Just about every commercial gym has a giant wall of mirrors, whether surrounding the whole space or lining the portion of the gym with the dumbbell rack. Watching yourself in the mirror can help you to make sure you’re lifting with the correct form …
Lees meerI have many dish towels, and they have a tendency to get quite dirty. But as my laundry basket is far from the kitchen—all the way in the bedroom—I often end up letting the dirty boys hand out in the food prep area far longer than is appropriate, te…
Lees meerDespite what we see in movies, getting asked out on a date isn’t always a magical, flattering experience. In fact, chances are good that you aren’t actually interested in the person and have no interest in seeing them socially or romantically. Havin…
Lees meerI was struck the other day by the most basic pre-pandemic desire: I wish I could go out to eat with my husband and son. It’s not that I miss the food that much—we’ve gotten a lot of takeout and dined outdoors a few times before winter hit. It’s that…
Lees meerI didn’t use Windows 10's search feature often, because I didn’t find it very useful. By default, it’s handy to look up an app in a pinch or skip to a settings window without having to navigate through a tree of options, but that’s as much as I woul…
Lees meerOne of the conveniences of playing games through Steam is the app’s built-in controller support. The client automatically recognizes dozens of controllers when you connect them to your PC, and more are added all the time—including the new Xbox Serie…
Lees meerHave you ever wondered how restaurants decide how much food to buy? Like, what if one day, all the diners want the salmon, but the next week they’re all about beef? Will there be a lot of perfectly good, but unused salmon in their fridge? Sometimes!…
Lees meerAfter spending the week glued to the TV and our devices, we could all use a break from screens. Fortunately the night sky has a whole weekend’s worth of entertainment lined up for us, in the form of a rare three-planet conjunction featuring Mercury,…
Lees meerOne of the biggest challenges of shopping for clothing online—other than the arbitrary sizing—is figuring out if a certain color is going to look good on you. Sure, you probably have one or two go-to colors: shades that people have told you look goo…
Lees meerThis week’s events in Washington D.C. were met with shock and horror from world leaders around the globe. Images of a U.S. Capitol building under siege by an incensed mob of right-wing extremists earned rebukes from the UK Prime Minister Boris Johns…
Lees meerAfter jokes about a coming pandemic baby boom in early March 2020, reality seems to have sunk in: According to The Atlantic, a “baby bust” is much more likely. A significant portion of the population has reported experiencing a decreased sex drive s…
Lees meerI’m almost surprised I have to write this, but when my friends and roommates come to me with technological quirks to solve, I always hit them with one answer off the top of my head. And more often than not, it’s the single thing they need to do to f…
Lees meerWith the Democrats’ Senate runoff victory tipping the balance of power in Washington, Joe Biden’s legislative agenda suddenly has new life. So what about those $2,000 COVID-relief checks—can we realistically expect to receive additional stimulus mon…
Lees meerAs we dive into this new year—while still wading through a devastating pandemic—you may be looking for fresh habits that help you and your kids increase your mindfulness and help process the times we are living through. If so, now is the time to st…
Lees meerIf there’s one thing you can count on on the internet, it’s nothing. The whole thing is made of lies, rumors, conjecture, and outrage. But while adults believe lies like “the election was fake” and attempt to destroy American democracy over it, kids…
Lees meerBy now we all know that new year “detoxes” and “resets” don’t detox or reset anything. Depending on which you choose, they are either unsustainable diets or pure pseudoscience—often a mix of both. And yet, they still appeal. Read more...
Lees meerThe past year has encompassed a series of eradicative historical events. A worldwide pandemic forced the world into isolation, police brutality became more visible than ever, and polarizing political leaders fomented conspiracy theories and invited …
Lees meerIt’s probably the first thing you try when your computer is acting up: turn it off and back on again. But should you restart or shut down? Well that actually depends on what kind of computer you are using. Shutting down your computer will close out …
Lees meerRecipes are so easy to find online, even people with extensive cookbook collections tend to go to Google first. But when I’m so burnt out that the very concept of cooking dinner is offensive, the only cure is logging off and opening a cookbook. Read…
Lees meerIn many ways, the pandemic has forced families to slow down to a pace that felt impossible a year ago. I can remember, last March, staring at the large wall calendar that hangs in my kitchen. One by one, we’d crossed out basketball practices, soccer…
Lees meerOn Wednesday night, Democrats clinched a narrow majority in the Senate, wresting control of both chambers of Congress for the first time since 2011. With an incoming Democratic president in Joe Biden, the party stands poised to reverse, or at least …
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