In years of driving old cars, I’ve picked up some habits, maybe superstitions, that I’m convinced have helped keep my decrepit vehicles on the road. For the sake of everyone else’s retirement-age cars clinging to survival, I shall impart some of my …
Lees meerLately, it seems like there’s been a new controversy surrounding Ring’s smart home security products every few days.Read more...
Lees meerIf you’re flying Frontier or JetBlue in the near future, don’t be surprised if your flight doesn’t exactly arrive on time. Cirium, a data collection agency that tracked over 5.6 million flights last year, ranked all North American airlines based on …
Lees meerIt’s a new year—and if you’re still dealing with an inbox full of emails from 2019, here are three tips to help you do email better in 2020.Read more...
Lees meerThough you probably know roughly how much a ride via taxi or an app like Uber or Lyft would cost from your home to your local airport, when you travel to a new city or country, all bets are off. Living in New York City, I’m routinely surprised at ho…
Lees meerIt may be something you’ve never really thought too much about: You walk into the store to buy your white child a doll and you reach for the palest version (which is often also the only version). In fact, there’s a good chance that if your child is …
Lees meerWe’re not even a full week into January, but chances are there’s somebody on your timeline with a new year’s resolution they just won’t shut up about. Don’t unfriend them—they’ll be back to normal in a month or so. The 30-day mute was made for this.…
Lees meerWhen Amazon packages started showing up on Chris’s* Connecticut doorstep last fall, he and his wife both assumed the other was buying Christmas presents for the other. But the contents of the packages looked nothing like gifts either of them would w…
Lees meerIf one of your 2020 goals is to work on more productive habits and increase your own happiness in life, Yale might be able to help you get there.Read more...
Lees meerThe Golden Globes are Sunday. The annual awards show works as a predictor for the Oscars later this year and can be a great opportunity to do a little star watching while you’re getting ideas for movies you should probably add to your watch list pre…
Lees meerEven if I don’t remember much of the ‘90s, I sure remember all that old ‘90s tech, especially the classic look and feel of older Windows operating systems. So when I saw Android Central’s post about the free-to-play Android game Progressbar95, I kne…
Lees meerThe Quadrantids meteor shower, the first meteor shower of 2020, peaks tonight through this weekend.Read more...
Lees meerWhen my son was little, we used to play a game I liked to call “Tuck Mommy in for a Nap.” It kept him busy, helped him to practice his nurturing skills, and I got to lie down for a while. I know I’m not alone; parents of little children everywhere a…
Lees meerIn the early days of smartphones, you probably didn’t dare walk out of the AT&T or Verizon store without a screen protector and case already installed on your very delicate (and very expensive) device. A fall to the floor or any jostling in your pur…
Lees meerIf you can’t decide whether it’s time to quit a job, end a relationship, bow out of a social organization, or simply say goodbye to something in your life that might be kinda okay but not great, ask yourself three questions:Read more...
Lees meerIt’s never fun to lose your phone, but it can get worse. While Androids and iPhones have plenty of protections you can use to lock or otherwise find your device when you’ve misplaced it, or when someone has swiped it, these do you little good if you…
Lees meerIf you went home for the holidays and visited a local gym to break a sweat, you probably know by now that not all gyms are created equal. Some are shitty by nature, filled with old, rusty weights and uneven flooring. But even at a perfectly new and …
Lees meerSay what you will about the last six-ish Star Wars movies or so, but there’s no denying that zooming through hyperspace to reach distant planets is one of the coolest visuals in the entire series. Now, unless 2020 gets real weird, chances are humani…
Lees meerIf you’re planning to travel in 2020, the cost of that travel is likely a pretty important consideration. One of the biggest costs when it comes to getting away is airfare. Kayak recently analyzed historic flight prices to come up with the best plac…
Lees meerAs of Thursday morning, ongoing bushfires have continued to devastate Australia. At least 15 people have died, 17 are missing, and roughly ten million acres and one thousand homes have been destroyed in New South Wales, one of the hardest-hit states…
Lees meerYou can tell it’s January from all the gym selfies, fitness tracker screenshots, and overly-enthusiastic photos of carb-less meals filling your social media feeds. While you may have decided to put your concentration elsewhere instead of your daily …
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