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Joel Cunningham
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Joel Cunningham is the deputy editor of Lifehacker. He has more than a decade of experience as a journalist and editor. He lives in Brooklyn and occasionally goes outside.

Just learned the activation code for these must be linked to an Intuit account. Previously, a purchase would allow 5 activations independent of the account. Unsure if you still get 5 activations, or if just being logged into the activated account will allow for re-installs. Read more

Just watched Tokyo Godfathers on the recommendation of this, and OH MY GOSH, IT’S SO SO GOOD.
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Recently traded my Dyson to a coworker, as I’d really needed a cordless vacuum. It was this Tineco brand I’d never heard of. I thought maybe I got ripped-off, but turned out to be a great little vacuum!
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I would gladly do salmon filets for Thanksgiving if I could. I love salmon and would do something like this: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/5703-salmon-roasted-in-butter Read more

It’s worth mentioning that an electric water heater has two thermostats- top and bottom. Both should be adjusted and be the same. Read more

That image may be the most evil thing this week. Perhaps it could only be worse if Betsy was dressed in flag fabric. Read more

Maybe not evil...but most definitely deceptive. Read more

When I was younger and less mature I signed a coworker up to get a whole bunch of inappropriate catalogues delivered to our office. Think anything from S&M, to cigars, to very bizarre home décor. The coworker was actually a friend so it wasn’t done out of malice, but he certainly got sick of those being delivered to Read more

You can have it, the beta is open to anyone. I’m running 17.2 now and it works great. Read more

Didn’t expect anything we’d say to end up on the list but it’s nice to know we’re pretty much the exact opposite...also, never let a contractor start working until they’ve produced a certificate of liability insurance coverage made out to you so you know they have insurance in case they or their equipment damage your Read more

Skeptics might argue that the high EMF area is right around my stereo speaker, and the closer I bring it to the magnet within the speaker, the higher the reading goes. But maybe I found a ghost that really likes music. Read more

Proton is great in the ways you described but people should realize that its search function is limited to names and subject lines. Nothing inside the email is searched (because of privacy but that's a major issue to keep in mind)  Read more

Instantly fell in love with Rita Hayworth from that flip.

Many of these weren’t hits at the time and some were supposed to go quietly into the vault never to be seen at all. And some are just fantastic and need to be seen or missing a key cultural artifact/reference. (Hold on. It’s going to be a bumpy ride.) Some I’ve never seen and some I can recite while others are a part Read more

Sleep With Me podcast totally belongs on this list. More than 1,000 episodes of meandering, lulling relaxation to “keep you company in the deep, dark night.” I’ve been listening since I heard it recommended by Mike Birbiglia on the Tim Ferriss podcast years ago.  Read more

I’ve said it before: I have enough podcasts in my feed, stop telling me about more good ones I wanna hear! :) Read more

“...angry that consumerism was encroaching upon a holiday meant to celebrate colonialism.” Bravo, sir!
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I mean, to be fair, NO ONE likes editors.  Even editors (especially editors). Read more