Skip Room Service with These 4 Ways to Cook in Your Hotel Room
12:46 PM — Are you stranded in a hotel room with no kitchen, but craving the comfort of a home-cooked meal? Fear not, I have found some interesting ways to cook food without the luxury of an oven, stove, microwave, or even a toaster!—also known as "hotel room cooking". This information should be most useful for stranded travelers stuck in hotel rooms thanks to canceled flights or ...more
Automatically Turn On the Speakerphone When You Aren't Holding Your Android Device to Your Ear
4:57 PM — The first few times I posted on some of the Android forums out there, I asked things like "Does anybody how I can make my phone do this or that?" Without fail, the responses to these types of questions were always one word—Tasker. If you're not familiar with it, Tasker is an ...more
Johnson & Johnson Make Social Responsibility Easy by Donating Whenever You Post a Photo
3:58 PM — By donating a dollar for every image you post to a designated charity of your choice, Johnson & Johnson is rendering those narcissistic selfies a little less selfish by bringing social awareness and responsibility to social media. Using their app called Donate a Photo, availa ...more
How to Use Pushbullet on Your Mac Without Needing Chrome
3:13 PM — Before Continuity and Handoff were even announced, Pushbullet was already allowing users to quickly send notes, links, and photos between their devices with a few clicks. On smartphones this was all handled via the Pushbullet mobile app for Android and iOS, but on Macs it cou ...more
13 Ways to Make Hot Chocolate Even Better Than It Already Is
2:18 PM — Hot chocolate is great and all (especially when made at home with real dark chocolate bars and whole milk), but sometimes even old holiday classics need a taste upgrade from time to time. For an enhanced hot chocolate experience, add a spoonful of Nutella to your mug, or a ta ...more
8 Awesome Uses for Plastic Drinking Straws
12:04 PM — If you ever accidentally drop pieces of cork into your newly opened wine bottle, you can use a plastic drinking straw to fish them out. Simply place the straw over the cork piece and close the other end of the straw with your finger to create a suction that sucks the cork out ...more
Turn On Your Android's Flashlight Using the Power Button
10:32 AM — Navigating through the darkness—literal darkness, not the existential variety—is always a difficult task on its own, and my Android doesn't necessarily make it any easier. Many manufacturers offer quick access to a flashlight or torch feature, but my Galaxy S4 doesn't have an ...more
UnoTelly SmartDNS Tears Down Virtual Borders & Opens Up a World of Content
8:18 AM — If you took a big step back and really looked at the world, you'd see how downright silly our nations look when they put up fences to separate themselves from one another. Creatures big and small roam free while respecting each other's space, but humans create borders and phys ...more
Apply a Custom Animation to Your OnePlus One's Notification Drawer
Yesterday 5:15 PM — OnePlus One's CyanogenMod firmware comes packed with personalization options that standard Android devices could only achieve with root-level access. By simply entering the Settings app, OPO owners can make changes to their lock screen, status bar, and notification drawer, as ...more
How to Make Companies Call You Back Instead of Waiting on Hold
Yesterday 1:13 PM — Getting on the phone for customer service can be extremely frustrating. First you've got to find the correct phone number for your region (good luck trying to get customer service from a sales department), then you have to listen to the annoying automated system to navigate your way to the department you want. More often than not, you'll be stuck with some elevator musi ...more
Increase the Maximum Headphones Volume Level on Your OnePlus One
Yesterday 12:34 PM — Being in a band, I exposed myself to years of extremely high volumes, so I can't hear as well as I once did. I'm not concerned about going deaf or anything, but I tend to have the volume raised to the max, beyond the "high volume" warning, whenever listening to music on my One ...more
Control Web-Based Music from Pandora, Spotify, & More with Your Mac's Keyboard
Yesterday 10:40 AM — Apple's keyboard has a set of media controls to navigate the music playing on iTunes, allowing you to play, pause, skip, and replay songs and videos. Unfortunately, these controls are exclusive to iTunes; if you're playing music from Spotify, Pandora, or the myriad of other on ...more
6 Ways to Make Soup Creamier, Thicker, & More Satisfying
Yesterday 11:44 AM — Soup can be one of the most finicky dishes to make. While seemingly innocuous at first, the texture of this meal can change in an instant. Adding too many vegetables can result in soup that's too watery, such as tomatoes, which contain a lot of liquid. Luckily, if you find yourself with an unsatisfyingly thin soup, we have a few tricks that'll help you achieve that hea ...more
8 Ways to Protect Your Skin from Winter Dryness
Yesterday 9:25 AM — Though feeling cold during the winter is pretty unavoidable, you can definitely prevent the torment of having flaky, dry skin during the cold winter months. If you spend a lot of time indoors, use a humidifier if possible and avoid overusing the indoor heater. Take shorter sh ...more
Control Spotify Music from an Easy-Access Notification Center Widget on Your Mac
Yesterday 8:12 AM — After utilizing Spotify's My Year in Music tool, I came to realize that I listened to over 30,000 minutes of music in 2014. Most of that was played while working from my Mac using the desktop version of the service. Although listening to music on Spotify while working helps s ...more
