#1: Tell a story — Sometimes the desire to photograph our food feels as fundamental and as human as our desire to eat — or perhaps even to breathe. Almost all of us have snapped a pic of our salad to send to our friends (perhaps as a subtle #humblebrag), or uploaded a cool shot…

Abandoning proof of work won’t help the planet nearly as much as we thought — When traffic engineers add lanes to a road, they assume doing so will reduce traffic jams. Intuitively, it makes sense. Roads get congested because too many people are driving on them, right? Add a lane, and congestion should go down. Unfortunately, this doesn’t work in the real world. If you…

#1: An indoor forest — As a dad of three kids aged five and under, I know that rainy days can be a big challenge. Many Bay Area kids’ activities are set up to take advantage of our normally-beautiful weather, blending the indoors and the outdoors seamlessly. That’s great when it’s 70 degrees and sunny…

Yes, you can be outdoors all Winter long — When Fall arrives and you start to sense a chill in the year, you might begin to pack up your patio for the Winter. Maybe you move your chairs inside, put the kiddie pool into the garage, and start getting your garden ready for a long winter. Of course, there…

Either way, it’s going to be exciting — Tonight marks one of the most significant events in cryptocurrency history; the long-awaited Ethereum merge. The merge has the potential to change how cryptocurrency blockchains operate in dramatic ways. The merge could revolutionize Ethereum, making it both larger and significantly greener overnight. …

Enjoy fresh juleps, mojitos, gin spritzes, and lavender martinis year-round — If you want to take a basic cocktail or mocktail up a notch, there’s no better way to do it than by using fresh ingredients. The freshest ingredients, of course, are the ones you grow yourself. Lots of people have gotten into cocktail gardening, or growing the herbs and other…

It’s crispy and oil-free — Fried tofu is a tasty treat. Sometimes, though, it can feel a little silly to eat something so healthy but then add a bunch of oil to it. It kind of defeats the purpose of treating tofu like healthy food! That’s why I was happy when I recently discovered that…

Bank error in your favor, here’s a lawsuit — Bank error in your favor, collect $7.2 million? That’s apparently what Thevamanogari Manivel of Australia allegedly thought when Crypto.com, a popular cryptocurrency exchange, accidentally deposited $10.5 million AUD (about $7.2 million) into her account. It turns out the money wasn’t intended to go to her at all. Manivel was owed…

Not a Boss — Complaining about your boss is an office tradition as old as work itself. But what if you don’t work for a human boss? …