Alec Baldwin kept trying to order fancy socks from the TV commercial and Alexa would wake. After that round of ads, I’ve noticed that this is no longer a problem for the Echo. I assumed that Amazon had made some sort of change to prevent this issue.

While your suggestion is spot on, may I also suggest not attending at all? I am an extrovert, love free food and drink (who doesn’t?), but as you correctly point out, these parties have enormous downside potential. Even if you go and don’t drink, leave early, etc., you may still bear witness to something you wish you…

Here’s one: when I make fried eggs, I start my toast first (like most folks). I melt butter in the pan, then place the not quite toasted bread in the pan to properly butter edge-to-edge. I fry the eggs in the remaining butter.

I’ve just re-read Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers and applying what I’ve learned, I would recommend always holding children back. It will help them in life, career, practically everything they do.

Very satisfying to watch.

Check with your accountant, but I’m pretty sure that under the new tax plan, things you used to write off as work expenses are no longer there. Home/office deduction, home Internet, utilities, etc. are out. 

Tradition aside, maybe add some baking soda to the water. I do this with my french fries/home fries to “roughen them up” yielding a far better result. would this be recommended with latkes if placing in water?

I totally believe anyone in a lab coat

My employer now offers an HPSP. They claim it will save me money over the PPO that I routinely choose. While the HPSP has a higher deductable, it includes an HSA that my employer contributes to, as well as lower percentages for office visits, X-rays, emergency room visits, etc. The biggest draw for me is the fact that…

We like Tate’s but I have a minor problem, they seem a little salty. Did you find that in your test too?

True story: two months ago I received a new iPhone with corporate billing. I turned it on and NOT 30 SECONDS LATER received a spam call on my new number that I didn’t even know yet.

I was at LAX Terminal 7 (United) last week and had a spectacular Summer Salad at a fantastic Mexican place. Sorry I can’t remember the name, but it was in the food court of all places.

Here’s a hack for you: rather than pure sugar, use ketchup. It has plenty of sugar in it, but will work better in your sauce. Alternatively, tomato paste.

When I was 19 or so, and in college, I was in some serious pain and needed to see a local dentist who immediately sent me to an oral surgeon. They told me they needed to extract my wisdom teeth and I agreed (I’d agree to anything to stop that pain) but first, I needed to see a video before signing a waiver. So there I…

...which means you can no purchase a MacBook Pro...

Not opposed to it, but the way Lifehacker fawns over this product while ignoring everything else is either willful ignorance or smells like a paid shill (I suspect the former). This post has nine (!) additional posts referenced, relating to Slack. Regular LH readers would not know there are any alternatives.

This might seem like excellent advice, but be warned, it’s from an old person!

If you love groupware the way Lifehacker clearly does, there are lots of products to choose from, not just Slack. Some are better, and offer more features. Here’s a small list: Highfive, Microsoft Teams, Zoho, Airtable, Cisco Spark, Facebook Workplaces, among others. Here is a list from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.…

If you really want your employees to talk to each other all day, get them all on Slack.

To solve the problem of how I should behave, I simply add 20% to everything (I think this was suggested in an article in Lifehacker). My concern is an entirely different one: the suggested tip amount on the bottom of the check. The tip frequently is calculated against the grand total, which includes tax. Is this just…