TG Tip

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.


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.



TG Tip: Use Binder Clips as Cable Catchers

If we’re being completely honest, this editor never really caught on that the true beauty of binder clip cord management was that the clips themselves could fasten to a desk. It was implied in the lihab’s Flickr set, but perhaps not made explicit enough for quick-moving eyes.