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Many popular retailers and marketplaces offer trade-in programs for older items. Save things like baby carriages, old smartphones and entertainment peripherals. You can fund your upgrade through any of these excellent trade-in programs.

You’re probably sick of your staple meals and ready to try new things. Instead of shopping based on recipes that require tons of ingredients, why not find recipes for what you already have on hand?

Supercook lets you look up recipes by ingredients. Use the menu on the left side of the page to choose what ingredients you have, and voila, a list of delicious meals. Super useful!

I love a good shortcut — and it's not just your keyboard that can save you time. Here's a Google trick that helps you whip up new documents, spreadsheets and calendar invites in a snap. Try it out, and you can thank me later!

Breakups are hard, even more so now that we have many more parts of life to untangle. From email to streaming to social media, I'll walk you through a simple way to say a digital goodbye to your ex so you can move on and maintain your privacy.

Twitter is full of trolls and politics. Not my page, though. Come say hi and learn a thing or two.