How To: Say "good night' in Japanese
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How To: Get rid of bed bugs
It truly is hard to sleep tight when the bed bugs bite, since these insidious creatures are very real, and very nasty. You’ll have to be persistent to get rid of them.
How To: Adjust your water heater to save energy
If you can make yourself a cup of tea just by turning on your faucet, you need to lower your water heater. You’ll help the planet and save money on your heating bills.
How To: Code a Simple Java App to Kill Any Process After a Specified Time
I may be a bit weird, but I enjoy listening to music at night as I fall asleep. Sure, you could create a playlist of songs so that it stopped after all the songs finished playing, but I have a rather extensive database of music and I enjoy listening to them randomly. Also, I like to ensure it terminates after a specific amount of time (I don't want it playing all night). Or sometimes I use it when I am cooking so that when the music stops, I know I need to check on my food, etc.
How To: Stop grinding your teeth at night
Vampires and bad dreams aren't the only enemies of the unwary sleeper. Teeth grinding while asleep is an annoying and possibly painful problem afflicting may people. There are a variety of reasons you may grind your teeth but, luckily, there are also a number of solutions to this nocturnal problem.
How To: 7 Ways to Use Android's Digital Wellbeing Feature to Improve Your Stress Levels
It seems like each day our phones become more integrated into our lives. School, work, shopping — so many tasks either require a phone or heavily benefit from one. But our phones are a double-edged sword that can easily distract us and harm our mental health as well.
How To: App Not Following iOS 13's Dark Mode? Check These Settings
There's no denying that native Dark Mode in iOS 13 is awesome. Stock apps that were blindingly white for over a decade can now be comfortably used in the middle of the night. You might find, however, that some of your third-party apps aren't taking the hint. Why won't YouTube switch to dark mode when iOS as a whole does? We put together a troubleshooting checklist to get your apps cooperating.
How To: Your iPhone XS or XS Max Isn't Charging? Here's How to Fix It
It wouldn't be iPhone season without a new controversy. Chargegate, Apple's latest PR nightmare, is the name being used for charging issues on some iPhone XS and XS Max devices. If you plug in your iPhone at night — or whenever — then wake up or come back later and see that your iPhone has even less battery power, you're affected. But there is a fix you can implement right now.
How To: Unlock the Hidden Weather Lock Screen Widget in iOS 12 on Your iPhone
There are a lot of things that make iOS great, but lock screen widgets are not among them. If you want more information on your lock screen other than the date, time, and notifications without having to swipe to a sidebar of widgets, you'd normally look toward Android. However, iOS 12 aims to shake that up a bit with a secret Weather widget for the lock screen — not for the Today view.
How To: Use iOS 12's 'Digital Health' Features to Keep Your iPhone Usage in Check & Limit Interruptions
Apple knows their products can be addicting, and with iOS 12, they are doing something about it. With the help of Screen Time and few other new tools, it should now be a lot easier to get off your phone and enjoy life in the real world.
Hacking Twitter: See Who Unfollowed You with These Apps
Followers are everything. After all, you need someone to listen to your tweets about last night's episode of your favorite TV show. But what about when people unfollow your account? Not only have you lost part of your follower base, you have no idea who left. Luckily, there are tools out there to help you learn just that, even if Twitter itself won't give up the info.
How To: 4 iPhone Apps That Will Help Start Your Morning Off Right
For some of us, mornings are difficult. But if you can manage to start your morning right, you can trigger a chain reaction that leads to a more productive day. Fortunately, our phones have the tools to help us get off to a good start.
Market Reality: In the Race for Consumer Smartglasses, the Future Is Coming into Focus
The next frontier for AR hardware is the consumer headset, and tech companies of varying size and tenure are working hard to strike the right mix between comfort, cool factor, and cost. How these companies handle the hype and flow of information vary wildly.
News: Bed Bugs Are in a Lot of Hotel Rooms — Here's How to Spot Them
Bed bugs are brown and creepy. Could you spot one in your hotel room? A new study reveals most people are freaked out by bed bugs, but only about 35% could identify one.
How To: These 4 Apps Can Help Cure Your Smartphone Addiction
It has become hard to decipher where your digital imprint ends and your true self begins in today's tech-dominated world. Scrolling through news feeds and endless updates is not conducive to a good night's sleep, nor does it help you lead a well-balanced life.
News: Florida & Texas Could Become Zika Hotspots in the US
To much of the United States, Zika seems like a tropical disease that causes horrible problems in other countries but is nothing to be worried about stateside. It may make you rethink your beach vacation abroad, but not much more than that. However, if you live in Florida or Texas, the possibility of getting a Zika infection where you live is real — and local outbreaks are more and more a possibility.
How To: Unlock Nougat's Hidden Nav Bar Tuner to Customize Your Nexus' Buttons
Google has a habit of starting on new projects for Android, then hiding them away if they didn't quite complete them in time for a major release. We saw this with multi-window mode last year (which is now an official Nougat feature), and this year, there was the hidden night mode setting that was easily activated.
How To: Score Great Wine at Bargain Prices
Whether you're a seasoned wine drinker or just beginning to explore the wondrous world of fermented grapes, finding fantastic wine on a budget isn't as difficult as one may think. With these 8 tips, you'll see how and why you need not shell out $45 to get a great-tasting, high-quality bottle of wine without settling for vino.
