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Do-it-yourselfer poptones has a workbench he actually works on, but doesn't necessarily want to see destroyed. So he bought a box of 100 super-cheap mouse pads, ripped the flimsy covering off, and...

Reader rintakumpu decided to make his own floppy disk pen holder in all black and the result is quite sleek. Add your own photos or videos of projects you've undertaken to the Lifehacker Tip Testers...

There's a reason there's still so much paper around in this hyper-connected, everything-online age: the stuff is cheap, portable, compatible with all your applications, and everyone masters the...

Avoid everyday problems and modern mini-calamities by arming yourself with the right know-how before you head out into the world. Locking yourself out of your apartment, losing your car in the...

Instead of throwing out those old floppy disks, grab a couple of zip ties and turn them into a roomy, DIY pen holder that pays homage to the old school method of data storage. Do-it-yourselfer...

Update: Several readers point out the ferrite beads are not necessarily magnets—just hunks of iron. Our apologies! Do your speakers buzz and crackle whenever a new text message or call is about...

It's summertime, which means that hands swell and rings get stuck on them. If soap, cold water, and elevating your arm isn't helping you get that stubborn ring off your finger, the wikiHow site...

Rather than sending it off to the textile factory in the sky, DIY blogger Neale McDavitt-Van Fleet repurposed a cloth grocery tote into something he could use. With a little ingenuity, a single cut,...

Whether you've got ink blots on your hands from working too hard or snagging that cutie's number at the concert last night, there's a better way to scrub it off than plain old soap and water. Use a...

You woke up with your eyes all puffy but you've got to look your best today. Tutorial site wikiHow suggests putting something cool like cucumber slices or cold teabags on your eyes. For a mess-free...

Home design weblog Apartment Therapy says that whether you need to quickly de-clog your drain or brighten your toilet, a tab or two of Alka-Seltzer is just the ticket.This won't work for serious...

Editor: Meet io9 contributor Lisa Katayama. When she's not blogging about robots and futurism, she's spreading the word about how to GTD in the most unexpected ways. Here's a sampling of a few...

Nothing spoils the thrill of a new gadget or CD/DVD like the fingernail torture of trying to get glued-on labels and stickers off it. The Gomestic blog suggests a remedy using peanut butter, that...

Industrial look-lover Todd Lappin turned the most unlikely object—a trucker's aluminum step—into a soap dish for his new home. While flipping through a tow truck parts catalog, Lappin...

Got a screw that's stripped the wood around it and won't stay put, but a longer or larger screw won't solve the problem? How-to blog DIY Life says a wooden golf tee and some wood glue is all you need...