God give me the audacity of an Oral-B electric toothbrush that dies after I’ve brushed half of my teeth, shows me a frowny face and tells me I need to do better next time

and THEN shows me a notification that tells me “by the way, your battery is low”

For some reason, simplehuman won’t tell you this, but if your soap dispenser starts dispensing air instead of soap, or it dispenses less soap than it used to:

• Pour the soap out of the soap cartridge.
• Fill the cartridge with hot water from your faucet
• Turn the unit on and re-prime the pump by completely covering the sensor window, then pressing the power button 3 times quickly.
• Note that this will make the pump run continuously until the sensor window is uncovered.
• Run the hot water through the pump until you see the flow change to a faster speed. You’ll know when it happens. In our case, it took 1/3 to 1/2 of the water in the cartridge.
• Pour the water out.
• Fill the cartridge with soap.
• After a few watery dispenses, your dispenser will be back to its previous glory.

I called my finance company to transfer some assets today. I was very surprised when they asked me to enter my very long website password using my phone keypad. That’s a new one!

Jedi Survivor is much better thsn Fallen Order because now you can pet Boglings.

The best way to finish something is to have something else you really want to do, once you’re done with the first thing

We’ve reached the part of the summer where I caught a mosquito perched on my hand about to bite me, and I slapped it so hard that I hurt the hand that it was about to bite

Why do government entities send you the scariest looking snail mail to tell you that they owe you money?

The longest wait in the world is the time between when you click “restore tabs from last session” and when they load (or don’t)

I made a little website to express the exasperation that I feel towards Apple for the limited watch faces that they offer on the Apple Watch after 9+ years: thirdpartywatchfaces.com

I always looked at resistance bands as a bit of a joke, considering that they look like (and basically are) giant rubber bands. But they are even more effective than dumbbells for a lot of exercises, and they can go in basically any travel bag. You can even do bench presses without a bench. Consider me converted.

Rivian headlights make them look like surprised Jeeps.

Reddit killed all of their 3rd party apps. The least they could do now is make a first party one that doesn’t lock up and not respond to taps every time I use it

I just ate leftover pancakes for the first time in 42 years. AMA

Who cares about getting a photo that shows you enjoying a roller coaster/ride? What Disney should be doing is taking photos of people who just got off of “Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride” for the first time and selling those.

Using Instagram since the Facebook acquisition is the social media version of slowly boiling the frog.

Stories. Ads. Suggestions. You can snooze the suggestions for 30 days but you know they’re going to be permanent at some point.

I’m so tired of fighting to see posts from people I actually follow.

Every time that I use my Breville Control Freak induction burner, I wish they made a full size range. It’s so good at holding temperature that it really changes the game. Recipes that say “keep at a bare simmer for 45-90 mins and never let it boil, because that changes the flavor” are so simple now. Literally being able to set the temperature and walk away is a revelation.

I know you can’t stop crying But tears dry out when you’re flying

Sia - Little Wing

Who owns Redbox these days? Whatever you guess, you’re wrong.

It’s currently owned by the same company that makes the Chicken Soup for the Soul Books

New traditions with old friends is just the best.

If you have a reservation at a hotel that you made months in advance, it’s worth it to check whether prices have dropped in the meantime.

Marriott makes it easy and lets you search for a new room while holding your previous reservation. We just did this and saved $362 with a stay that’s one day longer than the original.

It’s crazy how many devices it takes to purchase plane tickets at the correct price. Today I bought some plane tickets.

I get a business discount that’s at least noticeable, and sometimes fairly large. My wife found tickets for us last night on Google Flights on her laptop and today I bought them on my laptop, since my account has the discount applied. I noticed that they were like $500 more expensive, even with my discount, but I bought them anyway, because there’s a 24 hour free cancellation period and I figured I could change the flight later.

Tonight we discussed it and it turns out that in less than a day, the price shot up quite a bit. So my wife started looking for other tickets, since our dates are a little flexible. It turns out that leaving a day earlier would save us $500, so I tried to change my existing flight. The United website happily let me do it, but the price was exactly the same as what we saw on Google Flights, so the discount was completely gone, even though it said it was giving me the business price.

So I pulled out my Android phone that wasn’t on the home WiFi and has never logged into my United account. I found the lower price on Google Flights, selected it, confirmed it on the United website and then logged in to my United account.

It said it was giving me the business discount there too, but this time the price was correct and I actually got the $500 off. I knew this was a thing, but to see it actually happening with my own eyes was something else.