This year's WWDC is one for the history books. Apple made is usual software announcements, introducing iOS 17, iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma, and watchOS 10, and even introduced the largest MacBook Air yet....
Creative types know all too well how many apps come on the market every year promising to help them execute their vision. While many of these programs are great, unfortunately that means a whole lot ...
I am always looking for ways to make oatmeal more interesting, and I've got another strong lead. I'm a big fan of boiling oats in strong tea or bulking them up with a steaming bounty of sausage and pi...
Having your iPhone stolen is traumatic enough, but it hurts more to know that your most intimate data is also in the hands of unscrupulous individuals. Fortunately, there are more than a few things yo...
I still love receiving mail, but most of what lands in my mailbox these days isn't cards from people I know or magazines I look forward to every month. Rather, it's junk that goes right into the trash...
Modern gardening often involves weeding, turning the soil, fertilization, and pest control. But permaculture is the practice of growing a garden with the least amount of intervention possible, relying...
Life can take some unexpected turns. Most of us imagine a specific trajectory to our lives: You grow up, move out, get a job, and live independently from that point forward. Reality often turns out a ...
After years of being relegated to the basement, laundry rooms have largely moved above ground in homes built over the last 25 or so years. But if your home was constructed before upstairs laundry room...
Apple makes great products, but it's hard to get around the fact that they also tend to cost more than the competition. But there's a way around the so-called "Apple tax." You just need to buy refurbi...
I have so many articles of clothing that it's not uncommon for me to find a top or skirt in my closet and wonder aloud, "What the hell is this?" At some point, I bought it. I probably even tried it on...
Screen time is often vilified in our parenting culture. Parents who let their kids have unlimited or lots of time on tablets or in front of the TV are deemed "lazy" or uninvolved. It's a bit of a stat...
U.S. home prices will decline less than previously expected this year. Home prices in March were 0.7% higher than March 2022, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Indices (the le...
While Microsoft Word is a trusty way to type up an essay, it might not be a good match for your writing process. If you've been wanting to try out Scrivener, now is a good time: Scrivener was designed...
There's nothing quite like the satisfying sound a sharp pair of sears makes when you're pruning or deadheading your plants. But every gardener knows the anguish of finding that their shears have been ...
Given the inflation-bloated costs of owning a car--insurance, fuel, buying the dang thing in the first place--you may be looking for a cheaper way to get yourself where you need to go. If you're comfo...
There's a macabre adage in journalism: If it bleeds, it leads. That means, in essence, that the more violence or conflict a story contains, the more prominent it will appear, whether in print or on t...
If someone were to study the color palette of my diet, they would find a lot of beige and yellow, and most of the yellow would be from butter and egg yolks. I consume a lot of both, often at the same ...
A pitcher of lemonade can serve a sweltering summer party, but a party of one deserves refreshment just as much as a crowd. As long as you have a single lemon, you can make a frosty glass of lemonade....
Screen sharing isn't just for work calls anymore. Maybe you want to play a game with a friend over a video call, or you need to walk your parents through a tech problem. Either way, screen sharing is ...