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Monarch Money is one of our favorite budgeting apps and, fittingly enough, there’s a way for newcomers to save money on a subscription right now. If you use the code MONARCHVIP at checkout, you can get an annual plan for 50 percent off. It typically costs $100, but you can get 12 months of access for $50 with this code.There are some key caveats here. The discount is only for new users, and it can’t be combined with other offers. The code only works when you sign up through the web. You can’t redeem it through the Monarch mobile app.Monarch…

Thanksgiving is a display of extreme cooking logistics: not only where to seat incompatible family members, but how to cook a giant bird and up to a dozen side dishes with only one oven and a few stovetop burners.To help lessen the burden and free up space in the oven or on the stove, your air fryer can accommodate several dishes. Since you can plug it in literally anywhere, it might even allow you to move some prep out of the kitchen if space is at a premium. If used strategically, I’d go so far as to say that there’s just about…

Never miss a new edition of The Variable, our weekly newsletter featuring a top-notch selection of editors’ picks, deep dives, community news, and more. With the end of the year just a few weeks away, neither our authors nor our readers are showing any signs of slowing down. We’re thrilled to have published some of our strongest articles of the year in the past month: practical guides on LLM workflows and resources on career growth, Python-focused tutorials, and deep dives on recently launched tools, among other standout topics. Read on to catch up with (or revisit) November’s most-read stories. Graph RAG…

If you’re looking to switch from the traditional, blaring alarm clock to a gentler alternative on your bedside table, you might want a sunrise alarm clock. These devices gradually fill your room with light and calming nature sounds to mimic a sunrise effect instead of instantly flooding your room with bright light or loud noises. Some even have fun alarm settings, like white noise options or customizable bedtime routines. If you’d like a calmer start to your day, add one of the best sunrise alarm clocks to your bedside table.Jamie Gold, a wellness design consultant and author, told CNET she…

Are you ready to take your homelab to the next level this weekend? Here are three projects to try out as we head into the Thanksgiving weekend. From automatically updating Docker containers to monitoring your servers and even setting up an ultra-secure password manager, it’s time to start tinkering in your homelab. Get Watchtower set up to automatically update your Docker containers Credit: Watchtower I’ve written about Watchtower before, but I really need to sit down and get it properly set up. Since this is a long weekend for many in the US, now’s the perfect time to dial it in…

Serious Eats / Fred hardy You probably don’t associate turkey with Asian cooking, but in Taiwan, it’s traditional to use turkey in a dish very similar to better-known Singaporean chicken rice. Generally, the dish is made with steamed turkey, but leftover roast turkey works, too. If you thought ahead to save the pan drippings when you cooked the bird, you can use them to make a savory sauce.

We’ve seen Sony’s DualSense Edge discounted on a few occasions this year, and now it’s back on sale ahead of Black Friday as part of Sony’s ongoing holiday promo. Right now, you can snag the pro-style gamepad in either black or white at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy for around $169 ($30 off), which is just $10 shy of its previous low. The black version of the DualSense Edge is seldom discounted by this much, so now’s a good time to pick one up if you prefer the stealthier look.If you spend a lot of time gaming on the PlayStation…

Adapting a book for the big screen is not an easy thing to pull off. Fans of a book can be very particular when it comes to how a film handles the source material. I would know, because I’m one of them. I can’t even count the amount of times that I have walked out of a theater completely disappointed with yet another mediocre adaptation. The life of an avid reader is not an easy one, I can assure you. But every once in a while, I come across a film that just gets it. No adaptation is going to…

If you’ve watched enough Barefoot Contessa episodes or paid attention to Ina Garten while she cooks at all, you’re probably familiar with her advice to use “good” ingredients.  The celebrity cook has shared that she’s particular about the butter she uses. And when she hacks ice cream and turns it into crème anglaise, she uses “good” vanilla. For homemade vinaigrettes, she always tells the audience to use “good” olive oil.  (In fact, it’s hard to think of olive oil in my head without hearing her voice saying “good olive oil.”) Garten doesn’t do this to give high-end food producers a…

2. Meta Business Suite Who is Meta Business Suite best for? From my research, Meta Business Suite is best for small businesses, solo creators, and anyone who mainly posts and engages on Facebook (and Instagram if the accounts are connected).  Meta Business Suite feature overview From what I found while researching it, Meta Business Suite is Meta’s free dashboard for managing Facebook and Instagram in one place. It’s pretty straightforward and works well if you only need to stay inside Meta’s ecosystem. It lets you create and schedule Facebook posts, Stories, and cross-post to Instagram when the accounts are linked.…