Category Archives: Tip of the Week

Tip of the Week: Adjust the settings on your new TV

December 28, 2015- by Steven E. Greer If you either purchased or gave as a gift a new TV recently, there is a good chance that the factory (more…)

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Tip of the Week: Vaccinations that all adults should have

William Schaffner, MD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Vanderbilt (more…)

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Tip of the Week: Take the stairs in your building

December 4, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD With it now being too cold to bike or walk, (more…)

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Our darkest days are behind us

December 21, 2015- by Steven E. Greer, MD If you suffer from seasonal affective disorder when the dark days come over us, you are not alone. (more…)

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Tip of the Week: Get the Blu-ray option on Netflix

September 6, 2015- by Steven E. Greer Now that I have a state-of-the-art home theater with Blu-ray, I noticed that my Netflix DVD (more…)

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Tip of the Week: How to tip your building staff year end

December 10, 2015- by Steven E. Greer It’s that time of the year and you have to tip all of the service industry folks around you, particularly (more…)

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Christmas gift ideas

November 27, 2015- by Steven E. Greer A lot of the stuff I have personally purchased over the year would also be nice gifts. (more…)

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Tip of the Week: Use Apple Pay

November 30, 2015- by Steven E. Greer After my bank card was cloned by Russian mobsters and used to buy alcohol at a store in Queens (more…)

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Tip of the Week: Upgrade your old stereo

August 30, 2015- by Steven E. Greer Well, I have finally stepped into the 21st Century. After my Verizon Fios box went out this week and I (more…)

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The Gluten Crazies are out of control and affecting menus in restaurants

April 26, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD I was eating at a French restaurant recently, and the waiter asked me if I had any allergies, (more…)

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Tip of the Week: The iKlip tripod and selfie stick for smartphones

November 17, 2015- by Steven E. Greer Apple stores have selected the iKlip Grip as being worthy of shelf space in their stores. I bought (more…)

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Tip of the Week: Try Via also as an alternative to Uber

November 13, 2015- by Steven E. Greer A viewer gave us a tip about the ride share service called Via. It allows more than one person (more…)

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The first ever use of Facetime to receive help from an Apple store team

November 13, 2015- by Steven E. Greer, MD Today was an historic day. I became the first person ever to use Apple Facetime to receive assistance (more…)

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Tip of the Week: How to turn your apartment into a photo gallery

November 17, 2015- By Steven E. Greer If you own even a small point-and-shoot camera, these days the resolution is pretty impressive (more…)

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Spaghetti and meat sauce Steve-style

November 3, 2015- by Steven E. Greer I make a nice spaghetti and meat sauce, if I do say so myself. There is a trick I learned. The Maillard reaction (more…)

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Tip of the Week: How to make a Chipotle burrito edible

November 2, 2015- by Steven E. Greer Try this tip the next time you go to Chipotle. To make your burrito more tasty, after they construct it and wrap it in foil, ask them (more…)

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Tip of the Week: How to turn your iPhone into a laptop

October 18, 2015- by Seven E. Greer I bought the new iPhone 6s. To turn it into a pseudo-laptop, I connect it via Bluetooth to an (more…)

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Tip of the Week: If you have AT&T, switch to T-Mobile

August 11, 2015- By Steven E. Greer I have had an AT&T cell phone for many years, unfortunately. The service down here is spotty (more…)

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Tip of the Week: Get your adult vaccinations at Rite Aid

September 16, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD Most adults are not fully vaccinated against preventable diseases because American Medicine (more…)

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Tip of the Week: How to deal with Verizon when you have an outage

August 24, 2015- By Steven E. Greer If you were an early adopter of the fiber optic Fios service by Verizon and have had your box (more…)

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