Raspberries are nature’s SweetTarts. For me, they’re always just slightly too sweet and too tart, but I moved into a house with so many raspberry bushes that for a long time, you could check into “Amanda’s Bush” on Foursquare. My overabundance means…
Lees meerHas any television show produced as many series finales as Futurama? Matt Groening’s sci-fi followup to The Simpsons aired on Fox for four seasons from 1999-2003 before it was canceled for the first time (series finale #1). A few years later, it was…
Lees meerYour blood pressure is a measurement of the pressure your circulating blood is putting on the walls of your arteries, and is expressed as two numbers: Your systolic pressure (the top number, so the “120" in 120/70) is the force exerted on your arter…
Lees meerChatGPT’s impact on our daily lives has likely been overhyped, but it does have some great uses. Students can use it to study for tests, for example. And if you’re interviewing for jobs, ChatGPT can help you prepare.Read more...
Lees meerYou may want to cut a pill in half—maybe because you need a smaller dose, are trying to save on prescription costs, or have trouble swallowing larger pills. Cutting pills can be safe and effective, but there are a number of guidelines to make sure t…
Lees meerOne of the most common career scenarios is feeling like you’re performing well and not being paid enough for it. Maybe you put in extra hours, volunteered for committees, or helped train others. Perhaps you shared new ideas that were implemented, ma…
Lees meerWhen you’re unhappy in your relationship, it’s easy to point the finger at your partner and accuse them of being toxic. But what if you’re the one who’s toxic? Read more...
Lees meerIf you’re dropping checks in the mail to your landlord or utility provider, it’s time to look for a different way to pay your bills. Check fraud and mail theft nearly doubled between 2021 and 2022, affecting hundreds of thousands of Americans, accor…
Lees meerSex can be awkward even when you’ve got everything going for you, but throw in a significant height difference between you and your partner and you might be facing some whole different level of misalignment. Read more...
Lees meerYuzu koshō is like sunlight on your tongue. A fermented paste of yuzu, chilies and salt, it brings the umami, but with a brightness you only get from fresh citrus. Some foodie friends and I noticed it in a soy dipping sauce at dinner in New York. It…
Lees meerI hate picking strawberries. I love the berries themselves, and I romanticize picking them every year until I’m there, crouched on the ground, reminded of my age and proclivity for back pain as I aggressively flip over leaves looking for ripe berrie…
Lees meerMicrofiber cloths—soft, absorbent, economical—are often a preferable alternative to using and throwing away a heap of paper towels. But not every time. Here’s how should you decide which to reach for when you have a mess to clean up.Read more...
Lees meerI am bad at letting things marinate: ideas, problems, meat. The issue is I don’t know what I want to eat until an hour after I’m hungry, which is not the time to start a cooking pre-process. I want to get to the post-process: eating. Nothing will il…
Lees meerIt’s not your imagination: Buying food has gotten expensive. Even as we collectively recover from the trauma of the Great Egg Price Shock of 2023, overall grocery prices continue to rise—nearly 6% over the last year. And while everything is more exp…
Lees meerRace weekend approaches...and when you’re talking Formula 1, a global motorsport league, races take place almost half of the weekends in a year. A traveling band of drivers, engineers, mechanics, and other team members come together to pit some of t…
Lees meerMost of our devices these days have touchscreens. They allow us to mix the best of both worlds: Type when it makes sense to type, and write when it makes sense to write. Microsoft is finally adapting that philosophy to Windows, offering touchscreen …
Lees meerElectric vehicles are often touted as a way to reduce emissions and save money on gas. As they become more common, people are installing charging stations at home for convenience. But there are also lots of charging stations going in at workplaces, …
Lees meerAn unblemished concrete patio, driveway, or walkway can feel like a magnet for leaking vehicles and spilled oil, which will penetrate the porous surface of a concrete and leave a lasting stain. That is, if you let it. There are a few ways to tackle…
Lees meerThe Nintendo Switch turned a full game console into a portable device, but the docking station it comes with doesn’t boast the same portable design. You can use the Switch without the docking station, but you need a docking station if you want to co…
Lees meerMaple syrup is so good, it’s hard to believe it comes out of a tree. Or maybe it’s easy to believe. Trees also give us peaches, olives, and lemons, three things that markedly improve mundane life with their mere existence. I feel like maple syrup kn…
Lees meerRemember using dialup in the 1990s? Back when the technology was new, the online world wasn’t overrun with corporations, and everyone was basically trying to figure out what the internet even was? If you miss those days and you want to revisit an in…
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