What’s Happening: Winter hacks

Buzzfeed, Wisebread and several other news sites just ran a few pieces about winter life hacks and some of them are just so funny! Others seem like they’re even worth trying. How about cutting a pair of your knee-high socks, for example, to make a pair of leggings for a toddler? Brilliant!

Apparently police in Indiana are confirming that a woman who reported that her three children are possessed by demons is not lying. The captain himself says he is a “believer” after visiting the kids, and several medical examiners, psychologists and other witnesses also saw the kids walk up walls backwards and speak in deep, creepy voices. What do you think?

Did you hear about the strange wedge-shaped object in the most recent photos of the moon? People are speculating about alien spaceships and bases but honestly, I’m wondering if it’s human garbage. It’s everywhere else, from the ocean to the atmosphere. It makes sense that we’ve probably left trash on the moon, too.

If you play Angry Birds, you might want to know that the NSA is using your activities to spy on you. The same goes for other “loose” games and apps that allow easy spyware to be installed. Is nothing private anymore? Indy wants a hot tub in the backyard, but I’m saying put it in the basement instead. I don’t need to be on Google Earth in my swimsuit! (That’s a joke, by the way, but seriously…) And the thing is, when you detect spyware, you usually think it’s from a hacker—not our own government.

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