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Jason is Editor in Chief of LifeSavvy, How-To Geek's sister site focused on helping people live their best life through tips, tricks, and advice on everything from parenting to career building.  Prior to that, he was the Founding Editor of Review Geek, another How-To Geek sister site focused on consumer products and services. Jason has over a decade of experience in publishing and has penned thousands of articles during his time at LifeSavvy, Review Geek, How-To Geek, and Lifehacker. In addition to his current duties as Editor in Chief of LifeSavvy, he's an Editorial Advisor on How To-Geek's editorial board where he helps direct the growth and vision of the How-To Geek family. He's also the site's resident trivia expert---relentlessly poring over research and publications in search of the bizarre to amaze and delight 365 days a year.

He's been in love with technology since his earliest memories of writing simple computer programs with his grandfather, but his tech writing career took shape back in 2007 when he joined the Lifehacker team as their very first intern. After cutting his teeth on tech writing at Lifehacker and working his way up, he left as Weekend Editor and transferred over to How-To Geek in 2010. With years of awesome fun, writing, and hardware-modding antics at How-To Geek under his belt, Jason helped launch How-To Geek's sister site Review Geek in 2017. In 2019, he stepped back from his role at Review Geek to focus all his energy on LifeSavvy.

In addition to the long run as a tech writer and editor, Jason spent over a decade as a college instructor doing his best to teach a generation of English students that there's more to success than putting your pants on one leg at a time and writing five paragraph essays. While his days of steering students towards greatness are behind him, his lifelong desire to delight, entertain, and inform lives on with his work for How-To Geek and Review Geek.

If you're looking for him after hours, he's probably four search queries and twenty obscenities deep in a DIY project or entranced by the limitless exploration possibilities of some open-world game or another. He loves long walks on virtual beaches, playing worker placement board games with inconsequential themes, and spending time with his wife, daughter, and highly opinionated dog Cricket.

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The name of WD-40 is quite literal; the name stands for Water Displacement, 40th Formula and was taken right from the inventor’s lab notebook.

The name of WD-40 is quite literal; the name stands for Water Displacement, 40th Formula and was taken right from the inventor’s lab notebook.

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Despite his firm position as a silver screen icon, James Dean has a very short list of movie credits: he starred in three movies and had walk-on minor roles in three others.

Despite his firm position as a silver screen icon, James Dean has a very short list of movie credits: he starred in three movies and had walk-on minor roles in three others.

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Liquid Paper correction fluid was invented by the mother of Michael Nesmith, member of 1960s pop sensation The Monkees.

Liquid Paper correction fluid was invented by the mother of Michael Nesmith, member of 1960s pop sensation The Monkees.

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Cyberpunk author William Gibson and influential video game designer Hideo Kojima both have said the 1981 film Escape from New York was highly influential on their body of work.

Cyberpunk author William Gibson and influential video game designer Hideo Kojima both have said the 1981 film Escape from New York was highly influential on their body of work.

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Smoking has been banned on all U.S. domestic flights of less than six hours since 1990 and was extended to all domestic and international flights in 2000. Passengers lighting up on a flight can face a fine and potentially be arrested and detained upon landing.

Smoking has been banned on all U.S. domestic flights of less than six hours since 1990 and was extended to all domestic and international flights in 2000. Passengers lighting up on a flight can face a fine and potentially be ...

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Gold, a highly ductile element, can easily be stretched into a long and thin wire. One ounce of gold will yield a wire fifty miles long.

Gold, a highly ductile element, can easily be stretched into a long and thin wire. One ounce of gold will yield a wire fifty miles long.

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Karaoke, the popular entertainment game wherein amateur singers sing along with instrumental tracks of well-known popular songs, means “empty orchestra” when translated directly from Japanese into English.

Karaoke, the popular entertainment game wherein amateur singers sing along with instrumental tracks of well-known popular songs, means “empty orchestra” when translated directly from Japanese into English....

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A May 13, 1929 game between the Indians and the Yankees was the first Major League Baseball game where both the home and away team wore numbered jerseys.

A May 13, 1929 game between the Indians and the Yankees was the first Major League Baseball game where both the home and away team wore numbered jerseys.

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Tabasco Sauce, that iconic spicy American condiment, takes three years to produce; most of that time is invested in the fermentation process which helps soften and break down the raw peppers without cooking them.

Tabasco Sauce, that iconic spicy American condiment, takes three years to produce; most of that time is invested in the fermentation process which helps soften and break down the raw peppers without cooking them....

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Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was, appropriately enough, Moon.

Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was, appropriately enough, Moon.

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There are more barrels of bourbon in Kentucky than there are people; you’ll find approximately 8.1 million barrels aging in bourbon warehouses around the state, but only around 4.3 million citizens.

There are more barrels of bourbon in Kentucky than there are people; you’ll find approximately 8.1 million barrels aging in bourbon warehouses around the state, but only around 4.3 million citizens....

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Although they seem tiny when you’re whizzing past them in a car, the broken (separate) white stripes that mark the lanes on U.S. highways are a full ten feet long.

Although they seem tiny when you’re whizzing past them in a car, the broken (separate) white stripes that mark the lanes on U.S. highways are a full ten feet long.
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