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How not to lose too much warmth while leaving the door open
I have a dog, who is used to staying at my house while I have gone for work. I leave the door open so that he can go out for hygienic reasons.
During summer, this is not a problem because I stop the heater, and the radiator next to the open door…
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How to extract a cracker from a wrap with many crackers, without tearing the whole wrapping?
This one is hard to explain, so I'll put the image first:
As you can see (can also click to see full image) I have a nylon wrap with many crackers placed very tightly inside it. I opened the wrap from above, and want to keep the other sides of the…
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How to unclog nozzles on massaging shower heads?
This previous question was more about cleaning the shower head and not specifically unclogging the nozzles. I have a Speakerman Anystream 2000 massaging showerhead whose nozzles are so clogged that only a trickle of water comes out now. There were…
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What's a great way to store knives for me?
My situation: I have accumulated high-quality purpose-made knives which are difficult to store due to several factors:
I have more than a few (23), and some (7) that I use quite often.
I want them to be handy and accessible.
Their size varies from…
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How to organize cleaning rags
When i clean the house i have a rag for dusting, one for the floor. Sometimes one for the bikes outside. One for wiping down the toilet.
I try to keep track, by remembering the color and where i last put it so that i don't end up wiping the kitchen…
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How to clean air indoors
What is the best way to clean indoor air the lifehacker way?
That is, excluding store-bought air purifiers of expensive brands.
Something like DIY: Building an energy efficient and low cost filter would count if construction plans/ideas and…
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Preventing Bed Resonance
This is somewhat similar to this question, but not exactly the same, because it's not about noise per se and I'm not the one causing it (yet). The floor of my apartment is very light (probably cheap) fake wood vinyl, and it's above a mostly-empty…
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How can I pad a laptop-sized bag to improve safety for a laptop?
I have a backpack with a laptop compartment (the top half of this compartment can be opened with a zipper). That compartment is just about the right size for my laptop that I would like to carry in said backpack.
However, the backpack as such does…
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How to remove print/ markings from small Eye Drops bottle for other use?
I am not sure what the material of these types of small bottles is composed of.
I find they are most reliable when it comes to being Leak resistant for small quantity of liquids etc where I just need a drop or two for use.
Two ways that come…
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Red wine out of white cotton shirt
Some red wine (red mascotta) was splashed onto a nice new white shirt that has been worn maybe 5 times.
This happened about 3 hours ago and I just noticed it now. The material is cotton.
What should I used and what process should I follow to help…
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How can I drill a hole in metal without sending shavings everywhere?
I want to drill a hole or 8 in my computer case. I don't want to short out my motherboard or anything. There are a host of problems with this -- mainly throwing slivers of metal in several directions. Is there any great way to avoid throwing shards…
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How can I clean up my Lego collection without breaking everything
My Lego models are covered in dust and I can't find a great technique to clean them correctly. I'm able to clean the bigger parts but there is always some remaining.
I'd like to be able to clean them of dust without breaking them apart.
Is there a…
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How to fasten a length of plastic rope which is just too short
If I have less rope than necessary to tie multiple knots fore safety, and I am trying too tie both the ends to an iron rod (similar to how I have depicted here with another rod in between or straight between two iron rods), the rope is about 20…
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Any Glove For Hyperhidrosis While On The Computer?
I have hyperhidrosis which is a skin condition which makes you sweat excessively. So my palms are always dripping wet so whenever I'm on the laptop, my mouse gets soaked and I don't like that. I have tried using gloves but the sweat always leaks…
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How to Prevent Sleep?
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I'm a quick sleeper, meaning I go to sleep really fast. My problem is that I want to stay up late sometimes to do stuff without my parents knowing and I accidentally fall asleep in my bed.
My Attempts to Solve My Problem:
I have tried to…
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