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For many people, the holidays mean crunchy, golden, deep-fried-delicious foods. Hanukkah is the festival of lights, but real ones know its really just as much about celebrating the oil that kept the lamps lit. That’s why we make latkes and sufganiyot (jelly donuts) every year. But folks who celebrate Christmas don’t miss out on the […]
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One of the most common questions travelers ask is: Is Rome safe? While this is often a non-European doubt, it’s understandable that such a huge city like Rome raises this type of apprehension. Traveling is by definition getting out of our comfort zone, so it’s only normal that we feel exposed and need reassurance. Generally […]
Almost everyone receives exciting emails from retailers about special holiday offers, and with the hustle and bustle of holiday season, your busy schedule can cause you to want to move fast and check off items on your to-do list. However, phishing messages are even more frequent during the holiday shopping season! And scammers are getting […]
Imagine the convenience of a hotel concierge, but with a recording that you can customize. That’s the draw of an at-home wake-up call service—which is far more affordable than booking a hotel room just to get access to a concierge. In any case, for less than the cost of a continental breakfast, you can schedule […]
Kotlin, by design, doesn’t allow a non-null variable to be left uninitialised during its declaration. To get past this issue, Kotlin’s lateinit allows us to declare a variable first and then initialise it some point in the future during our program’s execution cycle. The concept is simple, but when we try to access an uninitialised property, it’s […]