Lego Salt and Pepper Shakers

Filed Under Art, Gadgets & Hardware, Lifehacks | 2007-07-20, 17:25

salt and pepper shaker made out of legos
Finally, mom will let me bring my Legos to the dinner table! In a neat use of a childhood toy near and dear to my heart, designer Joel Hesselgren has put together a simple yet ingenous salt and pepper shaker made out of legos. Rather than create separate shakers, he combines them into one. By moving the top lego piece you can control the amount of each flavor enhancer.
lego salt and pepper shaker
lego salt and paper shaker

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salt and pepper shaker made out of legos

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How to Tie Your Shoes in a Different Way

Filed Under Education, Lifehacks, Websites | 2007-07-07, 16:13

checkerboard shoe lacing
Bored of the tried and true method of lacing and tying your shoes? Ian’s got the cure for that boredom at his shoelace site. He has tons of new and interesting ways to lace and tie your shoes.

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Technology-induced synaesthesia

Filed Under Body Modification, Lifehacks, Tools | 2007-06-24, 23:58


Technology-induced synaesthesia

“See with your tongue. Navigate with your skin. Fly by the seat of your pants (literally). How researchers can tap the plasticity of the brain to hack our 5 senses — and build a few new ones.”

A great article over at Wired that speaks for itself. Anyone interested in body hacking shoudl definitely check it out.

Mixed Feelings (via BoingBoing

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Know who is talking about you on the Internet

Filed Under Lifehacks, Tools | 2007-06-24, 23:55


Lifehacker has a great little how-to on using MonitorThis to keep tabs on certain subjects on the internet. Most people will use it for the obvious ego searching, but it’s also handy for keeping on top of news on other subjects you’re interested in. Learn how with Feed your ego with RSS.

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How to Improve Your Night Vision

Filed Under Lifehacks, Video | 2007-06-24, 23:53

For many of us, the dark of the night is our friend, but how do you keep from barking your shins on the coffee table again? Ninja’s never seem to have these problems. Instructable’s user Sam Noyoun posted 10 tips on how to improve your night vision, including the old pirate eye-patch trick. This is one for those of us that can’t afford night vision goggles.


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Staying Sane: 10 ways to be more productive

Filed Under Lifehacks | 2007-05-16, 11:55

If you’re anything like me, you’ve got too many things going on. So many projects, ideas, tasks, etc are on the list to get done and it seems like there’s never enough hours in the day. Sometimes it takes a little reminder of how to work more efficiently. Lifehack.org has a good little Ten-List of some ways to increase your productivity. While none of them are entirely groundbreaking, it’s a good collection of tips to help you focus on what needs to get done.

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