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Recipes by Alpine Naturals. Homemade Remineralizing Toothpaste 1/3 cup Bentonite Clay 1/3-2/3 cup Boiling Water 1 tbs Organic Extra Virgin Coconut Oil 1/4 tsp Himalayan Pink Sea Salt 10-15 drops Peppermint Essential Oil 3 drops Cinnamon Essential Oil 2 drops Clove Essential Oil Liquid Stevia, to taste (optional) Pour boiling water over coconut oil and stir until melted.

Recipes by Alpine Naturals

Add salt, essential oils, stevia, and bentonite clay. Blend with a hand mixer, or wooden spoon, until blended thoroughly. You can add more clay or water to get the consistency you want. Store in covered glass jar at room temperature. NOTE: Always use a glass bowl when mixing your toothpaste. Rice & Mango Spa Soak 8 oz Milk Powder (buttermilk, coconut milk, goat's milk, or yogurt) 1 oz Rice Bran Powder 1 oz Mango Fruit Powder 1 oz White Clay 1/2 tsp Mango Fragrance Oil For a silky smooth, skin softening bath experience: combine powders until well mixed. Yogurt Butter Bath 8 oz Yogurt Powder 1 oz Cocoa Butter Flower Petal Milk Bath Tea Foot Scrub. Splice Cable Like A Rocket Scientist. Rocket Science without the expensive college education!

Splice Cable Like A Rocket Scientist

Often, in the world of electronic experimentation or repair, there's a need to splice a wire or a 2-wire cable. How many times have you seen a wire splice where the wires are sloppily twisted together and insulated with electrical tape, or worse, yet, masking tape?? A Plague Upon such slipshod methods! Don't even go there. Such practices will only result in heartache down the road. Free software that can be worth having. 100 Amazing How-To Sites to Teach Yourself Anything. Posted by Site Administrator in Online Learning May 7th, 2009 Learning new skills and expanding your knowledge doesn’t have to cost you an arm and a leg.

100 Amazing How-To Sites to Teach Yourself Anything

There are loads of free resources on the Web that can help you find instructional videos, tutorials and classes to learn a wide variety of skills from fixing basic car problems to speaking another language. With 100 sites to choose from, you’re bound to find something here that will help you learn just about anything you could want. General Tutorials These sites offer a wide range of tutorials and videos.

Around the House Want to know how to fix that broken cabinet or hang up some great wallpaper? Business and Management If you feel like you’re seriously lacking on business and management skills at work, no need to worry. KnowThis? Language and Writing Those who want to learn a new language, improve their writing skills or just learn more about literature will be well-served by these instructional sites. Technology Math. Ed_usb_software.

Thegrommet. In Sun Valley Idaho, the makers at Scottevest, Laura and Scott Jordan, make tech enabled, pocket filled clothing for recreationists and travelers.

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Their recently launched Q.U.E.S.T. Vest has, not 10, not 20, but 42 hidden pockets, elevating this sporty travelwear to a whole new level. Fishing, camping, hiking or sojourning, it safely stores your essentials and keeps them close at hand. This vest has a spot for virtually everything, including an eyeglass sleeve, lined with soft chamois, and a clear storage slot for visual and manual phone access.

There are pockets within pockets, even one with RFID blackout lining to protect travel docs and credit cards from identity theft. Top it all off with a stowable hood and a pickpocket proof guarantee and this is an inVestment worth every penny. Thegrommet. Thegrommet. We usually don’t notice how many household items are tough to fix . . . until one breaks.

thegrommet

A broken part, even if it’s small, can render an entire device unusable. That makes too much of what we own, essentially, disposable. But now you can repair that clip or bracket—and almost anything else—with Bondic, a liquid plastic welder. Bondic isn’t a glue; it’s much better. Www.techradar. Google is the internet surfer's best friend and worst enemy.

www.techradar

If you know what you're after, just type it into the search engine's famous little box and – hey presto – you'll be given a list of related sites in order of relevance. Such is Google's dominance that its name has become a synonym for search. Thegrommet. AfterShokz lets you hear music without having to cover your ears, so you’re free to hear ambient sounds around you.

thegrommet

Joggers can hear cars, animals, and other potential hazards, while office workers won’t find themselves “tuned out” from important conversations. Because the Bluez 2 set is Bluetooth-enabled, there are no wires to worry about, either. AfterShokz use “bone conduction technology. " It was first developed by the military in the ‘80s, and SWAT teams continue to use it today.

By sending audio signals through your cheekbones, the vibrations are carried to your audio canal. With a high-tech look (a la Google glass), these headphones are worn on the back of your head. This innovative audio is safe for your ears…and the rest of you.