How-to

  Did you make a New Years Resolution for 2016? If not, you might consider setting the goal of better time management for the remainder of the year. After all, we all have those days where we’re running late sometimes, messing up our appointments and wreaking havoc on our schedules. It’s not that we want to be late, but sometimes stuff just happens, and other times it’s because we’ve failed to be organized. If this is an issue for you, then you might want to read today’s blog. Inside you’ll find a number of extremely useful time management tools that will help to keep you on track—and on time, in 2016. Read on to get your new year off to a timely start!

   In many parts of Canada, patio season is coming fairly soon. In others (namely BC), it’s already a! If you enjoy sitting out on your deck relaxing, barbecuing, shooting the breeze with friends, listening to music, or whatever, click on through for a few ideas on how to make your outdoor space more functional. With some of the ideas you’ll find here drawing you outside, you may never want to enter your home again!

As one of the most overused kitchen appliances, ovens deserve some much needed care, so here are tips for how to clean them.

I’ve been experimenting with brain food lately, and found a recipe that takes all of those nutrients and combines them into one delicious energy bar. Although they’re chock full of healthy ingredients, they taste almost like a chocolate bar. The local coffee shop sells them and calls them ‘Brain Bites,’ but I just call them delicious.   I whipped up a batch of these little gems today – check out the recipe and my photos for the steps to make them.

The school year is almost upon us, and if you are going to university, chances are you will be moving into a dorm. Granted you won’t be spending all your time in your dorm room, but when you are in there, you want it to be comfortable and to maximize what little space you have available. Hopefully this guide will help you pick out some great gear and give you some good ideas to give you the ultimate gaming station.

Is your computer or laptop feeling a little sluggish lately? One of the best upgrades available for adding a whole new level of performance to a PC is to replace its hard drive with a solid state drive. SSD capacities continue to increase even as prices fall, so adding new life to your older PC is easier than ever.

As any longtime iPhone owner knows, these slick Apple products are not without their faults. Much like an adorable purebred puppy, Apple iPhones have problems that their phones are prone to developing. The most common of the bunch is a broken home button, but luckily enough, this isn’t an insurmountable problem!

There's more to creating a PC Gaming setup than just the computer itself. Here are a few more things to consider when putting together your ultimate setup

 Post-processing is such a major part of the photography process nowadays, even if you’re not photoshopping your work there are still tonnes of tweaks you can make to enhance the look of your photographs.    Today I’ll talk you through some of the basics to help get you up and running.

When your Wi-Fi network is set up properly and everything’s humming, life is good. But what happens when it’s time for a new router, or when you move out of your parents’ house to go to college or university and need to start from scratch with your own Wi-Fi network? Building a new wireless network —complete with printer access and storage— used to be a challenge, but these days you don’t need to be a systems administrator to do it. In fact, most router companies offer plug and play options that make setup and configuration a matter of minutes.