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  • Remove a Cork Stuck Inside a Wine Bottle With a Ribbon
    You go to pop open a fresh bottle of wine—maybe you don’t have a proper wine-opening tool —and the cork, or part of it, plummets into the bottle. You’re left with two choices: finish the bottle, or use this handy trick.Read more...
    - 3 Jul 16, 6:00pm -
  • Flamyngo Simplifies Getting Travel Tips From Friends
    iPhone: If you’re heading out on vacation to somewhere your friends or family have already gone, it’s natural to ask for any suggestions they might have for places to go. This usually results in a mess of texts and emails from various people. Fla…
    - 3 Jul 16, 5:00pm -
  • Get Your Game of Thrones Fix With This Interactive, Spoiler-Proof Map
    Game of Thrones fans, you might not know what to do with yourself now that Season 6 is over. This interactive map will help you get your fix until the next season starts.Read more...
    - 3 Jul 16, 3:00pm -
  • When In Doubt, Mimic the Body Language of Others to Be More Persuasive
    Body language varies from one person to another. Trying to follow a set of specific actions to effectively communicate with everyone is bound to fail. If you’re talking with someone one-on-one, mimic their body language instead to be more persuasiv…
    - 3 Jul 16, 2:00pm -
  • This DIY Wood Beer Carrier Even Has a Bottle Opener on the Side
    Instructables user Herbsco built this reusable, good-looking beer carrier out of solid walnut, which probably explains why it looks so good, but even if you don’t have that available, he has everything you need to make your own—and attach a bottl…
    - 3 Jul 16, 1:00pm -
  • Ambient Noise Showdown: Noisli vs. White Noise vs. Rain Rain
    Ambient noise apps drown out distractions so you can focus on your work, or generate serene, peaceful environments that encourage you to fall asleep. But with dozens you can download, it’s hard to know which is the best. Noisli, White Noise, and Ra…
    - 3 Jul 16, 10:00am -
  • A Video and Graphic Guide to 12 of America's Most Beautiful Natural Parks
    There are dozens of beautiful National Parks in the United States, but if you could only see one, this video and graphic guide from Expedia helps you narrow your choices down to 12 great parks you can explore, all of which are known for specific land…
    - 3 Jul 16, 9:00am -
  • Sunday's Best Deals: Fire HD 6, GreenWorks Tools, Weather Radios
    Weather radios, GreenWorks tools, and Amazon’s Fire HD 6 lead off Sunday’s best deals.Read more...
    - 3 Jul 16, 8:30am -
  • This Week's Top Downloads
    Every week, we share a number of downloads for all platforms to help you get things done. Here were the top downloads from this week.Read more...
    - 2 Jul 16, 6:00pm -
  • Clean Rusty Grill Grates With Some Oil, Salt, and a Potato
    If you don’t grill very often that probably means you don’t clean your grill regularly either. If your grill grates are covered in burnt food and rust, you can get it ready for a cookout with a few household staples.Read more...
    - 2 Jul 16, 5:00pm -

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  • newSecure your connection wherever you browse for less than $3 a month
    TL;DR: Stay safer online for less with this three-year subscription to Surfshark VPN Starter Plan, on sale now for just $83.99 (MSRP $430).We hate to break it to you, but when you're hopping online at your local coffee shop, hotel, airport, or othe…
    - 8 hours ago 25 Aug 26, 4:00pm -
  • newThis 8×8 display uses vacuum and silicone instead of LEDs
    A YouTuber who goes by soiboi soft built an 8×8 pixel display that uses pneumatics and stretchy silicone instead of LEDs. The effect is mesmerizing and appealing.The orange rubber panel covers 64 cavities. When a vacuum forms in one of the cavities…
    - 10 hours ago 25 Aug 26, 2:11pm -
  • newDolly Parton dead at 80
    Famed country music singer, philanthropist and businesswoman Dolly Parton is dead at 80. Her death was announced by nephew Brian Seaver on social media. "Dolly has lived in the light and is in the arms of Jesus, surely met by Carl, her parents and…
    - 10 hours ago 25 Aug 26, 1:29pm -
  • newGhost World director Terry Zwigoff names his five all-time favorite films
    Criterion recently invited director Terry Zwigoff into its famous closet filled with its DVDs and invited him to talk about his favorite movies. Zwigoff directed Crumb, the 1995 documentary about underground cartoonist Robert Crumb, and Ghost World (…
    - 12 hours ago 25 Aug 26, 11:40am -
  • newTechno synth and sequencer in a single HTML file
    Rack-01 is an web-based techno synth and sequencer where all the controls are right there on a single page. Despite being an extremely polished app, it's all right there in the View Source: you can download the HTML file and it'll run from wherever y…
    - 12 hours ago 25 Aug 26, 11:40am -
  • newThis slip-on cover protects a replica Flock camera from rain and sun
    For all of you who own a replica Flock camera, here's a nifty cover to protect it from the elements. It hooks onto a pole, making it easy to cover your replica Flock camera even when it is mounted somewhere high up. — Read the rest The post This s…
    - 13 hours ago 25 Aug 26, 11:24am -
  • newOwn the software that gives blurry videos a glow-up for just $60
    TL;DR: Pay just $59.95 once for a Windows video suite that enhances blurry or shaky footage, upscales videos and images, converts media, edits clips, records screens, and digitizes DVDs.Some videos are blurry. Some shake like they were filmed duri…
    - 14 hours ago 25 Aug 26, 10:00am -
  • newTarget withdraws halloween "minstrel" costume
    A kids' Halloween costume featuring a tiny bowler hat and giant red-lipped smile led to a backlash for retailer Target, which has now withdrawn the "Circus Clown" outfit from sale. The costume's resemblance to vintage Jim Crow caricatures and blackfa…
    - 15 hours ago 25 Aug 26, 9:06am -
  • Replace your patchwork of work apps with 8 Microsoft Office 2021 besties for just $30
    TL;DR: Pay $29.97 once for Microsoft Office 2021's Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, OneNote, Publisher, and Access on one Windows PC.If you're a working professional who prefers a traditional, standalone software experience, Microsoft Off…
    - 1 day ago 24 Aug 26, 4:00pm -
  • This artist turns melted plastic beads into pocket-sized video game pixel art
    When Swedish artist Johan Karlgren had children, he started playing around with Perler beads, tiny plastic tubes that come in lots of different colors. They are kind of like physical pixels: you place the beads on a plastic grid of pegs and then heat…
    - 1 day ago 24 Aug 26, 2:36pm -

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