel Robbins is a motivational speaker and author of The Five Seconds Rule . She also hosts the new Audible Original ” Kick Ass with […]
Continue reading »Dig up Dinosaurs From Paleontological Sites Suitable for the Whole Family
Looking for a fun, educational summer activity for the whole family? How about digging for real dinosaur bones and other fossils! Here are some of […]
Continue reading »This DIY Garlic Sauce Is Much Better Than Papa John’s
Papa John doesn’t make good pizza, but he does make an addictive garlic dipping sauce. In fact, some ( Virginia and I) would say that […]
Continue reading »What to Do: Pay Off Debt or Savings for a Rainy Day?
The new class of college graduates means millions of young people are entering the labor market for the first time. But there is still a […]
Continue reading »How to AirDrop Between Windows, MacOS, IOS, and Android Devices
Apple fans have it easy when it comes to file management. Ever since Apple introduced AirDrop in OS X Lion back in July 2011, moving […]
Continue reading »How to Join a Class Action Lawsuit Over Apple’s Crappy MacBook Keyboard
If you’ve bought a new MacBook or MacBook Pro in the past few years, you may have a case against Apple. A new class action […]
Continue reading »What to Do If You Can’t Stop Worrying About Your Newborn
Almost all parents are concerned about the health and safety of their newborn babies. In fact, we are evolutionarily programmed to scan our environment for […]
Continue reading »Stay Away From YouTube With New Take a Break Feature
YouTube video: you can’t watch just one . This is not your fault. YouTube does a great job at your task, constantly offering personalized suggestions […]
Continue reading »Scientific Reason Why You Should Claim Paid Sick Days
Corporate America doesn’t know what’s good for it — in this case, paid sick leave. The United States is one of three industrialized countries that […]
Continue reading »How Not to Be a Dummy at Concerts
While concerts can be transcendental experiences that inspire collectivism, unlike anything else on this earth, anyone who has been to the show has at least […]
Continue reading »Don’t Be Afraid to Ask Stupid Questions.
Whether it’s a hot new movie, a massive sporting event, or a TV show that seems like everyone’s watching, it’s not fun to be stumped […]
Continue reading »How to Protect Your Email Now That PGP Is Hacked
If you’ve used PGP – short for Pretty Good Privacy – to send and receive encrypted email messages, it might be time to switch to […]
Continue reading »Buy Wedding Flowers at Sam’s Club or Costco
“I’ll make the flowers myself!” is the battle cry of many brides hungry for a penny, but trying to put together a bunch of bouquets […]
Continue reading »What Is CRISPR and What Is It Really Capable Of?
A DNA editing technique called CRISPR continues to hit the news, one after another in medicine. In theory, CRISPR can find any problematic region in […]
Continue reading »I Am Brit Morin, Founder of Brit + Co, and I Am a Parent.
Brit Maureen is the founder and CEO of Brit + Co , a lifestyle website full of tips and ideas for everything from organizing a […]
Continue reading »How to Find Stories and Messages in the Latest Snapchat Redesign
Earlier this year, Snapchat undertook a radical redesign aimed at making it easier for newcomers to understand the confusing social network. But the new layout […]
Continue reading »How to Pay College Tuition Without Getting a Parent PLUS Loan
Older Americans have more student loan debt than ever before, but in many cases, it’s not because of their own college education costs. The number […]
Continue reading »Use Soap to Shape and Tame Your Eyebrows
Thick, fluffy eyebrows – you know, the ones you plucked in the 90s and refused to grow back – are seriously making a comeback. For […]
Continue reading »Tell Us Your Travel Tips for Sydney Australia
Does the Sydney Opera House really exist beyond the global montage of disaster films? Let’s figure it out! This week in Hack Your City, we’re […]
Continue reading »How to Enable the New Offline Gmail Mode
A few weeks ago, Google announced a number of Gmail updates and tweaks , including the ability to read and reply to messages while you’re […]
Continue reading »Increase Your Credit Score by Providing This App With a Timely Rent Report
It takes time to build up a loan from scratch or to try to recover from multiple setbacks that caused your account to drop. Making […]
Continue reading »How to Try Out the New Google Assistant Voices Now
Google announced last week that it will add six new voices for Google Assistant, as well as a voice that sounds like John Legend. While […]
Continue reading »Share Your Checked Baggage With a Fellow Traveler in Case You Lose Your Bag
I travel a lot, so I started to reach a point where I am not surprised by too many travel tricks. However, this week a […]
Continue reading »This App Turns YouTube Into Carefully Curated TV Channels for Mindless Viewing
About a year ago, we started watching one show at home drunkenly. We usually pick something with at least four or five seasons, and then […]
Continue reading »Determine If Your Craiglist Listing Is Fake With This Chrome Extension
Last year, my boyfriend and I started looking for a new location in San Francisco. In addition to the extremely competitive and expensive rental market […]
Continue reading »Your Credit Rating May Have Just Improved.
For some people, credit scores can jump by 30 points, CNBC reports . This is because tax liens will no longer appear on credit reports […]
Continue reading »The Best Call Recorder for Skype Is Ecamm Call Recorder
I’m a journalist. (Sort of.) I have to record a lot of calls to supplement my records. When I make Skype calls, I use Ecamm […]
Continue reading »Why Is My Desktop Not Showing on the Connected TV?
Anyone with a desktop computer with a small monitor or working on a laptop in the living room has probably dreamed of the same dream […]
Continue reading »Happy Hour With 3 Ingredients: Relaxed French 75
Happy weekend and welcome back to Happy 3 Ingredient Hour , a weekly drinks column featuring very simple yet delicious libations. This week we’re making […]
Continue reading »Give Your Mom a Flexible Workplace and Paid Time Off for Mother’s Day
Among the many sacrifices parents make their children, one of the biggest problems for working families is the financial blow to a mother’s lifetime earnings. […]
Continue reading »Failure to Declare Food Products to Customs and Border Guards Can Cost You a Lot of Time
When you travel overseas, it’s a whole song as you answer questions and declare the items you need to go through before re-entering the US. […]
Continue reading »Can You Get Scurvy If You Eat Nothing but Ramen?
Everyone seems to know someone who knows someone who got scurvy in college. They say there was a guy who hadn’t eaten anything but ramen […]
Continue reading »This Is Why Amazon Can’t Fix Review Spam
As we’ve noted many times , Amazon is inundated with fake reviews and it takes work (and sometimes artificial intelligence ) to view them. BuzzFeed […]
Continue reading »You May Have Synesthesia, but You Don’t Know It
I first heard about synesthesia when I was a child and it sounded amazing. People can hear colors! Watch the music! What a fantastic psychedelic […]
Continue reading »Don’t Waste Your Money on a Beautiful Standing Table
When we last collected our staff’s weekly updates , our editors moved into new apartments, worked outdoors, tried new financial options, and increased our emergency […]
Continue reading »How to Automate Your Home With an IFTTT-Enabled Router
I love automation; I do. I just think this is the funniest thing to ever walk into my house and immediately have my smart lights […]
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