DIY

05 May 2010

How to Cheaply Repair You CDs and LPs

It doesn’t matter if you’re a die-hard vinyl purist or, like me, way too attached to your giant wall o’ CDs to give ’em up, either way you want to make those treasured tunes last. And there are a variety of ways to do this, both spendy and broke-ass. When

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03 May 2010

Help Little City Gardens Today!!!

I have always encouraged you to plant yourself a garden, get seasonal starters at plant exchanges, learn how to grow your own food, visit the Bay Area’s botanical gardens, and volunteer at local urban farms. Well, if you’re a bit lazy like me, then you’ve probably only planned to do

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28 Apr 2010

DIY: How to Make the Six-Pack Organizer

Does your counter look like this? Ugh! Hideous spills! Now for only $8.99 you too can own: the Six-Pack Organizer! Made from the finest quality pressed cardboard materials, the Six-Pack Organizer can hold, store and organize any household cylindrical objects! To operate: first, open and empty the “storage place holders”

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21 Apr 2010

How to Infuse Your Own Vodka

Vodka is a complex mistress. One minute she’s lovin’ up on ya, and you’re the suave, classy chick drinking vodka martini’s and charming strangers. The next morning you’re on your bathroom floor with eyeliner gobs in the corner of your eyes, wearing one shoe and hating life. However, vodka’s a

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14 Apr 2010

DIY Porn: Instructables

Dear Instrucables, How I do so love you’. From your LED Bike Wheel Images to your Star Trek Funerals, your PMA about DIY truly rocks my socks! Many an hour have I spent lustily pursuing your pages, learning the Sidewider, planning to exercise, performing gummy bear surgery’Remember the time we

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07 Apr 2010

Turn Your Craftiness into Cashflow with New Classes at Workshop

It’s no secret we love Workshop around here, because who doesn’t love learning how to decorate your $10 IKEA side table with old MUNI transfers or watching girls participating in Aerobics set to a Def Leppard soundtrack? Up until now most of the classes have been “For Newbies”, intro-level kind

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31 Mar 2010

How to Make Your Own Wrapping Paper

One of the things I refuse to spend money on is wrapping paper. The entire concept of buying something just to have someone rip it to shreds and toss it in the trash bugs me out’ Maybe it’s just that it emphasizes the futility of life, how no matter how

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24 Mar 2010

How to Never Lose Another Lighter Again

What is it about lighters? They seem to magically float in and out of various pockets, changing owners at random, liberating themselves to travel far from home. Everyone has a least one friend who pockets your lighters ‘“ you know the one you have to keep your eye on, lest

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