Life hack 004

How do you remember the number of days in a month?

Do you just know it? Do you recite a poem to help you? Do you consult your calendar?

I use the following method.

Hold your hands out palms facing up and put your little (pinky) fingers together. Now recite the months in order starting with the index finger of your left hand. Move alternatively from the tips of your fingers to the area between each finger where two fingers join your hand. When you reach the little (pinky) finger of your left hand then you should have counted 'July' and moved on to the little finger of your right hand and counted 'August'.

Every time a month corresponds to the tip of your finger, then this month has 31 days. All the others either have 30 days, or is February, and you just need to remember that February is special.

Image credit: Evan Amos licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported 

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Life hack 03

It is quite possible that this one doesn't count as a life hack because it is actually a little-known design featured added by many manufacturers, however this will make your life easier, and of the two people I asked, neither had heard of it before (scientific, I know).  When I said it was a 'little-known' feature I think it is safe to assume that you don't know about this trick. If you do, then award yourself one geek experience point and move onto something else.

The problem
You will be aware of the frustration that accompanies the use of kitchen foil, cling film or any other such product that comes on a cardboard tube inside a cardboard box. The roll move often than not just comes out of the box whenever you try to grab a length of it. With cling film this is even more frustrating as the vexatious stuff has a tendency to stick to itself.

Push the tabs in. What do you mean, you've never read the side of the box before?!

The solution:
Are you aware that manufactures place two flaps at the side of the box? These are designed to be pushed in through ninety degrees. They act like an axle through the ends of the tube which makes pulling a length of product from the tube much easier.

Usually when the party is REALLY swinging, I get my collection of packets out to show off.

If that has left you dazed in wonderment, then you might like to explore some more life hacks, or perhaps you came here for the Tabloid Headline Generator or you just want to know how many floppy disks it would take to store all of Google Maps.

Life hack 002

I've just discovered this really effective  use for cardboard tubes.  No longer will your drawers be a tangle of loose wires. Simply post one or two loosely folded wires inside the tube and hey-presto! Tidy wires. You will also get a warm fuzzy feeling from recycling household waste (unless you recycle anyway, which, of course, you should, in which case you get a warm fuzzy feeling from knowing that your wires are safely stored tangle-free).

Should you like this post, then you might like all of our life hacks, or maybe you just want to play a 2D, text-based adventure game.

Life hack 001

I was shown this life hack today, so I thought I would share it. A plastic container, like the ones you get inside chocolate eggs that all so contain a surprise... (and something to play with) make handy containers for earphones.  That is all.

Extra geek experience points for anyone who remembers this...