Need to open that bottle in front of you but you didn’t want to look lame by carrying around a bottle opener? Now you look pretty lame with an unopened bottle, but wait! There is a solution, and it can make you appear even cooler than the drink you’re trying to open…

If you’ve just come off the beach and happen to be reading this (are you hard-wired to the internet?) you may need to remove some sand that decided to leave the beach, with you, but without an invite to do so. If its stuck on you and you rather it wasn’t, watch the vid after [...]

Continuing in the fast food line, waiting for gravity to act on ketchup can seem like the gastronomic equivalent of watching paint dry. Shake things up by increasing gravity, all without the headache of space travel after the break…

Doing the laundry can be such a chore, and a bore. So why not spice it up by practising some Japanese origami and get the job done far faster? Watch how it’s done in the vid after the break, but beware! You’ll never look at a pile of washed clothes the same way again!

Fast food is popular, and a very profitable business. Though we all know we should really be eating more fruit and vegetables to maintain health. Here is a blend of these ideas in a video of healthy fast food. And yes, it does blend well…

T-shirt just caught alight? About to jump in the pool? Blood of the queen alien burning a hole through your shirt as you take on the alien hordes with Ellen Ripley? Whatever the scenario, you want to remove your top fast. Cue the vid on how it’s done after the break…

There is an editor for Windows based platforms that deserves a special mention. So special in fact that I’ve included it as part of the Life hack series. I was very impressed when I came across TheGun word editor. I had limited computing resources at the time and this perfectly fitted the bill of what [...]

The average reading speed of English is around 400 words per minute (wpm). At half this speed I was a very slow reader, only reading about 200wpm. My reading material was almost entirely technical information that contributed to going at slow pace. Being overwhelmed by the amount of information to read was a stress inducer. Perhaps you’ve [...]