It has been a year since Disney closed down its theme parks due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was no small thing—as recently as 2016, Disney’s parks made up 40% of its annual income, so the company was understandably anxious to reopen…
Lees meerI have gotten more discerning about most things as I age, but the longer I am alive, the less picky I am about peels. Unlike my seven-year-old self, who wouldn’t eat an apple unless it was peeled, cored, and cut into segments, I’m now a big fan of n…
Lees meerWhen we want to convey a difficult or abstract concept to our kids, whether it be empathy, racism, anxiety, or bullying, we often turn to children’s books for help. These books can help us introduce topics and ideas we otherwise struggle to put into…
Lees meerGoogle recently added Live Captions to the desktop version of Chrome. With Live Captions enabled, Chrome auto-transcribes any audio playing in the browser, even if the sound is muted.Read more...
Lees meerWhen I was 21, fresh out of college and navigating California’s broken job market in the pits of the Great Recession, I got a public radio internship and was overjoyed.Read more...
Lees meerIf your lender has allowed you to defer payment on your credit card, car loan, or mortgage payments during the pandemic, you’ll want to check your credit reports for errors more frequently, perhaps once a month. Lenders are increasingly mislabelling…
Lees meerThere are lots of inspiring TED Talks out there for adults—but if we’re not sharing some of them with our kids, they’re missing out on all the entertainment, context, knowledge, and motivation so many of them can provide. Some TED Talks are given by…
Lees meerIf you applied to a dream school, but landed on the waiting list, it can feel like all hope is lost. In a sense, it might feel worse than being rejected; you technically haven’t been rejected, and the university appears to be somewhat interested in …
Lees meerIn the 20 years since the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences introduced the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, a hand-drawn movie has claimed the award only once—Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki’s 2001 masterpiece Spirited Away. From Shrek to…
Lees meerMicrosoft is adding Auto HDR to Windows 10. The new setting, borrowed from the Xbox Series X/S, adds HDR (High-Dynamic Range) color and brightness levels to DirectX 11 and DirectX 12 games that otherwise only have SDR (standard dynamic range). Micro…
Lees meerThe man who killed eight people, six of them Asian-American women, at spas in Atlanta told police he had a “sexual addiction.” Other men have said the same after committing rapes or other crimes, but sex addiction is not recognized as a real disorde…
Lees meerThe Department of Education announced that they will forgive approximately $1 billion in student loan debt for borrowers who have been misled or scammed. The move loosens Trump-era loan restrictions for this type of claim, and includes full forgiven…
Lees meerLast night I was bouncing around through various social media apps when I saw a post from my friend Danielle that advised, “don’t sleep on air fried chickpeas.” I made a note of it, then went to sleep, which was the exact opposite of what Danielle h…
Lees meerEven those who had a relatively healthy relationship with technology prior to the pandemic may now find themselves in a different position—one where they’re interacting with some type of screen during nearly all of their waking hours. Between the Z…
Lees meerDo you ever find yourself in an anxiety spiral, ruminating over things that stress you out? Have you ever replayed that embarrassing interaction or fight with your partner over and over? Read more...
Lees meerHP’s Omen 25L and a Buy 2 Get 1 Free games sale lead Monday’s best deals.Read more...
Lees meerCal Newport is tired of the technological inundation that comes with the modern working world. To him, a deluge of Slack notifications, emails, meeting alerts, text messages—all of the things that comprise the basis of contemporary office communicat…
Lees meerIn case “not getting a deadly virus” isn’t enough of a reason to offer up your arm for a couple of doses of the vaccine, Krispy Kreme wants to give you a little extra encouragement—in the form of free doughnuts all year. Read more...
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Lees meerGardening and various forms of mindfulness have been getting more attention over the past year, thanks to (wait for it) the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, for many people, gardening itself is a form of mindfulness, giving them a chance to press pause o…
Lees meerGiven all the quarancleaning that has been going on over the past year while we were stuck at home without much else to do, your 2021 spring cleaning may be a light lift. On the other hand, you also may have gone a little overboard with online shopp…
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