Create font based on your very own handwriting. Just a few years ago, creating a font took months of work by a graphic designer. Today, you can create a font based on your own handwriting, the easy way. High tech meets low tech at a website that will walk you through the […]
Get emojis the simple way on your laptop or desktop–whether you use a Mac or PC. From the folks at Pocket-Lint.com, here are the shortcuts you need: “For Mac: Press control+command+spacebar to get the emoji menu. For PC: Windows 7 users can paste emoji from getemoji.com, while Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 users […]
Smartphone shortcuts make life easier every day–hence, the term “happy texting.” When you are texting and get to the end of a sentence, you don’t have to click for a period, then make a space and then capitalize the beginning of the next word. (Phew! It’s tiring just thinking about it.) […]
Desk organizing at work doesn’t have to be boring. Update your high-tech work area with a low-tech favorite: Legos bring a bit of vintage fun to your workspace. First, attach a long Lego piece to the side of your desk (make it the same side where your laptop charges). You can attach […]
Use pantyhose to create a lens filter for your iPhone or Smartphone camera. For a soft, hazy look, use a regular pair of pantyhose; wrap it around your phone, making sure to cover the photo lens. You can use a lighter shade for a softer look. In fact, stockings come […]
Tinted sunglasses make you look cool, and can do the same thing for your photographs. When the sun is particularly bright, photos can look washed out and over-exposed. Professional photographers carry lens filters with them for just this type of situation. Now you can make your own DIY lens filter […]
A DIY tripod for your phone is simple to make. All you need is a little cardboard and a pair of scissors. Cut and shape the cardboard, as shown here. (The tripod should stand on its own securely before you put your phone in it.) Now you can take pictures […]
DIY lens filters are so easy to make you might not buy a professional lens filter ever again. Start with some transparent folders that your kid brother has in his backpack. Cut a small circle from each color. Use a hole puncher and punch a hole near the edge of […]
Get Wifi passwords the easy way while you’re traveling (or in your own home city!). People often post where they are, what they’re doing, and even the passwords that are helping them do it. The next time you visit a café in a foreign country, or a distant city, or […]
A battery hack for anyone and it’s so simple that you’ll be glad you read this. Let’s say you need a double A (AA) battery and you don’t have time to run to the store… because it’s right in the middle of your child’s birthday party, or you need to take […]
A pen spring is that little spring inside a ball-point pen–you may remember them from grade school, when they were often used to make tiny rocket launchers. Wrap two springs around a charger cord: one at the end that plugs into the outlet, and the other at the end that plugs into […]
Most of us have a lot of cords hanging around: power cords, USB cables and charger cords, to name a few. If you’re tired of sorting through all the cords on your desk every time you need to use just one of them, try this simple hack to organize your cords: […]
When you’re on the go (yes, that pun was intended!) and you need a super-simple speaker for your iPhone, try this hack that’s about as cheap and easy as it gets: make a speaker from a toilet paper roll! You’ll need an empty roll. Use a knife to make a […]
Before you travel, scan or photograph each of your important travel documents–your tickets, itinerary and of course your passport. That way, if you… lose your passport, drop your tickets while you’re in line or use the back of your itinerary to make a shopping list, you’ll still have an image of each. […]
Save some money at the holidays and all year around. One of the all-time great hacks–in terms of saving time and money–is the internet. It has enabled us to save money in so many different ways. Take utility bills, for example. In years gone by, choosing a utility provider was […]
Organize small cords the easy way: wrap them around used gift cards. Gift cards are sturdy and sleek, perfect for keeping the cords from tangling into a huge mess. Do you have a lot of small cords-one for your headphones, another to charge your phone, and one to charge your […]
Where did you park? And who took your car? When you walk out of a business meeting, or leave a restaurant after a great meal with friends, the last thing you want to do is spend an hour looking for your car. You may wonder, “Did it get towed?” “Was […]
A travel hack that could save you a lot of money: enable private browsing while you are searching for online travel deals. When travel websites record your browsing, the prices go up on your return to the site. Pretty sneaky, hmmm? Well, now you can be in the driver’s seat […]
A can opener is all you need to open hard plastic packaging… So frustrating! You’ve brought home the latest gadget and you really want to use it, but the hard plastic packaging it came in will not cooperate. Scissors don’t work well and knives are dangerous and can easily slip, […]
A cell phone hack that allows low-tech to meet high-tech: when you want to amplify the sound coming from your mobile phone (and don’t have that little speaker ball handy), just set the phone in a ceramic bowl. Simply grab a bowl from your kitchen cabinet, but make sure it’s ceramic, […]
