You'd like to be a person who marks birthdays with timely cards or sends unexpected gifts, but seriously? You have stuff to do. So much stuff. Instead of setting countless reminders on your calendars and phone, consider developing a...
On New Year's Day, my strongest resolution is often to avoid champagne for the next few years. Why do we start with fresh goals on a day when most of us can barely manage to raise our voices above...
You're hosting your first Thanksgiving. Do not mess it up. There are few more overt markers of adulthood than pulling a golden 30-pound turkey out of your oven, except perhaps knowing how to carve the thing. And then there's...
For the last few years, I've been planning my days around a Life List of things I want to do before I go. The process has made me happier, and also led me to all kinds of simple ways we can...
Kindergarteners are cute or whatever, but why should they get all the back-to-school fanfare? Reclaim the September ritual of starting fresh with new supplies for your work in the year ahead. Isn't treating yourself the whole reason to grow...
Your friends put you at ease, but the stress of hosting them makes you want to live in a cave. You've already automated the rest of your social life -- why not plan your next party from your laptop?...
If it's the newest, coolest, most expensive new gadget, your dad already waited in the line. Here, he got you one too....
If there's more computing power in my smart phone than in the the first space shuttle, then I shouldn't need a Sherpa to help me lug my gadgets. Still, as our tech gets smarter, our suitcases get heavier. The...
Now that so many of us carry digital cameras everywhere, we're finding new and amusing ways to annoy one another with them. We post awful photos of obviously drunk acquaintances, and push camera phones so close to people's faces...
You, my friend, are a creative force. Every day you make something new, something great, something that seems diminished when you store it on an ugly USB key. Why not make your USB stick as cool as the stuff...
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