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From Newspaper Clippings to Promo Codes: How Couponing Changed Online
29 Oct 2026
Extreme couponing once brought to mind scissors, Sunday newspapers, store circulars, and a binder full of carefully sorted paper coupons. Finding a deal took planning: comparing sales, checking expira
What Should You Keep on Your Desk—and What Should Get the Ax?
29 Oct 2026
A functional desk should hold the tools you use every day, such as your computer, charger, notebook, pen, headphones, and water bottle. Extra supplies, mail, boxes, old electronics, and unrelated hous
How to Host an Epic Movie Night at Home
29 Oct 2026
A great movie night isn’t about having theater seats or a screen the size of a wall. It’s about picking a movie people are excited to watch, making the room as comfortable as possible, and
Is Your Aspirational Hoarding Crowding Your Current Life?
29 Oct 2026
Aspirational hoarding happens when items bought for a future version of yourself—such as a bread maker, sewing machine, camping gear, or exercise equipment—start taking up space in your cu
Help, I’ve Inherited a Hoarder House: What Should You Do First?
29 Oct 2026
If you inherit a home filled with years of belongings, start by protecting your safety, understanding any estate deadlines, and creating a realistic sorting plan. Do not try to clear the entire house
How Can You Try Out Van Life Without Getting Rid of Everything?
29 Oct 2026
You can start van life without getting rid of everything by taking only the belongings you use regularly, storing approved items you want to keep, and letting go of things that no longer fit your life
Room to Grow: Garden Ideas for Patios, Balconies, and Small Spaces
28 Oct 2026
To start a garden without a yard, assess your outdoor light, available space, water access, and any building restrictions. Choose a few plants suited to those conditions, use appropriately sized conta
Dinner Outside: Planning an Outdoor Cooking Space You’ll Use
28 Oct 2026
Plan an outdoor cooking area by choosing the meals and equipment you expect to use, then mapping preparation, cooking, serving, and cleanup. Check manufacturer clearances, property rules, utilities, a
Your Next Favorite Isn’t on Your Radar Yet
28 Oct 2026
Finding music and movies beyond your usual recommendations. You have music for the drive home, a movie you’ll watch whenever it’s on, and a handful of shows you recommend with confidence.
How to Be a Thoughtful Guest for More Than One Night
28 Oct 2026
For a longer visit in someone’s home, confirm arrival and departure dates, discuss daily routines and costs, and ask how you can contribute. Keep your belongings within the space offered, make s
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Typewriters, the office machines that preceded computers
By Kiron Kasbekar | 10 Apr 2025
You see office tables today equipped with desktop computers or laptops. But think of the 1970s, and what would you have been seeing?
Wishful thinking about cars
By Kiron Kasbekar | 05 Apr 2025
Donald Trump may be many things, but a good economist he is not. Accustomed to dictating terms to people he has worked with,
The history of safety glass
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Mar 2025
You probably already knew that the world’s VIPs move around in cars with bullet-proof glass windscreen and windows. But did you know that ‘bulletproof glass’ is not really bulletproof?
German silver: used in cutlery, music, electricals - but it’s not silver
By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
This material, which was first developed in China, not Germany, and is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, has lost its sheen in home uses, but finds favor in electrical engineering.
Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
First Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their plane, the ‘Wright Flyer’, from near a small town called Kitty Hawk. Then Glenn Curtiss built planes with a very different system of controls, which has lasted until now.
What do aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
Radar’s ancestors: From sound mirrors to modern detection technology
By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
Nokia Bell Labs: innovations in communication, computing, technology
By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
