02 Mar
Posted by Alex as Alternative Lifestyles, Food, Home and Garden, Technology
Wow. This is a prototype of a machine that makes dishes out of non-toxic food grade acrylic disks. And, get this, it can recycle the material again and again. It claims that no more hassles of cleaning and washing.
Anyway, my question with it is how does it go about the cleaning? But the guy’s right. [...]
Thinking it’s just a foggy day? Think twice. That just might be grime on your window. So better get up from the couch and wash those windows. And here are some tips how:
Left-right, up-down
Here’s a good tip. When drying your windows from the outside, wipe from left to right. When inside go from top to [...]
01 Mar
Posted by Alex as Business, Computers, Home and Garden, Work and Career
Now this is absolutely a killer home office set-up I found on Digg. This is Stefan Didak’s home office.
Now my home office rig seems so… so pitiful compared to this rig. It makes me cry.
Anyway, you can view the gallery here and his FAQ (yes he has for this rig!) here.
In relation to my previous posts on microwaving (on safety and cooking tips), here’s a tip on how to find out if a dish is microwave safe (metal and gold-trimmed dishes are a ready no-no).
Place a glass measuring cup of water next to dish to be tested.
Turn the microwave on full power for one minute
Check [...]
27 Feb
Posted by Alex as Alternative Lifestyles, Behavior and Ethics, Fitness and Health, Games, Sports, and Leisure, Home and Garden
Amazing. Guys would love this thing. No more coolers beside the sofa (or maybe you’re too lazy to even get one). Perfect. Another reason to be a beer-bellied couch potato. See? Even bums can still “streamline” their lives.
Watch the Beer Launching Fridge:
Drink moderately.
Ever had one of those unfortunate accident where your tub of ice cream melted in the car because you got caught in a traffic jam on a hot summer afternoon? Here are some shopping trip tips for you:
If you have spare cooler, you might want to bring one along to store your frozen items.
Purchase frozen [...]
Last time I wrote about microwaving, I wrote about safety tips. Here are some tips on actually using you microwave to cook.
Check the cookbook that comes with your microwave – If you plan to microwave you dish, find similar dishes to determine cooking time, dish size and proportions.
Liquids in dishes extends cooking time – You [...]
Caulk can be used for common patch repairs at home. The most common patching work would be walls, tiles, and window seams. Over time, due to the exposure to varying temperatures, gaps can form from glass and windows and wood and gypsum boards. These loose seems can even cost you more for heating and . [...]
Believe it or not, shampoo bottles are costing you a fortune. Having a large one up for everyone’s use can alter expected consumption especially when you have kids at home. Yup, they love to slather it on. And using too much shampoo doesn’t really do you any better.
Here’s one quick tip to avoid such unnecessary [...]
Kids will be kids. And kids with crayons are little chaos machines that are bound to mess something up. Now this scenario may be common inside the classroom but they might happen at home.
A quick way to do this is to use scouring powder to scrub away those ugly crayon marks. Now the blackboard paint [...]
Screw holes in wood wear out over time so here are some ways to fix a worn out screw hole.
Screw Hole Repair Strips
Now, it’s a good thing, we now have these available in hardware stores. These are metal strips that you could drive into the hole with the screw. The screw gets packed tight since [...]
21 Feb
Posted by Alex as Home and Garden, Money and Finance
Most of them, people think that saving on purchases only mean big when they’re larger investments like houses or cars. Yeah, sure, why not. A 10% discount off that latest sedan would mean more or less four-digit savings.
But believe it or not, but many are making big savings out of pennies, literally!
You don’t buy a [...]
A leaky pipe can be a pain. And you just don’t always have the luxury to call your friendly neighborhood plumber to do the job for you. Not to mention plumbers and lonely ladies have been a plot of too many porn movies (I don’t know the heck why).
Leaky pipes can be mended all [...]
Here’s one tip for you real quick, easy and fast to reduce your household or office clutter.
Arm yourself with a garbage bag. Make one full round around your house (or office) going though every room, drawer, nook and cranny. Find all the things that you don’t need and throw them away.
If you’re feeling nostalgic, [...]
20 Feb
Posted by Alex as Home and Garden, The Web
I know these are popular viral videos, but you might want to try this out. I was meaning to build one of these shirt-folding devices.