Around these parts, the “Dirty Dozen” is more likely to refer to the “Dirty Dozen” spammer report by SophosLabs than anything else. But there is another “Dirty Dozen” that you ought to be on the watch for. ...
It seems like every couple of months, we get a new postal carrier. Our house isn’t hard to find, but the numbering conventions are such that new mail carriers have a hard time finding our mailbox and our door. It’s rea...
Cinemagraphs are a very cool type of photograph that creates the illusion of a “living” photo. Most of the photo stays static, while a small element moves. For example, a cinemagraph might feature a woman holding a pin...
One of my writing gigs involves putting together GIF recaps of popular TV shows. I generally use a web-based client to convert video clips into GIF files. The web-based service I use lets you adjust the frame rate, and also lets y...
You know why self-help books are so popular? Because human beings are never really satisfied. I can’t name a single friend in my social circle who isn’t trying to change something about their appearance, or learn a new...
The best scheduling and calendar apps are the ones that work in concert with other apps, creating a one-stop shop for all your calendar needs. After all, who wants to have to shuffle between multiple apps to track down meeting or ...
Back to school season is in full swing, and soon keyboards all over the country will be ringing out with the furious tapping of millions of high school and college students, all looking to finish essays and term papers. One of the...
It shouldn’t be so hard to find a good notetaking app. And yet, narrowing down the wide array of notetaking apps is hard. Do you want an app where you can write naturally with a stylus or fingertip, or do you prefer to type ...
If I had to guess, I’d say that modern technology has made it harder to keep a relationship together. Cheaters have more avenues for finding partners than ever before, while even a solid relationship can come to a screeching...
In high school, my best friend had this great classic Impala. It was in pretty good shape, save for the gas gauge. It didn’t work at all, so my friend always kept a notebook in the car to track when she last filled up, how m...
I’m not that good at hanging on to receipts. Well, I guess I should say that I don’t care about most of my receipts, but I am exceptionally good at hanging on to the ones that matter. Case in point: a couple of weekend...
I was chatting with a friend the other day about the unique ways that people communicate on various social networking platforms. One thing that really got her goat was when people she followed on Instagram would upload photos and ...
An old adage goes, “You eat first with your eyes.” In our Instagram-obsessed age, this is more true than ever. People are increasingly choosing restaurants based not on reputation or reviews, but on the images of food ...
The old expression goes, “never judge a book by its cover.” And yet, we do it all the time. Whether it’s actual books, movie posters, or an ad, we make our decisions based on the outward look of something. And mo...
I grew up in the country, so I’ve always slept best with very little noise, maybe a few frogs peeping or crickets chirping. But my boyfriend is a white noise kind of guy, and he can’t sleep without a fan going. We̵...
