Sunday, June 1, 2008
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Remove Sticky Price Tags with Peanut Butter
10:00PM Kevin Purdy | Nothing spoils the thrill of a new gadget or CD/DVD like the fingernail torture of trying to get glued-on labels and stickers off it. The Gomestic blog suggests a remedy using peanut butter, that great pacifier of kids (and adult cravings). Massage a little dab onto and around the area that’s gunky, and you’ll eventually wipe off a clean surface. One Dumb Little Man guest-blogger claims to have tested the method, and the Gomestic post suggests that the gooey stuff also helps with glue spills in general. Don’t have a jar handy? Try using a standard pink eraser. 10 Amazing Uses for Peanut Butter [Gomestic via Dumb Little Man] More »
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Zefty Manages Allowances for Kids and Parents
8:00AM Kevin Purdy | Web-based account manager Zefty helps kids understand spending and parents manage what they owe the little ones. Manually or automatically “deposit” money into kids’ accounts, and they (and you) can see what they’ve saved. If your tyke’s tech-proficient, they get their own login to enter what they withdrew and why, but parents get a super-user account as well. There’s also “Zefty Checks” kids can request money with, and an allowance calculator that determines a reasonable pay rate. Zefty is free to use, requires a sign-up. Zefty [via eHub] More »
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Convert Your Gas Mower to Solar Power
6:00AM Adam Pash | Web site Appropedia describes in impressive detail how to convert your gas-powered lawnmower to solar power. The process involves some serious hacking of your original push mower and an investment in parts, but when you’re finished you’ll be hacking down grass with nothing but the power of the sun. Not bad for a weekend project, if a little on the expensive side. Solar Charged Lawnmower [Appropedia via HacknMod] More »
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ReplacementDocs Finds Manuals and Maps for Video Games
5:00AM Kevin Purdy | You can find some great deals buying video games used and secondhand, but there’s often the trade-off of not getting a manual or the original maps and cheat sheets with your disc—annoying with some games, near-deal-breakers for others, (I’m looking at you, StarTropics.) ReplacementDocs has over 1,000 manuals and reference guides available for games of all kinds, and helpful users are adding to that number. Use the search box to find your game’s pages, or browse around by platform. It’s somewhat hit and miss, with a lean toward involved role playing games, but a great place to look before throwing up your hands and giving up on navigating that unbeatable level. ReplacementDocs [via The Red Ferret Journal] More »
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Defrag Your Office for Increased Efficiency
2:00AM Gina Trapani | One of the side effects of having so much stuff to help us get work done is dealing with the clutter it creates in our workspace. But just like you can defragment a hard drive—organize the bits and bytes so that related ones are closest to one another for faster access—you can also defrag your office to make it more efficient. Put your stuff out of the way but within reach, and make it easy to find and put back with a few workspace organisation techniques. Photo by lenski. More »
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