10 Amazing Uses for Wolfram Alpha. You may have heard of Wolfram Alpha, which is a “computational knowledge engine.”
That makes it sound a bit scary, but it’s a great tool once you can wrap your head around it. Apple’s Siri uses Wolfram Alpha for 25% of its searches. You can leverage that magic and put Wolfram Alpha to work for you — the empty search box on its homepage holds endless possibilities. Comparisons Enter two terms with a vs in between them and you’ll get a comparison. You can compare cities, books, foods and almost anything else you can think of. Nutrition Information Enter a type of food and Wolfram Alpha will provide you with its nutrition information. Complicated Math Wolfram Alpha is ideal for the sort of math that Google’s calculator and most other calculator websites will choke on. Where Am I? Ask where you are and Wolfram will use your IP address to track you down.
Days Until Something Want to know how many days are left until your birthday, favorite holiday or any other date? My New Brown Paper Flooring...pretty cool stuff - Stop staring and start sewing! I've grown tired of our 8 year old carpet.
We got the builder grade carpet when we were building thinking we would replace it much sooner than this. Now it's just icky. Kids + dogs + cats + carpet = disgusting. Last week I saw this perfect tutorial for brown paper bag flooring on the Lovely Crafty Home blog and said "I think we should do this! " to Joey. Here are the before and after pictures. Here is the room after all the furniture was removed. We removed the baseboards and I put Asher to work pulling the nails out while Skate did his thing. We has some joint compound putty from our remodel still so we used that to fill in the gaps and level some spots. We let the bare floor dry overnight and then sanded it down to get it as smooth as possible. Here is what it looked like as we were applying the paper. Here is the floor after drying all night (with a little fan in the room and the window opened).
Tutorials for Recycling T-Shirts. So way way back, in June, I wrote this Studio Organization post, about starting the process of organizing my studio by cleaning out the closet full of junk.
Well, it's September and...let's just say the closet is a work in progress. Some of the things that are taking up space in the closet are shirts that I never wear anymore. C.R.A.F.T.: C.R.A.F.T. # 76: How to Fix A Broken/ Cracked I Phone Screen. I cracked my I Phone glass… twice.
The first time I shattered it…the phone was unusable. The second time, it was at least still usable…see below. How To Make A Stylish Photo Frame For Several Photos. Here is a simple yet stylish photo frame that can accomodate quite many photos at once. The idea is very simple. Fasten twines on the empty frame and hang photos using clothes pins on them.
Grooming Your Miniature Schnauzer. By: Diane Ykelenstam Note: It has recently (summer 2007) been brought to my attention by some very kind observers that there are other websites in existence with grooming pages that are, to one extent or another, very similar to ours.
We are the first to admit that we in no way claim to own the rights to be able to have a grooming page...lol....and while we thank the very kind folks that brought it to our attention, we were aware of it and even though our pages are clearly copyrighted, we have no problem at all with others having similar grooming pages. We did back in the beginning get some info from a second party who gave us permission to use that info. Apparently they had gotten some of their info from yet a third party page (with or without permisison I have no idea).
Diy scratch off cards. How To… Embed This Infographic <a href= "><img src=" title="10 How Tos" alt="How To Infographic" border="0" class="nopin" /></a><br />Source: <a href=' title='Interesting Facts'><a href=' title='Interesting Facts'>Today I Found Out</a></a> 1) How to drastically increase the life of your shaving razor Before or after you shave (I prefer before so that the blades are dry), place your jeans on a hard flat surface; then run the razor up the pant legs about 10-15 times quickly; then repeat running it down the pant legs 10-15 times quickly.
No need to press that hard, but a little pressure is necessary. necessary. In both instances, you want to point the top of the razor in the direction you are rubbing the shaver on the pants. The threads on the jeans then will very effectively both fix any tiny bends in the blades that inevitably happen and will also sharpen the blades on your shaver cartidge.