Plastic water bottles aren’t silent killers, even if you leave them out in the heat.

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Stop Freaking Out Over Plastic Bottles: They’re Not Leaching Toxins Into Your Water [Video]

Windows: We’ve shown you a few ways to create a ringtone for your iPhone or Android device , but free app Ringtone Maker makes the process just about as quick and painless as possible—and it works for just about any phone you can think of. More

This week we made use of your unused and underused thumb drives, tricked ourselves into being awesome, forced ourselves out of the house, and more. Here’s a look back. More

Drains.

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How to Fix a Stinky Sink [Crowdhacker]

If you’re a heavy sleeper and have trouble waking up in the morning to your phone’s alarm, Redditor tribalwombat discovered you can boost its volume by sticking it in a drinking glass.

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Put Your Phone in a Drinking Glass to Boost Its Alarm Volume and Avoid Oversleeping [Macgyver Tips]

Many of the cooking methods to extract maximum flavor, such as slow roasting or slow cooking, are, well, slow. If you don’t have time for that, you can still make your dishes as flavorful as possible with a few cooking tricks, including frying your spices. More

Windows/OS X: Cubby is a new cloud syncing service with one major difference from its competition: It doesn’t have any storage limits when you’re syncing from computer to computer. More

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You might already have a 72-hour disaster kit or even a longer-term Doomsday survival kit , but what if you’re caught at work when disaster strikes? If you don’t already have one, create a survival kit that will help you get home from work and keep you safe for at least 24-hours

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Make an Emergency "Get Home Bag" to Keep at Work [Emergencies]

The key to remembering things is to make them memorable. Turn names, numbers, and abstract words into images that are gross, funny, or absurd.

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Upgrade Your Memory: How to Quickly Memorize Lists [Video]