Life Hacks

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Nose Trick Puts You to Sleep
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Nose Trick Puts You to Sleep

November 18, 2016

Do you have difficulty falling asleep? Look to your nose! The left nostril is connected to the right hemisphere of…

For Better Cell-Phone Sound, Do This

For Better Cell-Phone Sound, Do This

August 15, 2016

Don’t you hate it when you’re helping a friend in the kitchen and he doesn’t have music available to cook…

Make Potato Chips in Your Microwave

Make Potato Chips in Your Microwave

May 13, 2016

If you have a weakness for potato chips but can’t stomach the fake ingredients in store-bought brands, do we have…

Surprising Computer-Screen Cleaner

Surprising Computer-Screen Cleaner

January 4, 2016

Sometimes a quick wipe of your computer screen or tablet leaves more lint than you had before. Here’s a common…

Cure Hiccups in 3 Breaths

Cure Hiccups in 3 Breaths

October 15, 2015

You can never have enough hiccup cures under your belt. Here’s another one for your repertoire… First, take the deepest…

Neat Floor-Cleaning Trick

Neat Floor-Cleaning Trick

September 3, 2015

Don’t you hate it when you have a grease spill in your kitchen? You wipe…and wipe…and wipe, and the slipperiness…

Make Waffles Without a Waffle Iron

Make Waffles Without a Waffle Iron

August 31, 2015

National Waffle Week is almost here (first full week in September)! Wait…you don’t have a waffle iron? Don’t fret! Here’s…

14 Little Kitchen Miracles

14 Little Kitchen Miracles

August 12, 2015

Quick fixes for common annoyances Talk about annoying! How about buying a pineapple that never seems to fully ripen? Or…

Make Your Stainless Steel Sink Look New

Make Your Stainless Steel Sink Look New

July 28, 2015

Do you have a stainless steel sink (or what appears to be stainless steel) that looks like it hasn’t been…

Sharpen a Knife Without a Sharpener

Sharpen a Knife Without a Sharpener

July 8, 2015

Who needs a $150 knife sharpener? We use the following method all the time to sharpen our knives. It works…

Overnight Athlete’s Foot Cure

Overnight Athlete’s Foot Cure

July 7, 2015

Athlete’s foot is caused by a fungus that loves moisture and tight spaces, so air those toes out! And try…

Get a Dog to Stop Barking
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Get a Dog to Stop Barking

June 26, 2015

Is your best friend a barker? A noisy dog helps keep the strange folk away, but relentless barking can be…

How to Save on Airfare with Google Flights

How to Save on Airfare with Google Flights

Kim Komando | June 25, 2015

Google’s airfare-finder website Google Flights offers some money-saving features that better-known sites such as Expedia, Orbitz and Kayak either don’t…

No More Mothballs

No More Mothballs

June 16, 2015

If you are finalizing your sweater-storage solutions, here’s a way to keep winter wear smelling nice and free from moths.…

Quick Squeaky-Door Fix

Quick Squeaky-Door Fix

May 1, 2015

Do you have a door that loves to complain when you open or close it, and there’s no WD-40 in…