Новости за 04.01.2023

Many of our parents’ computers are essentially held up with duct tape. How these ancient behemoths manage to power on each day is an eternal mystery. But if your parents are running an old version of Windows, specifically Windows 7, 8, or 8.1, be warned: Google Chrome is about to get rocky.

It’s salad season. Not because of the produce currently available—though I love a winter salad—but because now is the time of resolutions, and meal planning, and “getting it together.” A lot of people associate those things with eating bowls—big metal bowls—of raw greens and other vegetables, and bagged salad kits are…

While you could learn how to make fast food-worthy fries at home, you might as well save yourself the trouble, because Burger King wants to give them to you for free for the next six months.

We have no shortage of love for spinach and artichoke dip (including how to improve your usual recipes), and it’s no wonder–the stuff is incredible. It’s creamy, salty, tangy, and “spinach” is the first word, which makes it sound “healthy”. No version of spinach dip is a bad idea, but there is an easiest, quickest,…

The Mediterranean diet has made the bullshit list of “best diets” once again, which got me thinking: has anybody ever gone on the Mediterranean diet? Like on purpose? There’s no straightforward app to track it, and no easy-to-read book that gives simplistic rules to say yes or no to a given meal.

Too often we take the gift of a hot shower for granted. When a flood ripped through my house a few years ago and trashed the water heater, I took my first ice-cold shower ever, and vowed to never repeat a truly miserable experience.

During the pandemic, Congress effectively prevented states from kicking people off Medicaid, the nation’s public health insurance program for people with low income. This led to a historic number of enrollments over the past two years. But now, the passing of Congress’ $1.7 trillion omnibus package means millions who…

There’s a new hack floating around TikTok that suggests your wick-based air fresheners, like the kind you plug into the wall, don’t have to be tossed out when they stop working. Instead, according to some social media posts, you can boil the wicks to give your home a major scent boost. Seems like a neat way to indulge…

As cannabis continues to emerge from the haze of prohibition, you can expect to start seeing it just about everywhere—provided you live in a state where it is legal for recreational use, that is. One place it has always belonged, but not often occupied for various reasons (from the threat of law enforcement, to theft,…

Happy new year! I hope you got a chance to catch up on your gaming backlog over the holidays, because 2023 is starting off strong with a litany of great games coming to PlayStation Plus and Xbox Game Pass in this month, including freebies you can download and keep forever, and limited-time additions to each service’s…

Despite appearances, the United States is still a nation of laws, and every January first, we wake up to a gaggle of new ones that were passed by our hard-working legislators over the previous year. 2023 promises many new and exciting rules that must be followed or you’ll thrown into a cage, so here’s a cross-country…

I’m just now coming down from my annual four-week holiday cookie baking bender, and I’ve had time to ponder some of the ways my baking was affected by various types and forms of chocolate. It’s a versatile ingredient to a point, but some chocolate shapes are better suited to certain things. Before you grab a bag of…

If your resolution is to eat healthy in the new year, please don’t hop into any crash diets or misguided detoxes. Here are some of our best tips, articles, and in-depth guides about how to eat healthy in a way that’s actually good for your body and mind.

It was New Year’s Eve afternoon, and I was limping around the local bougie grocery store in a protective boot, desperately searching for caviar with which to make my favorite fancy girl snack of caviar and chips. All they had was salmon roe, my least favorite roe. (It’s too much like a fish Gusher! Sorry!) “Of…

As a frequent flyer, you frequently hand over your possessions to the airline, only to hope and pray you never hear the four scariest words that can be said in an airport: “We lost your bags.” Of course, lost luggage is par for the course when it comes to air travel, and is a risk we all assume when taking to the…

From the hidden costs of lifestyle creep to the glaring costs of inflation, it’s all too easy to watch your spending grow out of control. And if your primary means of spending is with a credit card, it’s equally all too easy to rack up serious debt. One of the easiest, yet often overlooked strategies to ensure you…

The beginning of a new year naturally seems to make us all a little more reflective, and hopefully, a little more optimistic. This year, we say, is the year we will finally focus on our health, our wellbeing, and our relationships. Of course, life often gets in the way, but there’s nothing wrong with setting goals and…

An image search for “panzanella” will return countless photos of bread and tomatoes in beautiful wooden bowls. This makes sense, because wooden bowls are the preferred vessel for anything “Tuscan,” and bread and tomatoes are the two principle ingredients in panzanella, a summer salad made with staled loaves and ripe…

There are many achievements that mark our path up the ladder of adulting—your first job, first apartment on your own, first serious relationship, the first time you care what the word “escrow” actually means. But there is a final frontier, an activity that is so adult engaging in it means you have truly left your wild…