Remember the days when the most important selling point of a new Apple gadget was that it was smaller and lighter than a nearly identical product from a competing company? Well it seems like those days are far behind us. Rather than focusing on size, tech companies are now engaging in a digital arms race […]
Category: Home Living
First Birthday Party Turns Horrific as Four-Year-Old Drowns in Pool
No one expects a birthday party for a 1-year-old to turn into a nightmare, but this was the case for the parents of a four-year-old at a party in Columbus, Ohio. As parents and other children turned their attention away from the pool to sing “Happy Birthday” to the toddler, a young girl, Sinaia Moore, […]
Declining Reverse Mortgage Industry Pushing Hard Against Indebted Seniors and Their Heirs
On the surface, a reverse mortgage loan might seem like a brilliant plan for a senior homeowner. Take your home’s equity and use it to secure a loan, as long as you’re at least 62 years old, that is. And the best part? The loan doesn’t need to be paid back until you move out […]
Washington landslide Missing People Number Nosedives to 30
The number of missing people of Washington’s deadly and dangerous landslide has nosedived from 90 to 30 and the number of confirmed dead has reached to the remarkable hike. Program manager Jason Biermann of Department of Emergency Management said in a press briefing that the number of confirmed dead has increased from 17 to 18 […]
Home Depot Grants Help Veterans Find and Repair Homes
The Atlanta-based home improvement giant, The Home Depot, might be more known for its signature orange aprons than charitable donations. However, since 2011, the retailer has handed out more than $65 million in donations and helped 10,000 veterans repair their homes. It has pledged to donate $80 million in home improvement grants by 2015. Earlier […]
In New York, a Housing Market That’s More Like a Battlefield
Williamsburg. The Lower East Side. Alphabet City. These are just some of the trendy neighborhoods in New York City where young hip 20-somethings have traditionally chosen to make their homes. At least, it’s been a tradition for the past 15 years or so. There’s also Greenwich Village, a classic spot for newly minted adults chasing […]
This geodesic houseboat cost less than $2,000 to build
Leading a simple and meaningful life demands you to modify your habits and unless you do not bring changes as per situational needs, you would not be able to enjoy the shores of water. To offer you the pleasures of smooth sailing, Michael Weekes has engineered a geodesic houseboat that costs less than USD $2,000 […]
California Drought Continues to Raise Worries
Drought conditions continue to worsen throughout much of California and southern Oregon, weeks after California governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency. Currently, over two thirds of the State of California is experiencing “extreme” drought, the second-worst category on the drought scale. (For comparison, during the 2007 drought, only 35% of the state experienced […]
More Americans Brewing Their Own Moonshine
Discovery Channel’s Moonshiners brings to light what we all know, but do not talk about. In spite of questionable legality, Americans brew moonshine at home. What many do not realize is that more people are distilling moonshine than ever before — at home and in a professional setting. Moonshine Then and Now Legal disputes about […]
Apple and Microsoft are Using Advanced Controllers to Provide a Better User Experience
There are few things more annoying than having to dig through couch cushions and overturn furniture to try to find the remote, but that tends to be a lot easier and less time-consuming than getting up and changing the channel right on the TV set. In that respect, remotes have completely revolutionized the way people […]