I make the yummiest beer-braised pot roast, and last Thursday's snow storm was the perfect day to enjoy it. I was all ready to start searing when - WAIT!...
Aha! Finally a Way to Limit Time on the iPad
If you have young kids you might be familiar with "Guided Access" for the iPhone or iPad, which locks the device on one chosen app. With iOS 8, you can further restrict use by setting a time limit. Hurray! Here's how....
Easily Email Docs to Your iPad
PDF documents were littering up my desktop, waiting to be read. I avoided reading them at my desk, and printing them out just traded digital clutter for paper. Now I simply email PDF's to my iPad where they wait unobtrusively until I'm ready for them. Here's how....
Your Startup Disk Is Almost Full and What to Do About It
When the "startup disk is almost full" warning starts to haunt your Mac, it's time to clean house. CleanMyMac works some powerful black magic. The cobwebs are swept away and my Mac's response time is noticeably quicker....
Trapped in the Technology Tar Pit
Technology Tar Pit: when the effort to keep up with baseline technology consumes more time and energy than is reasonable, leaving you overwhelmed and grumpy....
No Ordinary Gift Registry – More Fun & Less Stuff with SoKind
SoKind is an online registry service that encourages the giving of homemade gifts, charitable donations, secondhand goods, experiences, time, day-of-event help, and more....
Fix It: When iPhone Won’t Allow Apps Access to Your Photos
If your iPhone says "Apps that have requested access to your photos will appear here" but no apps appear, here's how to fix it....
Why Your iPhone Battery Is Dying and the Super Simple Fix
If you recently upgraded your iPhone to iOS 7, you might suddenly feel like you’re carrying around a useless brick instead of a reliable smartphone. I couldn’t figure out why my phone’s battery died after just a few hours. Here's the super simple fix....
How I Use Email Filters to Catch & Batch Bank Statements
Here's how I remember to download bank statements, every month, from multiple websites - and make this paperless statement thing as painless as possible....
The Hiku Scanner in Action
This magnetic do-dad sticks to the fridge for a quick scan of any item that is running low, and the shopping list syncs to an app on my iPhone. It's so easy to use, even an eight year old can add essentials to the shopping list, as I recently discovered!...
