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Imgur. 50 Life Hacks to Simplify your World. Life hacks are little ways to make our lives easier.

50 Life Hacks to Simplify your World

These low-budget tips and trick can help you organize and de-clutter space; prolong and preserve your products; or teach you something (e.g., tie a full Windsor) that you simply did not know before. Most of these came from a great post on tumblr. The Always List. There are always exceptions.

The Always List

Or are there? At the very least, the following will take a long, lonnnng time to fall out of style and favor. Additions, overlooked exceptions, etc… can go in the comments. Top Photo Credit: Amy Gahran. Watch EyeHandy episodes on Blip. A Huge List of Cool Stuff. INCREDIBOX. 18 Rules of Living by the Dalai Lama. - StumbleUpon. Small Business Ideas and Resources for Entrepreneurs. BrainWave Generator. - StumbleUpon. 33 Ways To Stay Creative. Writing -& Papers -& Rant.04. 25 Lethal &Legal Weapons.

Latest. 5 Ways To Hack Your Brain Into Awesomeness. Much of the brain is still mysterious to modern science, possibly because modern science itself is using brains to analyze it.

5 Ways To Hack Your Brain Into Awesomeness

There are probably secrets the brain simply doesn't want us to know. "If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck" Wooden Bar Clamps - Projects. Shop-made clamps that deliver versatility and performance. by Dave Olson End your clamp shortage once and for all.

Wooden Bar Clamps - Projects

These wooden clamps are easy to make, a joy to use and they exert plenty of clamping pressure. If you build them with scrap lumber, they cost less than half the cost of a comparable aluminum bar or steel I-beam clamp. Willow Bark Slip Whistle. The Willow Bark Slip Whistle is a nice easy little project requiring only a small knife and a piece of freshly cut willow.

Willow Bark Slip Whistle

The piece of willow should be about thumb width in diameter and about a hand span (150mm) in length (this will be plenty for the whistle and also give you a good length ‘working handle’ to carve with safely). For this example I’m using a piece of Grey Sallow as it is locally abundant in the area, but any willow will work just as well. It works best in the spring or early summer when the sap is rising in the trees. Safety first, note the comfortable sitting position with elbows resting on the knees, and a wooden chopping block for cutting onto. How to Measure - Joe Button. Measure from the highest point of your shoulder, close to the neck, and measure straight down your back to the desired length.

If you plan to always tuck your shirt in, measure to the tip of the thumb. 10 Beautiful Places In The World That Actually Exist. America's 100 Best Adventures, State-by-State List.

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Top 10 Websites To Watch Movies Online For Free. We all love the idea of watching movies with just your Internet connection and a computer and no strings attached.

Top 10 Websites To Watch Movies Online For Free

Although some of you may think that this is not legal, i would say "why not try something ill-legal today". There are lots of websites which provide to watch movies online, no need to sign-up and in few clicks you are into the movie arena. Most of these sites don’t host the files due to legal disputes but they contain links to the sources, where we can get our hands dirty. Snake Knot Tutorial. - StumbleUpon. Top 40 Useful Sites To Learn New Skills. The web is a powerful resource that can easily help you learn new skills.

Top 40 Useful Sites To Learn New Skills

You just have to know where to look. Sure, you can use Google, Yahoo, or Bing to search for sites where you can learn new skills. How to Tie the Celtic Tree of Life Knot by TIAT. Fusion Beads, bead, beading, sterling, seed beads, charm, swarovski, lampwork, glass, jewelry, pearls - FusionBeads.com.

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45 Quotes on Dreams. By Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D. Learn about the power of your dreams ... I don't dream at night, I dream all day; I dream for a living. - Steven Spielberg A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. - John Barrymore All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together. - Jack Kerouac All men of action are dreamers. - James Huneker. Collected Quotes from Albert Einstein. [Note: This list of Einstein quotes was being forwarded around the Internet in e-mail, so I decided to put it on my web page.

Collected Quotes from Albert Einstein

I'm afraid I can't vouch for its authenticity, tell you where it came from, who compiled the list, who Kevin Harris is, or anything like that. Still, the quotes are interesting and enlightening.] "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. - StumbleUpon. One Minute Tip: Making a Cypher Wheel Apartment Therapy Videos. 18-Volt NiCad 4-Tool Combo Kit-DC4CKITA at The Home Depot.

Hidden Drawer Safe. While building my entertainment center I decided to one up my standard design by combining a hidden gun safe drawer.

Hidden Drawer Safe

The project worked rather well with my original design but did require a few modifications and quite a bit of research on my part.