Why it's so hard to find a McRib 1

Lovers of Elusive McRib Pork Patty Track Their SightingsBefore traveling to visit his parents in Nebraska last winter, Jeremy Duensing consulted what he always checks before a trip: the "McRib Locator" website.To his delight, he found a McDonald's (NYSE: MCD - News) restaurant near Omaha that, unlike most of the burger chain's 14,000 U.S. restaurants, had the McRib on its menu. He bought six of the pork sandwiches, ate one right away at the restaurant, and carried the rest home to Burnsville, Minn., in an ice-packed cooler."Either...

Why it's so hard to find a McRib

Favre's scandal could cost him millions 0

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. In Brett Favre’s(notes) case, it could be worth at least $10 million annually and over $100 million total in lost earnings post retirement. Just as sports figures like Tiger Woods, Rick Pitino, and Ben Roethlisberger(notes) have irrevocably damaged their reputations and marketability as corporate endorsers and public speakers with their own sex scandals, so too now does it seem that Brett Favre’s future earnings stream from endorsements, speaking engagements, and work as a TV studio analyst have...

Favre's scandal could cost him millions

Is this what a recovery feels like? 0

This is not what a recovery is supposed to look like.In Atlanta, the Bank of America tower, the tallest in the Southeast, is nearly a fifth vacant, and bank officials just wrestled a rent cut from the developer. In Cherry Hill, N.J., 10 percent of the houses on the market are so-called short sales, in which sellers ask for less than they owe lenders. And in Arizona, in sun-blasted desert subdivisions, owners speak of hours cut, jobs lost and...

Is this what a recovery feels like?

How 'soft addictions' can cost you big 0

Zoning out for hours watching reruns, checking your smartphone every 15 minutes, spending a morning surfing the Web for bargains -- these are hardly behaviors that defy social norms. And, really, what's the big whoop about checking your messages or biting your nails a wee bit too much?Nothing. Until it's not nothing, that is. When done in excess, harmless habits morph into something far more sinister...

How 'soft addictions' can cost you big

Five drinks that help you de-stress 0

Stressful day? Don't reach for a candy bar. Try one of these soothing liquids instead. © Michael Blann/Digital Vision/Thinkstock 1. Drink a glass of milk. It contains tryptophan, which as it is metabolized is converted to mood-boosting serotonin. Plus, its calcium, magnesium and potassium content may help keep blood pressure down.2. Drink hot cocoa. Warm drinks raise your body temperature—a...

Five drinks that help you de-stress

10 dumb money moves to avoid 0

My 28-year-old niece and I were recently talking about money. She's (finally!) become interested in accumulating more and spending less, and because I've been in the personal finance business in one capacity or another since before she was born, she logically assumed that I've always done everything right and know exactly what to do at all times.Confession time: I've blown it big on more occasions than I care to mention. In fact, most of what I've learned about money I didn't learn in books or by being a CPA, stock broker, or financial reporter....

10 dumb money moves to avoid

The fastest-growing American cities 0

The U.S.' emerging cities are not experiencing the kind of super-charged growth one sees in urban areas of the developing world, notably China and India. But unlike Europe, North America's population is slated to expand by well over 100 million people by 2050--much of this growth in the U.S. and much of it driven by continued immigration. In the course of the next 40 years, the biggest gainers won't be behemoths like New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, but less populous, easier-to-manage cities that are both affordable and economically...

The fastest-growing American cities

How to detect ATM skimming 0

Skimming devices placed over card-reader slots capture your information.The next time you pull up to an ATM, take a closer look at the machine. Does it look a little clunkier than usual?Look too at what's around you: Are there mirrors? Is there a brochure holder over your shoulder? Does it look like there might be a false panel or an extra light bar attached to the machine?If something looks or feels amiss, walk away. You might save yourself...

How to detect ATM skimming

iTunes Sync is Sooooo Slow… [Comic] 0

Why is iTunes sync so slow? So painfully and horribly slow? The worst part is when it tells you that it’s backing up your iPod, which seems to hang half the time. If you are fed up with iTunes and the terrible sync speeds, perhaps it’s time to consider using an iTunes alternative to sync with your iPod. This comic republished with permission from DOGHOU...

iTunes Sync is Sooooo Slow… [Comic]

How to Download Google Maps for Offline Use 0

If you’ve ever wanted to be able to download Google Maps data for offline use, you should check out gmapcatcher, a cross-platform application that caches map segments locally. There’s both a GUI version and a command-line version that you can use to pull down the maps data. The whole thing is written in Python, but the installer should handle everything for Windows users. If not, install Python and try...

How to Download Google Maps for Offline Use

How to Trim the Clutter and Set Up a Minimal Mail.app in Mac OS X 0

Getting through thousands of emails is tough when your mail client is bloated and cluttered. OS X’s default mail client, Mail.app, is a pretty minimal application by itself, but how can we make it more minimal, and by extension, efficient? Today we’ll be showing you how to strip Mail.app down to its essentials, because really all you need in a mail client is something to display emails and reply to them. Before This is what Mail.app looks like...

How to Trim the Clutter and Set Up a Minimal Mail.app in Mac OS X

How to Download Your Photos and Videos from Facebook 0

If you’re tired of your photos and videos being impossible to retrieve from Facebook, you’ll be happy to know that they are rolling out a new feature that allows you to download all of them in one big zip file. Here’s how it works. Since this is a new feature, it’s not yet rolled out to everybody—in fact, we don’t yet have access to it ourselves—so you might want to bookmark this page and come back when the new option shows up for you. If you...

How to Download Your Photos and Videos from Facebook

Ask How-To Geek: What’s Wrong With Writing Down Your Password? 0

Recently a reader asked me why she wasn’t supposed to write down her passwords—which is a very good question. Ignoring all the geeky password manager talk, why can’t a home user write down passwords? Let’s examine this topic more closely. If you’ve never heard anybody say this, you probably haven’t talked to enough network security types—it’s generally looked down on to write your passwords on a physical piece of paper or a sticky note. So...

Ask How-To Geek: What’s Wrong With Writing Down Your Password?