How to Design the Best Home Environment for Someone With Dementia

However, as dementia progresses, their home may not be perfectly suited to your loved ones needs. Huelat has spent her career implementing design principles that support healing, comfort, and safety. Create a safe and comfortable environment. This includes making sure that the home is well-lit, free of clutter, and easy to navigate. And when you add dementia on top of age it becomes even more important. People with dementia need three times as much light as someone with normal vision....

December 22, 2023 · 2 min · 322 words · Nicholas Schneider

How to Recognize the Signs of Childhood OCD (and Get Help)

Experts estimate thatabout 1 in 200 childrenhave OCD. The thoughts are called obsessions. The behaviors are called compulsions. Jenny Yipbegan dealing with her own OCD as a child. Now she helps others living with OCD and anxiety. OCD can occur at any age. It most commonly shows up around 8 to 12 years old. Look for any bang out of repetitive behaviors or clinginess. Whats normal and whats cause for concern?...

December 22, 2023 · 2 min · 256 words · Jillian Jones

Read These Safety Tips Before Riding Your New E-bike

If thats you, congratulations on your new ride and hobby! But kindly read this before you ride off into the sunset. The following tips will lessen your chances of breaking your fool neck on your new ride. Never ride barefoot, in flip-flops, or in sandals. check that nothing you have on can get entangled in the pedals or in the chain. Bike shorts aren’t mandatory, but they do a lot to keep your bum from hurting....

December 22, 2023 · 2 min · 292 words · Kevin Williams

The Four Types of Bad Bosses (and How to Deal With Each One)

Bad bosses, or managers who regularly disappoint you, are common. This disappointment you feel can be varied. Maybe you crave mentorship and you feel ignored, or you desire autonomy but you feel controlled. Or maybe you would just really appreciate your supervisor actually responding to your emails once in a while. Also, relationships with bosses are exactly that: a relationship. Instead, accepting them for who they are is the first step....

December 22, 2023 · 3 min · 487 words · Kristine Sanchez

Today's NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Friday, December 22, 2023

If you want an easy way to come back to our Connections hints every day,bookmark this page. Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Connections answers. And farther down the page, Ill reveal the themes and the answers. Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need! Does todays Connections game require any special knowledge? Nope, nothing specialized today. Green category - Beekeepers will love this one. Blue category - An era....

December 22, 2023 · 2 min · 414 words · Cynthia Giles

How to Set up Your First Google Home Automation

Using these premade automations is a helpful way to better understand how automations work. But the broader premise of IFTTT is really helpful in understanding automation. The name is literally If this, then that, as in if _____ happens, do ______. So start by filling in the blanksa time, a condition, or a specific day. For instance: At sunrise, turn on the living room lights. You may also see a panel that asks if youd like to set up a daylong routine....

December 21, 2023 · 2 min · 419 words · Christine Howell

How to Set Up Your First Google Nest Mini

Google Nest Minisare the most affordable way to make your home a heck of a lot smarter. A kitchen Mini can translate cups to tablespoons or remind you what temperature chicken needs to be cooked at. It can even read you a recipe, step by step. It can even shoot off an SMS, send an email, and make a phone call. But for now, lets talk about how to install one of these candy-colored speakers....

December 21, 2023 · 2 min · 355 words · Theresa Perry

The Easiest Way to Figure Out Which Part of Your Car Is Leaking

Have you ever noticed iridescent rainbow stains on your driveway after it’s rained? One of the simplest ways to do that involves a large piece of cardboard and some detective work. Wait: As a safety precaution, Farrell recommends waiting for the engine to cool down before getting started. Put down the paper: Place a large, light-colored piece of cardboard underneath the car. “verify the cardboard extends beyond the width of your vehicle,” Lim tells me....

December 21, 2023 · 2 min · 263 words · Mike Mayer

Today's NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Thursday, December 21, 2023

Today hastwotricky categories, but weve seen worse. If you want an easy way to come back to our Connections hints every day,bookmark this page. Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Connections answers. And farther down the page, Ill reveal the themes and the answers. Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need! Does todays Connections game require any special knowledge? Nothing too unusual, no. Green category - To helm....

December 21, 2023 · 3 min · 478 words · Terry Brown

You Can Now Hide Your ChatGPT Chats (Without Deleting Them)

There might even be some sensitive conversations you dont want anyone to see. (What’s happens on ChatGPT stays on ChatGPT.) But now, ChatGPT has added an option to archive chats without actually deleting them. This will instantly remove the chat from the list. you’re free to find all your archived chats fromSettings. initiate the sidebar using theMenubutton in the top-left corner, and tap the three-dottedMenubutton next to your name. This will open theSettingsscreen....

December 21, 2023 · 2 min · 223 words · Heather Barr

Between Midjourney and DALL-E 3, Which AI Image Generator Is Best

How do Midjourney and DALL-E 3 work? The language model behind the generator then takes that information and turns it into an image. To create their images, both Midjourney and DALL-E 3 utilize a process called diffusion. But just because both options utilize a similar process does not mean they produce similar results. Is DALL-E 3 or Midjourney cheaper to use? That means you could pay for one single subscription and get access to both ChatGPT Plus and DALL-E 3....

December 20, 2023 · 2 min · 331 words · Tammy Roach

Make This Easy Ham and Cheese Monkey Bread on Christmas Breakfast

My latest canned adventure comes in the form of monkey bread, but not the sweet kind. I find it hard to resist a savory breakfast, and this one is exactly thatirresistible. For a Christmas breakfast made for nibbling between unwrapping presents, try this ham and cheese monkey bread. What is monkey bread? Monkey bread is a cute name for some pull-apart breads. The pieces are tossed with butter, sugar, and cinnamon, and pressed into a pan....

December 20, 2023 · 4 min · 673 words · Taylor Grant

Today's NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Dont touch that DIAL with any of your fingers! (You’ll see what I mean.) If you want an easy way to come back to our Connections hints every day,bookmark this page. Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Connections answers. And farther down the page, Ill reveal the themes and the answers. Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need! Does todays Connections game require any special knowledge?...

December 20, 2023 · 2 min · 402 words · Monique Mitchell