It’s official: the economy is in a recession. Things are not looking good any time soon, and the only recourse for some companies is to let go of their employees. Companies have used various terms to lessen the blow for employees: cutbacks, downsizing, right-sizing, re-engineering, optimization, and streamlining. Yet once you get that notice or e-mail that you’re out of a job, your whole world seems to have crumbled around you.
During the eighties, you can’t say the term “;music”; without associating it with the cassette tape. The small cartridge, containing two connected spools of film, is the preferred means of storing music. Most music lovers have decent collections of cassettes back then. As technology progressed, cassette tapes were eventually replaced by more modern devices. Cassette owners are now in a bind on what to do with the outdated music cartridge. Good thing there is always a DIY solution to everything.
The cassette tape can be turned into a ton of different items. You can tweak its plastic casing or the film to form toys, fashion accessories and other useful items. You can even combine a multitude of cassettes to create cool nostalgic themes for home fixtures. Surely, you’ll be amazed with the number of things you can do with a seemingly useless device. So without further ado, here are 23 wacky uses for cassette tapes:
If you are a gadget freak seeking a new adventure, someone with plenty of unused stuff lying around at home or a bored individual looking to burn some time, then you’re in for a treat. Here are three simple hacks that would turn your old contraptions into creative masterpieces and make MacGyver green with envy.
Homemade Stun Gun
With the number of crooks, idiots and overall douches at an all-time high, it is now a necessity to bring some form of self-defense each time you hit the streets. Since pepper sprays are too weak and firearms are illegal in most places, the best option you have left is a stun gun. It incapacitates your assailant through electric shocks.
It’s amazing how 10 years ago, every home theater system was stocked with VHS tapes. With the invasion of optical media like CDs and DVDs, VHS has now become a home entertainment dinosaur. Believe it or not, VHS was considered high-tech for its time, with features like Multiplex and Hi-Fi. Today, many VHS players are recycled at dump sites and industrial waste recycling facilities, but many individuals still have VHS tapes stored at their homes. Rather than have these bulky black tapes take up valuable storage space, you can always use them for something else. Here are four great ideas that you can use to recycle those old VHS tapes you may have around.
Before You Recycle Tapes…
Your old VHS tapes may contain some home movies you may want to watch again. Before recordable CDs and DVDs, VHS was the most popular way to record and play home videos. A video store can restore and re-record your old VHS cassettes and recordings into more convenient optical media discs. Many computer add-ons like tape readers also make this task convenient. You should only recycle a VHS tape if the recordings on it have been restored and re-written to a CD, a DVD, or a hard drive. [Read more]
Campers, hikers, and those who enjoy the great outdoors follow a rule that goes, “Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints, kill nothing but time.” Camping is a fun and enjoyable activity, but you don’t have to wreck the environment just because you enjoy the great outdoors.
Every year, campgrounds become littered and polluted with all sorts of garbage from litterbug campers. Here are five ways you can enjoy a camping trip without harming or damaging the environment.
