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It’s a sad fact that of the 40 (or more) hours we spend at work every week, many are taken up by idle time, downtime, meetings, and other distractions. That’s why it’s essential that when you do find time to actually work, you’re in the zone and getting things done.

You can use hacks to boost your productivity and …

If you’re a gaming purist, you know wired controllers are better. Or if you play competitive games, like fighters, you might have friends also plugging in to play with you. Well, when you do, you might want to think twice about using the port on the back of your PS5. It might melt your controller’s USB connector.

A fireplace can be a charming bit of old-school design in your home, evoking cozy winter evenings and simpler times when we lacked things like central heating. It’s not uncommon for newer homes to have fireplaces incorporated into their common areas—often a decorative electric or gas-powered model that serves as much…

Taco Bell is giving customers free tacos for the next five Tuesdays. To get yours, walk into just about any Taco Bell location on August 15, 22, 29, and September 5 and 12, and say, “Give me a free Doritos Locos Taco.” No purchase is necessary.

Apple Music is a serviceable Spotify alternative, but it has consistently lagged behind in one critical area for a music streaming service: recommendations. Spotify users have long praised their app’s algorithmic ability to serve them up worthwhile music recommendations, and those who’ve tried both services seem to…

The saddest meal of the year is always the one immediately after returning from visiting family. Mine is usually more of a free-range fridge scrounge than an actual meal, and I always have a lot of questions: Is that leftover curry too old to eat, or am I just a coward? Who ate all my cheese? Why didn’t I stuff my…

You already know that scheduling your tasks—whether you’re timeboxing, task batching, or theming entire days—is a major priority when it comes to being productive and getting stuff done. But when you have a bunch of tasks and don’t even know where to start with scheduling them by priority, you need an efficient method…

The major incentive to stay loyal to one specific airline is your ability to rack up points and miles. A few years back, you could be confident that a business-class flight to Europe would cost no more than about 60,000 points or miles each way. Unfortunately, frequent flyers no longer have that same guarantee—not…

It seems that, in an attempt to rebrand mayonnaise, various hip food establishments insist on calling all sorts of creamy condiments “aioli,” and I refuse to stand idly by, letting this go unchecked. Aioli is not, as some would have you believe, “fancy mayo.” Aioli is its own, very specific thing, and it is amazing.

Applying to jobs is tedious, but dealing with tedium is AI’s speciality. If you’re tired of constantly drafting cover letters and manually entering your personal information, let a dedicated AI do it. LazyApply can help you generate application materials, automatically enter your information, and generally automate…

Sure, you can bring smoke to a summer salad by throwing a couple peaches, pineapple slices or romaine hearts on the grill, but what about those of us without grill access? We spend the summers roaming the earth, searching for even a hint of smoke to add to our salads. Turns out, there’s a simple way to add it, and…

For anyone burdened with debt, fighting lifestyle creep, or overwhelmed by the current state of inflation, it’s all too easy to feel as if your finances are out of your control. Even if you aren’t drowning in debt (thank goodness), the ever-looming prospect of a recession means you are still stuck living with…

So you think you’ve got this whole digital-security thing covered. You don’t reuse passwords; you don’t click suspicious links; you might even use burner email addresses. You’re invincible. Except, whoops, what’s that? You still got hacked? Wait, you haven’t been typing lately, have you? Rookie mistake.

Tasting real-deal balsamic vinegar for the first time can be life-changing. Traditionally made balsamic—aka “Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale”—is a far cry from the stuff you see at the grocery store. Where most of the stuff sold as “balsamic” is thin and sharp, traditional balsamic is thick, viscous, rich, and complex,…

If you’re putting together an end-of-summer home maintenance checklist, you’ve probably taken your home’s HVAC system into consideration. Changing filters and performing an inspection at least once a year is always a good idea to keep everything running smoothly. While cleaning the gratings on your vents can help…

If you took a Spanish or French class in high school but now can’t remember the word for banana, you aren’t alone. It might be that you didn’t use the language enough for it to really stick, or that a traditional class didn’t fit your learning style. Or maybe you never took a language in the first place, and you’re…

While towels are used as part of our cleaning process, they are, in fact, extremely gross.

ChatGPT has transformed the role of AI in our everyday lives. People are now regularly relying on AI to spiff up their résumé and write thank-you notes. With the popularity of ChatGPT, however, comes the almost inevitable influx of scammers, as covered by Mashable. These scammers are making their own free AI programs…

I live in a city, but not the city, so my inexplicably teeny tiny kitchen tends to amuse my friends. It barely qualifies as a “room;” it’s more a small space carved out of a hallway and it’s constantly cluttered with my various kitchen projects. There is no countertop space because I have almost no countertop.

Since I…

Wearing a helmet while riding a bike doesn’t eliminate the possibility of head injury in an accident, but it helps. According to this study, helmets provide a 63 to 88% reduction in the risk of head and brain injuries across all age groups. Conclusion: You’d be foolish to bike without one.

Cheese is good in nearly any phase—whether solid, liquid, or what could best be described as a “gel.” I haven’t encountered cheese in a gaseous state, but if I did, I’d probably like it. (Are Easy Cheese whippets a thing?) Once of my favorite forms of (solid) cheese is the cheese crisp, aka “frico,” which is made by…

Are you angling for a promotion? Were you just given new responsibilities at work? Are you a little nervous you’re not doing great with your existing leadership tasks? No matter what industry you’re in, we all have similar goals and concerns. We all want to advance, make money, and do well in our roles. Luckily,…

Eating at a restaurant in New Mexico usually starts with the choice between red or green chiles, a question for which there is no wrong answer. Red chiles bring the heat, green chiles bring the flavor, and opting for both gives the word “Christmas” a whole new (and utterly delicious) meaning. When it comes to green…

Like many folks, my wife and I enjoy watching real estate reality shows, from House Hunters or Property Brothers. Everyone knows these shows are soothing, dumb entertainment that follows a formula so rigid you can predict what any pair of house hunters will say with near-perfect accuracy. These shows also lie to you…