IKEA Hacker: Table Vase

Description: Flower vase in the table as if flower comes out from VIKA FURUSKOG.

Used Mayonnaise bottle lid on the under surface of table with screw.
Drill a hole in table and lid.
Fill water on the bottle.
Screw bottle.

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Unusual Uses for Chalk

Repels Ants
To keep ants out of your house, draw chalk lines around your doorways and windowsills. Ants won't cross a chalk line. Why? It's not entirely clear, but some say the ants don't like the particles sticking to their feet, while others say they're averse to the calcium carbonate in the chalk. Whatever the reason, this nontoxic solution will keep ants outside where they belong. (Personal comment: After I came across this tip, I tried it the next morning...'cause my room was invaded by an army of ants. It worked. Then when I got home in the evening...funny thing is...the ants learned how to walk round the chalk lines! Clever, aren't they? But definitely they are less of them compared to the first day.)

Combats Mustiness
Hang a bundle of chalk in your closets and cabinets to keep them from getting damp and musty. The chalk will absorb excess moisture from the air -- humidity that otherwise leads to mustiness

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Chip Conley: Measuring What Makes Life Worthwhile

Headache Pill Reduces the Pain of Social Rejection

"Over-the-counter headache pill paracetamol, also known as acetaminophen, reduces the pain of social rejection according to a new study just published in Psychological Science...

Not all painkillers work the same though: some work by numbing the local nerves - like benzocaine-based sort throat lozenges that make your mouth go numb, while others affect the brain systems that process pain no matter where it originates from in the body...

Paracetamol is largely of the second type meaning if social rejection and physical pain really do share some of the same brain circuits, the drug should dull the hurt from both...

It's an intriguing finding because it suggests that a common and cheap painkiller might be useful in reducing feelings of social rejection which can feature prominently in conditions like depression and borderline personality disorder...

But because paracetamol is so old it can't be patented and so there is virtually no profit to be made from it. Unfortunately, paracetemol can be toxic if taken too often, but it would be interesting to see if anyone does take up the baton to see if it might be a useful psychiatric treatment in appropriate doses."

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DIY BBQ: Homemade Hamburger Buns & Condiments

Fast food? Well, not so fast, eh? I don't think I would have enough strength to stick around making all the condiments without running to a Mcdonald or Burger King half way to it....well, unless I eat something beforehand. lol Now I want a burger and fries.

BP Spills Coffee

Meg Griffin

For real??

Now & Then

Ray Charles, photographed by Jim Marshall, San Francisco, CA, 1960...



..and Ray Charles, photographed by Timothy White, Culver City, CA, 1991.



Keith Richards, photographed by Jim Marshall, Los Angeles, CA, 1972



...and Keith Richards, photographed by Timothy White, New York, NY, 1988...


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Because Every Stylish Guy Needs An Easier Way To...

Dude, seriously? LOL via

Surface on Earth

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The Single-Serve Plastic Wine Glasses

An English entrepreneur has sold this invention of single-serve plastic wine glasses–stem and all!–to Marks & Spencer, which now “struggles to keep up with demand.” He is laughing all the way to the bank since a business reality show in the UK called “Dragons’ Den” panned the idea when he presented it on the show. Sold under the brand “Le Froglet,” the individual 187ml glasses cost £2.25 ($3.33) for a Shiraz, Rose and Chardonnay, which, apparently, come from the Languedoc. via

I'm excited about this invention. I remember I told my friend that I wanted to bring a bottle of wine and plastic glasses and have a picnic in a park. He condemned me for wanting to drink wine of the plastic glasses. Look, now! IN YOUR FACE! HA!

IKEA Designer Francis Cayouette's Home

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