A.A. Newton

  • The Right Way to Clean and Reuse ‘Single-Use’ Plastic Bags

    The Right Way to Clean and Reuse ‘Single-Use’ Plastic Bags

    Single-use plastic is a plague upon the Earth that the more environmentally conscious among us try in vain to avoid. No matter how careful you are to bring your reuseable tote and buy stuff in recyclable and compostable packaging, eventually you’ll need to go to the grocery store for produce, which means you’ll become responsible…


  • How to Start Editing Wikipedia Articles On Your Own

    How to Start Editing Wikipedia Articles On Your Own

    Wikipedia is “the free encyclopaedia that anyone can edit” — it says so right on the homepage. But editing Wikipedia articles can be pretty intimidating, especially for newbies. If you’re curious about editing and don’t know where to start, great news: Annie Rauwerda, who runs @depthsofwikipedia on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok, recently posted a crash…


  • Schedule These Maintenance Tasks to Keep Your Robot Vacuum Running

    Schedule These Maintenance Tasks to Keep Your Robot Vacuum Running

    If you’re into practical gift-giving, robot vacuums are a slam dunk. Once they’re properly set up, they can take one of the worst time-sucking chores off your to-do list for good — or at least until they break. Thankfully, robot vacuum maintenance is fairly simple. Here’s everything you need to do to keep yours from…