Remember holiday season 2020? We argued that the safest move was to have Thanksgiving at home and postpone big Christmas gatherings to next year, when we would hopefully all have vaccines. (The first COVID vaccines were authorized in December, if yo…
Lees meerPorches, patios, and decks have become major go-to spaces for entertaining, particularly since the start of the pandemic. While the changing weather might present you with a few challenges, there are some things you can do to get the most out of you…
Lees meerApple’s AirPods lineup has gotten confusing. The distinction was simpler before, when you could pick the AirPods Pro if you wanted an in-ear fit with active noise cancellation, or the regular AirPods if you could live without that. The third-generat…
Lees meerUpcycling furniture can add original flair to your space while keeping furniture out of the landfill—a real win-win, especially when you remember how expensive it is to buy new furniture, and how much of it isn’t built to last unless you’re willing …
Lees meerMicrochipping is a common practice among pet owners as a way to embed their contact information into their pet. If your pet gets lost, and then found—and the finder thinks to have the animal scanned for a chip—you will be identified and thus happily…
Lees meerWhen the lines between “work-friends” and “real-friends” get blurred, you risk creating awkward workplace situations or even serious hurdles to getting your job done. Yet if you’re friends with coworkers on social media, or have spent the past year …
Lees meerAfter years of waiting, Apple has finally delivered on its promise of making MacBook Pros that are actually designed with professionals in mind. The 2016 redesign of the MacBook Pros with USB-C ports, Touch Bar, and butterfly keyboards got Apple on …
Lees meerThis video from TikTok has recently gone viral. In it, a student in a lecture hall uses Apple’s new Live Text feature to photograph another student’s laptop screen, then converts the picture into text, saves it, and thus “steals” the other student’s…
Lees meerSo, you’re in the market for a new laptop. As it happens, Apple recently released two brand new computers—a 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro—complete with the speedy M1 Pro chip, the return of MagSafe charging, large mini LED displays, and other exci…
Lees meerWith the student loan freeze on interest and payments expiring Jan. 31, 2022, there’s still time to use that extra cash to improve your finances over the remaining three months, especially if all your other recurring expenses haven’t increased since…
Lees meerSo I figured if I find the cure for cancer, I’ll make a lot of money. I don’t have time to “study oncology” or “learn how anything works,” but I like money, and I have a shortcut: The Library of Babel. If there’s a cure for cancer, it’s already writ…
Lees meerGetting flour or bread crumbs to stick to chicken meat is an important step of making fried chicken. You can get elaborate with a three-step flour-egg-breading situation, or you can paint the meat with mayo before tossing it in flour or panko (or wh…
Lees meerWe all know it’s crucial to wash our armpits and nether regions when we bathe—of this there is no doubt. We’re well-versed in the importance of hand-washing, and if you’ve ever been a greasy, hormonal teenager, you know why your face and hair need t…
Lees meerPeople seem to be split down the middle on ad-supported TV streaming—49% of subscribers saying they were “very satisfied” with it in a recent survey, while 54% of those same respondents say they plan to switch to ad-free tiers of TV streaming in the…
Lees meerEvery now and then a particular TV show takes over and commands the all-seeing eye of pop culture for weeks or months at a time—think the first season of Stranger Things, or the height of Game of Thrones manis. Right now, that show is Squid Game, wh…
Lees meerWhether you write for a living, functionally as part of your job, or as little as humanly possible because thinking about high school English still sends you into a cold sweat, we can all use a periodic reminder of some writing best practices—and th…
Lees meerA few months ago, I accidentally signed up for a farm box delivery service. This wouldn’t be such a big deal, except I buy a lot of food for work, and having too much perishable food in the fridge at any given moment gives me a small amount of anxie…
Lees meerWell, well, well...it’s crunch time. You searched “last minute,” “low effort,” and “the laziest possible” Halloween costume ideas, and now you’re here.Read more...
Lees meerThe iPhone takes very natural-looking photos. It doesn’t do a lot of color correction, it doesn’t saturate colors, and it doesn’t increase the contrast by default just to make an image pop. What I’m saying is, the iPhone camera is, by default, a bit…
Lees meerDefinitionally, science fiction is a genre built on the power of imagination—both for those who create it and those who consume it. Though expansive sci-fi films abound, like horror, the genre works just as well—or better—when it unfolds inside your…
Lees meerCourtesy of their new, Ultra-Wide camera sensor, iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max can now take stunning, super-close-up photos without attaching anything to your phone. When you get close enough to a subject, your camera will automatically switch to a c…
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