Be Aware of Your Knowledge Limitations With Investing

To avoid any investing pitfalls, it’s important to acknowledge our own limitations. Wealth advisor Jonathan K. DeYoe does a good job of explaining why. The rules of the game make it so that, if you know it… so does everyone else. I like DeYoe’s reminder about not tricking yourself into believing you’re an investing pro. He’s got more information in his full article. When Investing, Be Mindful of ‘Knowledge’ Limitations| Huffington Post...

October 22, 2014 · 1 min · 75 words · Linda Harrell

Borderless Gaming Fixes Alt+Tab Issues in Full Screen Games

Borderless Gaming fixes that problem. So try it out with your favorite game and see if it solves your Alt+Tab Woes.

October 22, 2014 · 1 min · 21 words · Brett Perez

Choose the Left Line Instead of the Right for a Possibly Shorter Wait

No onelikes waiting on line, especially when itseems like everyone else’s line is moving faster. We do that whenchoosing movie theater seatsandwhen shopping.

October 22, 2014 · 1 min · 23 words · Terry Duke

Draw a Perfect Circle with a Speed Square

Aspeed squarehas many obvious uses for marking up your building materials. Here’s a small hidden feature you may not know about: it can alsodraw perfect circles. Most speed squares have a notch at the 90 degree corner which is used to determine angles. Draw Circles Without a Protractor| HomeHacks Photo byHomeHacks.

October 22, 2014 · 1 min · 51 words · Thomas Simpson

Fantastical Adds Interactive Notifications, Today Widget, and More

The update is packed with all kinds of iOS 8-specific stuff. Both apps are also on sale right now for 40% off.

October 22, 2014 · 1 min · 22 words · Cynthia Owens

Get Free Money Advice on “Financial Planning Day” This Saturday

Financial planners give professional advice on how to manage your money, but their services can be pricey. Four non-profit financial organizations started the event, which will take place in select cities across the U.S. Most events will be held this Saturday, October 25th. Check out the site to see if there’s an event near you.

October 22, 2014 · 1 min · 55 words · Richard Grimes

How to Boot from a USB Drive in VirtualBox

VirtualBox is a lifesaverfor anyone who wants to tinker and experiment with different operating systems. Make Tech Easier shows us how to get up and running with VirtualBox from a bootable USB drive. Launch it, and find the disk number of your USB drive in the bottom pane. initiate the Start Menu again and search for Command Prompt. Right-press the Command Prompt icon that appears and choose “Run as administrator”....

October 22, 2014 · 1 min · 160 words · Nicholas Tran

How to Plant Ideas in Someone's Mind

Here’s how it’s done. Check out our evil week tag page. It’s ridiculously easy and it’s tough to avoid. We’re going to take a look at some of the ways it can work. Note: We’ve gotten a lot of emails about how to do this in specific situations. Reverse Psychology Actually Works Reverse psychology has become an enormous cliche. I think this peaked in 1995 with the release of the filmJumanji....

October 22, 2014 · 3 min · 481 words · Sherri Martin

Inbox From Google Adds Reminders, Snooze, and Smart Info to Your Email

Android/iOS/Web: Today, Google took the wraps off a big new email utility. Many of these features may be familiar to users ofapps like Boomerang. With Inbox, you could swipe to the right to set a snooze on an email. Reminders also have a neat feature called “Assists.” Say you turn an email into a reminder to “Make a reservation at this hotel.” Assists will find the phone number for the hotel in question and add it to your reminder....

October 22, 2014 · 1 min · 174 words · Melissa Hunter

Keep Kids Occupied During Travel By Spreading Out Activities

Plan to take a trip with kids soon? This makes the entertainment you brought last longer, and it teaches them patience. For more tips, check out the full post linked below. 9 Ways to Entertain Your Kids on Planes| Conde Nast Traveler Image fromspine.

October 22, 2014 · 1 min · 44 words · Christina Freeman

Most Popular Linux Desktop Environment: GNOME Shell

Even after settling on a Linux distribution to use, you still have to decide on a desktop environment. There are tons to choose from, and last weekwe asked you for your favorites. Then we looked atthe five best Linux desktop environments. Now we’re back to highlight your favorite, 11,000 votes later. It picked up over 20% of the votes cast. It earned just shy of 16% of the votes cast....

October 22, 2014 · 1 min · 100 words · Michael Rush

Play with Digital Paper with These Android 5.0 Wallpapers

Google just released announced Android 5.0 last week and, along with it came a new developer preview. Included in that preview are a slew of pretty new wallpapers for your phone-decorating pleasure. Remember, we’re now requesting your participation in the Wallpaper Wednesday series! As a change of pace, you might download all of these wallpapershere. Submitting your own work is highly encouraged!

October 22, 2014 · 1 min · 62 words · Kathleen Thomas

Prevent Clutter by Asking Yourself Where Items Will Go Before Buying

The best way to get rid of clutter is by preventing it from accumulating in the first place. Laura at weblogI’m An Organizing Junkiesuggests you ask yourself some specific questions before buying: 1. Do I have a place to put this away? Do I have the time and energy to organize a space to put this? Am I willing to toss something to make room for this item? Will I really use this item and if so will it be within the next 3 months?...

October 22, 2014 · 1 min · 117 words · Amber Potts DVM