Posts Tagged ‘DIY’

5 Must Have Tools For DIY

Not all lifehacks happen in front of the computer. There are plenty that require a little sweat, and a few tools. You probably already have the absolute basics of tools: a hammer, a screwdriver — maybe even a cordless drill. These are the basic necessities for keeping an apartment in reasonable shape, let alone a house. If you’re serious about voiding a few warranties or upgrading your gadgets on… Continue reading

June 12 2008 | By Thursday | Tagged: DIY, tool | 7 comments»

Index Card Hacks

I love index cards. I'd like to blame Merlin Mann and his hipster PDA for this obsession, but I don't use a hipster PDA and still I find myself unable to pass the index card rack at Office Depot without stopping for a look. Index cards provide a sturdier alternative to notepad paper, making them ideal for "throwaway" notes like directions or phone numbers -- notes I'll need… Continue reading

November 5 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: DIY, dryerase, hack, hipsterpda, howto, indexcard, paper, tool | 52 comments»

Halloween D.I.Y Project: Make Your Own Zombie

One of the most overlooked yet incredibly useful personal productivity tools available today is the zombie. Though incapable of many creative tasks, they are ideal for most corporate work, and suitable for all manner of tasks requiring physical strength, repetitive actions, risk to life and limb, or the death of your enemies. What's more, zombies work for free (though you must remember never to feed them anything with salt… Continue reading

October 31 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: DIY, halloween, howto, laborsaving, Productivity, zombie | 11 comments»

How To Make Your Own Laundry Detergent

This one is self-explanatory: if you're tired of buying laundry detergent and want to save a whole lot of money every month, try making your own! I’ve been experimenting with making lots of cleaning supplies at home, but this one is by far the craziest - and the most successful. Basically, I made a giant bucket of slime that works incredibly well as laundry detergent at a cost of about… Continue reading

June 8 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: clean, cleaning, cleanliness, clothing, DIY | 9 comments»

Do-It-Yourself Side Tables

Real Simple gives some insight into how to create your own fashionable and functional side tables for cheap. The goal of the side tables is to be fashionable while providing storage for everyday items that would otherwise create clutter. Real Simple also provides links for where to buy the supplies to build your own side tables. Here's some of what they've come up with: Box Set The… Continue reading

February 22 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: DIY, household, Lifestyle, tables | 2 comments»

Learn how to make home repairs

As part of America Online's recent push to promote on-line video, they launched a home improvement, do it yourself video site. All the videos included in the series are produced by America Online and hosted by Eric Stromer (upcoming host of NBC's "Three Wishes"). The videos are easy enough for a beginner and detailed enough for an expert. Currently there are only seven categories of… Continue reading

January 26 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: DIY, household, improvement | no comments»

Great Podcast Resource: One Minute How-To

I had the pleasure of doing an interview with George Smyth at his site, OneMinuteHowTo.com. It's pretty cool. He interviews different people about a simple how-to task, and gives you one minute to get it explained. I did mine on "How to manage projects like a rockstar." But look at a partial list: Item #49: How To Manage Projects Like A Rock Star Item #48: How To Get What You Want Item… Continue reading

August 31 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: DIY, george+smyth, howto, mp3, oneminutehowto, Podcast, show | 2 comments»

Fitness from Everyday Systems

Reinhard Engels is a superhero. I first learned about him through his Shovelglove workout (which I think I first saw on Lifehacker.com). But Reinhard doesn't just stop with a great exercise using a sledgehammer covered with a sweater (I'm not kidding). Instead, Reinhard has gone on to develop solutions to pretty much all of his problems with various health issues resulting from personal choices. Here's the easy to follow… Continue reading

August 23 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: DIY, fitness, hacks, health, howto, nutrition, reinhard+engels, shovelglove, systems | 5 comments»

Stay Cool Spritzer Trick

This is kind of a silly hack, but hey... we can be silly, right? It's hot here in the US right now, and any way people come up with to stay cool is very useful. Here's a weird little hack that came from me dropping groceries, and my four-year-old daughter needing more attention. Spritzer from Seltzer We buy "fizzy water" at the grocery store each week, and this week, one of the… Continue reading

August 2 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: cooling, DIY, howto, Lifehack, summer | 3 comments»

DIY paper lunch bag CD covers

DVD-R and CDR usually available in a spin bundle now where it does not have a individual box or paperbag for discs. David Curry comes up with a DIY where he uses paper lunch bags as its CD cover. It is inexpensive, and it looks pretty cool:

I've been making these fun CDR covers for years - inexpensive, crafty, and you can design, print or xerox any arty label you… Continue reading

July 31 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: cd, craft, DIY | 3 comments»

YOUR Hacks- Office Space Organization

Let's turn the typewriter around and face it towards you for a minute. What are YOUR tips and hacks and workarounds for making an office space area more useful? How do you manage the potential clutter? What are your personal quirks that turn your deskspace into your ultimate productivity center? Comment here, or contribute to the wiki. Either way, we want to hear from you…

July 3 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: DIY, hacks, howto, officespace, Productivity | 7 comments»

BE Your Own Wireless Hotspot

I was Googling on how to create your own wireless hotspot for a project of mine (email me with thoughts), and I came across a neat hack from Popular Science Magazine. There hack was to buy some gear, stick it in a backpack, and BE your own hotspot. What if you could marry the short-range power of Wi-Fi with the huge coverage areas of high-speed cellular services such as EV-DO to… Continue reading

June 12 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: DIY, hack, hotspot, howto, popsci, wifi | 8 comments»

Wordpress Tutorial

Webmonkey has a great tutorial for people interested in using Wordpress, one of the most popular blog software products out there. It starts with how to install the software, and then goes into how to create your own personal look and feel. It helps to demystify some of the PHP weirdness (for those who don't use PHP in a given day, it's a little daunting at first, especially when… Continue reading

June 2 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: blog, blogging, DIY, howto, software, tutorial, webmonkey, wordpress | 2 comments»

Speaking of Sticking

DIYHappy has a neat little do-it-yourself mosquito trap. There've been posts for yellowjackets, but hey: mosquitos will give you all kinds of neat diseases these days. I'd rather depopulate some of insect-kind's little plague-carriers than yellowjackets, who are normally just out for sweet things. The mosquito trap directions are very visual, and there's Chinese characters over the pictures. Don't fret. The English translation is below. Anyone who speaks other languages… Continue reading

May 23 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: bugs, DIY, howto, Lifehack | no comments»

Photo Hacks: Make a Photo Block

PhotoJojo has all kinds of interesting DIY projects for photos. I could've listed any of about a dozen, but here's a neat one on turning a photo into a photo block, complete with a video tutorial. We're here to help. Gather your piles of vacation photos, stunning portraits of Aunt Mildred, and your gallery-worthy shots of your feet; it's time to put 'em to use. Make a Photo Block -- [PhotoJojo]… Continue reading

May 19 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: DIY, howto, photography, photos | no comments»

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