If you celebrate Christmas, you probably have a decorated tree set up somewhere in your house. As a kid, the tree in my house was a dusty old artificial model that had to be assembled branch by branch. We always kept it in the basement, stuffed into a cardboard box, and every holiday season, unboxing […]

It’s almost inevitable that when you pull out your holiday decorations for the season, at least one bulb or strand of lights will be broken, burnt out, or malfunctioning. Sometimes, fixing seemingly busted Christmas lights is as simple as swapping a dead bulb or two (and strands usually come with a few extras) or replacing […]

Though your knee-jerk reactions may suggest otherwise, there’s nothing incongruous about pairing Christmas with scary stories. For centuries in Britain, families would gather around a fire and ward off the winter cold by sharing chilling tales of the supernatural—a tradition forgotten, only to be revived by Charles Dickens and M.R. James during the Victorian era. […]

The toughest part of celebrating the holidays is zeroing-in on the perfect gift—even for the seemingly easy-to-please food enthusiast. While yours truly may never turn down a pair of oven mitts, not all food-folks actually like to cook. Foodies come with all different eating preferences, cooking interests, and experience levels. While one friend might be […]

If you’re like me, your first experience with generative AI bots like ChatGPT probably went something like this: You asked it to do something, it did the thing you asked it to, and you were impressed with how well it did it. Then, an existential thought crossed your mind: “Shit…can this thing do my job?” […]

Artificial Christmas trees are one of modern man’s greatest achievements. Stored in a box somewhere for most of the year, they emerge as green and fresh as ever (with a little cleaning) without sticky sap, unwelcome pests, or the need for regular watering. But an artificial tree can often look a little, well, fake. If […]

When you have many open tabs, it can be really annoying to keep moving the cursor from one end of the screen to the other to switch. To make this easier, it’s a good idea to move related tabs next to each other. Most of us tend to move one tab at a time, which […]

Being able to record a phone call for future reference can be useful for both work and personal reasons. Unfortunately, Apple hasn’t made it easy, as the iPhone doesn’t actually let you record phone calls natively. Instead, you’ll need to rely on recording the call using a second phone, or software designed to get around […]

The 10th-generation iPad is considered Apple’s entry-level iPad and one of the best tablets your money can buy. Right now, you can get it for the best price it has been since its release, thanks to an Amazon $49.01 coupon. You can get the Apple iPad for $349.99 (originally $449), which matches the Black Friday […]

It’s been a tumultuous year for podcasts. In 2023, we saw some of our favorite shows canceled by their networks. (We’re left with the hope that some of them will find a new home.) Don’t cry because they’re over; smile because they happened. Pour one out for these amazing shows that we’re sad to see […]