How to prepare for your bilingual baby

Expecting a baby, especially a first baby, is a lot for any new parent. There are so many unknowns and so much to plan for: where your baby will sleep, how you will organise feeding, changing and bathing arrangements and how you will arrange your work life so you or another caregiver are with the […]

Where’s Santa? Here’s how to track his journey this Christmas Eve

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how to preserve the geoheritage of South Africa’s Cape coast

I am standing on a dune looking out to sea. It’s 2024, but I’m thinking about a very different time. Hundreds of thousands of years ago this 350km stretch of southern African coast looked very different. It was home to giant zebra, bird species that are now extinct, giant tortoises and crocodiles. Our hominin ancestors […]

How To Resize An Image in CorelDRAW

Learning How-To Guides Resize an Image There are a couple of reasons why you may want to resize a photo. It could be that you want to print at a certain size, or possibly want to email it to a friend or family member. One other scenario would be if you were going to share […]

The Linux log files you should know and how to use them

Michelle Ding (Unsplash)/ZDNET Log files. They’re there for a reason — to keep track of what goes on behind the velvet curtain of your operating system. When things go wrong, entries are added to those log files, so you can view them and troubleshoot what’s happening. Even when something goes right, valuable information might be […]

Bing Search Testing How To Pick Section

Microsoft is testing a new section in Bing Search titled “How to pick.” It helps you figure out what product you should pick, by breaking down the options and configurations. In the example provided by Khushal Bherwani on X – he searched for [laptop] on Bing Search and was presented with a box at the […]

How to Prepare for a Mammogram

We get it. No one looks forward to a mammogram. And why would you? Whether it’s a routine screening or because you’ve found something suspicious, it’s ultimately a check to see if you have cancer. That, along with the discomfort of the exam itself, can be more than a little nerve-racking for most women.  It’s […]

How to pay $1.2 million for a Christmas tree

About a third of the $1.2 million spent on Auckland’s downtown Christmas tree are costs associated with the installation of the tree for the first two years, new information from the Auckland Council has revealed. The newly installed Te Manaaki tree is 18 metres tall, with more than 10,000 LED lights and 200 giant baubles, […]