DIY

Kevin on July 21st, 2008

As regular readers know, we had a few tornadoes touch down in our town on May 29th. As a result, we were without power for several hours and cell phone service was also knocked out. A radio would have been really handy so we could get some sense of the damage and whether we were [...]

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Kevin on July 6th, 2008

Regular Lifehack contributor Thursday Bram recently compiled a great list of 80 How-To sites, conveniently listed by category — DIY, Technology, Habitat, Food, Sewing & crafts, Business, Personal Finance, and Productivity/Lifehacks. Take a look – you’re bound to find something useful and will likely discover some handy sites and blogs that will benefit you in [...]

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Kevin on June 13th, 2008

Years ago I was driving from Albany to Oswego NY late at night when I realized the rear end of my car was acting oddly – it felt loose, particularly when I went around turns. I pulled over and discovered that my left rear tire was almost completely flat. The good news: I had a [...]

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Do you want to avoid having the power cord for your GPS or radar detector cluttering up the interior of your vehicle but DON’T want to tap into your car’s electrical system? My company car is a lease vehicle, and I wanted a cleaner look for powering my Garmin GPS but didn’t want to tap [...]

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Photo: pbo31 @ Flickr This is the counterpart to my recent post DIY: Hide a key inside your home where no one will find it! If you’re like a lot of people, you rely upon your garage door opener for access to your home a high percentage of the time. In order to enter our [...]

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This is the counterpart to my recent post “DIY:  Hide a key outside your home where no one will find it” If you need to hide a key to a fire box, safe, etc. somewhere inside your home, there’s a simple and inexpensive solution which will make the key nearly impossible to find.

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