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TG Tip: Use Boiling Water for Easy Stove Top Cleaning

2010_03_24-Stov.jpgHow often do you clean your stovetop? Do you wipe up spills and splatters right away? Or do you, ahem, let it build up? And after you’ve got a crust of burnt gunk, how do you clean it up? Here’s a tip for those of us who, again, ahem, procrastinate on cleaning the stove. There’s a secret weapon we’ve found for getting it clean with no harsh chemicals and with a minimum of elbow grease.




The Philips GuideLight Is a Multifunction Flashlight

The GuideLight is a small LED light, shaped like a modern-art lantern, that hangs on its stand when not in use. It lights up automatically when lifted from the stand or when the motion detector in front of it senses movement—you’d probably want to turn it away from your bed on the nightstand so that your tossing and turning wouldn’t activate it—it also lights up when the power fails.


TG Tip: Mail CDs in a Milk Carton

Most of the time, we use email or online services to get digital files from one place to another. But sometimes—like after your best friend’s wedding when she asks you to send her every. single. picture. you took at her wedding—you’ve just got to snail mail a CD. Wish we’d known about this simple hack.