Author: Grant Halloway-Reed
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Too Tired to Cook? Try These 15-minute Meals
Look, I get it. By the time you’ve finished a long day of troubleshooting or managing a project, the last thing you want to do is spend an hour standing over a stove playing chemist. Most “healthy eating” advice is just noise—it’s either too complicated to actually execute or it relies on ingredients you can’t…
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Stretches You Can Do at Your Desk to Relieve Tension
I spent fifteen years in corporate offices before I started my own consultancy, and if there is one thing I learned, it’s that most “wellness” advice is a load of garbage designed to sell you a subscription. I’m tired of seeing influencers push expensive ergonomic chairs or complicated breathing apps as the cure for a…
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Seamless Ways to Move Files Between Your Devices
I was hunched over my workbench last Tuesday, trying to move a handful of high-res audio samples from my laptop to an old analog synth interface, when I realized I was staring at a “subscription required” pop-up for yet another cloud service. It’s infuriating. We’ve been sold this idea that everything needs to live in…
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Organizing Your Cords With Diy Cable Management
I was elbow-deep in the guts of a 1978 Roland Juno last Tuesday, trying to trace a signal path, when I realized my own workbench looked like a bird’s nest of tangled black spaghetti. It’s the same story I see every time I consult for a new office: people spend a fortune on “designer” desk…
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Everything You Need to Know to Crush Your Performance Review
I remember sitting in a glass-walled conference room ten years ago, clutching a lukewarm coffee and feeling that familiar, hollow knot in my stomach. My manager spent twenty minutes burying the lead under a mountain of corporate jargon and “synergy” talk, leaving me more confused than when I walked in. Most people think learning how…
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Getting Started With Gut Health for Improved Well-being
I was sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, trying to calibrate a vintage Moog synth, when I realized I was too distracted by a dull, persistent bloat to actually focus on the circuitry. I’d spent the better part of a month falling down a rabbit hole of $60 “bio-hacking” supplements and neon-colored probiotic shots that…
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Realistic Healthy Recipes for Busy Lifestyles
I’ve spent enough time in corporate boardrooms and renovation sites to know that most “wellness” advice is just expensive noise designed to make you feel like you’re failing. We’ve all seen the influencers pushing complicated meal prep routines that require a culinary degree and three hours of your evening. But when you’re staring down a…
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Simple Woodworking Tasks You Can Complete in a Weekend
I’ve spent enough time watching people buy expensive, shiny power tools only to let them gather dust in a corner because they didn’t know where to start. The internet is flooded with “aesthetic” DIY tutorials that look great on camera but fall apart the second you put any actual weight on them. If you’re looking…
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How to Write Professional Emails That Get Responses
I spent fifteen years in corporate boardrooms watching people drown in “synergistic” jargon and three-page introductory pleasantries that serve no purpose other than to waste everyone’s time. There is this pervasive, misguided idea that learning how to write a professional email means adopting a persona that sounds like a legal textbook or a customer service…
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How to Harden Your Home Wifi Against Intruders
I spent most of last weekend hunched over a 1978 Juno-6 synthesizer, trying to trace a faulty capacitor, when it hit me how much we treat our digital lives like those cheap, disposable gadgets. Everyone and their mother is trying to sell you a $500 “AI-powered” mesh system or a subscription-based security suite that promises…