Some times the car needs to be parked, and the space is small.
In this video the stunt skilled driver displays how it can be done turbo style, with minimal fuss, and no to-ing and fro-ing. Forget parallel parking, this is the time saving method of lateral car parking. See how it’s done after the break… (more…)
Once the egg timer has done its job and the egg is cooked we might as well turn the timer over and start again while we peel the egg – it can be a fiddly process and seems to take longer than boiling the egg did.
Or we could just watch this video and blow away any egg peeling personal best times we’ve set to date… (more…)
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… (more…)
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 the break showing how to drop the sand quicker than a weird stranger who’s hitting on you. (more…)
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… (more…)
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! (more…)
Digital information should be packed away neatly when not in regular use, I feel. Not only does it mean the disk space is better utiliised the contents are easier to navigate.
A method for doing this is to use software to compress files. The one I use, and recommend as part of the Life hack series, is 7-Zip.
It is open source (for the most part) and entirely free to use. It has great compression ratios compared to other similar software, and is one of the first programs I install on a personal computer (PC).
As well as saving space on the hard disk, it also greatly saves bandwidth when transferring files, so indirectly lowering the users carbon footprint.
I had a touch screen smart phone with great features, WiFi, bluetooth, you name it, almost an ultra mobile personal computer (UMPC) but have downgraded to an old model Blackberry.
Huh? Did I just move backwards in terms of technology, or is there a counter-intuitive reason that actually makes this a practical way of moving forwards? (more…)
There are a dozen items of software that constitue part of the Life hack series, each having the ability to assist in making life run considerably smoother and be more productive.
The first of these is MyLifeOrganized (MLO) task management software. OK great, but what does it do? (more…)