If you ask any married person how their wedding experience was, you might hear a tale that boggles the mind. Simply put, there is something about a wedding that brings out the bizarre in us. In my clinical work, I have been told of relatives dropping dead on the dance floor, people getting drunk and…
Charles Brutlag / Shutterstock.com Philips Hue is the most well-known smart lighting brand. But when shoppers realize that Philips Hue costs two or three times the price of its competitors, they often walk away thinking that its products are overpriced. And that’s a shame — Philips Hue is prohibitively expensive, but its pricing makes sense….
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I recently received an email from a person who attended one of my workshops—I’ll call him Steve. He wanted to talk to me about a stressful situation at work. When we got on the phone, Steve talked about the excitement he felt when he started his new position many months earlier. He told me that…
Microsoft Some Windows 10 or Windows 11 PCs, like Microsoft’s Surface Go 3, come with “Windows 10 in S Mode” or “Windows 11 in S Mode.” PCs in S Mode can only install applications from the Microsoft Store. But you’re free to leave S Mode, if you like. Update: We originally wrote this article for…
Source: Photo by Oleksandr Pidvalnyi/Pexels The dress is picked, the RSVPs are counted, and the rings are glimmering with hopes of a happily ever after—your wedding day has arrived. Although a wedding is supposed to be the happiest day of your life, for many brides feeling down and depressed are common experiences after the big…
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Can a smartphone still be cool? They were, once upon a time, in those days when they were more luxury than ubiquity. But what happens when everyone has one – and, more to the point, we all pretty much have the same one? Phones aren’t fashion. They’re not clothes or shoes or even cars. Chances…
Source: Bestbiologygirl/Pixabay + Daniel Lincoln/Unsplash Just about every article on the biology of happiness talks about the neurotransmitter serotonin and why it’s so important to our mood. While the serotonin system is certainly a key player in our mood, there are five important and popular misconceptions about how it works that are worth understanding. Myth…
It is easy to list a dog’s virtues. Our best friends are by turns loyal, responsive, supportive, protective, loving, obedient, goofy, tireless, durable, faithful, empathetic, courageous, nimble, quick, and clever. Dogs are clever in specific ways that might disturb our self-satisfaction. The senses are a good place to start the list. Their brains devote a…
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The anonymous Q&A app NGL climbed to the top of the App Store by tricking its users with questions it claims are sent in by their friends and by charging for useless hints about who supposedly wrote those messages. But many of the questions users receive aren’t from real people; they’re generated automatically – an…
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Maxx-Studio / Shutterstock.com DisplayPort is a great option for connecting your monitor and display adapter. But although they are often reliable and stable, DisplayPort connections can sometimes fail in unexpected ways. Thankfully, most DisplayPort problems are relatively easy to avoid or fix. Here are four common DisplayPort problems, along with advice for diagnosing and solving…
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