The Best Dating App I Tried This Year

They asked me if Id heard of Feeld. Somehow, I hadnt. This sex could be with a longterm loving partner or a series of shorter-term partners, loving or not. Its a big world. Cast off your prudery and join me on Feeld, fellow daters. I downloaded the app within an hour of discovering it and started swiping. The reasons why are maybe more diverse than youd think. No one ever messages me and asks what it means when I say that Im pansexual....

December 28, 2018 · 2 min · 401 words · Scott West

The Worst Stuff Written About Money in 2018

Ok, not every article listed here is exactlybad. Some are educational, or highlight how different people view and use money. But the conversations they engendered werent always, well, productive. Heres looking back at the financial articles, tweets and conversations that missed the mark in 2018. If youre not on Twitter, you probably missed this controversy, and good for you. We all knew it, but now we know with certainty. Thats the appeal of R29’s Money Diaries, and this was a banner year for them....

December 28, 2018 · 2 min · 260 words · Wendy Watts

A New Year's Resolution That Will Actually Improve Your Life

Everyone wants to hijack your January. Others thinkits time to go vegan. But one resolution Im looking forward to anxiously is my tradition of a Spend-Free January. Dont you feel sick of opening parcels? My holiday shopping tends to follow a one for you, one for me pattern. to the point where I end up spending two to three times as much as I anticipated. By the end of the month I have a spending hangover....

December 27, 2018 · 2 min · 346 words · Emily Wood

How to Beat the 'Baby Blues'

I would cry and then be OK. I would cry and then I would nurse him. And then I thought, if I can make a choice, it must be over. It was like somebody put a coat on me and then took it off. It lifted on its own. Remember how emotional adolescence was? Thats a strong cocktail. And it will help you not feel like a weirdo when your experience doesnt resemble the Hollywood story lines....

December 27, 2018 · 2 min · 311 words · Hunter Atkins

How to Teach Your New Smart Speaker to Understand Your Voice

Not all smart speakers are created equal. Well get to the training tips in a moment. It was the best-performing digital assistant in Loup Ventures analysis. Fourth Place: Microsofts CortanaCortanas got 56 percent answers right last year and 63 percent right this year. How to train Alexa to learn your voice initiate the Alexa smartphone app. check that thatAutomatically Recognize Voicesis turned on, then tapYour Voice. After youve done the exercise, tap Done to finish....

December 27, 2018 · 2 min · 307 words · Michael Riddle

The Best Stuff Written About Money in 2018

Below youll find a sampling of finance-related articles and podcasts I found thought-provoking or enraging or both in 2018. I think they give a good overview of where America is now. Many highlight injustices or parts of the system that need fixed. Others put our personal finances into perspective with the larger forces shaping them. If theres a through line, its this: Our personal finances are largely anything but purely personal....

December 27, 2018 · 2 min · 370 words · Jennifer Vazquez

How to Choose a VPN

Finding a great VPN service can be a challenging taskand thats putting it mildly. Its not hard to findanyVPN service. Even well-known companiesare guilty of this. Trust nobody that uses the f-word to try and entice you to use a VPN. They arent free, so theres that, but you still have make a decision based on trust. How can you be sure? There are a lot of them, but theyre important becauseyour data security is important....

December 26, 2018 · 2 min · 361 words · Barbara Thompson

How to Donate or Sell Used Legos

A recent Facebook post from a childhood friend got my attention: Anyone looking to get rid of legos? I asked my friend why she was looking for LEGOs on Facebook. Legos are very popular! They are the original connecting building blocks! she wrote, adding that they are also very expensive. I could see what my friend was getting at. So on the one hand, LEGOs are in demand and are expensive....

December 26, 2018 · 2 min · 359 words · Willie Taylor

How to Return Those Unwanted Gifts

Let the annual returning of the gifts begin! Amazon Most of us probably got gifts via Amazon, despite them beinga demonstrably evil company. If you do, snag the item youre sending back. Then you could choose a shipping method or find an Amazon locker to drop the item off with. The return will be authorized, and the authorization will have to be printed and sent with the item. Walmart Walmart extends their return policy around the holidays, understanding that many purchases are gifts....

December 26, 2018 · 2 min · 313 words · Rebecca Clements

How to Take the Best Photos with Your Android Phone

My favorite is the dual-purposeHuawei Tripod Selfie Stick. There are also smartphone camera mounts for standard-sized tripods if youre already tricked out in camera gear. Alternately, specialized products like theJoby GripTight One GP Standare great for capturing group photos. Free apps likeSnapseed,Polarr, andAdobe Lightroomwill appeal to tinkerers and those who consider themselves the family photographer. Dont forget the editing features your phone does natively. Samsung and LGs respective gallery apps also offer light editing options along the same lines....

December 26, 2018 · 2 min · 224 words · Michael Jones

I'm Ashley Santoro, Sommelier for The Standard Hotel, and This Is How I Work

Take us through a recent workday. I usually get to either the High Line or East Village location between 9-10am. I start the day touring the Food & Beverage spaces and check in with the teams. My day is pretty packed with meetings, both internal and external. With so many moving parts with the hotels, its necessary to stay on top of communication. Theres other days with winemaker visits and beverage tastings and testings....

December 26, 2018 · 2 min · 369 words · Mr. Isaiah Navarro

Kola Superdeep Borehole

Its hard to imagine that under this small metal cap lies the worlds deepest borehole. The crust is the earths outermost layer. Underneath the mantle is believed to lie a solid core of iron. The first attempt to drill through the crust was undertaken by the United States in the early 1960s. It was chosen to drill through the sea floor because the earths crust was thinner under the oceans....

December 24, 2018 · 2 min · 326 words · George Wilkinson

Atmospheric Railways: The 19th Century Trains That Ran On Air

The 19th century ushered in a new form of transportrailways. Journeys that previously took weeks were now completed in days. It was the locomotive that made railways a grand commercial success. Illustration of Dalkey Atmospheric Railway - Arriving at Kingstown. It was a fallacious reasoning but not without merit. Locomotives are incredibly heavy, heavier than the wagons they are pulling. Much of the energy generated by the locomotive is utilized to pull itself....

December 22, 2018 · 2 min · 364 words · Samantha Ramos