When it comes to cleaning your windows, are you a good guy or a lazy guy?  Good guys whip up their own, wholesome, high-performance glass cleaners from environmentally friendly, non-toxic, inexpensive kitchen ingredients. Lazy guys go to the store and blow their money on one of a number of widely advertised, heavily...

Recent news out of San Francisco has environmentalists cheering. City leaders there approved plans for 220-square-foot “micro apartments,” complete with pull-down beds that double as dining tables and mini-kitchens. Critics call them shoeboxes, dog houses and glorified prison cells. But city officials and the...

Who would have thought you’d need instructions to change a lightbulb? In less enlightened times, all you had to do was pick the right wattage, screw the bulk into a fixture and flip the switch. But now, brightness is measured in lumens and lightbulbs come in a variety of shapes and hues. They can be more expensive...

Good genes may be the reason your late Aunt Emma sported a mouthful of strong, healthy teeth when she died at a ripe old age. Her great teeth might also be due, in part, to the dental products she used. Old-fashioned baking soda, it turns out, is one of the least abrasive of all teeth cleaners. As Dental Designs of...