Brilliant UFO abduction lamp.
Your blood puddle pillows are in.
Clean your dishwasher with Lemonade Kool-Aid.
Clever light bulb design.
Days Ago digital day counters are small gadgets that attach to your food containers via suction and magnets to keep a running count of how many days ago you put your leftovers in the fridge.
Scrabble furniture.
Handy way to skip all the intro crap on DVDs that is usually forced on you when you throw a disc in your player. Apparently the chapters on DVDs that you can't skip (FBI warnings, copyright stuff, etc.) are flagged, on the disc, as UOP, or User Operation Prohibited. This site lists some of the techniques you can try to skip the ennui.
This colour coordinated bookshelf looks cool, but you might have a hard time finding a particular title.
For chewie edge lovers or corner brownie fans - it's the Edge Brownie Pan. All edges, all the time. Via BoingBoing
Puzzle carpet.
This to That is a handy site that will tell you what adhesive to use when attempting to glue various objects together.
Super creative bathroom tiles.
Skinny house in Brazil.
Apparently there are many LED lightbulbs available already. Via TreeHugger
WiiRoomba. YouTube of a guy controlling his Roomba with a Wii remote.
Hardcore Lost fans have a party and repackage the snacks and beer as Dharma Initiative rations. Make your own with the PDFs that they've so generously shared.
Here's a nice set of home improvement videos with the energetic and snappy Eric Stromer.
Faucet Fountain turns your regular faucet into a drinking fountain.
Kids and the Home Office. Here's a list of tips for the parent that works from home.
Save the Internet.
Your blood puddle pillows are in.
Clean your dishwasher with Lemonade Kool-Aid.
Clever light bulb design.
Days Ago digital day counters are small gadgets that attach to your food containers via suction and magnets to keep a running count of how many days ago you put your leftovers in the fridge.
Scrabble furniture.
Handy way to skip all the intro crap on DVDs that is usually forced on you when you throw a disc in your player. Apparently the chapters on DVDs that you can't skip (FBI warnings, copyright stuff, etc.) are flagged, on the disc, as UOP, or User Operation Prohibited. This site lists some of the techniques you can try to skip the ennui.
This colour coordinated bookshelf looks cool, but you might have a hard time finding a particular title.
For chewie edge lovers or corner brownie fans - it's the Edge Brownie Pan. All edges, all the time. Via BoingBoing
Puzzle carpet.
This to That is a handy site that will tell you what adhesive to use when attempting to glue various objects together.
Super creative bathroom tiles.
Skinny house in Brazil.
Apparently there are many LED lightbulbs available already. Via TreeHugger
WiiRoomba. YouTube of a guy controlling his Roomba with a Wii remote.
Hardcore Lost fans have a party and repackage the snacks and beer as Dharma Initiative rations. Make your own with the PDFs that they've so generously shared.
Here's a nice set of home improvement videos with the energetic and snappy Eric Stromer.
Faucet Fountain turns your regular faucet into a drinking fountain.
Kids and the Home Office. Here's a list of tips for the parent that works from home.
Save the Internet.
Ferris Wheel Shoe Storage System by Rakku
Rakku Designs makes this clever Ferris wheel-like shoe storage system that, depending on shoe size and type, can hold up to 30 pairs. Shoes are inserted through elastic bands, which both hold the shoes in place and allow for easy retrieval. This page lists some of the features of the device, which include the ability to adjust the rotation speed through a tension controller. This picture gives a better impression of the width of the unit (dimensions are here) than the pictures on the home page do.
Price: 65 bucks, but currently sold out (January 2006).
Alarm Clock that Runs Away and Hides Unless You Wake up
Clocky is a funny/ingenious/annoying alarm clock that will roll off your nightstand and find a place to hide if you don't wake up to kill its alarm. From the site:
Clocky gives you one chance to get up. But if you snooze, Clocky will jump off of your nightstand and wheel around your room looking for a place to hide. Clocky is kind of like a misbehaving pet, only he will get up at the right time.
The unit is also available in a few colours as well as in a brown shag and can jump (fall?) from a 2 foot height.
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Make Your Own Headboard
Apparently in Australia they call headboards 'bedheads' - which is out of control. Jump over to MSN Australia, and if you can decipher their "English" then you should be able to follow this step-by-step howto on creating your very own headboard.Headboards can have a dramatic effect on any bedroom, but they tend not to come cheap. If you don't have a lot to spend and you're plagued by a tiny bed in a big bedroom, then maybe a DIY project like this is what you need to create a handsome focal point while balancing the space.
The different headboard guides offered in the howto all end up in the $70 ballpark, which isn't too bad at all.
Also check out their complete list of DIY projects and crafts here.
Prevent Fitted Bed Sheet Slippage with Sleep Snug
Do you hate waking up to discover that, not only have you missed your early afternoon soaps, but that your fitted bedsheet has come loose and made a mockery of your orderly and just bed covering system? If so, perhaps these sheet clips called "Sleep Snugs" will help. They work by securing the fitted sheet to the mattress with some sort of advanced clipping action. It does seem a little suspect, however, that plastic clips can be strong enough for the task and also durable enough to last for any significant period of time - they are only four dollars, after all. Has anyone had any experience with these - or any other sheet pop-off prevention techniques/gadgets?
How to Fold a Fitted Sheet
Target Australia has a solution to a problem that many of us simply assumed was just one of those little annoyances that we'd have to live with forever - struggling with folding a fitted bed sheet neatly. This step by step looks easy enough, and the end result would please even the most organized among us. Also, if you're into folding things, check out this cool Japanese shirt folding technique.Edit: Fixed the link. Thanks et.
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