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Today's Fresh Blogs...| MacGyver Tip: Use an extra shower rod to dry swimsuits and towels |
| Published: August 4, 2007, 12:00 pm |
| Tags: Cleaning, Clothing, Clutter, Macgyver Tip, Summer |
| Summertime doesn't have to mean wet towels and swimsuits drip-drying all over your bathroom floor. Put up an extra shower curtain rod instead: Put an extra shower curtain rod in your shower to hang wet towels and swimsuits from in the summertime. The water drips right into the shower and not on the floor. Shower curtain rods are a snap to put |
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| MacGyver Tip: Deodorize with common household products |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 11:00 am |
| Tags: Cleaning, Health, Household, Life Hack, Macgyver Tip |
| You can beat those funky smelling spots in the house without spending more on fancy cleansers. Real Simple magazine lists eight common household items that double as excellent deodorizers, including oranges to de-stink the sink, vanilla extract to freshen the freezer, baking soda for plastics, and onions to deodorize the basement. Although some |
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| MacGyver Tip: Silence velcro with duct tape |
| Published: August 10, 2007, 6:30 pm |
| Tags: Diy, Duct Tape, Macgyver Tip |
| Reader TB says: The big velcro closures on my messenger bag are so loud to open, especially in a meeting or on the airplane next to a sleeping fellow passenger - plus they're totally unnecessary with closure clips at the bottom. So I covered them in duct tape, and now opening my bag is easier AND quieter! Duct tape? We love you. Thanks, TB! |
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| MacGyver Tip: Clean a scratched CD or DVD with a banana |
| Published: August 15, 2007, 9:00 am |
| Tags: Cds, Cleaning, Clips, Dvds, Household, Macgyver Tip, Video Demonstration |
| You already know you can smooth a scratched optical disc with toothpaste, Pledge or Brasso, but if you don't have any of those around the house, turn to your fruit bowl. After the jump, watch a short video demonstration of how to rub a scratched CD or DVD smooth with a banana, its peel and some glass cleaner. [via Geeks Are Sexy] |
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| DIY: Out of glue but have plenty milk, vinegar, ... |
| Published: August 15, 2007, 6:00 pm |
| Tags: Clever Uses, Diy, Household, Macgyver Tip |
| Out of glue but have plenty milk, vinegar, and baking soda? Instructables shows you how to make your own moo glue. |
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| Clever Uses: Remove sweat stains from your clothes with aspirin |
| Published: August 16, 2007, 7:30 pm |
| Tags: Clever Uses, Household, Macgyver Tip |
| The heartache of nasty yellow pit stains got you down? The Gomestic weblog says you can remove perspiration stains from your white T-shirts with just two aspirin and half a cup of warm water applied to the stain. Aside from the sweat stain removal, Gomestic also suggests nine other unusual uses for the ubiquitous pain killer, like de-yellowing |
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| Clever Uses: Use Your Headphones as a Tape Measurer |
| Published: August 20, 2007, 4:00 pm |
| Tags: Clever Uses, Headphones, Macgyver Tip, Time Savers, Top |
| Collaborative DIY site Instructables suggests marking off inches on your headphone cord so you've got a quick measuring tape on hand wherever you go. The guide uses iPod headphones, which measure about 31 inches, marking off every inch in black and every 10 inches in red (wouldn't every foot make more sense?). Of course, headphones aren't your |
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| MacGyver Tip: Hang Bubble Wrap as Temporary Curtains |
| Published: September 2, 2007, 10:00 am |
| Tags: Macgyver Tip, Moving |
| Instead of tacking up bedsheets over the windows when you first move into a place to preserve your privacy, save your walls and just pop some bubble wrap into the windows instead. This idea comes from Derek of ReadyMade, who simply taped the bubbly stuff into his windows until curtains/blinds were hung. Not only does it let in light during the |
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| MacGyver Tip: Unstick Furniture with a Candle |
| Published: September 12, 2007, 8:30 am |
| Tags: Household, Macgyver Tip |
| My mother got this tip from an old family friend who worked as a carpenter and it has helped make a few unusable pieces of furniture work like new again.While we're talking about household fixes, see also how to silence squeaky floorboards with talcum powder. Thanks, mkjarval! |
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| MacGyver Tip: Use Aluminum Foil to Sharpen Scissors |
| Published: September 15, 2007, 4:00 pm |
| Tags: Household, Kitchen, Macgyver Tip |
| Home improvement site DIY Life has compiled a list of fifteen uses for aluminum foil; among them is the ability to sharpen scissors. All you need to do is stack about seven pieces of foil together and slice through them with your dull scissors, and voila! Scissors are sharp again. I tried this myself and it took more than one cut-through, but it |
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| MacGyver Tip: Shine Wooden Furniture with Shoe Polish |
| Published: September 18, 2007, 10:30 am |
| Tags: Cleaning, Clever Uses, Household, Macgyver Tip |
| Turns out shoe polish can shine up more than your kicks. Real Simple magazine says it can take nicks and gouges out of wooden furniture as well: Apply a pea-size dot of wax shoe polish, then use a soft cotton cloth to buff it in, as you would on shoes. You can also use Pledge furniture wax to shine shoes in a pinch, or even vegetable oil. |
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| MacGyver Tip: Build a Fire Without Matches or a Lighter |
| Published: September 20, 2007, 2:00 pm |
| Tags: Clever Uses, Clips, How To, Macgyver Tip, Top |
| way this is a great bit of MacGyver ingenuity. How to make fire without matches or a lighter [5min] |
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| MacGyver Tip: Make Potable Water with a String, Bottle and Lighter |
| Published: September 24, 2007, 11:00 am |
| Tags: Beverages, Diy, Drinks, Health, Macgyver Tip, Outdoors, Survival, Top, Video Demonstration |
| and it can save your life. MacGyver Style DIY Tip [Metacafe] |
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| MacGyver Tip: Make a DIY Portable Stove |
| Published: September 26, 2007, 3:00 pm |
| Tags: Clever Uses, Clips, Fire, How To, Macgyver Tip, Outdoors, Top |
| If you've got the DIY outdoors-y bug, you can make your own portable miniature stove using two aluminum cans, sandpaper, a thumb tack, razor blade, coat hanger, fiber glass, and Heet (I'm sure that's all just sitting in your go bag, right?). It's a very cool project, but if you undertake it, make sure you proceed with caution. Lifehacker |
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| Clever Uses: Clean Inkjet Printer Cartridges with WD-40 |
| Published: September 26, 2007, 7:00 pm |
| Tags: Clever Uses, Diy, Macgyver Tip, Printer, Wd 40 |
| are rather expensive, this tip should help save you money while helping you get the most out of your ink. Thanks, Lacy! Yet Another Use for WD-40 [The WVb] |
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