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21 November 2010

#325 Make your own coffee table

Here's an awesome howto for making a coffee table out of a pallet! It's both functional and perty.

BONUS: How to make a wood deck with pallets

Required time: 
One day
Cost: 
Less than €50
Cons: 
Might turn out like crap
Pros: 
You make something new out of something old. Will most likely turn out awesome.
Taggar: table, pallet, howto, diy
21 November 2010

#325 Make your own coffee table

Here's an awesome howto for making a coffee table out of a pallet! It's both functional and perty.

BONUS: How to make a wood deck with pallets

Required time: 
One day
Cost: 
Less than €50
Cons: 
Might turn out like crap
Pros: 
You make something new out of something old. Will most likely turn out awesome.
Taggar: table, pallet, howto, diy
14 November 2010

#318 Make soap

Tyler Durden said, make soap. Nuff said.

Required time: 
Less than a day
Cost: 
Less than €50
Cons: 
Could get burned on the lye
Pros: 
You make something yourself plus it's so very Fight Club
Taggar: soap, howto, fight club, diy
10 November 2010

#318 Light doodle

Light doodling looks amazing and is with a little practice not that hard a all. Check out how to make custom lights for this purpose here and for more examples and howto:s look here.

Required time: 
Less than a day
Cost: 
Free if you have a camera and some sort of light source
Cons: 
None.
Pros: 
It kind of makes you feel like a clown, a hipster and a wizard at the same time.
Taggar: light doodling, howto, diy
24 October 2010

#297 Make your own all natural kitchen cleaner

Sonia C. is looking for life's silver lining. A goal that has recently inspired her to transform a rainstorm in her living room into a photographic experiment, the development of a few new skills, and bad haiku.

Why waste your money on toxic, eco unfriendly products when you can mix up your own miracle spray for pennies. This recipe yields one 500ml spray bottle of an easy to make, non-toxic, and very effective all purpose cleanser. This stuff is so good my mom's house-cleaner asked for the recipe, and it is the ultimate workhorse in my home.

Gather your ingredients. You will need:

2 cups water.

2 tablespoons vinegar. I use white vinegar, 5% acetic acid by volume. Vinegar has a high enough concentration of acid to allow it to kill most molds, mildews, and bacterias, making it a wonderful, all natural, and relatively gentle deodorizer and disinfectant. It is also a good degreaser and rust remover.

1/2 teaspoon dish soap. Soaps or detergents work equally well in this recipe. I use a liquid detergent as that is what I happen to have on hand, and I find it cuts through really greasy messes better.

1 teaspoon baking soda. You can find this stuff in the baking section of your local supermarket; it is often sold in a box with a cow or an arm holding a hammer pictured on it. Baking soda is mild base, and is one of the chemicals that causes the cleanser to fizz as it's being mixed.

A few drops of essential oil if you want extra germ killing ability or are just in the mood for a sweet-smelling kitchen (optional) . Many essential oils are stronger antibacterial elements than phenol (the chemical found in most store-bought sprays) and can give your spray a mighty punch. Some of the best germ killing essential oils are lavender, thyme, juniper, tea tree, rosemary, eucalyptus and clove.

 

Mix your ingredients. Pour the baking soda, soap and vinegar into your spray bottle and give it a stir. It's going to fizz up like crazy, so let it sit and calm down for a few minutes before moving on.

Fill your spray bottle to the top with water. After your solution has calmed down fill to the top with warm water and essential oil if desired. The minerals dissolve easier in warm water, but cold water will work as well in a pinch. Just be prepared to spend a few more seconds shaking the bottle.

Shake and spray. Cap the bottle and shake. Around my house this spray works miracles. It removes dirt, grime, and food from just about anything. For particularly stubborn messes, spray until the areas is wet and wait 5 minutes. The extra time gives the cleaner a chance to do its job. After waiting, just wipe the grime away with a clean rag.

 

This entry was taken from howtodothings.com

Required time: 
Less than an hour
Cost: 
Free
Cons: 
One less flashy corporate logo in your home.
Pros: 
You make something from scratch that's better than similar options in stores.
Taggar: howtodothings.com, howto, diy, cleaner
24 October 2010

#297 Make your own all natural kitchen cleaner

Sonia C. is looking for life's silver lining. A goal that has recently inspired her to transform a rainstorm in her living room into a photographic experiment, the development of a few new skills, and bad haiku.

Why waste your money on toxic, eco unfriendly products when you can mix up your own miracle spray for pennies. This recipe yields one 500ml spray bottle of an easy to make, non-toxic, and very effective all purpose cleanser. This stuff is so good my mom's house-cleaner asked for the recipe, and it is the ultimate workhorse in my home.

Gather your ingredients. You will need:

2 cups water.

