Sunday, September 7, 2008
Communicate
Postcard.fm Sends Custom MP3 Ecards
8:00AM Kevin Purdy | You can spend a good chunk of time searching the web for an ecard that isn’t annoying, cheesy, ad-ridden, or some combination of all three. Or you can grab a picture, choose a song, and send a super-clean, customised ecard through Postcard.fm. Simply upload an image file and MP3 to the free, no-registration-required site, add a message, and mail it out. The recipient gets a link to your e-postcard page, with no ads in sight (at least for now). This means you can be as cute, clever, snarky, or affectionate as you want, rather than letting some oddly-shaped critters express your wishes. Postcard.fm [via MakeUseOf.com] More »
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Make Your Own Jewellery Cleaner
6:00AM Kevin Purdy | Jewellery cleaner works great for restoring luster to your precious-metal accessories, and it can even take that awful, funky metal-gone-bad smell off of not-quite-precious objects. But paying for the stuff is surrendering to huge markup. Over at RecipeZaar, one helpful user posts a recipe for homemade jewellery cleaner, using salt, baking soda, dish detergent, water, and aluminium foil. It’s similar to DIY silver polish, but it’s a bit more portable and multi-purpose. Having tried it out on a cheap doorknob that was leaving a bad smell on hands, I can testify it works for that purpose as well. Jewellery Cleaner recipe [RecipeZaar] More »
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DIY Keychain Money Clip Lightens Your Pockets
4:00AM Adam Pash | We’ve already shown you several ways to streamline your keys with a DIY flair, but reader Oliver writes in with his own inventive method for lightening his pockets by combining his keys with his money clip. I’ve recently enjoyed having a money clip rather than a wallet for trips out of the house because it doesn’t weigh down the pant pockets as much. The next biggest annoyance was definitely the keys. It occurred to me that I could rivet the keys to a plastic store card (one I don’t really want anymore) and include them in the money clip! More »
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