Teaching a teenager to drive has never been easy. While it can be (or you want it to be) a fun and exciting rite of passage, it can also be ...
I have a precise method for making a box of macaroni and cheese: I boil the water, cook the macaroni for a couple minutes shy of the package instructions, drain ...
Lift heavy to build muscle: that’s advice you’ve probably seen in a million places. But how heavy is “heavy,” and how do you know if your workout qualifies?
There’s no specific ...
After a year of travel restrictions, nearly a third of all credit card holders have not redeemed their credit card rewards. But will these rewards expire before you’re ready to ...
Personal checks are steadily falling into disuse. They’re kind of like fax machines—outmoded, slow, with only a hardened group of people still using them even as they become less practical. ...
When not one, but two safe and highly efficacious vaccines received Emergency Use Authorization from the Food and Drug Administration in December 2020—less than a year after the first confirmed ...
You do everything right, yet disaster still strikes. Such is the world of troubleshooting a fussy PC, like when a prompt suggests that it’s fixing your computer but somehow makes ...
The amount of praise for an egg seems to be directly proportionate to the softness of the yolk. Runny and “jammy” eggs are in vogue—even “hard-boiled” eggs are expected to ...
Whether you’re buying gifts for other people, taking advantage of seasonal deals, or surviving through the pandemic, you might have a spike in packages delivered to your place of residence. ...
Beginning today, the CDC officially requires travelers to wear masks on trains, planes, buses, taxis, ride shares and other forms of “public conveyances.” The order, which you can read here, ...
My 10-year-old has many wonderful qualities. He’s funny, generous, and curious about the world. He does not, however, like to lose a game. And to be fair, that’s not all ...
If you don’t live in an area prone to natural disasters, you may think it could never happen to you—but unfortunately, that’s not the case. A few years ago, a ...
I have been getting a lot of emails lately. Most are about baking soda and ground beef, one was about Stuart Murdoch, and a fair number are about sweet potatoes, ...
Being pregnant does not disqualify you from getting the COVID vaccine, whether you’re looking at the CDC’s guidelines or newer ones from the World Health Organization. A few headlines have ...
I often lament the fact that no matter how many times I unload the dishwasher, it will inevitably need to be unloaded again—probably later today or tomorrow. Chores are a ...
Every parent has been there (and if you haven’t yet, give it time): Your focus shifts for just a moment. You’re at the store, trying to pick out the right ...
I never thought I’d hear the phrase “Windows 7" ever again, but a Lifehacker reader recently reminded me that, yes, some people are still using Microsoft’s end-of-life operating system. It’s ...
Now that you’ve gotten a handle on the GameStop stock madness, it’s time to learn about Dogecoin. Why is the retail investor hivemind pumping up the obscure cryptocurrency with a ...
Not all of us lose our virginity at age 16 in the back of an old Camry. If you’re still a virgin later in life, it can feel like you’re ...
Now that you’ve gotten a handle on the GameStop stock madness, it’s time to learn about Dogecoin. Why is the retail investor hivemind pumping up the obscure cryptocurrency with a ...
I can’t figure out who, exactly, Amazon’s Halo Band is designed for. The screen-free band works in the background to ...
As we learned pretty early on in the year, what starts out as a quick check of what’s going on ...
A lot of us have had to put together new daily routines now that we’re working from home, parenting from ...
Sure, having a dog comes with countless mental and physical health benefits—not to mention companionship at a time when people ...
Exercising during a pandemic is a good, healthy use of your time. Exercising while binging your favourite shows is an ...
Categorizing things can hel us humans process them, and personality traits are no exception. We tend to think of these ...
I’ve never had trouble waking up in the morning. When the alarm goes off, I’m up and ready to work—but ...
Are you sitting at home? Working at home, perhaps? Working at a desk somewhere? If so, my fitness challenge to ...
Having 'no plans' used to feel luxurious—hedonistic, even—but 'things' have shifted, and the lack of structure in our days is ...
Rise of the retail investor
In traditional value investing, you find an undervalued company, buy the stock while it’s cheap, ...
Exercising outdoors in the winter often means exercising in the dark, whether you’re getting up before dawn or lacing up ...
Living in the pandemic means not knowing what the next day will bring, and not knowing how or when it ...
You might already do something similar at work: once a week, even if you’re in near constant communication with your ...
Packages in my household are opened the second they arrive, so keeping the holiday gifts separate from standard packages this ...
In the early days of the pandemic, my social media feeds were filled with people boasting about all the reading ...
I expected the pandemic to have many surprising ramifications, but one thing I could not have predicted was for my ...
If you don’t live in an area prone to natural disasters, you may think it could never happen to you—but ...
The growing popularity of Fetch Rewards—often listed on newer best grocery rewards apps lists next to other long-standing, popular apps ...