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How to take back a nasty email

How to take back a nasty email

If you’ve ever wanted to know how to properly dodge a bullet or wrestle free from an alligator then you could do a lot worse than pick up an instant classic, The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook. Through a mix of diagrams and real tips sourced by Navy SEALS, stuntmen, and other authorities, the book manages [...]

Hard drive died? Freeze it.

Hard drive died? Freeze it.

Let’s face it, when a hard drive fails, our first instinct after shrieking “NO, NO! REALLY? NOW? Come ON!” is not to blame the drive, but to blame ourselves for not being better about routinely backing up all our data, which is what we said we’d start doing after the last hard drive failure. After a [...]

How to discourage unwanted advances

How to discourage unwanted advances

You could argue that there are worse problems than receiving unwanted romantic advances, but at the end of the day if the advances really are unwanted, it’s still a problem. Women in particular don’t have to be told that at the very least, unwanted attention from a man can be a nuisance, and sometimes when that [...]

Unsure if the coffee pot is off? Ask it.

Unsure if the coffee pot is off? Ask it.

Reader’s Digest has been reporting on life management trends since before most of us were born, so it’s all the more satisfying that the “next big things” roundup in their May issue is not only relevant, but also includes gadgets that we haven’t seen discussed in too many other places. Among them is Intel’s Home [...]

Need a parking spot? There’s an app for that.

Need a parking spot? There’s an app for that.

Imagine if instead of endlessly circling the block looking for a parking spot, you could somehow search for a space online, find one, and pay five bucks to secure it. That’s the idea behind StreetParkNYC, a Web app that entrepreneur Rufus Davis launched a few weeks ago. It works like this: A parking spot seeker enters [...]

with beans timesaver #3: Only return messages at set times

with beans timesaver #3: Only return messages at set times

Smart phones have turned every idle minute into an opportunity to catch up on e-mail. But you’ve probably noticed something. Say you were in line at the bank when you started catching up on your messages, but then after your transaction’s done, you decide to sit down and finish e-mailing. Had you really intended to [...]

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with beans timesaver #1: Picasa

with beans timesaver #1: Picasa

Sending photos back and forth as e-mail attachments never seems to be a problem until the worst possible moment, typically around the time you need to exchange high-resolution images with a client or colleague and you discover that one or both or your e-mail systems can’t handle the size of the photos. Or, you figure [...]

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Game changer: Hotspot energy harvesting battery

Game changer: Hotspot energy harvesting battery

The tech media seldom get more excited than when the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) comes to town, and that was certainly the case this year when Oh Gizmo helped lead the charge, no pun intended, with news of the RCA Airnergy WiFi Hotspot Power Harvester. Simply put, it’s a free energy game changer. The battery, about [...]

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Test your DNA at home

Test your DNA at home

If you’re reading this, your DNA’s likely comprised of 23 pairs of chromosomes. That would make you a human, as well as a potential customer for the at-home DNA testing kits sold by 23andMe. Order and register your kit, send in a tube of your spit, and in upwards of four weeks you’ll get access to [...]

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