Help your friends might work but I’d go with baser rather than nobler arguments. If you stay sober, you’ll seem to be a much better conversationalist and seem much more intelligent than your less sober friends plus you’ll be less likely to end up with someone who only looked good (or seemed intelligent or sounded…

Plus, when traveling away from your home/office, Fi can use Google approved WiFi hotspots at no charge. And you get refunds for the portion of the last gigabye ‘chunk’ that you don’t use. I’ve never gone over the first gigabyte so my bill is less than $30 per month.

I do not know what version of Android introduced it but before you go third party see if you can add a Google widget. Press and hold a blank area of any home screen, click on Widgets, scroll to the Settings widget, drag it to the screen, scroll down the possible settings to Notification Log and click that. Voila, a…

A few other tips from one who was the executor of my mother’s estate.

For a packing checklist (both for packing at home and packing to go back home), I use Google Keep to save a generic list which can be easily modified for a specific trip. Just set it up not to delete checked items and when you’re finished packing you can uncheck all items and be ready for your next excursion.

I’m an old (65) white guy, raised in Virginia, and I’ve seen this far too much. Kap committed the unforgivable sin for a black man - he was uppity. Just like MLK.

True, ultimately, but for now there are an awful lot of highly optimized server farms with spare capacity. That’s not to say there will be a disruption, only to say that ‘investors’ shouldn’t rule it out.

One other thing to note. Cryptocurrencies are a commodity. If the market ever stabilizes, the overall number of ‘coins’ will still constantly increase through ‘mining’ using computers just like companies find new reserves of oil. And commodities trading is fraught with danger for the average investor. Like the impact…

You people are missing the first point of politics - follow the money. She doesn’t care about her political brand, she cares about her commercial brands. She doesn’t want her unempowered political life to affect her attempt to sell her schlock as empowering women.

In addition to direct donation to a medical school, some states have donation programs such as the Virginia State Anatomical Program at

Don’t forget other mission-critical aspects of your life. In addition to a UPS for my computer gear and one for my TV, I have one to power my phone and tablet chargers and a light if I suffer an extended blackout.

Don’t forget other mission-critical aspects of your life. In addition to a UPS for my computer gear and one for my…

By third grade most of the boys had had a “bone” and the girls knew they didn’t have one. Whether they knew the mechanics of sex probably depends on who has older siblings or friends. Don’t assume that your sex talk is the first one they hear.

It’s too small for a tangerine - it’s a peeled orange with three segments removed.

First, realize that any child in any school has probably heard much more about sex than they’re willing to tell you and much of it is wrong. Second, the article doesn’t mention, but you should, wet dreams. Third, by middle school, some children (not your angel, of course) (keep telling yourself that) will be engaging…

The ideal grilled donut is a glazed donut on a plate with a scoop of vanilla ice cream in the hole. At the University (of Virginia) it was known as a Grill’s With and, in addition to being a dessert and a breakfast, you can add it to the list of hangover preventatives and cures.

Best personal and best peanut butter combo - peanut butter, bacon, and apple butter (bottom to top).

Oatmeal is great for a quick bowl of nourishment if you are willing to forgo the texture of cut oats for the ease of instant oatmeal. Oatmeal, milk or water, salt, and a spice (I’ve gotten fond of tumeric). Add peanut butter, an egg, black beans, butter, cooked bacon (I use Costco’s crumbled bacon in a bag), cheese,…

This is a reminder to LifeHacker readers and LifeHacker that services and software cost money and very few get that money from volunteers and donations.

Capital gains were created as an incentive to invest money and, as such, make theoretical sense. The problem is that short term capital gains are the result of speculation, not investment, and long term capital gains do not require a long enough investment period.

There are very few coat and tie jobs where this would be a good idea.