January 14, 2020
Add Pancake Batter to Eggs to Make a Superior Omelet
I feel like I am the last to know that IHOP puts pancake batter in their omelets. (Did you know? Why didn’t you tell me?) Usually I’m pretty good about this kind of thing, but somehow this particular chain restaurant hack slipped right past me. Luckily, this oversight was easily remedied. I just had to eat an omelet.
Travel
These Are The Cheapest Weekends to Travel in 2020
Weekend trips are fun, but they can also wind up being pretty expensive. Hotwire recently took a look at historical booking data for hotels to determine when the most affordable weekends are to travel in 2020, and released a list of the most affordable weekends, hotel-wise, for each month.
Will it Waffle?
The Best Way to Reheat French Fries
Cold french fries are seemingly one of the few leftover foods that cannot be salvaged. Once a fry starts to cool, the water inside the fluffy starch granules moves out towards the crust, rendering the insides of the fry grainy and the outsides mushy. It’s a truly terrible situation.
Budgeting
Does Your Spending Match Your Position on the 'Wealth Ladder'?
The last time I went grocery shopping, I bought the name-brand cheese instead of the store-brand cheese. The price differential between the $2 cheddar and the $6 cheddar used to feel impossibly vast; now it barely matters. It still registers, though, every time—and reminds me how much my life has...
Politics
How to Watch Tonight's Democratic Presidential Debate
Since the start of 2020, three Democratic presidential hopefuls have dropped out of the presidential race, including New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro, and author Marianne Williamson—making the current lineup of candidates smaller than ever. Accordingly, just six Democratic candidates will appear...
Apple
Apple Might Replace Your iPhone's Battery Case for Free
If you’ve noticed that your $129 Smart Battery Case is struggling to charge your iPhone, or you can’t really charge the case itself that well (or at all), then you’ve got a defective product on your hands. Apple is aware of these issues and is ready with replacements, and you...
Environment
How to Recycle an Old Suitcase
You’ve finally decided to part ways with your old Samsonite. Over the years, it’s accrued stains, scuff marks, and tears of all kinds; an upgrade is long overdue. But before you dump that luggage in the garbage, you should know that even a used suitcase has plenty of recyclable value.
Credit Cards
How to Downgrade Your Chase Credit Card Without Losing Your Points
When the news broke that Chase is raising the annual fee for its popular Sapphire Reserve card from $450 to $550, a lot of readers wondered if it was worth keeping the card. While the increased fee comes with additional cardholder benefits, $550 is not exactly a fun and easy...
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Square Enix Delays
Final Fantasy VII Remake
And
Avengers
Final Fantasy VII Remake is delayed from March 3 to April 10 while the upcoming Avengers game is bumped from May to September, publisher Square Enix said this morning.
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The Dream of a Common Charger Is Alive—Despite Apple's Complaining
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Wells Fargo, America’s Worst Bank, Decides It’s Time to Fix Its Busted Tech
Anyone who’s banked with Wells Fargo is likely familiar with its appallingly outdated technology and maddening user experience. Apparently, even the company understands it’s bad—very, very bad—and its new plan for survival reportedly involves dragging its embarrassing tech into the twenty-first century in order to satisfy regulators and its customer...
Jalopnik
There Isn't A Single American Car On This 2020 List Of Vehicles People Keep For At Least 15 Years
Once again our friends at iSeeCars, have crunched some data to find out which cars are likely to be kept for 15 years or more. This year’s list doesn’t look terribly different than the one from last year and is basically dominated by only two brands.
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