February 2020 YA Releases to TBR
This list of February 2020 YA books is sponsored by Get Booked: The Handsell. Get Booked has added a weekly bonus episode called The Handsell! Jenn...
Avoiding Scholarly Work May Be How THE LORD OF THE RINGS Got Written: Critical Linking, February 5, 2020
Critical Linking, a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web is sponsored by Get Booked: The Handsell. “For so many years,...
February Preview: The Millions Most Anticipated (This Month)
We wouldn’t dream of abandoning our vast semi–annual Most Anticipated Book Previews, but we thought a monthly reminder would be helpful (and give us a chance to...
Facebook Rolls Out New Features to Make Messenger Kids Safer for Tiny Humans
Facebook launched Messenger Kids back in 2017 as a way to let young children—those too young for their own accounts (so, under 13)—to chat with friends...
How to Create a Dynamic Defined Range in Excel
Your Excel data changes frequently, so it’s useful to create a dynamic defined range that automatically expands and contracts to the size of your data range....
How to Swipe Type on an iPhone or iPad
Did you know you can now swipe type on your iPhone or iPad keyboard? This feature is enabled by default, but if you haven’t tried it...
It’s 2020. Is Using Public Wi-Fi Still Dangerous?
You’ve probably heard that public Wi-Fi is dangerous. Advice about avoiding it is almost as widespread as public Wi-Fi itself. Some of this advice is outdated, and...
No One Needs a $650 Lamp, Even if It Is Smart
Dyson recently announced an updated Smart Lamp, and just like the first iteration of the Lightcycle Morph, it costs $650 for the base model. The company...
Wake Up Groggy or Grumpy? Scientists Say Skip the Traditional Alarm
It’s 6:30 AM. The alarm is going off like usual, jarring you awake with the same old robotic beeping or mechanical buzzing. You wake up disoriented...
JEP 371: Hidden Classes in Java
This latest JEP comes from the Project Valhalla team, whose goal is to provide a venue to explore and incubate advanced Java VM and language feature...
