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How to Remove Your Window Air-Conditioner Without Killing Anyone
As of Friday, it's officially Autumn. The box in your window that brought much-needed coolness during the summer is now preventing you from breathing that lovely autumn air (and will soon freeze your...
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Unlock Doors With Whatever Masonic Handshake Floats Your Boat
Who needs a key when you've got your hands? That's what boffins from the Technology and Science Institute of Northern Taiwan thought, which lead to gesture-based locks.
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The Bubble Fish Tank Would Make Salvador Dali Proud
Because, really, what's the point of owning a fish tank if your pets aren't in constant mortal danger?
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How to Secure Your Beer Stash Against Freeloading Friends
Every circle of friends has one—the guy who's only willing to chip in "a couple of quid" for the night's keg but double fists his brews the entire evening. Well, no longer! This suds security system...
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Heat Your Home This Winter Without Burning it Down
Winter's coming and it's getting cold. Time to dust off the ol' heating unit and get your home all nice and toasty. But before you strike a match or turn a dial, make sure you're doing so safely.
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With Blinds Like These, Who Needs Windows?
Winter's quickly approaching and that subterranean studio flat of yours won't be getting brighter any time soon. So, instead of knocking out walls for an impromptu sunroom, just fake it with these...
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Ice Snitches and Cocktails Alike with These Frozen Bullets
Long known in assassin circles as a means of offing targets without leaving evidence, ice bullets now serve a less-than-lethal function—cooling your drinks.
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The Ten Tools You Need To Fix All The Broken Stuff in Your Home
Tools are an essential part of your home. But you don't need a huge tool box or fancy tool belt to take care of small home projects. A small set of quality tools will serve you quite well.
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My Sh*T Got Stolen. Or Why You Need Contents Insurance
I was sitting at my desk when my phone rang. It was my wife, "We've been robbed." Someone had broken into our garage and taken our bikes. We're not avid bikers. We didn't have bikes that cost more than...
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Vintage Camera Pillows Let You Rest Your Head On Defunct Technology
Digital cameras now dominate the market, but there's still a place for the art and aesthetics of film cameras. Even if they're only used as a source of inspiration for a set of retroriffic throw pillows.
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Measured: A Picture Is Worth a 1000-Inches
If you don't have a tape measure, buy one. But even if you do have a tape measure, there are things you just can't measure because they're either too large, or downright inaccessible. Instead of...
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Pakistan Plans to Demolish Bin Laden’s Compound — With RPG’s
Osama Bin Laden may have gone out with a whimper but his secret lair in Abbottabad will soon be going out with a bang. A rocket-propelled bang, that is.
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How to Keep Your House From Reeking of Cat Piss With a Computer Fan and Some...
You haven't cleaned the litterbox in what, two weeks now? It's all well and good that you've acclimated to the overwhelming stench of ammonia and kitty poop, but what about when guests come over? With...
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Transform Your Old iPhone into a Home Surveillance Cam
Home Security products are expensive and created by developers that have no interest in making things easy for end users. Instead, pull that old iPhone out of a drawer and make it the spy cam you've...
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Award-Winning Smoke Alarm Sounds Like a Bird and Could Save Your Life
Smoke alarms may be essential life-saving devices but aren't exactly the most aesthetically pleasing electronics in your home. At least until now, that is.
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Grow Your Own Little Hanging Garden of Babylon with the Volet Végétal
Just because you’re six stories up and the closest thing to a balcony you’ve got is the fire escape, doesn’t mean you can’t have yourself a kick-ass herb garden. The Volet Végétal concept could give...
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The Gazebo Gets a 21st Century Update
Summers appears to have landed in Blighty and, for a lot of us, that means BBQ and outdoor eating. But, rather than get one of those schlocky extendable awnings they sell on late-night TV, shelter your...
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How to Digitise Your Vinyl Collection
Your LP collection may be the coelacanth of storage mediums, but it is often a repository of tracks and titles that you simply can’t get anywhere else. Here’s how to digitise your wax-platter music,...
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How To Break into Your Own House
You don’t fool around with home security. The front door locks automatically when you leave. And there’s no way you’d be a big enough sucker to hide a spare key beneath the welcome mat. But what will...
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Koubachi Wi-Fi Plant Sensor Review: Now Anyone Can Be a Master Gardener
What’s the opposite of a “green thumb”? You. After flubbing a forest’s worth of ficuses and killing countless cacti, it’s time to get some help with this whole indoor gardening thing. The Koubachi...
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