How To: 9 Tricks to Keep Your Car Functioning in Freezing Temperatures
Nothing about living in a snowy climate is easy, but life with a snowy, frozen car doesn't have to be the worst part of your day. With a few clever hacks and some anti-weather tactics, you can fight off frozen windshields, icy locks, and even stubborn car doors, while keeping your car running smooth all winter. 1. Deice Your Car Locks in Seconds
How To: The Secret to Making the World's Easiest Latkes
Hanukkah, also known as The Festival of Lights, commemorates the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem in 168 BCE. (Jews and secular publications, such as academic or scientific papers, use BCE—"before common era"—rather than the Jesus-centric BC, or "before Christ.")
How To: Take Your Party to a New Level with These Chromecast Apps
Google's Chromecast is quite literally one of my favorite inventions of the past five years, allowing me to kick back, relax, and enjoy the various forms of streaming entertainment it has up for grabs.
How To: What You Should Eat (& Avoid) When You’re Hungover & Why
As glorious as a good drink (or five) can be, the aftermath of alcohol on the body is one of life's least enjoyable features. A few hours of fun can come at the expense of a day or two of feeling dead to the world, with an upset stomach, an aching body, and a headache that makes it feel as though your friends used your head for a piñata.
How To: Install ColorOS's Camera on Your OnePlus One for Improved Photos All Around
The 13-megapixel camera on the OnePlus One is capable of taking some pretty impressive shots, but the stock CameraNext app doesn't do the hardware justice. When compared to the camera app that ships on the ColorOS version of the One, you can immediately see an increase in clarity and low light performance.
How To: Watch the 2015 Super Bowl XLIX Commercials Online Right Now
Super Bowl Sunday is just around the corner. With 111.5 million viewers tuning in last year (112.6 if you count streaming), which broke another record that it previously set for the most-watched television event in U.S. history, it's safe to say that most of us will be watching Super Bowl XLIX on February 1st, 2015, whether via TV, web, or mobile.
How To: Avoid Caffeine Crashes, No Matter What Kind of Coffee Drinker You Are
Fifty-four percent of Americans 18 and older drink coffee every day, and why not? With 100 milligrams of caffeine per six ounces of drip coffee, it's just the morning beverage to wake you up and kickstart your day. You can feel the caffeine surge through your body like the Holy Ghost, making you aware, focused, and ready for action.
How To: Get Through a Pregnancy
I am writing this to first pregnant moms. I am 25 weeks along and I have some advice as to getting through an uncomfortable pregnancy.
Improvised Handheld Fireworks: How to Make Homemade Sparklers
The big fireworks day is almost here, but most of you are limited in what you can do when it comes to celebrating the Fourth of July with a bang. Unless you live in a dry area prone to wildfires, one type of fireworks you can probably still legally buy are sparklers.
How To: Fix the Battery Draining Issue on Your iPhone After Updating to iOS 6.1.3
When the 6.1 version of iOS was released back in February, complaints of severe battery drainage for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users exploded onto every Apple-related forum on the Internet. Everyone was either losing a percentage every three or so minutes, or their battery only lasted half as long as it did before the update. Earlier this month, Apple released iOS version 6.1.3, to supposedly fix a recent exploit that allowed anyone to bypass the lock screen—but as it turns out, the update...
How To: Illuminate a Wheelchair for Safety Using EL Wire & LED Strip
I always found that those safety lights for bicyclists on the market were never good enough when riding in the dark. That got me thinking about people who use wheelchairs and how unsafe the night could be when they want to go out. So here's what I came up with:
How To: Make your eye cream more effective
Do you have puffy eyes? Not getting enough sleep? It might not be your night that needs fixing, it could be your eye cream that needs adjusting. Swelling is always going to happen, but refrigerating your eye cream could be the cure to keeping your eye swells down to a minimum. The chill in the fridge helps reduce the swelling.
How To: Throw a unique bridal shower
Is your BFF getting married? Looks like you have a bridal shower to plan! Organize a bridal bash that people will actually want to attend using these innovative ideas.
How To: Jazz up ramen noodles
In Japan, ramen noodle shops differentiate themselves from other noodle shops with variations on the dish. Learn from the Japanese and add some spice and variety to your plain old ramen noodles for some extra flavor on cold nights. Watch this video to get some great ideas for adding different toppings to your ramen dish.
How To: Buy a home with financial preparation
Looking at homes is the fun part. But before you go house hunting, make sure you have your financial ducks in a row.
How To: Order Chinese food without blowing your diet
Some Chinese dishes that sound healthy are surprisingly fat-laden. These tips will help you avoid diet land mines.
How To: Grow your hair faster
Getting a Rapunzel-like mane takes time, but you can speed things up with these valuable tips. You Will Need
How To: Be a good party guest
A good party guest should live by this motto: Ask not what the party can do for you, but what can you do for the party!
How To: Curb your appetite naturally
It's hard to lose weight if you're always hungry. Reduce food cravings naturally with these tips. Watch this video to learn how to curb your appetite naturally.
How To: Shrink the pores on your face
Do you have large pores? You can't actually make them smaller, but you can make them appear smaller. Shrinking pores involves using an alcohol-free toner daily, a clay mask twice a week and topical acne medication at night. Shrink pores on the face with tips from a professional makeup artist in this free video on skin care.
How To: Get a green & gold eyeshadow makeup look
Learn how you can achieve this gold and green eyeshadow look with this makeup tutorial. This is a really pretty, shimmery, subtle look for a night out. The products used in this tutorial are:
How To: Make teriyaki tuna with sesame seeds
Here is a quick and easy way to make a healthy delicious meal of teriyaki tuna with sesame. This teriyaki recipe makes a great meal on a hot summer night. All you need for this tuna and sesame recipe is: tuna steaks, red chili, root ginger, teriyaki marmalade, sesame oil, and sesame seeds.