What to Do About Your Stress Eating

My family and I have been in quarantine for approximately 14 days and already we have begun to run out of our cache of emergency junk food supplies. Already, two half-gallons of death by chocolate ice cream have been devoured, and as of 2pm today, o…

How to Hand Wash Clothes at Home

If the coronavirus outbreak has you feeling less than enthusiastic about going to the laundromat—or even using your building’s shared-laundry facilities—I’m here to tell you that you can indeed wash by hand nearly everything that needs washing at h…

What's the Best Home Workout You've Done So Far?

Guys, we need to talk. While my body needs exercise as much as ever, my brain is exhausted. I’m keeping up with strength training on my own, but I have to admit I love the idea of turning over the decisions about how to exercise to somebody on a scr…

How to Tolerate the People You're Quarantined With

It’s been several weeks since we’ve begun “physical distancing,” and everyone is figuring out how to maintain their social relationships with people they can’t see anymore. But what about the people you are forced to see too much?Read more...

Dav Pilkey Is Hosting Virtual Readings and Drawing Lessons

Dav Pilkey—author and illustrator of the Captain Underpants and Dog Man children’s book series—is, like most of us, stuck at home. So he’s teaming with the Library of Congress to read to our kids and help them learn to draw some of his most beloved …

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How to Burn Off That Little-Kid Energy

Parents of toddlers, I feel compelled to check in with you: Are you okay? Has all that little-kid energy created a vortex in your living room or a black hole in your kitchen or—I don’t know—made them spontaneously combust? Anything seems possible ri…

Samsung's New Galaxy S20 Buyback Offer Isn't a Bad Deal if You're Patient

Despite being a great phone, the Galaxy S20 isn’t selling so hot right now. Samsung is trying to boost enthusiasm for its latest smartphone with a new buyback policy that ensures customers will get a sizable refund on the device in the future. And w…

Here's When You'll Get Your Coronavirus Relief Check

We now know when you can expect your coronavirus relief payment to arrive.Read more...

These Emergency Coffee Creamers Might Be Hiding in Your Pantry

If you’re not a black coffee drinker, you might be struggling just a little right now, especially if you’re not a fan of non-dairy powdered creamer. After all, not only are you stuck at home, but you could be stuck at home with another person, and t…

Block Malware With Cloudflare's New DNS Options

Cloudflare has launched a new version of its free DNS (Domain Name System) service called Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 for Families that blocks adult content and malware before your browser ever has a chance to load it. It’s one more tool in your security sta…

Is Your Yoga Form Terrible? Find Out With an Alignment Diagram

Yoga is an ideal quarantine workout: It can be as relaxing or as physically punishing as you like, and all you need to get started is your body and a reasonably soft surface. But as with any exercise, you won’t get much out of practicing yoga if you…

Use a Squeeze Bottle as a DIY Bidet

I don’t know about you, but I am running out of toilet paper. I only have two rolls left in my cabinet, and my local grocery store has nothing but empty shelves. There wasn’t any toilet paper when I last visited the grocery store in person, two week…

These Chrome Extensions Will Declutter Your Overflowing Gmail Inbox

The deluge of emails never ends. Even with ample quarantine time, tidying up your Gmail account and reaching inbox zero feels like a far-fetched fantasy, but it doesn’t need to be one: There are a number of excellent (and mostly free!) third-party b…

If You’re Struggling to Parent Right Now, You’re Not Alone

I was going to write a post about how to help your little kids burn off all that cooped-up energy that is emanating out of them right now—and I still will—but I needed to press pause on the hacks for a second to tell you something important: If you’…

What to Do if You Purchased Tickets for the 2020 Olympic Games

The Tokyo Olympics were due to host 339 events in 33 different sports, with 30% of 7.8 million tickets sold to overseas visitors from outside of Japan—roughly 2.34 million people. But on March 24th, the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympics and…

Don't Host Happy Hour on Your Company Zoom Account

After a long day of awkward virtual meetings and scrolling through increasingly apocalyptic headlines, hanging out with friends on a Zoom call might be the closest thing to normalcy you’ll get all week. But using your company account to circumvent t…

Help Researchers Track COVID-19 Spread With This App

How are you feeling today? Healthy, if a little more anxious than usual? Run-down? Feverish? A team of physicians and researchers are hoping you’ll take 10 seconds every day to self-report your symptoms (or lack thereof) to a new COVID Symptom Track…

This New Deduction on Your 2020 Tax Return Rewards Charitable Contributions

While a lot of the items in the coronavirus relief bill are temporary, here’s one that can benefit your tax returns for years to come.Read more...

How to Connect Xbox and PlayStation Controllers to Your Apple Device

One of the lesser-known features added in last year’s iOS 13, iPadOS 13, macOS Catalina, and tvOS 13 updates was the ability to connect Xbox One and PlayStation 4 controllers to your Apple devices. In the video above, I show you how to pair these co…

How to Handle a Plumbing Emergency Right Now

Plumbing emergencies don’t care about pandemics. Pipes burst, toilets back up, sewers get clogged, all on their own schedule, with no regard for how desperate we are to avoid unnecessary contact. Read more...