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I Tried This Tomato-Skinning Hack and It Actually Works
The skin of a vegetable is good for you, or so they say. Some don’t even need this kind of literal eat-your-vegetables marketing—potato skins, which add texture and crisp up nicely, certainly have a proper following. Tomato skins, not so much. Some skin is fine on a raw tomato, and even acceptable on roasted ones,…
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The Easiest Way to Convert All-Caps Text
The Caps Lock key is my nemesis. I keep accidentally hitting it, and, before I know it, I’ve typed FIVE ANGRY WORDS LIKE THIS. Like a sane person, I delete these words and turn my capitalized tirades into simple sentences. This process wastes a lot of time, unless you use a tool to fix the…
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You Can Hide Your Mac’s Yellow Dot Without Sacrificing Security
The yellow dot (or maybe orange, depending on how you see it) is one of the best privacy and security features on your Mac. It’s a simple indicator that lets you know that an app is using your Mac’s microphone. When it’s live, you’ll see the yellow dot in the menu bar, right next to…
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Make Fast and Easy Meatballs With Taco Seasoning
There’s something to “special occasion” food that creates this need to agonize over it. It’s once-in-a-while food—so you need to make it perfect! That’s how I would make meatballs. I would use the same recipe every time, make sure the seasonings were perfect and diverse, and doubt myself every time I added more onions or…