Your home is your fortress, but if you want to keep your family safe from invaders, you’d better know who’s headed your way. A good peephole for the door is an integral part of your home’s security system. But you don’t need a battering ram to put one in place. Let Danny Lipford show you what you do need to…
It may be tough to believe for the Instagram- and Facebook-set, but some of us still work to make sure we’re storing our precious photos in a digital format that isn’t just a social media site. But if you’re using Google, do you know which is better for your storage purposes — Google Drive or Google Photo? Francie Black fills…
What did we do without virtual assistants? Siri and Alexa have made our lives so much more entertaining and in a lot of cases, function almost the way a live assistant would. Google has its own assistant, too. Find out with Francie Black why it’s much more than just voice-assisted search in this week’s App of the Week. Categories: Morning…
Retirement might seem like a long way away, but if you don’t start paying attention to your retirement investments now, retirement itself might never come. The markets have been riding on a high since well before the start of the new year, and they just broke 26,000. So when you look over your portfolio, you need to make sure you’re…
Turns out, sculpting modeling clay isn’t just for your kids’ craft project anymore. There are all different ways to use clay for home repair, and although you don’t want to raid the kids’ craft drawer, clay can play a major role. Check out ways to play with clay — and make your home greener in the process — with this…
Would you say you’re smarter than your buddies are? How about your neighbors and colleagues? Coming up later on this winter, you can put your intelligence to the test for a really good cause right here in the Red River Valley — the Special Olympics of North Dakota/Cass County. Local leaders of the Special Olympics are inviting you to a…
Rearranging the furniture in a room is one of the fastest (and cheapest) ways to give your home a whole new look on the inside. It can make a room look cozier or more spacious, homier or more sophisticated. However, moving your furniture can also leave the carpet with the “ghosts” of where the old legs were behind. Let Danny…
If you got a bright shiny new tech toy under the Christmas tree this year, you’re probably wondering what you should do with your old gadgets. Turns out there’s a way you can turn them into some shiny new coin to go with that shiny new technology. Let Francie Black lead you to a little windfall in this week’s Tech…
It’s the start of the biggest nonprofit fundraiser drive of the year. Giving Hearts Day comes in February each year, and each year with it comes millions of dollars in funds donated from folks just like to you to some of the finest nonprofit causes in the Red River Valley region. Of course, it helps to have a high-profile ambassador…
If you’ve ever wanted your own pet unicorn, an alien best friend, or a happy dancing robot, now’s your chance. Sure, they only exist in the virtual world, but it’s a pretty decent stopgap until bioengineering firms or an alien invasion make the real thing available. Check out how to make it happen in today’s App of the Week. Categories:…
