The Thanksgiving table doesn’t leave a ton of room for real innovation if you’re sticking to the classics. What I feel the spread often lacks is hits of brightness and slaps of deep flavor amongst the richness and heft of meat, potatoes, and gravy. …
Lees meerIt’s almost time to fall back for Daylight Saving Time, but who came up with this bizarre practice? And why? If you just answered “Benjamin Franklin” and “to help farmers,” you don’t know the real history.Read more...
Lees meerWelcome to Evil Week, our annual dive into all the slightly sketchy hacks we’d usually refrain from recommending. Want to weasel your way into free drinks, play elaborate mind games, or, er, launder some money? We’ve got all the info you need to be …
Lees meerThe Department of the Treasury announced last week that the new rate for I bonds issued between November 2023 and April 2024 is 5.27%. This number includes a fixed rate of 1.30%. With inflation causing concerns for your investments across the board,…
Lees meerEarly Black Friday deals are here, and they’re good. Although Amazon hasn’t yet released an official plan like the likes of Target, Best Buy, and Walmart, they have put out some deals. Recently, they put out a variety of Amazon products for discount…
Lees meerIt’s pretty much an American tradition that the FDA only bans a controversial ingredient after companies have mostly stopped using it—that’s how it went with trans fats and with BPA in baby bottles. Now, brominated vegetable oil (BVO) stands ready t…
Lees meerWe North Americans are entering our twenty-first (give or take) Thanksgiving season of the Internet age and, as such, it no longer feels controversial to publicly state your dislike for turkey. Outside of tradition, there’s really no reason to featu…
Lees meer“I CAN GIVE YOU MASSIVE ARMS, BROAD SHOULDERS, AND A GIANT SIZED CHEST IN JUST FOUR WEEKS,” the Body-Tone pamphlet promises. It is the “World’s Fastest Strength and Muscle Building System.” It cost $20 in the late 1950s, but I found the text of the …
Lees meerThrowing away food really bums me out. I’ll do anything to prevent it, including meeting friends at BYOF bars and pushing food onto them. When I can’t do that, I’m a master of leftovers. I’ve concocted some really excellent re-works, like leftover r…
Lees meerYears ago, Lifehacker shared a productivity method called “Don’t Break the Chain,” attributed to comedian Jerry Seinfeld, who allegedly shared the secret during a surprise interview at an open mic night in the 1990s. While the comedy legend has gone…
Lees meerEveryone knows that buying a home is expensive as heck—but the list of extra costs associated with buying a home can be shocking. Aside from closing costs, there are home inspections to pay for, lawyer fees—and possibly private mortgage insurance (P…
Lees meerEarly Black Friday deals are impressive this year, and you should be taking advantage of any early Black Friday deal that works for you. We’ve already seen some record-low prices from Target, Best Buy, Amazon, and Walmart. Just make sure to be shopp…
Lees meerI have a friend who used to love to use food poisoning as an excuse to take a day off work or otherwise avoid things she didn’t feel like doing. It’s a pretty good lie because food poisoning can make you feel really awful but only for a short amount…
Lees meerWelcome to Evil Week, our annual dive into all the slightly sketchy hacks we’d usually refrain from recommending. Want to weasel your way into free drinks, play elaborate mind games, or, er, launder some money? We’ve got all the info you need to be …
Lees meerThis grade “A” refurbished 7th-generation Apple iPad comes with open-box Beats Flex wireless headphones and a complete set of accessories for $229.99 (reg. $299.99). Read more...
Lees meerWelcome to Evil Week, our annual dive into all the slightly sketchy hacks we’d usually refrain from recommending. Want to weasel your way into free drinks, play elaborate mind games, or, er, launder some money? We’ve got all the info you need to be …
Lees meerAdGuard is an ad-blocker with built-in privacy and digital safety protections—and a lifetime subscription to their family plan is now on sale for $16.97 (reg. $129.99) through Nov. 9. The family plan covers nine devices and works on iOS, Android, Ma…
Lees meerThe thought of someone secretly living in your house and silently waiting in the closet for you to go to work so they can eat your food and pet your cat is terrifying, but it apparently happens often enough to have a name. It’s called “phrogging” an…
Lees meerBefore we all begin the long, excruciating march through the holidays, let’s take one last look back at Halloween, the lowest-expectation holiday of all, by checking out the most meme-tactic costumes of 2023 and melting all our Halloween candy toget…
Lees meerWelcome to Evil Week, our annual dive into all the slightly sketchy hacks we’d usually refrain from recommending. Want to weasel your way into free drinks, play elaborate mind games, or, er, launder some money? We’ve got all the info you need to be …
Lees meerEarlier this week, I wrote that the Google Pixel 7a dropped to its lowest price on Amazon—and predicted it was just a matter of time before the other versions dropped in price, as well, after the Pixel 8's release earlier in October. That prediction…
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