{"id":30664,"date":"2017-06-05T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T11:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=30664"},"modified":"2017-05-31T10:44:11","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T15:44:11","slug":"pogues-basics-by-david-pogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/pogues-basics-by-david-pogue\/","title":{"rendered":"Pogue’s Basics by David Pogue"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Journalist David Pogue has written a series of books sharing some tips and tricks to make life easier.\u00a0 I\u00a0started with\u00a0the\u00a0ironically titled\u00a0Pogue’s Basics. Life : Essential Tips and Shortcuts (That No One Bothers to Tell You) For Simplifying Your Day.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 Some critics say they already know this stuff. Good for those geniuses. As for the rest of us, there are\u00a0some\u00a0very\u00a0useful things to pick up in Pogue’s books.<\/p>\n

For instance: you can tell whether your upcoming exit from the\u00a0interstate will be on the left or the right by the placement of the exit number on the sign. If exit is on the left,\u00a0the little sign displaying the exit number will be\u00a0on the top left. If exit is on the right – you guessed it-\u00a0the little exit number sign will be on the right. There is a helpful picture in the book that best explains this.\u00a0This knowledge\u00a0helped me\u00a0navigate with aplomb on a recent trip\u00a0to Chicago.<\/p>\n

Another\u00a0useful tidbit I took from it was the tip on placing\u00a0my vehicle’s key fob up against my neck fat\u00a0when attempting to unlock it from across the parking lot. It will unlock from a greater distance, and can be useful during those times when you forgot exactly where you parked. Pogue says\u00a0this technique\u00a0works because the fluids in\u00a0the head\u00a0act as a great\u00a0conductor.\u00a0I say it’s nice to know my neck fat is good for something<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Pogue’s suggestion for getting a lost dog back: place a toy and\/or blanket with the scent of home on it\u00a0outdoors, near\u00a0where the pet was last seen. Leave it there for 24 hours. The pet will most likely follow his or her nose back toward it. I hope you never need this particular piece of information.<\/p>\n

There are lots more suggestions that you’ll just have to check the book out to learn. If you like this book, you might also like Pogue’s Basics. Tech: Essential Tips and Shortcuts (That No One Bothers to Tell You) For Simplifying the Technology in Your Life<\/strong><\/em>. <\/a>It will\u00a0tell you, among other things,\u00a0what to do when your cell phone falls into the toilet. You can thank me for this recommendation later. Preferably not with a\u00a0handshake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Journalist David Pogue has written a series of books sharing some tips and tricks to make life easier.\u00a0 I\u00a0started with\u00a0the\u00a0ironically titled\u00a0Pogue’s Basics. Life : Essential Tips and Shortcuts (That No One Bothers to Tell You) For Simplifying Your Day.\u00a0\u00a0 Some critics say they already know this stuff. Good for those[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,13,1,8,17],"tags":[4226,4223,4222,4219,4224,2904,4225,4220,4221,1746,4227],"class_list":["post-30664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-news-you-can-use","category-reference","category-staff-picks","category-technology","tag-cell-phone","tag-exit-sign","tag-interstate","tag-journalist-david-pogue","tag-key-fob","tag-life","tag-lost-dog","tag-pogues-basics","tag-tech","tag-technology-2","tag-toilet"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-7YA","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30664"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31037,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30664\/revisions\/31037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}