How To Start Entrepreneur Online: May 2022

What to Do (and Not Do) If the Police Hand You a Search Warrant

Having the police show up at your door with a search warrant isn’t something most law-abiding citizens prepare for. The general assumption is that if you don’t engage in crimes, you won’t ever have to stand by while a bunch of officers tear through your house. But just because you can’t imagine something doesn’t mean…

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All the Ways You Should Be Using Witch Hazel but Aren’t

Witch hazel is a flowering shrub found in North American and Japan. Its leaf, bark, and twigs contain tannins that have medicinal qualities. When distilled into a liquid, witch hazel is a common over-the-counter analgesic found in many medicine cabinets. You may have used witch hazel to combat minor cuts, but the…

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How to Fix Kirby 64's Game-Breaking Bug

Nintendo Switch Online’s N64 emulator makes revisiting your favorite 3D games of the past a breeze. You can experience gems like Ocarina of Time, Banjo-Kazooie, and Star Fox 64 in high resolution and on-the-go. However, it’s not all peachy: If you replay Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards using the service, you might…

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Change These uBlock Origin Settings for Even More Privacy

uBlock Origin is among the best browser extensions for protecting your privacy on the internet. Its default settings are great for most people, but with some adjustments, it can be even more effective. Before you make these changes, though, remember that the more blocking options you enable, the higher the risk of…

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Use the Google App to Make Your iPhone Work More Like an Android

The Google app for iPhone doesn’t get enough credit. No, it’s going to suddenly turn your iPhone into an Android flagship, but it will give you instant access to some of the Google features that make Android flagships so great, and you can adjust your settings to make your Apple phone work more like one running…

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The Difference Between Mat and Reformer Pilates (and Why It Matters)

If you’ve ever considered taking a Pilates class, you might be intimidated by the machine contraption—called a reformer—that is used in many studios. A reformer is a bed-like machine with a sliding platform and detachable resistance bands. But as common as reformers are in specialty studios, mat classes—which require…

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The 7 Deadly Sins of Friendship

Back in 1939, scientists at Harvard began a longitudinal study in order to “identify the psychosocial predictors of healthy aging.” The study, which is still running to this day, indicated that the single factor that correlated most strongly with happiness as you age is the quality of your personal relationships.…

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What to Watch on Netflix in June

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How to Fix a Chip in Your Bathtub

Whether you have a century-old, freestanding clawfoot model, a colorful midcentury drop-in, or something more modern, your bathtub probably takes up a good portion of your bathroom. Even if you don’t take baths regularly (and if that’s the case, why not?), you still are spending a lot of time in its vicinity.

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Five of the Most Overrated US Tourist Destinations (and Where to Go Instead)

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How to Keep You Garbage Disposal From Crapping Out on You

A garbage disposal’s job is to remain out of sight, and make food waste disappear. So when it’s working properly, it’s easy to forget about it. This, in turn, makes it difficult to remember that your garbage disposal is an appliance that requires at least minimal maintenance.

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Avoid These Common Gardening Mistakes

The whole idea that certain people with “green thumbs” are naturally better at growing plants than others makes it sound like gardening is more about luck than skill. But, as anyone who has tried their hand at starting a garden armed only with the information they retained from elementary school science class can…

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Should You Use Shower Gel, Body Wash, or Bar Soap?

When it came to bathing in America, bars of soap reigned supreme for part of the 19th and much of the 20th century. But by the late 1980s, traditional solid bars of soap started getting some stiff competition from liquid alternatives known as “shower gels” and “body washes.”

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How and When to Add Pumice to Your Soil

When it comes to caring for plants, much of the focus is on making sure they get the right amount of sunlight and water. But even if they are, your plants won’t really thrive unless they’re getting what they need from the soil.

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How to Get Pet Vomit (and Its Smell) Out of Your Carpet

As much as we love our pets, sometimes they can make a mess. This includes everything from taking all of their toys out of the container and flinging them around the room for no reason, tracking mud from outside throughout your home, or leaving everything they touch coated in a layer of fur.

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How to Keep Gardening From Ruining Your Hands

When working in your garden or yard, you go in with the expectation that you’re going to get a bit dirty—given that you’re probably working with actual dirt. You may even have dedicated shoes or items of clothing to wear while gardening that you’re not concerned about getting covered in soil and stains. But your hands…

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You Should Know How to Hang a Hammock

Now that summer’s almost here, it’s time to enjoy the great outdoors. Instead of relaxing inside on the couch, you can relax outside, slowly rocking in a hammock. But if you’ve never put up a hammock before, you may find the process a bit intimidating—which is totally understandable, given that it’s basically a net or…

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When to See the Full Strawberry Supermoon in June

I don’t know about you, but I’ve barely recovered from May’s spectacular lunar eclipse, only to learn that June’s sky will feature a full supermoon. We are not worthy of your largesse, Luna, Goddess of the Full Moon.

