100 Things Every...

The series. One hundred things every man, woman, dad, mom, young person and grandparent should know, do or own.

Find the Roof Leak Before It Takes the Ceiling With It

Water enters high and shows up low, which is why most people fix the wrong spot twice. Start in the attic, not on the roof.

GuideHow ToRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20267 min

How to Read a Paycheck Stub and Check It's Right

Three pieces of arithmetic will tell you in about four minutes whether your employer paid you correctly. Most men never do a single one of them.

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GuideBooksSam OrtizSep 23, 20266 min

Classic Adventure Novels That Survive Being Read Out Loud

Which ones hold a nine-year-old at bedtime, which ones quietly kill the habit, and where you'll want to skip a paragraph.

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Science & Space6 min read

The Women Who Changed Science and the Work That Did It

Grace Hopper handed out pieces of wire 11.8 inches long to make a point. Eight discoveries, explained well enough to repeat at your own dinner table.

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When did you last ask for a raise?

GuideHow ToRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

How to Write a Will Without Paying a Fortune

You can get a valid will, a guardian named for your kids and your accounts pointed the right way in one evening, for less than dinner out.

GuideBooksSam OrtizSep 23, 20266 min

The Fatherhood Books New Dads Should Actually Read

Ten books that survive the newborn year, what each one is good for, and the two you should finish before the hospital bag is packed.

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GuideScience & SpaceDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Nuclear Power Is Just a Very Fancy Way to Boil Water

A uranium pellet the size of a pencil eraser, a steam turbine older than the automobile, and the reason utilities are restarting reactors they already closed.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

GuideHow ToRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

How to Get a Passport Fast When You're Out of Time

Three tracks, three price tags, and the one document that gets more people turned away at the counter than anything else.

GuideBooksRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20265 min

What Your Library Card Is Actually Worth

A free piece of plastic replaces an audiobook subscription, a streaming service, and most of your book budget. Most people never set theirs up.

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GuideScience & SpaceSam OrtizSep 23, 20266 min

How to Fly Your First Model Rocket Without Losing It

Fresh batteries, a field bigger than you think, and a plan for the one tree that eats rockets. Everything the instructions leave out.

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GuideHistoryDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Seven Historic Stops Worth Making the Kids Sit in the Car

Valley Forge to the Alamo, the places where the story actually happened, what to see when you get there, and the parts nobody puts on the brochure.

Poll

Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideBooksMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

Audiobooks That Actually Work in the Car

A 25-minute commute each way is roughly 200 hours a year. That's twenty books, if you pick ones built for a windshield.

GuideScience & SpaceDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

How Artificial Intelligence Actually Works

Strip away the marketing and the doom, and what's under the hood is a very large prediction engine that has never seen a chair.

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StoryHistoryNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Harriet Tubman Walked Back Into Maryland Thirteen Times

She had a fractured skull, a price on her head, and a revolver in her bag. She went back anyway, and she never lost a passenger.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

Books5 min

What to Read Aloud to Your Kids, Age by Age

Science & Space6 min

Rooftop Solar and the Numbers That Actually Decide It

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Build me a 30-day training plan around two sessions a week

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StoryHistoryWes DunbarSep 23, 20267 min

The Cowboy Was Real For About Twenty Years

Thirty dollars a month, eighteen-hour days, and a job most men quit by thirty. The record is harder and better than the movies.

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Books6 min read

Start Here If You Think You Hate Poetry

Eight books, a three-minute nightly habit, and the reason the stuff they assigned you in tenth grade never had a chance.

Poll

Where does your best time with your kids happen?

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