A clean keyboard is a thing of beauty. It also prevents your keys from sticking. When little tiny crumbs, specks of dirt, and dust get suck between the keys on your keyboard, you can try one of those very cold cans of… what is in those cans, anyway? There’s an easier […]
Fix DVD scratches the simple way, with car wax. Don’t throw away that scratched DVD (or CD or Wii disk) just because of a few scratches! You can use car wax to fill in scratches and make your disc playable once again. First, clean the disk in warm water and […]
Sort power cords without buying a single new organization tool. Everything you need is there right now: take a look at the top of your loaf of bread. That plastic tag that you probably throw away every week is the perfect size to wrap around each and every cord that […]
Charge your phone the quick and easy way. It seems that phone batteries get low at the worst possible times. Charging can take a while, depending on the type of phone you have and the apps running on it. What to do? Convince your phone that it’s going on vacation […]
Elevator button mischief has been happening as long as there have been elevators and kids (and that guy from accounting who thinks it’s funny to slow you down). It seems like this happens only when you’re running late: you step into an elevator and see that someone has pushed every button. […]
Remove cherry pits before you serve a bowl of cherries and you won’t have to worry about your kids chocking on the pits–or spitting them out at their siblings. First, wash the cherries. Use a narrow-necked bottle, like a wine bottle or an old-fashioned soda bottle. If the cherry has […]
Create font based on your very own handwriting. Just a few years ago, creating a font took months of work by a graphic designer. Today, you can create a font based on your own handwriting, the easy way. High tech meets low tech at a website that will walk you through the […]
DIY nail art can be simple, fun and oh-so chic–all you need are a couple of Band-Aids. First, paint your nails with a base color. You can add a clear top-coat over the base, or over your “art” or, for a super long-lasting manicure, over both. Place the end of […]
Perfect mascara can be yours, at last. You want to coat all your lashes, from the base all the way up–but it can get messy. Try this: hold a business card at the base of your lashes. The card will absorb the extra mascara that would otherwise end up all […]
Remove water stains from your coffee tables, dining room table or even your piano bench (!) with the concentrated heat of your hair dryer. My friend used a Dyson supersonic hair dryer but honestly, any hair dryer will do. Cool glasses of water or hot cops of tea–along with those […]
Get Wifi passwords the easy way while you’re traveling (or in your own home city!). People often post where they are, what they’re doing, and even the passwords that are helping them do it. The next time you visit a café in a foreign country, or a distant city, or […]
Organize small cords the easy way: wrap them around used gift cards. Gift cards are sturdy and sleek, perfect for keeping the cords from tangling into a huge mess. Do you have a lot of small cords-one for your headphones, another to charge your phone, and one to charge your […]
Use pantyhose to create a lens filter for your iPhone or Smartphone camera. For a soft, hazy look, use a regular pair of pantyhose; wrap it around your phone, making sure to cover the photo lens. You can use a lighter shade for a softer look. In fact, stockings come […]
DIY lens filters are so easy to make you might not buy a professional lens filter ever again. Start with some transparent folders that your kid brother has in his backpack. Cut a small circle from each color. Use a hole puncher and punch a hole near the edge of […]
Smartphone shortcuts make life easier every day–hence, the term “happy texting.” When you are texting and get to the end of a sentence, you don’t have to click for a period, then make a space and then capitalize the beginning of the next word. (Phew! It’s tiring just thinking about it.) […]
Organize small cords the easy way: wrap them around used gift cards. Gift cards are sturdy and sleek, perfect for keeping the cords from tangling into a huge mess. Do you have a lot of small cords-one for your headphones, another to charge your phone, and one to charge your […]
Get Wifi passwords the easy way while you’re traveling (or in your own home city!). People often post where they are, what they’re doing, and even the passwords that are helping them do it. The next time you visit a café in a foreign country, or a distant city, or […]
Create font based on your very own handwriting. Just a few years ago, creating a font took months of work by a graphic designer. Today, you can create a font based on your own handwriting, the easy way. High tech meets low tech at a website that will walk you through the […]
Charge your phone the quick and easy way. It seems that phone batteries get low at the worst possible times. Charging can take a while, depending on the type of phone you have and the apps running on it. What to do? Convince your phone that it’s going on vacation […]
When you’re on the go (yes, that pun was intended!) and you need a super-simple speaker for your iPhone, try this hack that’s about as cheap and easy as it gets: make a speaker from a toilet paper roll! You’ll need an empty roll. Use a knife to make a […]