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Why You Shouldn’t Wait to Sell Your Used Car

If you’ve been thinking about getting your car off of your hands, now might be the best time to do so. According to the Consumer Price Index from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the cost of used cars and trucks has gone up 22.7% compared to this time last year. While this trend affects the entire country, it’s been…

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How to Avoid the Seat-Selection Fee on Flights

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Spray Your Shoes With Permethrin This Summer

If you’re grossed out by the idea that you might be bitten by a tick this summer (chances are good, to be honest), now is the time to get yourself a bottle of permethrin spray. Permethrin-treating your shoes is one of the simplest ways to set up a barrier between hungry ticks and your delicious, blood-filled flesh.

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Why Your Pixel’s 4x Zoom Doesn't Work When You Shoot Video (and How to Fix It)

The Pixel 6 Pro has many selling points, but, like the Pixel phones before it, the big draws are the cameras. The device’s three cameras take great photos and videos out of the box, with one major caveat: You can’t seem to use the impressive 4x telephoto zoom camera when recording videos. Luckily, this camera isn’t…

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10 More '80s Masterpieces That Deserve Sequels

Having aged approximately 20 years in the three-and-a-half decades since the original’s release, Tom Cruise is back in one of the roles that cemented his place as an icon of 1980s pop cinema, with an ability to pack theaters that’s only rarely waned since.

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9 Games You Can Beat in an Afternoon (and 3 You Can Tackle in a Weekend)

Friends, I just finished a 140 hour platinum trophy playthrough of Elden Ring—the latest masterpiece from creator Hidetaka Miyazaki, of Dark Souls and Bloodborne fame—and I am tired. Wrung out. Depleted.

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The Hidden iPhone Calculator Tips You Should Be Using

You probably take your iPhone’s calculator app for granted. Sure, you might use it multiple times a week, but you don’t really give it much thought beyond that, do you? Well, that little workhorse can do a whole lot more than you realize, from scientific calculations to more hidden features.

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Are These Tangle-Free USB Cables Worth It?

As long as there have been cables, there has been tangling. There’s nothing worse than reaching into your pocket or bag to grab your charging cable for your soon-t0-be-dead smartphone, only to waste time, energy, and sanity untangling the many knots like a chump. Well, chump no more: Cable-makers are starting to wisen…

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How to Help a Child Who Struggles With Executive Function

Executive function can be thought of as the brain’s manager: It is how we identify priorities, make plans for how to get things done, and adjust for unexpected complications. Doing this requires working memory, emotional self-regulation, and the ability to control our focus. Some kids—especially those with disorders…

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9 Strava Settings You Should Change to Keep Your Fitness Data Private

Strava’s community makes it the de facto fitness app for many athletes. Sadly, its social features are often at odds with your privacy. If you tend to start and end your workouts near your home, you could accidentally be revealing your home address to strangers.

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The Best and Worst Times to Drive This Memorial Day Weekend

The unofficial start to summer is here. And you know what that means. Barbecues! Hot dogs! Pools! (And rage-inducing traffic, oh boy!) While long, carefree holiday weekends are indeed fun, getting to where you want to be usually is not. And unfortunately, we can’t even rely on the ludicrous price of gas to deter…

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10 Uses for Baby Powder That Don't Involve Your Baby

It’s an unmistakable, comforting scent with familiar notes that harken back to your earliest memories. Baby powder (also called talcum powder) is a parenting medicine cabinet staple. But did you know its usefulness goes far beyond a baby’s bottom?

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What to Do (and Not Do) When a Cop Knocks on Your Door

Our homes are the center of our lives. They’re meant to be places of calm, places of safety—and the one place in our lives where our privacy reigns supreme. We rest there, we play there, and increasingly we work there. It’s essential that our homes feel safe.

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Should You Really Make Group Fitness Classes 'Your Own?'

In a perfect world, fitness should come down to nothing more than building a habit and challenging your body. Unfortunately, a group fitness class is rarely a perfect world. Whether you signed up for pilates, Crossfit, or any other group workout experience, it’s easy to let your ego get in the way.

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You Can Actually Do Something About How Clumsy You Are

We’ve all stubbed a toe, spilled a cup of coffee, rolled an ankle, and dropped a pen in the middle of a big meeting. If you consider yourself clumsy, however, these aren’t just occasional annoyances but a regular part of your life. Being clumsy might seem like one of those unchangeable personality traits—but it isn’t.…

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How to Kill Mold In Your Washing Machine

Have you ever opened your washing machine only to be met with a foul, funky stench? Did you shrug and ignore it? Me too. But it got worse, didn’t it? Until eventually, your newly washed clothes smelled like mildew. We both had mold and bacteria growing in our washers and befouling our laundry. Luckily, it’s fairly…

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Make Vegan Cevapi With Impossible Meat

It’s hard to beat a grilled vegetable, but vegans and vegetarians deserve something more substantial than portobello mushrooms from time to time. If you’re looking for an easy, vegan-friendly dish for barbecue season, look no further than cevapi made with your alt meat of choice.

