Practical advice on groceries, household goods, rent and other everyday spending for San Diego households.
Produce prices fluctuate. Sometimes dramatically. Take celery. Normally, you can buy a stalk of this ubiquitous vegetable for about $1. Yet, currently, its price is 400X higher — closer to $5 in some states. The … Read more →
Carbon monoxide and smoke detectors are found in just about every American home, yet most people have no idea how to use them correctly! Because they are rarely located or maintained properly, homeowners suffer the … Read more →
It isn’t often that a coffee pod earns its own viral parody, but Keurig and its K-Cup coffee pods have been controversial for a number of years….and deservedly so. The company and its coffee pods … Read more →
You are beginning to get tired of sending SDG&E your hard-earned dollars and want to do something. Our suggestion: stop using so much of the stuff that SDG&E sells you by getting a home energy … Read more →
French fries are freaking. Cows are quaking. And kiss those sad TVP soy burgers goodbye. An entirely new generation of vegan hamburgers are making their way into the market and, impossibly, they may taste even … Read more →
The future is now. No kidding. Based upon technologies that are being perfected now and forces that are measurable now, futurists have a pretty good idea of the kind of world we’ll be occupying in … Read more →
You’ve accumulated years and terabytes of Gmail correspondence, calendared events, contacts and photos. So where are they backed up? “Google’s servers,” you answer. Think about it — all of this data relies upon Google having … Read more →
Why is cooking nature’s most perfect food so perfectly puzzling? It’s not you, it’s the egg. Alas, the healthiest way to prepare an egg turns out to be the most challenging. We’ve spent the better … Read more →
It’s a great new USPS service that remains one of maildom’s biggest secrets. It’s USPS’ Informed Delivery and it is great! (Just think about how many times you see the words USPS and great used … Read more →
There have been numerous efforts to persuade U.S. consumers to “Buy American” and some even to boycott all products produced in China. The boycott proponents often cite unsafe foods, melamine-tainted plates, toxic toothpaste and other … Read more →
