There is increased competition in the marketplace and also in the school curriculum to equip each student with the skill sets to engage in that marketplace. However, there are some life-useful skills that appear to be missing from the class. We all deal with money, yet there is no mandatory education in its creation, use, management, or [...]

One penny is not a lot. Many would shun it if it lies on the street. Those who shun the free money also would like to be financially well off. Yet, by picking up the penny they would be moving one step closer to their goal.

Brian Tracy, a time management guru, cites that what we know is sufficient to get us to today. To achieve and succeed in the future we must acquire and develop new skills and abilities. This is even more true in the current information age in which we live. The fabric of our interactions is tearing and stitching [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Having a crying baby is like an alarm clock that wont switch off. What if cute-yet-very-loud-and-noisy baby had a snooze button? That would be a helpful thing for any parent to soothe their crying child quickly…

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!