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Cheaper Ways to Take Your Kids to the Movies This Summer

It’s almost summer, and for parents, that means one thing: Yachting! Wait no, I mean finding something to keep your offspring occupied until that blessed day when school is back in session. And there’s nothing better for killing time—wait, I mean providing an enriching educational entertainment experience—than a…

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21 of the Best Movies for Anyone Who Ever Wanted to Fly

You have to go pretty far back into movie history to reach a time before we were making movies about airplanes. The very earliest films saw us flying in a fantastical context (think of Georges Méliès and his Trip to the Moon), but it wasn’t long after the advent of the fixed-wing aircraft that movies began to imagine…

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How to Fix the 'LG IMS' Phone Bug on T-Mobile

If you have an LG phone and use T-Mobile, you might have noticed your device is, for lack of a better word, broken. Many LG users have reported a recurring error message that reads “Unfortunately, LG IMS has stopped.” The message pops up again shortly after closing it, making these devices virtually unusable. If this…

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Why You Should Use an eSIM Card the Next Time You Travel

When traveling to a new country, many of us buy a SIM card as soon as we land—but it often turns into a frustrating experience. You have to find the kiosk, provide the right documents, pay, and then wait for activation. What if you could skip the whole charade and get an instant local connection, and reasonable rates,…

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It's OK to Make Ramen With Spaghetti, Actually (and How to Do It)

Substituting ingredients in culturally specific dishes is a tricky business. Some people are food pioneers, ready to throw in something new and risk a whole dish in the hopes of achieving terrific results. Others are recipe purists who will sooner rename your dish than accept the swap—especially when it comes to a…

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How to Know If You’re in a Codependent Relationship (and What to Do About It)

Relationships require a delicate balance of honoring and bringing two people’s needs and desires into one unit. Typically, in a healthy connection, you are speaking up for what you need in the relationship, in addition to supporting and respecting the needs of your partner—and vice versa. But sometimes that balance…

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What's New on Disney+ in June 2022

There’s a lot to criticize in the way Marvel movies have transformed the cinematic landscape and hastened the demise of the mid-budget adult drama at the box office (but don’t take my word for it; just ask Martin Scorsese), but I do appreciate the way Disney is banking on the success of the franchise to launch films…

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The 7 Deadly Sins of Managing People

Every wage-slave has looked at their boss at some point and thought, “anyone could do that job.” But once you move into the big role yourself, you quickly realize how difficult management actually is. Your employees are only responsible for their own conduct and performance, after all, but you are now responsible for …

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Banish Squirrels From Your Garden Without Chemicals, Poison, or Traps

I used to laugh at my grandfathers because they both hated squirrels so much that they would go to comically great lengths to keep them away from their bird feeders. Now that I have my own garden, I’m beginning to understand their obsession with getting rid of these fluffy-tailed terrors. They will eat tender new…

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10 Myths You Should Stop Believing About Your Pet

Pets rely on us to take care of them, and so it’s important to understand your pet’s needs. But some of the things we think we know about our pets just aren’t true. Read on for 10 myths about dogs, cats, fish, bunnies, and more—and learn the truth.

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What We Know About Cannabis and Depression

Depression is one of the most common mental health issues, and cannabis is the most commonly used federally illegal drug in the United States. People use cannabis to self-medicate for a whole lot of things—including mood disorders—usually based on anecdotal evidence and sometimes on research. But the lack of firm…

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How to Make Your Camping and Outdoor Adventure Gear Actually Last

Gear for outdoor adventures often gets tossed in the garage or to the back of the closet when you’re done using it—and that’s where it stay, forgotten, until the next excursion. It may be many months before you discover your tent is musty or your inflatable raft has sprung a leak. It’s not uncommon for items that are…

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Chicken Thighs Are 'Healthy,' Too

Chicken breasts are the classic “healthy” meat, but if you’re looking to make a cheap and healthy meal, don’t sleep on chicken thighs. They’re one of the most affordable meats in the supermarket, especially if you buy them with the bones still in, and are nearly foolproof to cook. If you’re the kind of person who only…

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Throw Out These Recalled Jif Peanut Butters 'Immediately,' FDA Says

Peanut butter has long been a staple in American cupboards. In fact, there’s a good chance you have some in your kitchen right now. If so, take a minute and check the label: It may be included in a nationwide recall of 49 Jif-brand peanut butter products, prompted by concerns that it is responsible for a Salmonella…

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Don’t Retire on a Cruise Ship, FFS

Retirement is supposed to be a final reward for a life spent working hard and living right. You pursue a career, pay your taxes, save some money, and then you’re able to relax and enjoy those last few decades in relative comfort and security. Increasingly, however, retirement is seen as a myth: When nearly a quarter…

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