How to Choose Between a Backpack and a Suitcase for Travel

They each have their strengths and weaknesses and are better suited for certain situations. The choice between these two might seem arbitrary. In that situation, chances are you wont be dragging your suitcase around everywhere, unlike a backpack. Wheeling a suitcase through airports is far more comfortable than walking with a backpack. Unless youre an expert packer, its easier to pack formal wear wrinkle-free in suitcases. Suitcases are infinitely easier to repack than a top-loading backpack....

May 9, 2017 · 2 min · 356 words · Jessica Hardin

Tough Love: Stale Sandwiches, Awaiting Affection, and Writing a Way Out

Youve got problems, Ive got advice. This advice isnt sugar-coatedin fact, its sugar-free, and may even be a little bitter. Welcome to Tough Love. I simply want to give you the tools you’re gonna wanna enrich your damn lives. If for whatever reason you dont like my advice, feel free tofile a formal complaint here. Now then, lets get on with it. The school lunches are terrible, so they wont eat most of those....

May 9, 2017 · 5 min · 972 words · Linda Garcia

How to Win The #MyOreoCreation Contest

Well talk about the contest in a minute, but first lets talk about the new flavor. Its called Firework, and theres popping candy in it. Youll like it if you like popping candy. You wont like it if you dont. So, here you go. Heres some cookie-creating advice from an experienced Oreo journalist. Think about others:This is not about you. This is about winning. Pick something that will get the attention of and appeal to the most amount of people....

May 8, 2017 · 2 min · 295 words · Kyle Mason

Why Every Kitchen Needs a Digital Scale

If there is one kitchen tool that can improve the quality and consistency of your cooking, its the digital scale. Unlike measuring things by volume, weighing out your ingredients eliminates any doubt you may have about whether youre doing it right. Beyond giving you peace of mind, a scale can improve the quality of your culinary life like so: It will make your baking better:A cup of flour may seem like a pretty easy thing to measure, but not everyone scoops the same way....

May 6, 2017 · 2 min · 291 words · Stephen Fuentes

Thomas Dambo’s Forgotten Giants

These places do not see many visitors because they are located off the beaten track. Each giant is named after one of the volunteers who helped build it. So if you are a Copenhagen local, you know what to do this weekend. He is standing at a water stream, at a lake holding out his hand helping people to cross. His legs are long, and a good place to sit with your friends....

May 5, 2017 · 1 min · 92 words · Christopher Carter

Are Meal Kits Really Cheaper Than Groceries?

Blue Apronclaimsthe grocery store is 70 percent more expensive than its service. Home Chef cites aTV news investigationthat found a slight savings over groceries. So, how can these companies claim theyre cheaper? In part, because they decide what well be comparing. Typically the meals dont share any components, and they often involve an exotic ingredient or two. If youre smart about this, you could save a ton of money. Lets take a look at what a week of Blue Apron costs, and what our alternatives are....

May 4, 2017 · 2 min · 337 words · Michael Hudson

Nasreddin Hodja of Turkey

Nasreddin Hodja is portrayed as a wise man and a simpleton at the same time. A statue of Nasreddin Hodja riding a donkey in Ankara, Turkey. Today, his stories ranges in several hundreds. Though not all of them are authentic, they are all part of the Hodja folklore. There are several monuments to Nasreddin Hodja in Turkey, and elsewhere around Europe. Most of them depict Hodja riding a donkey backwards....

May 4, 2017 · 3 min · 476 words · Brittany Bruce

What Happens When You Get Shot and How to Survive It

If youre afraid of being shot, youre not alone, and your fears are, unfortunately, justified. Guns kill almost 100 people in Americaevery single day. Theyre messy, and they do a lot of damage you cant see. Fair warning: the details below are fairly graphic and could be upsetting to some readers. After the bullet tears into your flesh, fate rolls the dice. A single gunshot in the arm or leg is more than enough to kill you if youre unlucky....

May 4, 2017 · 2 min · 354 words · Kim Collins

5 Ways Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids

For one, the sheer volume of work is not really comprehensible in advance. But the second major problem is more insidious. Which brings me to resentment. She even sought help from an FBI crisis negotiator. I spoke with Dunn to get her top five tips for not hating your partner after kids. Let him screw up. Remember that social pipeline of information? He has to bond with his kids too, and you have to let him make mistakes....

May 3, 2017 · 2 min · 383 words · Austin Williams

De Poezenboot: Amsterdam’s Cat Boat

A city with over one hundred kilometers of canals, its no surprise that Amsterdam is full of houseboats. However, one such boat in the historic Herengracht district is hiding something peculiar inside. On any given day its home to about 50 felines! No, this isnt a hoarding nightmare gone wrong. The cat boat, or de poezenboot in Dutch, is the worlds only floating cat sanctuary. One on water, however, is a different story....

May 3, 2017 · 2 min · 267 words · Ashley Nicholson

How to Clean Up and Optimize Your Sluggish Mac

Your Mac is running a little slow these days. It takes forever to boot up. You have to delete something just to download that file attachment from Carla in accounting. Any time you stream a video it seems to lock up for a few seconds. Lets fix all that. patch your System Software Before we do anything, lets double-check your Mac is up to date. hit the Apple icon > App Store, then hit the Updates tab....

May 3, 2017 · 3 min · 588 words · Andrew Cook

I'm Aurelia Moser, Community Lead at Mozilla, and This Is How I Work

Aurelia Moser is a developer, teacher, author, and also a bit of a cartographer. Heres how she works. Howd you end up at Mozilla? My background is pretty colorful, academically and professionally. What apps, software, or tools cant you live without? Sublime Text- Text editor of choice, with a custom color theme that I change every few months. Mou- Side-by-side markdown preview app, where I take notes and store text docs....

May 3, 2017 · 3 min · 565 words · Mason Arnold

How I Wrote Two Full-Length Novels in 18 Months

The sequel, which covers the years 20042016, is scheduled to release in the first half of 2018. I wrote the first chapter ofVol. 1during the last week of July 2015. I wrote the last chapter ofVol. 2during the last week of December 2016. Two full-length novelsroughly 90,000 words eachdrafted over eighteen months, plus I was revisingVol. 1while I was draftingVol. Some of it has to do with experience. But a lot of it came down to structure and planning....

May 2, 2017 · 3 min · 438 words · Cassandra Cisneros