While Swedish born interior designer Beata Heuman brings a streamlined Scandinavian sensibility to her interiors, it’s her playful irreverence that sets her apart. Perhaps it should come as no surprise after almost a decade of working for legendary British designer Nicky Haslam, known for his witty, worldly and well heeled interiors. …
Read More »Staying Motivated While Working Out At Home (Plus a PELOTON Giveaway)
A lot of people are having a hard time staying motivated to work out while fitness centers and studios are closed. Perhaps you enjoy the social aspect of workout classes or you have a standing appointment to meet your lifting buddy at the gym. Maybe you lost access to your …
Read More »For work from home, technology’s convenience matters more than its power
Over the years I’ve worked as a technology journalist, I’ve been lucky enough to watch multiple product categories evolve from their earliest days to maturity and sometimes sunsetting — a cyclical process that is rarely identical between different types of products, but often has similarities from category to category. One …
Read More »Work From Home Will Come To An End: Here’s How COVID-19 Will Reshape The Office Life
The government recently announced that there will be no further extension to the circuit breaker measure in Singapore and that it’ll be lifted on June 1 as planned. Many Singaporeans were looking forward to resuming life as per normal and return to the office for work. However, the authorities have …
Read More »COVID-19: M’sians Returning Home Have To Pay RM75/Day For Quarantine Charges From June 1
Malaysia’s Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced today (May 20) that all those entering Malaysia will have to pay RM150 (~S$ 48) for each day they are in mandatory quarantine. Malaysian citizens however, are only required to pay 50% of the charge. Non-citizens including spouses and dependents who …
Read More »Stuck at Home, Men in Japan Learn to Help. Will It Last?
TOKYO — Susumu Kataoka was just looking for a diversion from long days sheltering at home with his family during the coronavirus outbreak. He grabbed his drone and took it for a spin around their Tokyo house, snapping some pictures and posting them on Facebook. His wife, Aki, was not …
Read More »13 Smart Tricks to Organize Every Room of Your Home
Robert Kneschke / Shutterstock.com The late comedian George Carlin famously talked about “stuff” in what became one of his most epic stand-ups: “This is my stuff, that’s your stuff … That’s all you need in life, a little place for your stuff. That’s all your house is: a place to …
Read More »The Effortless Way To Get Model Makeup At Home
In a shameful corner underneath the sink in my teenage bathroom lies a plastic apple that screws apart in the middle. One side was… just a cap. But the other was a little suction device that, when placed on my lips for a measured amount of time, turned them blue …
Read More »Google upgrades Nest Aware subscriptions to compete with Amazon in home security
Google is rolling out a new subscription pricing structure for its suite of Nest security products, more than six months after first revealing its plans. While the move is partly designed to simplify the pricing, it also goes some way toward enticing customers to purchase more Nest devices by removing …
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