How Your Computer Makes You Stay Awake at Night and How to Stop it

We all know the story: you should go to bed but, before you do, you want to check a few things the Internet – reddit perhaps, or your own favorite blog. Before you know it, it’s three in the morning and you don’t even feel tired.

Aside from the terribly distracting . . . → Read More: How Your Computer Makes You Stay Awake at Night and How to Stop it

How to Tile Windows Vertically on OS X and Much More

Loath though I am to admit it, there’s one feature of Microsoft Windows that I missed after switching: the ability to tile windows vertically or horizontally quickly and easily.

Sometimes you want to have a browser and a document open, side-by-side without the hassle of manually arranging it

OS X, for . . . → Read More: How to Tile Windows Vertically on OS X and Much More

16 Tips for a Great American Road Trip

Planning to take a road trip? The road trip can be one of the greatest experiences of your life, but it’s not always an easy one. I’ve done two cross-country treks and am currently planning a third for this summer. Here are some of the things I’ve learned (sometimes the hard . . . → Read More: 16 Tips for a Great American Road Trip

6 Free Applications to Transform Your Phone into a Productivity Booster

David Pogue, technology columnist for The New York Times recently gave a talk about some neat, productive and time saving things you can do with your phone. There’s some old-hat stuff about VoIP in the beginning but skip to 7 minutes into the video for the useful phone hacks.

If you’re . . . → Read More: 6 Free Applications to Transform Your Phone into a Productivity Booster

How to Spend More Time Sightseeing and Less Time Driving on Your Next Road Trip

ZipperMaps is a site that plans the shortest driving route between multiple locations using Google maps.

For example, if you were planning a European road trip these might be your destinations. What path to take is not clear by any means.

But, putting the cities into ZipperMaps . . . → Read More: How to Spend More Time Sightseeing and Less Time Driving on Your Next Road Trip

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