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Jan 12

How to conserve water with a milk jug


Milk jug in toilet

Water conservation is alway a good practice. Here is a tip on how to use less water on your next stop to the shitter.

Items needed

  • 1/2 gallon or 1 gallon milk jug or other container
  • 1 gallon of h20 (actually sand or anything to fill the jug works.)

Start by filling up the jug with sand, water or whatever you want just make sure its heavy enough to stay submerged with the toilet back removed. Flush the toilet to allow the water to drain from the basin and place the jug down into the basin. The water will rise but will have less volume to fill this time resulting in less water used for each flush.

Sep 18

How to get gum out of the carpet

Posted on Monday, September 18, 2006 in Do it yourself guides, Home Improvment, Household

How to gget gum out of the carpet
Ever got gum in your carpet? Well I have and let me tell you it is no picnic to try and get it out. Here is some tips on how to remove the sugary compound from your rug, carpet etc.

How to remove gum from the carpet

May 26

GET CABLE SIGNALS TO A TV WITHOUT RUNNING CABLES


Get Cable Signals To A TV Without Running CablesHave you ever noticed the effect an array of coax can have on the look and feel of your living room? Well now you can minimize the cables with this handy gadget.

These units are designed to take an audio and video signal from an A/V device (like a VCR, DVD player, or some cable boxes with audio-video outputs) and send it to another part of the house. There are two parts to this system, a transmitter that is attached to the AV device and a receiver that goes next to the remote TV. The transmitter takes the signals from the Audio and Video jacks on the AV device and beams it over to the companion receiver next to the remote TV.

I found an interesting product over at SmartHome.com that is perfect for the job. The 2.4GHz Wireless Video Transmission System was just what the doctor ordered after deciding I wanted to run cable to my garage. I am working on having Windows Media Center up and running in my garage. With the weather getting warmer I wanted to spend more time outdoors while still maintaining my websites and emails. I wonder if this could be used to transmit cable internet from the main cable box to my cable modem ? I know you could just setup a wireless network to get internet to a garage or other part of your home. However that was not going to solve my no cable issue. This device is affordable and very well worth it I recommend it.

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