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50 Life Hacks to Simplify your World. Life hacks are little ways to make our lives easier. 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. There is also a great subreddit ‘r/lifehacks‘ with some fantastic tips as well. 20. Separate egg yolks like a boss 40. Sources – muxedo task: 99 Life Hacks to make your life easier! If you enjoyed this post, the Sifter highly recommends: Silk. Excerpts from. Wednesday May 30, 2012 Listen Download E-mail Share Excerpts from "How to be Perfect" by Ron Padgett Get some sleep.

Excerpts from "How to be Perfect" by Ron Padgett, from How to be Perfect. © Coffee House Press, 2007. It was on this day in 1849 that Henry David Thoreau (books by this author) self-published A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, his first book. Thoreau had always been the introverted and studious one, while John was gregarious and fun-loving. Thoreau said: "To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. And, "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. " It's the birthday of Harlem poet Countee Cullen (books by this author) , mostly likely born in New York City or Lexington, Kentucky, in 1903.

Cullen was popular in the late '20s, and married the daughter of W.E.B. Anonymous Confessions. As they say, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas – but what if we could share with full discretion? Everyone of us has his own little secrets and ‘Confessions’, a public art project by american artist Candy Chang, invites people to anonymously share their confessions and see the confessions of people around them in the heart of the Las Vegas strip.

Chang lived in Las Vegas for a month and turned her P3 Studio gallery into a contemplative place for people to share their confessions and being fascinated by the secrets others hide inside themselves. Inspired by Post Secret, Shinto shrine prayer walls, and Catholicism, people could write and submit their confessions on wooden plaques in the privacy of confession booths. By the end of the exhibition, over 1500 confessions were displayed on the walls.

It’s about sex, love, or fears of dying alone. All images © Candy Chang | Via: My Modern Met. PostCardens: The Plantable Pop-Up Greeting Cards. Send a card and a plant at the same time with these amazing garden plot greeting cards. Send a card and a plant at the same time with these amazing garden plot greeting cards The British always seem to come up with creative green ideas. First they create an Eco-Car that can travel on a Coca Cola can of fuel, and then they design recycled shoes made from London’s underground train and bus seats. Now they’ve come up with something that will put a smile on your face and a little green on your thumbs: a plantable pop-up garden card! How could you pass up something with a description like this? Botanical Allotment City All you have to do is sprinkle the cress seeds in the card, cover them with a little water and then they germinate in a few days!

Here’s a quick video of how the cards work: This is what I call a dynamic duo: plants and cards rolled together in one! Share this with Your Friends. The Hunt. The Fun Theory. The Hunt. Lessons. Drawspace Pro Lessons are designed for artists of all levels and educators, and are logically organized into resources and activities. Eventually, all lessons and E-books authored by Brenda Hoddinott will be available here: four to eight brand new lessons and newly-revised older lessons are being added every month! Upgrade Now: Download all 310 lessons and 4 e-books! Try for Free: Download lessons marked as "Free"! 1.1.R1 Glossary Of Art Terms Definitions of art-related terms used in the resources and activities of Drawspace Curriculum (updated February 2013) $3.99or Upgradeto access all files 1.1.R2 Travelling Back in Time with Graphite A few fun tidbits of information about the history of graphite $0.99or Upgradeto access all files 1.1.R3 Examining Graphite and Grades Understanding the differences between H and B grades of graphite $0.99or Upgradeto access all files 1.1.R4 Seeing Grades in Drawings Graphite drawings demonstrate the visual qualities of H and B grades of pencils Download Download.

Subtitle movie. Your True Self Revealed - Fast Fun Free Personality Tests. This is your private report page. If you wish to share your results with your friends and family, use the links below. You have not saved your results to your account yet. If this is your report page and you wish to save your results, click here to sign in. You are a Benevolent Creator. personalDNA about you You are a Creator If you want to be different: how you relate to others You are Benevolent Your Personal DNA Maps Here are personalDNA maps that uniquely represent your personality.

Benevolent Creator To add this map to your website or blog, copy/paste this HTML into the body of a blog post or web page: Your Personality Chart »Glossary of Traits This chart shows thirteen personality traits. Want to save your report to a personalDNA account? PersonalDNA is one of many ATTAP websites. By linking your personalDNA information to your account, you give yourself access to your report all the time. Click here to create your account Or, if you already have a personalDNA account, click here to sign in. CICLUS. Adjustable Sliding Knot for Necklaces. Flowers2mail.com - mail a bunch of flowers! What happened in my birth year?

Funny: Smart tips to make life easier | Xaxor. Less cake {more frosting} Hints and Things, tips and information on subjects including stain removal, DIY, car maintenance, motoring, hobbies, pets, children, beauty, gardening, weddings,music, home making etc. - StumbleUpon. - StumbleUpon. Why didn’t I think of that? You’ll be uttering those words more than once at these ingenious little tips, tricks and ideas that solve everyday problems... some you never knew you had!

Hull strawberries easily using a straw. Rubbing a walnut over scratches in your furniture will disguise dings and scrapes. Remove crayon masterpieces from your TV or computer screen with WD40. (also works on walls). Stop cut apples browning in your child’s lunch box by securing with a rubber band.. Overhaul your linen cupboard – store bed linen sets inside one of their own pillowcases and there will be no more hunting through piles for a match..

Pump up the volume by placing your iPhone / iPod in a bowl – the concave shape amplifies the music.. Re-use a wet-wipes container to store plastic bags.. Add this item to your beach bag. Attach a Velcro strip to the wall to store soft toys.. Look up! Gotcha! Make an instant cupcake carrier by cutting crosses into a box lid.. A tip for holiday packing.