Новости за 28.11.2018

Not to be overly presumptuous, but if you’re a person who’s alive in the world at 2018, there’s a good chance that sometimes, you need help calming down.

When my son was a tantrum-y (and somewhat aggressive) toddler/preschooler, we spent a lot of time enforcing the time-honored tradition of the time-out. Made extra popular by Supernanny Jo Frost, the time-out seemed like a bit of a last result—and honestly not terribly effective—but we found ourselves going to it over…

Procrastination is a vice many of us indulge in, and there’s a reason it’s so hard to quit. However, the long term effects of putting things off are actually hurting your brain.

You can now use Alexa to donate toys. On Tuesday, Amazon rolled out a new feature for its virtual assistant that allows you to donate a toy to a child in need by saying, “Alexa, donate to Toys for Tots.” When you do, Alexa will suggest actual toys you can purchase to be sent to the organization.

If you’re committing to a live tree this holiday season, I hope you’re ready to do a lot of watering. That big boy’s going to need a gallon or more per day, and no additives or spray-on stuff can change that. Keep your tree watered. Otherwise, it becomes a huge fire hazard.

I do not care for the man formerly known as my stepdad, but at least he introduced me to latkes. The slightly cake-y, hash-brown-adjacent potato dish was unlike anything my seven-year-old palate had experienced, and it had experienced a lot of potatoes.

The Tooth Fairy came up in our Offspring Facebook Group recently when one parent asked whether it was ok to skip the whole “A Fairy Brings You Money For Your Teeth” thing. In the course of the discussion, one parent had a great suggestion for trading teeth for money in a slightly non-traditional (but easier) way...

For Ron Swanson, diversifying assets means selling some gold to buy a majority interest in the Lagavulin whisky distillery. For the average retail investor, it’s going to look a little different.

If you’re a student that’s been contemplating a YouTube Premium or YouTube Music subscription, now might be the time to buy.

Much to my surprise and my roommates’ consternation, I have somehow managed to work from home for an entire year. There are a lot of upsides to leading a laissez-faire life of couch-writing. I never have to commute, which is a true blessing, considering how often all the New York City subways experience systemwide…

In The Black Khan, Ausma Zehanat Khan’s latest fantasy novel, a resistance group struggles to overthrow a cruel patriarchy led by a tyrant. You know, escapist stuff. Khan’s work has been compared to George R.R. Martin’s, but it also explores issues of cultural divides and conflicts inspired by the contemporary and…

The stock market has been cooling off from the year’s highs. And that’s fine! Really. There are a lot of reasons for this, but the upshot is that unless you retired yesterday or plan to retire soon, you can more or less ignore the fluctuations. (If you’re nearing retirement, read this article for some ideas of what to…

In the latest (or, really, most recently unearthed) instance of the internet being creepier than most users realized, it has come to our attention that the text box you use to communicate with customer service reps at most websites doesn’t work the way you expect it to. In short: it would seem that a lot of companies…