2 tablespoons vinegar. I use white vinegar, 5% acetic acid by volume. Vinegar has a high enough concentration of acid to allow it to kill most molds, mildews, and bacterias, making it a wonderful, all natural, and relatively gentle deodorizer and disinfectant. It is also a good degreaser and rust remover.

1/2 teaspoon dish soap. Soaps or detergents work equally well in this recipe. I use a liquid detergent as that is what I happen to have on hand, and I find it cuts through really greasy messes better.

1 teaspoon baking soda. You can find this stuff in the baking section of your local supermarket; it is often sold in a box with a cow or an arm holding a hammer pictured on it. Baking soda is mild base, and is one of the chemicals that causes the cleanser to fizz as it's being mixed.

A few drops of essential oil if you want extra germ killing ability or are just in the mood for a sweet-smelling kitchen (optional) . Many essential oils are stronger antibacterial elements than phenol (the chemical found in most store-bought sprays) and can give your spray a mighty punch. Some of the best germ killing essential oils are lavender, thyme, juniper, tea tree, rosemary, eucalyptus and clove.

 

Mix your ingredients. Pour the baking soda, soap and vinegar into your spray bottle and give it a stir. It's going to fizz up like crazy, so let it sit and calm down for a few minutes before moving on.

Fill your spray bottle to the top with water. After your solution has calmed down fill to the top with warm water and essential oil if desired. The minerals dissolve easier in warm water, but cold water will work as well in a pinch. Just be prepared to spend a few more seconds shaking the bottle.

Shake and spray. Cap the bottle and shake. Around my house this spray works miracles. It removes dirt, grime, and food from just about anything. For particularly stubborn messes, spray until the areas is wet and wait 5 minutes. The extra time gives the cleaner a chance to do its job. After waiting, just wipe the grime away with a clean rag.

 

This entry was taken from howtodothings.com

Required time: 
Less than an hour
Cost: 
Free
Cons: 
One less flashy corporate logo in your home.
Pros: 
You make something from scratch that's better than similar options in stores.
Taggar: howtodothings, howto, diy, cleaner
10 September 2010

#253 Design your family's coat of arms

Family reunions and holidays is one thing, but to really strengthen the family unity in a fun way, design your family's coat of arms together next time you get together! Check out how at http://www.makeyourcoatofarms.com/ and http://www.jon22.net/the-crest-o-matic/. It's free and fast too.

Required time: 
Less than an hour
Cost: 
Free
Cons: 
Some might think it's a douchey thing to do, but don't pay any attention to them
Pros: 
It's fun and great for family unity.
Taggar: howto, family, design, coat of arms
19 June 2010

#170 Learn to tie a tie

Required time: 
One day.
Cost: 
Free. Unless you need to buy a tie.
Cons: 
None really.
Pros: 
You add another skill to your registry. You'll blend in in posh environments.
Taggar: windsor, tie, howto
24 January 2010

#24 Start your own company

A little over two years ago I started my own company. It's one of the best things I've ever done.

It disqualifies me from unemployment. There is no job security. But fuck all that. I didn't have that before either. What's so great is that I can do exactly what I want to do! Sure, it creates a larger incentive to get assignments and I have to have a long-sighted economic plan, but all the money coming in is mine.
My sweat. My projects. My time.
On top of that I've made up oodles of delightful business cards, have an office with white boards and mindmaps and I work my own hours. Whenever I want I can take a one-hour walk and listen to old podcasts or eat lunch three hours earlier or later than usual.

It can seem like a big leap but what you're doing is trading whips. Instead of your boss getting paid to whip you, you whip yourself because you're your own boss. And mentally, as a person, you grow. You become a bigger person. And you don't need to keep compromising the way you do when you work for a company. This is the feeling that keeps growing inside me.

Your time needs needlessly to say to be divided into different types of projects. The projects that generate income to cover rent and such, so called Breadjobs. Then it's the projects that will generate income eventually, so called Plantjobs. And then there are the projects that are the most fun and creative projects that might not generate any income at all, the Bonusjobs. It's all about finding a balance between the three pieces of pie and to aim for using as little time as possible doing Breadjobs and to use the rest of the time on Plant- and Bonusjobs.

Required time: 
Starting out there's some paperwork to fill out, you have to find an accountant and register your company to get the needed documents to be able to operate as a company. But don't be fooled. It's not as much work as it sounds. After the initial paperwork the administrative choirs will always be proportionate to how much activity there is in the company.
Cost: 
About 100 euro to register your company and copyright the name. And the accountant needs to be paid. But you get that money back through the tax deductions you make for materials and such along the way.
Cons: 
It takes time to get established and finding clients. It's economically unsafe at first. It's a lonely job.
Pros: 
You're flexible and get to make all the decisions regarding your life and your time. You get to choose what projects you want to take on. Since they're your projects you've got extra incentive to follow them through.
Taggar: howto, company