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Take Better Vacation Photos
By ChrisjobTravel experts Fodor's offers nearly 100 tips to better capture your vacations. Fodor's Focus on Photography offers techniques on lighting, composition in uncontrolled environments, and well as travel-specific tips such as natural wonders, zoos and aquariums, fellow travelers, panorama assemblage, and "classic vacation shots."
The tips include example photos from the Eastman Kodak Company:
Hamster Powered Paper Shredder.
By ChrisjobNow even your pets can outfit their homes, DIY-style.
The all-analog Hamster Shredder, designed by Tom Ballhatchet, works just like your standard rodent powered office supplies. The hamster runs along the wheel, which in turn destroys your documents and cushions his tabletop penitentiary of happiness.
Ballhatchet's work is currently on display in Milan.
On the other end of the spectrum is the not-nearly-as-cool USB hamster wheel, which I gues » READ MORE
Grill Better.
By ChrisjobDisclaimer: Though I do identify as a male, I am by no means a suburban beef-worshipper with a tacky apron that won’t let anyone else’s spatula touch my holy grates. But as with sautéing, roasting, broiling, braising, and the like, grilling is an essential and obtainable mode of cooking for the home chef. It is, in fact, probably humankind’s oldest, and most misunderstood, method of heat application.
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Find More Kitchen Space!
By ChrisjobFood blog Chowhound asks users to submit their cleverest of ideas for utlizing small kitchen spaces in their SMALL KITCHEN DIY FIXES article. After going strong for two months, the information had become a little disorganized, but the tips are well worth plowing through.
Among the highlights:
Chowsmurf's 'smurf-sized' kitchen
and organization and purging tips for days.
Intro to Hipster Houseplants.
By ChrisjobI'd be cool if I never saw another African violet in my life, but that certain doesn't mean I don't love a little in-home foliage. None of the species below cost much, and all can be grow large enough to fill the grandest of empty space
May is National Preservation Month
By ChrisjobThe National Trust for Historic Preservation celebrates its third annual preservation month this May. "Throughout May, the National Trust and its thousands of partners across the country will demonstrate the importance of our nation’s heritage as they focus on many aspects of the preservation movement including historic travel, heritage education, historic homeownership, and community revitalization. Local celebrations will highlight the unique c » READ MORE
Does anybody actually watch the DIY network?
By ChrisjobI don't do TV much, but when I watch, I like to at least pretend that I'm learning something.
So, our cable company just introduced its new "2.0" package, in which you can upgrade your package for an extra $12.49 a month.
There's a bunch of sports channels I won't watch, and some foreign news channels I probably should watch, and the Sundance Channel and the Independent Film Channel which I will DEFINATELY watch.
And the DIY Network is included. » READ MORE
Teach a man to sew....clothe him for a lifetime.
By ChrisjobI'm a postmodern guy: I recognize the social construction of gender roles, and the institutionalized injustices that pre-determine one's lifestyle based on gender identity, social background, economic status, and education.
So, last night- when my wife was out of town- shhh..don't tell [not because I'm ashamed, but because she'll get mad at me for spending money]- I bought a sewing machine. It's a middle-of-the-road Singer, which I hope I won't ou » READ MORE
Online Lite Brite
By ChrisjobYou must check out KopyKat's digital Lite Brite.
Use it for wall art, t-shirts, greeting cards, book covers, and miscellaneous excellence.
Then capture your work using:
Command+Shift+4 (using the mouse to select the area) or the built-in Grab app. (OS X)
Alt+PrintScreen (Windows)
Lightbulb Greenhouse from Recycled Materials
By Chrisjob
Everything must simply be better when its small, and/or under glass. Cats are selfish; kittens? ADORable! Likewise, boats are totally boring, but a ship-in-a-bottle?! None cooler.
Set atop a more aesthetically pleasing 'cradle', a series of these 'greenhouses' would look delightful along a windowsill- perfectly playful and exuding life.
(Instructions and photos via tearsoffire.org)
1. Hollow out a lightbulb, following these instructions and » READ MORE
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