Next to duct tape, WD-40 is the second best solution people look to when something isn’t working properly. Squeaky door? Spray some WD-40 to make it sound as quiet as a husband who knows he’s in trouble. Stuck zipper? WD-40 will loosen it faster than a person loosens their pants after a trip to the buffet. Family problems? Heck, maybe WD-40 can fix those as well. There are, however, more uses for the traditional red-and-blue spray than you think there may be. How Does WD-40 Work? WD-40 consists of a petroleum-based volatile solvent. When it evaporates, it leaves behind a lubricant which washes away the grime of whatever it was…
If you have a habit of eating at your desk—and let’s be honest, we all do—then keeping those peripherals clean is a daily challenge. Well, thanks to The Wype, you may not have to suffer through that pain and agony anymore. Billed as a “personal desktop snack rag,” the Wype is a patent-pending $12 desktop rounded dome ‘base’ that comes with three interchangeable covers for wicking away grease and crumbs from your disgusting food-encrusted nubs. And yes—it is currently on Kickstarter: “The Wype was inspired by one of our late night gaming sessions when the Costco-sized bags of chips transformed from a tasty blessing to a curse – our keyboards…
Well, ladies and gents, as we celebrate the end of summer with BBQs, camping, and one our final water balloon fights, it’s also time to start getting prepped for the months ahead. And for many of us, this means applying a fresh layer of waterproof fabric wax to all of our canvas shoes, hats, jackets, rucksacks, and more. But when it comes to fabric waxes, not all are equal. Our choice? Portland, Oregon’s own Otter Wax brand. Otter Wax offers long-lasting protection from the elements and contains only all-natural ingredients from renewable resources. It is also the first and only water repellent wax that doesn’t utilize paraffin, silicone, or other…
Between sporadic viral social content and entire YouTube channels, the hydraulic press is certainly having a moment. While most of that content is focused on the fascinating destruction of everything from cell phones to mountain bike suspension forks, a new Kickstarter project aims to take an entirely new angle: creating unique tableware from clay scraps. SPLATWARE, by Liverpool-based ceramic manufacturer Granby Workshop, is a series of plates and cups made by squishing colored clays in a 60-ton hydraulic press — AKA “RAMBO”. “SPLATWARE began by researching and tracking down RAMBO, our 60 ton RAM Press,” explains the workshop. “It is no spring chicken – we bought it from a ceramics factory…
Code. You don’t have to be a computer science hotshot to take the deep dive—heck, some people are up and running with their first project in a matter of weeks. But knowing where and how to enter can be half of the battle. The Learn How to Code 2017 Bundle is the perfect entry point and includes over 156 Hours of premium coding instruction, from Python to Ruby & everything in between. Consisting of ten courses in total, the ‘Pay What You Want’ bundle covers not just specific code languages, but also how and why you may decide to choose one over another depending on the project at hand. Pay…
There’s a new online 3D CAD player in town and they’ve been gaining steam over the past year since announcing beta and opening up registration. SelfCAD describe themselves as an online browser-based 3D model, sculpt, print platform with a mission to “make 3D designing and printing accessible to everyone, including professional designers, as well as hobbyists and students who have little to no prior expertise using CAD/CAM software.” Along with this it has integrated slicing to 3D print directly from SelfCAD and in June they announced an integration partnership with MyMiniFactory that connects you dirrectly to the model repository from within SelfCAD. First, let’s watch a little overview of organic…