How to Make Espresso at Home (2024)
Every coffee preparation method has little tricks, secrets, pitfalls, and different ways to end up with a cup of something you’re not super happy with. Espresso has more of those than most, I’d say. Many things can impact the quality of the shots you pull from your espresso machine, and it can be hard to […]
How to Buy a Hearing Aid: Top Questions and Answers
Cheaper options abound, however, with manufacturers now racing to the bottom to produce the hearing-aid equivalent of gas station “cheater” eyeglasses. Ultracheap hearing aids are now available for under $100. Mind you: You get what you pay for. In my testing, I’ve found a fairly direct correlation between price and performance, at least up to […]
How to Take Advantage of the Samsung Free TV Promotion (2024)
Earlier this year at CES, Samsung announced its 2024 TV model lineup, which includes screens with Mini LED displays, quantum-dot-enabled OLEDs, and other, more affordable TVs. We like what we’ve seen so far, which makes Samsung’s current TV promotion pretty exciting if a new TV is in your budget for this year. If you preorder […]
Caitlin Clark’s Next Game: How to Watch Iowa vs. Ohio State Women’s Basketball Today, Time, Live Stream
March Madness is just weeks away and today, the No. 6 Iowa Hawkeyes will go head-to-head with the No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes for senior day. Iowa looks to extend their 14-game home winning streak in what will be Caitlin Clark’s final regular season game. The Hawkeye guard is on the brink of passing Pistol Pete […]
How to Be Your Own Valentine (2024)
Whether you’re single, partnered, or somewhere in between, Valentine’s Day is one of those unavoidable cultural moments. Maybe it’s because there’s not much else happening in February and we need something to get excited about during this time of short days and cold nights. Maybe it’s because we’re conditioned as humans to give power to […]
How to Use Your Phone as a Bedside Alarm Clock With StandBy and Bedtime Modes
Whether you use your phone as an alarm to get up in the morning, like to listen to podcasts or sleep sounds as you drift off, or simply want to be sure the battery is full come morning, a nightstand charger is a handy gadget. We are big fans of wireless chargers. Android phones and […]
How to Make a DIY Burnaway Cake
Doing something for the bit is not a new idea. Neither is setting your desserts on fire. But the latest TikTok cake trend feels like an evolution that could only be born of our collective obsession with short form video, requiring a stunt for everything from pregnancy announcements to documenting your sad desk lunch. The […]
Which Nonalcoholic Drink Matches Your Mood? Here’s How to Choose
It’s a nonalcoholic world, and we’re just sipping in it. Just check the menu at pretty much any bar: Across the country, they’re adding zero-proof cocktails to their menus. Google Trends shows that search interest in “non alcoholic drinks” has essentially tripled in the last five years, and a peek at any beverage aisle confirms […]
How to Shop for a Mechanical Keyboard (2024): Switches, Materials, and Layouts Explained
A full-size keyboard has a layout with everything you’d ever need, and usually quite a few keys you don’t too. The full-size keyboard is the most well-known keyboard layout, and also one of the largest, consisting of a main cluster of letters and numbers, a separate row for function keys (F1 through F12), separate arrow […]
How to Preorder Samsung’s Galaxy S24, and Which Model to Buy
Looking to upgrade to Samsung’s newest Android smartphone? You can choose from the Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+, or Galaxy S24 Ultra. These handsets share many of the same specs but also have a few specific features that make each one stand out. So which Galaxy S24 model should you buy? We break it all down […]