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17 Apps to Make This Blizzard A Blast
Laia GarciaWriter
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Illustration: Adam J. Kurtz
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Illustration: Adam J. Kurtz
Learn About Your Destiny
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Astrologyzone Being stuck in a blizzard is as good a time as any to catch up on what the universe has in store for you this year. You’ve already read Susan Miller’s love predictions, now read up on your friend’s signs and discuss over lengthy text message exchanges.
Record Your Own Raps
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Auto Rap Do you secretly fantasize about becoming a rapper? This is the app for you. Take advantage of all the upcoming alone time and make your own anthem. Make sure you pick a cool rapper name!
Make a Gif
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Phhhoto That moment when you’ve been indoors for what feels like forever and you start to kind of lose it a little and get real silly? That is the moment when making videos and taking pictures becomes super essential, and that’s when you will be glad to have Phhhoto, an app that makes it easy to make gifs, the ultimate way to capture silly.
Play a Classic Boardgame
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Backgammon New-fangled games are great, but so are soothing classic board games like Backgammon. Have a lil’ drink and play a lil’ Backgammon, for a chill storm day.
Keep Track of the Weather
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Dark Sky This weather app predicts when it will stop snowing down to the minute, perfect for when you start to really feel that cabin fever and need to step outside. It also has really beautiful maps to dazzle you while everything’s plain white outside.
Read Some Feminist Books
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Emily Books A blizzard is the perfect time to read and this app makes you a member of the coolest feminist book club. You can subscribe and get a new book downloaded on your device every month, or you can just browse and download books at your leisure. An added bonus are the essays and interviews with the authors that accompany each book every month.
Enjoy the Simple Pleasures in Life
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Fart For Free What else are you doing?
Cook Up A Storm
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Food 52 If you happen to have a stocked pantry then a blizzard might be the best time for you to learn how to cook that thing you’ve been meaning to try all year. This app gives you easy access to a ton of recipes and tips on how to make everything and anything.
Pretend You’re Kim Kardashian
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Kim Kardashian: Hollywood There is a reason this app has exploded: you get to immerse yourself in the Kardashian universe, from photoshoots to dating, and, if you’re lucky, an appearance from Kim K. herself. Be warned, this game is deeply addictive!
Master the Crossword Puzzle
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The New York Times Crossword If you love to do crosswords, this is the app for you. It’s also an excellent way to dip your foot in the Times’ crossword pool—just a little practice in order to finally crack down on that Sunday crossword, this is it!
Make Your Photos Extra-Cool
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Snapseed If you’re very picky about the quality of images you upload to Instagram or Facebook, Snapseed might be your new favorite app. It’s basically like having Photoshop on your phone! Go crazy and prep all your upcoming #TBT pics in one afternoon.
Send Funny Pics to Your Friends
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Snapchat If you still haven’t figured out Snapchat, it’s time. Add all your friends and make them spend the whole day sending random selfies with words scribbled on top. Nudity optional! But remember, the Internet remembers it all.
Look At Some Houses
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StreetEasy This app brings all of New York’s real estate listings into one place. Maybe you’ve been meaning to move because your apartment sucks and being stuck inside it during the blizzard is serving as a cold, hard reminder, or maybe you just like to look at the luxury properties and visualize yourself living there. Nothing kills time faster than looking at real estate porn.
Get Smarter
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Trivia Crack You’ve spent so much time watching cartoons and now your brain needs a real pump me up! Test your knowledge on all things from science, to history, to sports, with this Trivia app. Better yet? Take on your friends for some one-on-one Trivia battles.
Make a Movie
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Super 8 Take advantage of the quality time you’ll be spending with your dog or cat and make cute videos with this app that resembles a vintage Super 8 camera. If you’re feeling really ambitious, go for gold and try to make a cool movie.
Have Some Fun With Words
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Words with Friends An oldie but a goodie! Take a screenshot when the app tells you that “BAE is not a word,” and then Instagram said screenshot, to spread some LOLS in the cold.
Play With Numbers
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2048 This is a game of sliding number tiles and collecting number tiles, and it sounds more complicated than it is, but it’s perfect for tuning out the world and giving your brain a break.
Have you bought enough kale to survive until Wednesday? Whole Foods is already sold out and everyone’s going bananas. We can’t help you when it comes to food preparedness, but we can help ensure that you have a diverse entertainment regimen in place. In between binge-watching old episodes of Friends on Netflix and finally diving into American Horror Story on Hulu, you’re going to need a little brain stimulation to get you through the day. Here are the must-have apps to keep you sane and entertained inside while winter storm Juno threatens to leave you stranded in your apartment forever.