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Make A Wine Tote Out Of Your Old Clothes
3:00AM Lisa Hoover | Have an old t-shirt or skirt lying around? With little more than a pair of scissors and a sewing machine, you can turn your old clothes into a nifty wine tote for that bottle of Merlot you’re giving to mum. More »
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Use An Over-Under Wrap To Keep Your Headphones Kink-Free
5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Headphones have a magic way of tangling themselves in inexplicably complicated knots. Many techniques for keeping headphones tangle-free work but they badly kink and over-tighten them in the process. Use an over-under wrap for easy and cord-friendly storage. More »
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Creatively Display Your Cables When Hiding’s Not An Option
5:30AM Sarah Rae Trover | We’ve talked time and time again about new and different ways to hide the unsightly cable nests lurking in your home. Instead of squirreling them away, artist Maisie Maud Broadhead cleverly decorates with them in plain sight. More »
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Make Easy, Less Messy Bacon In A Waffle Iron
12:30AM Kevin Purdy | You love bacon, but cooking it in a pan is tough to time and leaves you with scalding-hot grease to dispose of. The microwave? Please. Food science miracle worker Alton Brown shows how a waffle iron makes the best bacon. More »
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4:00AM Kevin Purdy | Feeling under the weather? Thinking — as you look around your office — that you might be soon? Hone your home-remedy skill set with a look at 10 of our favourite DIY cures for illnesses and your body’s annoyances. More »
Top 10 Homemade Remedies For What Ails You
4:00AM Kevin Purdy | Feeling under the weather? Thinking — as you look around your office — that you might be soon? Hone your home-remedy skill set with a look at 10 of our favourite DIY cures for illnesses and your body’s annoyances. More »
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4:00PM Angus Kidman | We’ve talked about the virtues of bicarbonate of soda (or baking soda for our US cousins) for reviving towels. Tech blogger Gail Lipscombe also found it pretty handy for reviving a messed-up vanity basin. More »
How Bicarbonate Of Soda Can Save Your Bathroom
4:00PM Angus Kidman | We’ve talked about the virtues of bicarbonate of soda (or baking soda for our US cousins) for reviving towels. Tech blogger Gail Lipscombe also found it pretty handy for reviving a messed-up vanity basin. More »
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Polish Your Shoes With A Banana
9:00AM Whitson Gordon | If you’ve got a few over-ripe bananas lying around (as most of us do), and you’re not the banana-bread type, it turns out they have a few household uses before you toss them in the garbage — like homespun shoe polish. More »
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Make Biscuits In 90 Seconds With Your Waffle Maker
5:30AM Sarah Rae Trover | Baking biscuits in your oven is fine and all, but if you want to turn out some tasty ones in a very short time, consider turning to your trusty waffle maker. Turns out you’re only 90 seconds away from crispy, chewy goodness. More »
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Open A Bottle Of Wine With Your Shoe
9:00AM Adam Pash | Got a bottle of wine on hand but no corkscrew to get it open? You can argue all you want about whether or not the guy in this video really needs more wine, but you can’t argue with the results. More »
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