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Gloss How-To: Throw The Geekiest (And Coolest) Kids Party Ever

Gloss How-To: Throw The Geekiest (And Coolest) Kids Party Ever

1 / October 25, 2011 1:44 pm

When your birthday is the same day as Star Wars Day, Universal Day of the Jedi, Geek Pride Day and the exact date that Return of the Jedi hit theaters, a lifetime of Star Wars geekery is simply your destiny. [...]

Gloss How-To: Ditch Your Office Cubicle And Go Mobile

Gloss How-To: Ditch Your Office Cubicle And Go Mobile

1 / August 18, 2011 9:15 am

Fantasize about taking conference calls from home as you prepare lunch for the kids or leading meetings with clients while lounging on a sandy beach somewhere tropical? If analyst’s predictions are correct, those dreams may be closer to reality than you [...]

Your Desk’s Dirty Secret – 6 Ways to Clean Your Workspace

Your Desk’s Dirty Secret – 6 Ways to Clean Your Workspace

0 / July 16, 2011 8:30 am

Filthy, germ-ridden desks at the office certainly aren’t breaking news but that doesn’t mean it’s any less gross. The desk, in terms of bacteria, is 400 times more dirty than your toilet, according to Charles Gerba, PhD, a professor of [...]

Gloss How-To: Take Photos of Fireworks That Don’t Suck

Gloss How-To: Take Photos of Fireworks That Don’t Suck

2 / July 1, 2011 4:29 am

Based on the photographic evidence (below), July 4 means a sky full of blurry apocalyptic-y black holes. What gives? How do you take a photo of fireworks without it looking like a solar mass of doom? To help us properly [...]

Gloss How-To: Ask Someone Out Online

Gloss How-To: Ask Someone Out Online

0 / April 2, 2011 1:03 pm

In the Dark Ages before the Internet, it used to be that if you wanted to date, you had to leave the house and go socialize with other human beings face to face. But as reported by fitGLOSS, a recent study [...]

Gloss How-To: Best View Tonight’s “Supermoon”

Gloss How-To: Best View Tonight’s “Supermoon”

2 / March 19, 2011 12:21 pm

With all the buzz about tonight’s super perigee moon — aka “Supermoon — many across the world are wondering when is the best time to see the once in 2 decades event. First — what is a super perigee moon? [...]

Gloss How-To: Manage Your Chaotic Inbox

Gloss How-To: Manage Your Chaotic Inbox

0 / March 17, 2011 4:14 am

Oh. Em. Gee. Nothing’s worse than Gmail gone wild. With all the daily forwards from friends, online sale reminders, Facebook updates and messages from whatever mailing lists your address has found its way on, an overflowing inbox can make email [...]

Gloss Tips: Fall Back Successfully with Daylight Savings Time

Gloss Tips: Fall Back Successfully with Daylight Savings Time

6 / November 6, 2010 8:17 pm

Daylight savings time is upon us — at 2am Sunday, November 7th, 2010, we’ll turn back the clocks. While this time change is far better than when we lose an hour in the Spring, there are still some tips to [...]