Easy to say and do as a normal size astronaut, but what if you were a tiny mite, with the characteristics of a human, who worked on a spaceship, making sure everything was in tip-top shape so the pilots could do their job? While you might be small is size, you provide a great deal of help and assistance to the crew. Now, imagine that the spaceship has been attacked by aliens that are also too small to see. It’s …
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Not knowing where your money goes on a daily or monthly basis makes it difficult to save and to plan for the future; and, let’s face it, not all of us have an estranged rich aunt from whom we’ll inherit a fortune. Most of us have to rely on our own income, allotting that towards necessary expenses, and then using the rest in a way that targets our goals. While many folks have different ways of tracking expenses, one of …
Life in today’s world is busier than ever, even though we have technology to help make things more efficient. You could argue that it’s the technology that makes life more hectic. We are constantly wanting to feel connected, so we keep checking our devices for responses to question and posts, which means too many hours on devices and less time focusing on ourselves. Many find that meditation practice helps combat the stresses of everyday life that we impose on ourselves, …
If you are a collector of anything and want to keep track of those items that are currently in your possession and those items you hope to have in your possession, you could use a spreadsheet to manage these lists, but a spreadsheet comes with limited functionality. If you were to use an app like allThings, you could post your lists or items you hope to get or buy by sharing them with your friends or fellow allThings users. allThings …
Everything is going digital. While not all businesses give you the option to get a digital receipt, many are jumping on the bandwagon. It saves space in your pocket, and it saves the Earth. Plus, it makes a ton easier to find those receipts when they are sitting in your email somewhere, compared to if they are stuffed in your glove compartment or the inner recesses of your bag – or better yet, gets thrown out with the shopping bag. …
If you are an avid use poster of images and photos and you like stringing them together to share a story, then you have to look into Zen 8. This app does not offer anything new to the social media scene, but rather offers a great new option to add sound and music to your visuals. Pictures and videos are fun to share and say a lot, but they become monumentally more moving when paired with sound. The sound can …
If you like word games and are looking for something different, it’s time to give Plexiword a try. This game is a free download, powered by in-app ads that you can pay to turn off, but viewing ads also gives you extra coins which translate to hints in the game. Plexiword is puzzle-like game in that you get to build a word using a set of provided letters. You are also provided a hint in the form of letters or …
You’re at the store and you’ve just checked out. The salesperson hands you a receipt and you stuff it in your pocket. Fast forward to a few days later and you scramble to find that same receipt because you need to return part of your purchase. You can’t find it, because you left it in your pants that you washed yesterday. We’ve all done it. Lost a receipt, one way or another. Now, you never have to worry about losing …