Archive for January, 2008
How to Choose Curtains for Your Home
Window coverings in contemporary homes are indispensable.
They may take any mold but rarely would you find a home without window coverings.
Not only do they help in protecting the residents from heat and light, they additionally invent certain that your prying neighbors are kept at bay as far as p…
How To Kick Down a Door
You may need to kick down a door for many reasons, you locked your keys in a locked room, or your house, and for whatever reason you need to get in and can’t utilize or wait for other means. Before we start let me just say that, whether at all possible, you should use another means to get through …
GE Monogram New York City Showroom Event
I think I’ve just taken a totally unintended break from my blog. Wendy, a loyal reader, asked whether I took a "busman’s holiday." So many things have been going on that I want to share with you, large and small, plus something VERY top secret and hushhush (coming soon) but I just hav…
CD sleeve from outdated electronics
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Using a old computer keyboard you can manufacture a thin sleeve to protect your CD or DVD from damage. Inside computer keyboards is a thin, flexible, and sturdy membrane with printed circuits on it. Older keyboards tend to have prettier colors and designs in my experience. whether you have upgra…
SquareOne tape measures more than just length
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We’ve recently seen our share of multi-tools—Leatherman’s pared-down Skeletool, the two-timing RakeHoe, and of course B&D’s schizophrenic electrical oddity.
And now there’s the SquareOne, which is a tape degree at heart. But that designation doesn’t do it justice.
It’s handy decent that t…
Sixteen year-old converts gas guzzling truck to electric
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Not all teens are caught up with video games and prowling the malls, one innovative sixteen year-old boy has taken his 1988 Mazda pickup truck and given it a new life as an electric car. Wow! Andrew Angelloti saved up a wad of $6,000 from his part day gig as a life guard and spent it on the call…
RECALL: Glue guns may cause short-circuits
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. have announced a voluntary recall of about 253,000 Crafters Square hot melt mini glue guns. The glue guns can short circuit and cause the gun to smoke and catch fire; posing a fire, burn and shock endanger to consumers. Two…
Build your own sewing and quilting desk
I love the sewing tables that my mom had, but they are small. They certainly won’t be able to support the memory quilt I plan to invent from my oldest daughter’s clothing. The quilt would end up dragging on the floor when I sewed the pieces together. Mom’s vintage sewing tables are nice, but not big…
5 easy things to produce your bathroom feel new
Is it difficult to find enthusiasm about cleaning the bathroom? Are you living in a place that someone else rented or owned before you? whether you said yes to both, try not to think about what may have happened in your bathroom before you moved in. Let’s just get to making that place feel like you …
How to thaw frozen pipes
Since there isn’t a basement under that prefab house we rent, every winter we end up with frozen pipes. We always keep the bathroom faucet dripping but someone inevitably forgets to keep it dripping. So far that year, we have managed to remember to keep the water trickling, so our pipes haven’t froz…














