If you’re a gamer geek, the chances are that you have at least one Nintendo zapper sitting around the house. Remember those flimsy plastic guns that, in their day, shot down thousands of pixelly ducks on your TV screen? While time (and technology) marched on, these awesome little accessories were just biding their […]

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On a recent dumpster diving trip, we came across several discarded pairs of jeans. They seemed perfectly good and sported no rips, stains or funky smells. Since these 43 X 30s were out of our size range, they went right to the thrift store’s drop box.
Spotting these seemingly still-good jeans being discarded brought up a […]

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There are plenty of web lists out there that will tell you how to do very specific things. You can learn all about shampooing your cat, organizing your pantry, and making intricate stained-glass VW Beetle ornaments…but how many resources are there to remind you how to be a decent person? These are […]

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Have you ever seen wooden pallets sitting outside of a commercial building? Have you ever wondered what happens to them?
In some cases, the pallets are recycled or sold to someone who can use them. A lot of the time, though, they end up in the garbage - approximately 150 million of them per […]

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With fuel prices climbing ever higher and the typical American budget being stretched to capacity already, it comes as no surprise that many of us are forgoing our annual summer vacations this year. For a family with limited resources, a vacation can seem frivolous.
Getting away from home and having fun can do […]

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How do you handle keeping the plants alive while you’re off traveling for days at a time? If you’re like the geniuses at LifeHackery Central, you’ll forget that you even have houseplants and come home to dried-up leaves and stems littering your floor. Oops.

If you just can’t ask someone to come water your […]

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We’ve all been there: the painfully over-done relationship that neither party has the guts to end. If you’ve been in a dead relationship for a while, or if you’ve been cheated on and can’t get over it, maybe a nice creative break up is just what the doctor ordered.

Or maybe you’ve tried to end […]

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Ever since the release of Windows Vista, users have had plenty of complaints about the operating system. Although many of us have made the big changeover, there are still plenty of XP loyalists who refuse to install the new OS. If you are sticking with XP but want to use Vista’s best features […]

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Have you let Mother’s Day sneak up on you again this year? If you’re in the U.S., tomorrow is the big day! If you’ve left the gift preparations until the last minute, fear not. We’ve got a few suggestions for last-minute gifts that you can whip up or buy in no time […]

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Some people have all the luck. They get the good jobs, they’re swarming with friends, and people are just lining up to be included in their social circle. These people probably don’t need much advice from us.
We’re more concerned with the rest of society: the guy who seems to have an uncanny knack […]

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