If you’ve ever scrambled to save your airline miles before they expire, you know the heartache of seeing those hard-earned rewards drift away. In the interest of standing out among competitors, Southwest Airlines announced today that effective immediately, Rapid Rewards points never expire.
There are a lot of weird things at the gym. If you’re new, everything is mysterious: Is this a 45-pound bar? Why is there a little wheel in the corner with handles on it? As you get more advanced, or move to more interesting gyms, you’ll start to see more things. Chalk. Bars with oddly shaped handles. Straps, wraps,…
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There are a lot of different forms of drinking water out there: tap, bottled, filtered, the kind with added electrolytes—the list goes on. But do we really need to spend the money on fancy water, or is it OK straight from the tap? Here’s what you need to know.
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Are you tired of being called every name under the sun whenever you’re trying to play games on Xbox Live? I know the feeling; my meager Gears of War skills tend to make me the subject of ridicule by 14-year-olds across the service. And while I can’t stop anyone from telling you off over their headsets when you muck up…
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If you have your eyes on Xbox’s new Elite 2 controller, you might want to think about having Taco Bell for lunch.
Have you figured out the perfect costume idea to wear this Halloween? Besides getting to the store early to pick out your supplies, we have one important advance-notice life hack: patch test anything you plan to slather all over your—or your kid’s—face.
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Half the fun of stew season is choosing which carb to serve on the side. As much as I love a crusty loaf of bread and potatoes in all their forms, my favorite partner for rich, meaty braises will always be the humble buttered noodle—specifically, cheap lasagna noodles that have been smashed to bits.
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The pauses were excruciating. My parents and I stared across the room at my chemistry teacher and his wife. We smiled northern white Protestant smiles. We had nothing to say. I vowed that when I grew up, I would never settle for an awkward conversation.
The Tip of My Tongue subreddit has been helping people remember things for ten years. Next time you can’t remember the name of a movie, a song, a GIF, a book, a stop-motion video turning 20th-century warfare into a food fight...whatever it is, come here and ask.
You’re probably familiar with the concept of the SMART goal: specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timely. That kind of goal can get results, but it might not be the best way to get you where you want to go.
My love for tamagoyaki has been well documented, as has my antipathy towards single-use appliances. The latter, paired with a very small kitchen, has kept me from purchasing the square pan required for making the little grilled egg squares, which is sad because I love them so.
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Every time I go to buy a new computer monitor, I ask myself the same thing: Why am I doing this? Why not just run everything through the gigantic monitor I already have, otherwise known as my big-ass television?
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Some recipes specify kosher salt, or canning salt, or sea salt in their ingredients list. But when you’re stirring a hot pan while attempting to read a recipe on your phone and hold a semi-coherent conversation with your friend in the kitchen—it’s tempting to just grab the nearest shaker of table salt. It’s still…
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We do our best to highlight cool new beta features for popular apps and operating systems when they show up, but the truth is that new features and ideas are always being tested on every active piece of software. As long as those products have a beta program, you can test them out at any time.