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How to find any lost item using your smartphone
Whether you’ve lost your keys, your wallet… even your pet, there’s a clever new technology which helps you track it down via a simple app on your phone Imagine if every time you lost something you could simply grab your phone, press a button and it would guide you to where it is. Well, that’s…
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How to use this ‘magic’ putty to stick, glue, fix and create virtually anything
If you’ve got two items that need sticking together… a cable that needs fixing… a device that needs waterproofing… a handle that needs extra grip… a super strong wall hook or a protective cover… then take a look at this. This really is magic stuff. It’s called sugru and it does all of the above…
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3 simple ways to remove fingerprint marks from walls
Here are 3 simple tricks you can use to remove pesky fingerprint marks from walls without repainting, wallpapering or moving house. If you have children or drunk friends, the chances are you’ll have got mucky fingerprint marks on your walls at some stage. It’s annoying. It doesn’t matter where you look the stain seems to…
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How to stick pictures on the wall without using nails
3 simple ways to hang heavy pictures on walls without leaving big holes in your wall, losing your deposit on rented accommodation… or smashing your beautiful place to smithereens for the sake of a bit of home improvement. Modern life is simple. We no longer hunt down wild animals with our bare hands to eat,…
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How to ‘shortcut’ your way through automated call centre menus
In the constant quest to lower staff overheads (and bore the living daylights out of us) more and more companies use automated call centre menus. The good news is there’s now a way to save yourself a headache and fight back… We’ve all been there… All you want to do is check your bank account…
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4 simple ways to remove paint from your skin
Sophie was painting the bathroom door the other the weekend while I was sitting here writing an article for Insider’s Edge. Suddenly I heard her calling: “Tom”, “Toooooooom!” I rushed through to the bathroom to see what was wrong expecting to see blood on the ceiling, a broken sink and possibly a dead body in…
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11 weird and wonderful uses for vodka
Most of us know how to drink vodka but you might not have been aware of some of its more unusual household uses… Put away your expensive branded vodka for the cheapo own brand stuff for these tips. It doesn’t matter if it tastes of rocket fuel because none of these uses involves mixing it…
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How to get pesky ‘pick up only’ items on eBay delivered to your door
One of the most frustrating things on eBay is finding an item you really want… but then seeing that its marked down as ‘pick up only’. ‘Pick up only’ means you can bid on or buy the product but should you win you’re responsible for collecting it and taking it home. Now this is a…
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7 weird and wonderful uses for petroleum jelly
Petroleum jelly has been called a ‘cure all’ by many of its fans because of its vast range of uses. Vaseline is probably the most popular brand over here. Most of us use it to stave off chapped lips, but there are a number of other little known uses for this mysterious ointment. Here are…
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Here’s a lazy way to find the best takeaway in your area
I don’t know about you but I can’t stand ordering takeaways over the telephone. Often it involves shouting at someone very slowly for whom English isn’t their first language… then they get it wrong and you have to go through it again and so on. You try several different ways of speaking until eventually you…