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So, someone in your life wants an iPad. Apples iPad is its cheapest. At $329, it comes in $170 less expensive than the iPad mini. The iPad has a reputation among tech fans of being a cheap tablet. Heres the thing, though: For most people, the basic iPad is more than enough tablet. At just over 10 inches, its a great size for many different use cases. Plus, this iPad supports the first-generation Apple Pencil (see to it you buy the right one!...

Italian American families have an ideal workaround for this seasonal sameness predicament: a pan of lasagna. This is a dish to bond and fawn over. The beauty of timpano is that you dont have to give up your familys recipes. Am I aware of how much that sounds like a casting call forThe Sopranos? What is timpano? The most important things in the world. The big plan Making a timpano takes time, but it doesnt have to be stressful....

Henry Howard Holmes was born as Herman Webster Mudgett in Gilmanton, New Hampshire on May 16, 1861. Holmes had a fairly uneventful childhood. His father was a farmer, trader, and house painter, and the family was devoted Methodist. While studying medicine, Holmes had the first taste of dissection. First, he worked in the anatomy lab under the chief anatomy instructor. Then he apprenticed under a noted advocate of human dissection....

It will be a massive learning experience, some of which will be very unpleasant and/or extremely expensive. And theres one aspect of some houses that confounds and alarms just about everybody: the crawl space. What isa crawl space? First of all: Whatisthat hellgate under your house? Its not just a short basement. If the space under your house is heated and insulated, its a basement. If not, its a crawl space....

If you use Dropbox on Mac, youve probably been frustrated with its app at some point. If you chose the latter route, were here to help make the transition smooth. Maestral Maestralis a free, lightweight, and open-source Dropbox client for Mac. It natively supports M1 Macs and will sync your files and folders with absolutely no fuss. If youre technically inclined, you might use Maestral using the command line interface....

MacroFactoris a weight-tracking and food-tracking app that does what I previously did with three different free apps. The second is psychological: MacroFactor presents its numbers in a way that is factual and judgment-neutral. You ate this many calories. You burned this many calories. No talk of being off track, no incessant notifications about whether or not youre meeting your goals. The information is just there. it’s possible for you to use it however you like....

Lima beans are polarizing. Everyone else is an enthusiastic supporter, because we havetaste. When cooked correctly, they have a velvety, almost creamy texture and nutty, savory flavor. Undercooked lima beans, however, are terrible. Theyre mealy, nearly chalky, and not at all fun to eat. Lima beans arent flashy. They dont need bells and whistles (or soup and onions). When to soak your lima beans Cooking beans is not hard. Rinse them, cover them in water, simmer them until they are soft....

The morning of September 15, 1930, was undeniably warm in Kansas. That summer had been the hottest ever recorded in the state. After the usual formalities were exchanged, the show began. John Brinkley and his staff in the middle of an operation. Then an orderly brought up a goat from the basement. The distressed animal was placed on a side table and an orderly held the goats head. After a full forty-five minutes of tense labor, the doctor announced the operation a success....

In these cases, symbol familiarity is key. And if said circle has an X through it, drying is verboten? (I didnt.) OK, lets hit the showers, team. (Just kidding, we have more laundry knowledge to learn.) I just did this yesterday.) I definitely thought sheets on high heat was a go to effectively zap them of any odor-causing bacteria. High heat can cause sheets to shrink over time and no longer fit your bed....

When your iPhones screen shatters, it sucks. AppleCare+, as well as Apple as a whole, are at the root of this problem. To AppleCare+ or not to AppleCare+ AppleCare+s costs vary based on your iPhone model. Not anymore.Take a look at those repair costs. You could almost buy a new iPhone SE for that price. AppleCare+, plus the cost of a screen repair, is $100 cheaper. What about going through a third party (or yourself?...

We called it the Gooduckail: A quail, stuffed into a duck, stuffed into a goose. We flew too close to the sun. What if we just made a duck? my fellow meat-eater inquired. What if we made….two ducks? That would be twice as good, I suspect. And readers, it was. But in the end, it was always still turkeya subpar bird, at best. Fuck it, I say. Make a duck instead....

As I sit down to expound on this topic, Im taking deep breaths. Are my lips pursed? Are my nostrils flared? Is my butt clenched? (And one persons flow is anothers deadline pressure.) But people also want to be where food and drinks are. The sound of a cocktail shaker can do wonders for drawing people closer to its party aura. For drafty rooms, build a fire or set up a space heater to make it more inviting....

It did not occur to me until quite recently that some people purchase pre-cooked turkeys to serve on Thanksgiving. As a lover of all things Popeyes, I was immediately intrigued. I dont think they have been fried for about 8 years, they continued. Before that someone else may have produced them for a few years. When we did fry them, you didnt get as much or any of the juices....