Every month has a full moon, but only July can lay claim to the moon named after an animal with majestic antlers: the Buck Moon. This particular month is already a blockbuster for celestial events, with the Perseid meteor shower at its crux. But thi…
Lees meerIf you’ve enabled automatic updates on Windows 10, you’ve probably noticed the addition of a new—and rather annoying—weather and news widget in the taskbar. It’s called “News and Interests,” which Microsoft added to Windows 10 with the version 1909 …
Lees meerAs Derek Zoolander wisely put it, wetness is the essence of life. Whether you like drinking water or not, it accounts for about 60% of your body weight, and plays a pretty important role in making sure your body functions normally. But statistics as…
Lees meerIt’s full-on summertime, and the living is… kind of weird. People continue to get hurt imitating TikTok, a pop star visited the White House to get kids to take the damn vaccine already, and everyone on the internet is learning a lot about wild pigs.…
Lees meerMost of us have worked in a company that is, to put it bluntly, full of shit. For those who have endured a number of these environments over the years, the ability to detect it is almost a sixth sense. But now there’s a useful framework for quantify…
Lees meerAll-cash offers on homes are all the rage lately, but is it as good an idea as most of us think? While they make for an attractive offer to the seller, you’ll want to consider the consequences of tying up your money into a fixed asset like a home, a…
Lees meerDrought season is, once again, upon us. If you’re in an effected area, you’ll need follow your state’s water restrictions—but we can (and should) all find ways to conserve water year-round. You’re probably aware of a few small measures you can take …
Lees meerRunning can be as simple as putting one foot in front of the other, but if you do a lot of running you’ll discover things about yourself and your sport that you wouldn’t have guessed at the beginning. Recently a redditor asked for a shortcut to some…
Lees meerAfter we shared how to unshrink your clothes, we were asked if it was possible with pants—so, naturally, we went to find out. Adjusting your pants’ waistline is especially helpful if you’re someone like me, whose waist tends to sit right in between …
Lees meerTo our 2021 eyes, the original Space Jam was pretty modest in its ambitions: Reinvent the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters by teaming them up with fictionalized versions of real NBA stars like Michael Jordan. That, of course, was before W…
Lees meerYou can make easy money taking online surveys, but they typically don’t pay more than a few bucks an hour, way less than you’d get with a part-time job paying minimum wage. Still, as a diversion, it pays better than scrolling through Twitter, especi…
Lees meerVacuums suck! Or rather, problems arise when they stop sucking.Read more...
Lees meerTemperatures across the country continue to climb, and people are spending more time outdoors—so naturally, there’s a recall of sunscreen products from pharma giant Johnson & Johnson. Specifically, it’s for five of the company’s aerosol sunscreens f…
Lees meerA small tile project like a backsplash can be a DIY project—as long as you have the right tools. However, tiling jobs—including that backsplash project—often call for a wet saw to accurately (and safely) cut the tile. A wet saw provides a steady str…
Lees meerAfter the design overhaul of Firefox 89, the version 90 update is comparatively timid. But it focuses on two important things—privacy and tracker blocking. If you’re a fan of Firefox and its continued mission of protecting your privacy and automatic…
Lees meerEvery time you head out to a new location, there’s a good chance you instinctively pull up Google Maps to help guide you there—there’s no better tool out there for navigation and traffic updates. But even if you use it practically every day, there’s…
Lees meerIf you’ve ever received an email from your bank, accountant, lawyer, or doctor (or any number of other professionals), you’ve also likely seen a disclaimer at the bottom of the message regarding confidentiality. It may have read something like this:…
Lees meerIn the past year, as more people have been working from home, physical therapists have been seeing an increase in patients with “dead butt syndrome,” or DBS for short, which is pain, numbness, and tingling in the butt, which can often extend to the …
Lees meerI love peaches—I could eat a peach for hours!—but I do not love removing the stubborn, literally clinging stone from the center of the fruit. Fortunately, I follow some very smart people on social media, and those people often have solutions to ever…
Lees meerWith the real estate market superheated right now, some homes are selling within days—and even with cash offers well over the asking price. What that means, though, if you’re looking to sell and you think your house will sell quickly, is that you ma…
Lees meerAfter years of annoying Joy-Con drift issues plaguing Nintendo Switch consoles, there may finally be a permanent fix.Read more...
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