So you're throwing a party or hunting for last second Halloween decorations and you realize that your venue looks a little drab.
What do you do?
Grab an old string of Christmas lights and a package of ping-pong balls and make some incredibly awesome diffused party lights!
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Looking for a fun and creative pumpkin recipe to enjoy with the cool fall weather and the changing color of the leaves? Me too!
Of course you have the quintessential pumpkin pie and pumpkin bread recipes, but those get tired and old after a couple of times. Try some of these creative pumpkin recipes to switch it up a little bit this fall...
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I'm pretty positive that cats are the spawn of all evil, and those dirty little buggers are even horrendous water wasters too...just take a look at this:
See, all of that water wasted just to get a drink. It's a cat conspiracy I'm telling you! Just wait, once they use up the fresh water supply and evolution brings them opposable thumbs, they're going to take over the world.
Just kidding (but not about hating cats).
This video is from Jason Mraz's blog and he actually has some pretty cool perspectives on water conservation. Read on to check them out.
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We don't really get into the weighty climate change discussion that often around here...nor are we going to today. But since it is Blog Action Day, we will say that one thing is for sure: to stop and reverse climate change, we are going to need people change.
One creative and fun way that Volkswagon's "Fun Theory" initiative is helping people make better choices is to make it fun...hence the name.
They turned a Stockholm staircase into a giant piano and 66% more people took the stairs instead of the adjacent escalator. Check it out:
Who knows, if more staircases were like this, maybe we wouldn't even need escalators and the power that they consume. I'm sure those piano key stairs draw some power, but not nearly what that moving escalator does!
Even if you can't find any stairs turned musical instruments today, do one simple thing and ditch the elevator or escalator and take the stairs. You may even think of some ways to make a regular old staircase more fun. You never know!
Sure, sure, making awesome Halloween costumes from things you already have around the house is great, but what does Halloween really translate to for us men folk?
Sexy girls in naughty costumes!
Luckily both for the girls who are looking for the perfect adult Halloween costume and for the men who like to oogle them, I'm bringing you 4 of the best sexy DIY Halloween costumes I could find...and the how-to for making them!
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Did you need the defibrillator to recover from sticker shop after shopping for this year's Halloween costume?
Well how about making your own costume?
You don't have to be as lame as just putting on a leather jacket and slicking your hair back to say that you're a greaser. No, no, no...there are some truly amazing DIY Halloween costume ideas floating around out there.
...and many of them can be made from little more than cardboard and other things that you already have lying around your house.
Check out these 3 ideas that
you'd NEVER guess are homemade.
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Global warming is claiming lives everywhere. Just look what happened to these three rappers:
Cartoon via Red, Green, and Blue.
Happy Friday!
Wake up! Your beloved electronics are sucking the life out of your budget...not to mention the enormous environmental impact they have!
Luckily Green Gadgets for Dummies is swooping in for the rescue!
Before we get in to a quick breakdown of the awesomeness that is Green Gadgets for Dummies, check out these statistics from Planet Green that show why we need greener gadgets:
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Printing is SOOO overrated.
How many of us print unnecessary and superfluous internet pages and documents countless times a day?
In addition to the data you see in the image to the right, try these statistics on for size too:
"If you printed the internet, it would be a book 1.2 billion pounds and 10,000 feet tall.
...it would require 45 million ink cartridges for a total of half a million liters of ink, which if that were fuel, would power a 747 for 18,000 miles.
...you would need enough paper to cover half of Long Island, which is about 700 square miles.
...and you would sacrifice 40,000 trees, which is almost twice as many trees as there are in Central Park.
Wow. So how does hitting that print button look now? One of my favorite tricks for saving both paper and ink is to virtually print a page to a .pdf.
If you're a mac user, OS X has the feature built in to your print options. If you're a PCer, check out the awesome freeware PDF Writer for a full feature set or doPDF for basic functionality but still with a few useful options that should satisfy all the average user's needs.
You're going to be amazed at how much paper that one little trick is going to save you!
Image and statistics from Cartridge Save, via Neat O Rama.
Check out the thesaurus entry for most any bag Halloween candy and you'll likely find synonyms like, "ADHD agent", "Asthma enhancer", and "Lysdexia fueler"...whoops, I meant "Dyslexia fueler".
Fear not little goblins, we're not going to talk about the evils of food additives and simple sugars right now. What we are going to talk about are 3 awesome sources for eco-friendly (and healthier) Halloween candy that...get this...WON'T cost you a fortune!
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DIY Shipping Pallet Patio Furniture...and How to Not Die From It