Background Music for Mac Automatically Pauses Your Music When Audio Plays Elsewhere

Mac: If you use software like iTunes, Spotify, or VOX to listen to music on your Mac, then Background Music is a handy little utility that’ll pause your music when you start up audio in another program (like Chrome), then auto-resume when it’s done.

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Tri-Ply on a Budget: This Cooks Standard 3-Quart Saucepan is Just $30 Today.

If you can’t afford to outfit your entire kitchen with All-Clad gear, this 3-quart Cooks Standard saucepan uses the same Tri-ply technology of 18/10 stainless steel surrounding an aluminum core, and it can be yours for just $30, an all-time low.

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These Maps Show the Legal Status of Marijuana in Your State

More and more states are passing laws that allow some kind of use, sale, or growing of marijuana. Pennsylvania just passed a medical marijuana bill this weekend, for example. To keep up on the state-by-state status, Legal Templates has created a series of handy maps.

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Ask an Expert: All About Medical Marijuana

As medical marijuana becomes increasingly prevalent, it can be confusing for those of us with little more than a cursory familiarity with recreational use to understand how the drug can be utilized for medical purposes. Here today to offer some guidance is Dr. Rachna Patel, a medical marijuana doctor in the Bay Area.

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Podcasts Arrive in Google Play Music with Playlists for Curated Listening

Google’s adding podcasts to Google Play Music on the web and Android today. As you’d expect, you’ll be able to subscribe to a massive number of podcasts or browser through recommendations.

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Find Your Microwave’s Wattage by Using It to Boil Water

Your microwave can be just as good at cooking as your stove
, but it takes getting familiar with your power settings
. You have to adjust them according to what you’re cooking, and that means knowing your wattage. If you’re not sure what your microwave’s wattage is, boil a cup of water to find out.

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Transform Your Mornings With This Discounted Wake-Up Light

We’ve seen several deals lately on Philips’ life-changing wake-up lights, but if you’re not among the 20,000+ Gawker media readers
who have already pulled the trigger, the entry level model just dropped to its lowest price of the year.

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Why You Should Make a List of Every Account Linked to Your Credit Cards

There aren’t many drawbacks to automating your finances, but one you occasionally encounter is having to update all of your bills when you get a new credit or debit card. To make it easier, finance writer J.Money suggests making a list of every account linked to your cards.

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How to Build a Raspberry Pi Retro Game Console for $35 

Since its release, the $35 Raspberry Pi mini-computer has been hailed as the perfect all-in-one retro game console. Now, it’s easier to do than ever, and it doesn’t take any Linux knowledge whatsoever. Here’s how to make your own retro game console in under 10 minutes.

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Heatmap News Shows You What’s Going on Around the World

If you’re a news hound, there are plenty of apps and services out there to help you keep tabs on what’s going on around the world
. Heatmap News does just that, with an added bonus: it maps out exactly where that news is happening.

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