Automatically Mute Media Playback When You Put Your Android in Priority Mode
Sat 6:57 PM — One of the more talked-about features of Android Lollipop is a new Priority Mode that allows you to mute all notifications except for those coming from starred contacts. As simple as that sounds, this can still be a bit confusing—or at least lead to some unwanted interruptions ...more
8 Crafty Ways to Reuse Old Christmas Ornaments and Decorations
Sat 2:50 PM — Broken glass Christmas ornaments? Evergreen wreath falling apart? Before you throw away or donate Christmas decorations you no longer need, see if you can reuse or recycle them for better use year-round or for next year's holiday season. Christmas ball ornaments can be used t ...more
How to Make Dulce De Leche in a Can (A Tasty 1-Ingredient Dessert)
Sat 4:56 PM — Dulce de leche is a beautiful, caramel-like spread that you can slather onto bread or use to flavor cakes, cookies, or flan. You can also use it as a drizzle for ice cream, chocolate candies, and pastries. It tastes like heavenly toffee, translates roughly to "milk candy," and is popular all over Latin and South America. A version of the confection is also popular in th ...more
Keep Your Desktop Tidy by Hiding Inactive Windows on Your Mac
Sat 1:21 PM — To contemporize a popular quote, "A cluttered desk(top) is a sign of a cluttered mind." Of course, it's difficult to maintain a tidy desktop... as you read this, mine is cluttered with screenshots, folders, Word documents, videos, pictures, and apps. While a messy desktop is ...more
Your Illustrated Extreme Winter Survival Guide
Sat 11:27 AM — If you ever find yourself in the unfortunate predicament of being stranded outdoors in the snow, don't eat snow off the ground. Eating solid snow will sap your body of precious internal heat (since the heat will be used to melt the consumed ice), so it is best to melt the snow ...more
Don't Throw Out Your Broken Bulbs—Turn Them into Better Christmas Tree Ornaments!
Sat 9:46 AM — One of the most annoying things about the holiday season is that it's almost impossible to make it through without at least one ornament falling off the tree and shattering. Even if you give the cat its own "special room" for the whole month, something is bound to happen. Rath ...more
Save Battery Life by Turning Off Pixels on the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (No Root Required)
Fri 4:14 PM — When a pixel is black on devices that have AMOLED displays, such as the Samsung Galaxy series, it means they're turned off. Unlike LCD or IPS displays, there is no backlight with AMOLED. Instead, because each pixel produces light, black pixels that don't are effectively "off." ...more
6 Incredibly Quick Ways to Use Leftover Candy Canes
Sat 8:37 AM — Somehow, we end up with a pile of leftover candy canes at the end of every December. Yet just because the enthusiastic holiday commercials are gone and the Christmas cards are on discount doesn't mean you have to let the minty sweets go to waste. Here are our favorite quick, fuss-free recipes that'll give these peppermint sticks a second life. Note: all recipes refer t ...more
How to Transform Gift Card Balances into Cash from Any ATM with Google Wallet
Fri 3:23 PM — Most people don't ask for gift cards, but they're always a popular gift choice for notoriously hard-to-shop-for people—or the time-constrained gift-giver. While most gift cards are attached to certain stores, many folks will get a prepaid Visa or MasterCard card that allows th ...more
Ignore the Future to Make Smarter Decisions
Fri 1:25 PM — The future: that time that lies ahead, unknown and overwhelming. Whether you're an obsessive planner or someone who can't think more than two days ahead, considering the future can be frightening with all of the "what ifs." Don't let the future keep you awake at night—in fact, ...more
How to Make the Perfect Cup of Hot Chocolate Using Real Chocolate Bars
Fri 12:04 PM — Though making hot chocolate out of instant mix is pretty easy, there is no comparison when it comes to making your own homemade hot chocolate out of quality dark chocolate bars, whole milk, brown sugar, and your own favorite fresh spices. Simply chop up a bar or two of your f ...more
Open Links from Twitter & Other Apps into a Floating Browser on Samsung Galaxy Devices
Fri 9:30 AM — Android has plenty of features that provide multitasking support, which are especially useful on smartphones with larger screens. One such feature that I loved on the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 was the popup browser, which brought up a floating window whenever I opened a link insid ...more
Food Tool Friday: Make the Best Coffee Ever in a Turkish Ibrik
Fri 10:34 AM — Coffee is one of the world's most popular drinks, and its fans are also usually devoted to a certain method of brewing. Some love the Keurig, others the French press, and still others swear by cold brewing. However, one of the oldest and easiest ways to brew coffee is also one of the best. If you love coffee, you should really think about getting a Turkish ibrik (also k ...more
How to Repurpose Your Heinous Christmas Sweaters into Useful Winter Hats and Mittens
Fri 8:33 AM — It's really no wonder why Christmas is the most popular and widely celebrated holiday of the year. Your whole family gets a chance to spend some much needed quality time together. But let ...more
8 Hot Holiday Alcoholic Drink Recipes to Warm Your Spirit
