There’s nothing quite like knowing you helped or entertained another person. This post originally appeared on theCrew blog. AsRichard Bransonput it: “Forget the rules, and learn from first-hand experience instead. Let’s say you want to try out a new technology. Maybe a new tool just became available, or a new programming language caught your interest. So you build a small project solely designed to give you a real-world lab to experiment in....

Now, if you use Chrome, this feature is standard on every website you visit. This is much handier than the previous method of tapping the menu button and then hitting the refresh button. Chrome| Google Play Store viaAndroid Police

FiveThirtyEight crunched all the numbers and came up with an interactive chart. you’re able to also break it down even further to see specific details about select routes. Aside from the chart, you might find themethodology behind the stats over on FiveThirtyEight. Which Flight Will Get You There Fastest?| FiveThirtyEight

Sharpening stonesare the best way to keep your knife blades sharp and in the best possible condition. Check out Wood Magazine for more detail on keeping that sharpening stone in shape. How to Flatten Sharpening Stones| Wood Magazine

How about some fine art throughout your day? This is a beautiful and educational way to get to your next website destination. Google Art Project| Chrome Web Store viaThe Next Web

If you gotta dip into your retirement savings, there are plenty of ways to go about it. But all of the specific rules make it confusing. To make it easier, here are a list of options for withdrawing money early. Along with those options are all the rules and stipulations you should keep in mind. There are exceptions to this, and we’ll point them out when they apply. You’ll have to pay this money back, but you should do that anyway....

Here’s how to get over yourself so it’s possible for you to build relationships that actually matter. Does This Sound Like You? There’s a thin line between confidence and self-absorption. Taken too far, that ego gets inflated and selfishness ends up ruining relationships with other people and yourself. A narcissist quickly succumbs to the “it’s all about me” idea. Do you suck at taking criticism? Do you take charge of every conversation?...

It’s frustrating when your friendor, worse, astranger on the internetis making ill-advised health decisions. Maybe they smoke, or eat terribly, or buy everything Dr. Oz endorses. Maybe they refuse to vaccinate their kids. Here’s how to get through to them. If somebody’s bad health decisions may affect you, you have every right to protect yourself. But don’t confuse distance with help. They say “What a jerk. After all, one day they might decide they want help to quit their bad habits....

A good relationship can be the best part of your life, but it still comes withplenty of challenges. When Is One Ready to Settle Down?| YouTube

It’s easy to become addicted to your smartphone and completely ignore the world around you. We all do it to some degree. But what would our relationships be like if we put away the phone and started paying attention to people? The Muse’s Aja Frost explores this idea. Frost says his conversations with others were noticeably more engaging. Whether or not they consciously noticed, however, people really seemed to respond....

Writing is a deeply personal habit. The advice comes courtesy off Madeline L’Engle, author of the award-winningA Wrinkle in Time. She suggests keeping an unpublishable journal, where you’re free to place unfiltered thoughts. Explore| viaMakeUseOf Photo byErin Kohlenberg.

You may not own a bench scraper. In fact, it’s possible you don’t even know what it is. But hopefully, by the time you’ve heard us out, you’ll be convinced you need one. Unlike other models, they’re etched into the metal to ensure measurements that won’t ever wear off. It’s also fantastic for scraping cookie sheets cleanjust don’t use them on the nonstick ones. The tool’s hard angle makes it useful for other, non-classical baking uses....

Sethi explains that, in the old days, sailors often used seagulls to tell they were approaching land. The more seagulls they’d see, the more confident they could be that land was close. For example, when someone says something once, you might not notice it. When you hear it again, that’s interesting. When you hear it three times, you lean in and start paying attention. The Seagull Theory can give you ideas about what you should do in life....