Coming to Terms with the New Gmail: 5 Tips to Smooth the Way
So Gmail has decided that it’s updating its layout and there has been a loud and mighty outcry against it. Aside from complaints about primarily aesthetic things such as the replacement of handy text buttons by somewhat hard to parse icons, there are some more valid complaints about the difficulty in actually using the new Gmail. It’s hard to find things that were at your fingertips with the old layout.
In this article I’m going...
Game Review: Dixit
I go to a gaming night every Thursday at a friend’s house. Typically anywhere from a dozen or so to up to thirty people show up to play board games and card games or even BUZZ: The Mega Quiz Bundle
(a trivia gameshow on the Playstation). Having been exposed to many, many games through this...
How To Make a Folding Pet Ramp
This ramp is suitable for small pets who need help getting onto surfaces such as a couch or a bed. The ramp folds flat for storage.
For a 4-foot ramp you will need:
1 8-foot long 1”x12” board
1 8-foot long 1”x2” board*
10 wood screws
2 3” hinges with screws (no longer than 3/4” screws)
1 strip of carpet 12” wide and 5’ long*
staple gun and staples*adjust these lengths for ramps longer than...
Egyptian Rat Screw: Best Card Game Ever
What the hell is Egyptian Rat Screw??
Egyptian Rat Screw is a card game. It can be played by any number of people (but everyone has to be able to reach the center of the table.) and the goal of the game is to get all the cards.
The deck is split evenly between the players, and each holds their...
Make a Fabulous Cat Toy
Cats don’t need fancy, expensive toys to play with. We’ve all seen them batting around the twist-ties from the bread or that little plastic doohickey that comes off the lid of a jug of milk. What matters to the cat is that it moves and catches their eye. This is an inexpensive and simple toy that you can make for your kitty that they will enjoy playing with just as much as that jingly ball...
How to Remember Your Dreams
Quite often people tell me “Oh I can never remember my dreams!” and ask me how I seem to remember so much about mine.
While I think it is probably partially a person-to-person thing, there are some techniques I can recommend for helping you to remember your dreams.
The first thing I can say is write your dreams down! Keep a dream journal, like I do (not necessarily a public one) and you’ll find that just the...
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