Thu 12:28 PM — Get into the holiday spirit by fixing yourself a hot alcoholic drink. What better way to warm your body and spirit for the cold winter season? Thankfully, you do not need to be a bartender to get into the holiday cheer with these mixed alcoholic drinks. If you want your coffe ...more
Lower Screen Brightness Below the Default Level on Your iPhone (Without Jailbreak)
Thu 11:08 AM — Your iOS device has a hell of a lot of settings that you've probably never played with, including a section dedicated to assistive features that allow those with disabilities to better handle their smartphones and tablets. With these features, those that are hard of hearing an ...more
9 Creative Uses for All Those Holiday Wine Corks
Thu 8:25 AM — While most people build collections of things with intrinsic value such as coins, stamps, or rare post cards, I collect wine corks—the natural ones, not the plastic kind. Corks are a natural product harvested from the cork oak tree. It takes the better part of 10 to 12 years before a tree can have its bark manually removed for the production of cork. Thankfully, no tree ...more
How to Regift Unwanted Christmas Presents: The 10 Rules to Regifting
Thu 7:05 AM — It's been done for ages, but for most of us, "regift" entered our vocabulary after the 98th episode of Seinfeld—"The Label Maker." In this episode, Elaine calls Dr. Whatley (played by Bryan Cranston) a "regifter" after he gives Jerry a label maker—the same label maker that Ela ...more
Disable the "High Volume" Warning on Your OnePlus One
Thu 5:45 AM — Maybe it was the years of concerts with deafening speakers blasting music into my ears, but I always listen to my tunes as loud as the volume allows me. So, it's pretty annoying when I get a "high volume" warning every time I listen to music on my OnePlus One with my headphone ...more
19 Ways to Reuse Torn Gift Wrap Paper
Thu 4:25 AM — Though the holiday season is just wrapping up, don't throw away your torn leftover gift wrap paper just yet. Whether for next year's holiday season or for year-round use, leftover gift wrap can be re-used for a variety of creative and practical uses. For next year's holiday season, torn gift wrap can be reused to wrap smaller gifts, make gift tags, or with a little cle ...more
Quickly Paste Commonly Used Words or Phrases into Any Text Field on Your Mac
Thu 3:05 AM — Your Mac's clipboard is great when you are just copying and pasting a phone number or address, but sometimes you end up having to re-copy the same thing over and over every day. To make those phrases a lot more easily accessible, the people over at Tiny Robot Software have rel ...more
Make Your Android Device Notify You at Any Battery Level
Wed 2:33 PM — By now, everybody knows that overcharging a battery will reduce its overall life span. This is why many smartphone manufacturers recommend that you charge your device to 100%, then unplug it immediately. Some even go so far as to automatically stop charging when the device is ...more
This Holiday Food Hack Keeps Homemade Cookies Fresher Longer
Wed 1:38 PM — Baked goods are always a popular gift during the holidays. Whether you love to bake or just don't know what else to give someone, homemade goodies are almost always well-received. If you're making cookies to give away or take to a party, there's a quick, simple way to package ...more
How to Get 40 Paid Android Apps for Free in the Amazon Appstore
Wed 12:22 PM — To celebrate the season, the Amazon Appstore has a fantastic "Free App of the Day Bundle" promotion, with 40 paid-apps available for gratis. Some of these apps are a steal, like Root Explorer (normally $3.99), Fleksy Keyboard (normally $1.99), and Plex (normally $4.99). You ca ...more
Weird Ingredient Wednesday: Cook with Lapsang Souchong Tea
Wed 11:32 AM — Like cigars and whiskey, Lapsang Souchong tea is an acquired taste. Some people never get over the pungent, tarry flavor and intense smell of the beverage, but using it as a rub, marinade, or other seasoning is totally smart. The tea adds a smoky yet not overwhelming flavor to dishes of all kinds. With it, you can easily get barbecue-like results for meats and vegetable ...more
Your Guide to Last-Minute Gifts You Can Put Together on Christmas Eve (Part 2)
Wed 11:31 AM — If getting Christmas presents ready ahead of time has never been your forte, be assured that it has never than easier than before to assemble together a last-minute Christmas gift for all your loved ones and favorite people (and maybe not-so-favorite people you are obligated t ...more
Your Guide to Last-Minute Christmas Gifts You Can Put Together on Christmas Eve
Wed 11:31 AM — So it is Christmas Eve and you are just getting started on your Christmas gift shopping. Thankfully, even for the last-minute Christas gift shopper, you have a good variety of options to choose from within driving distance or on the internet without worrying about shipping cos ...more
No More Tape? Use These Tapeless Gift-Wrap Hacks on Last-Minute Christmas Presents
Wed 10:50 AM — Every year I wait until the last minute to wrap Christmas presents. I always tell myself I'm going to get it done ahead of time, but it never happens. And the worst thing that can happen ...more
How to Watch Sony's "The Interview" Right Now
Wed 10:28 AM — Surely you're aware of the Sony hacking scandal by now (here's a quick primer if you're not), as well as the multi-billion dollar company initially bowing to threats by canceling the Christmas release of the The Interview, the film at the center of the whole debacle. Video: . After enormous backlash from Hollywood and some discouraging words from President Obama, Sony a ...more
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