Modern advice in contact. Surprise home tricks

Of course, obsessive hoarding is bad, but some things can be given a chance for a second life, and they, in turn, will make yours easier for you!

Rubber bands - for door locks

Do you need to leave or enter the door, but your hands are busy? Pull the rubber on the door handles
ring, and the lock mechanism will be neutralized for the right time.

Single socks - instead of bubble wrap

Socks, like people, sometimes lose their pair, but do not rush to get rid of them: they will successfully and without impact on the environment replace bubble wrap when packing crystal glasses and small vases.

Straw - for unstable colors

Delicate stems of tulips and other flowers do not want to stand up straight and ruin your ingenious flower arrangement? Regular drinking straws will help the bouquet stay in shape.

Rubber gloves - for opening cans

FROM rubber glove even the smallest woman can open a stubborn jar of jam.

Extra buttons - for stud earrings

So that you no longer have to play detective trying to find a pair of stud earrings lost in a jewelry box, fasten them together with a button, and henceforth they will be inseparable.

Unscrew the broken light bulb from the socket using a potato
Cut the potato into two halves, take one half, carefully prick it on the broken light bulb and twist it out.

If you need to open a bottle, but there was no corkscrew at hand, use a self-tapping screw and pliers.

Wrap the screw in the cork and use pliers to pull out the screw along with the cork.

2. Wrap the shoes in a plastic bag and put them in the freezer overnight - this will get rid of the unpleasant smell coming from the shoes.

3. Lay the toaster on its side with a plate next to it. Put a slice of whole grain bread with cheese and tomato in a toaster and you have a hot sandwich in minutes.

How to properly cut cherry tomatoes.

1. Place the tomatoes on a cutting board or flat plate in a single layer.
2. Cover the tomatoes with another flat plate.
3. Gently run a knife between two plates, holding the top one.

Glue a magnet inside the locker and use it to store small metal items such as hairpins, tweezers, hairpins, nail files.

3. Install a rod (metal rod) in the cabinet under the sink - and hang household chemicals on it.

From a pizza box

How to hang a picture?

You probably know how difficult it is to find a place for a nail when you hang a picture. Simplify the work if you put directly on the hook toothpaste. Then press the picture against the wall and the paste will leave a mark where you need to drive a carnation.

We remove the smell.

You probably know what smell remains after burnt rice. I know If you can't ventilate this smell, orange peel and cloves will help. Put them in a pot of water and boil. In a few minutes, the whole house will be filled with a pleasant aroma. This is certainly much better than chemical air fresheners.

How to wash a shower horn

Use Vinegar - Pour vinegar over the shower head and rinse with water after 15 minutes.

Vinegar is an excellent solvent and an excellent disinfectant.

How to equip a bathroom to be both comfortable and hygienic

1. To store toothbrushes, you can make individual slots in the cabinet shelf.

2. Take a plastic straw, make holes in it, attach it to a wall or a shelf, and use it to store, for example, a razor.

3. Take the retainer with which the scoop is attached to the brush, stick it on the cabinet - you get a holder for an electric toothbrush.

Where to put the nails to be driven in

Apr 26, 2015 tigress…s

The social network VKontakte is, without exaggeration, the largest and most popular network in the post-Soviet space. Not only schoolchildren and students sit here for hours; adults, working people also spend a lot of time on VC. And it is not always spent on thoughtlessly scrolling through the news feed and liking cats.

Some manage to make money on the management of VK communities, others are happy to draw different useful information from these communities.

Today the site decided to give you some useful publics where you can get useful information, inspiration, and even find a job suitable for a freelancer.

The first public organized by the administration of the site Kadrof.ru is called " Freelance Club ».

According to the administration of the public, the community was created to exchange experience, search for remote work or performers, for active communication between freelancers.

What else can you find here:

Latest news from the world of remote work;

Posts with interesting solutions;

Analysis of copywriters' mistakes;

Discussion of hot and sore topics;

Useful tips and advice.

In general, a very useful public for freelancers of all stripes, namely those who cannot imagine their life without their beloved work.

Next, I would like to talk about publics, whose activities are aimed at finding work and performers. In fact, these communities are mini-exchanges of remote labor, each with its own number of subscribers and focus. You can see job postings that roam from public to public - it's up to you to decide whether to respond to them or not.


The vacancies presented in the group are added by the community administrator himself. The group resembles a bulletin board, and customers need to be contacted using the contacts indicated in the message. Not very convenient, but it would not hurt to have such a tape of vacancies at hand - what if it comes in handy?


Here everything is much more serious. This group can be called a full-fledged exchange - it’s even thought out safe transaction! It, in fact, is a communication between the customer and the contractor with the participation of a third party, for which the group then takes 5% of the order. An employer can post a vacancy here by offering news. The freelancer can contact the customer in a comment to the post or in a PM, or via the specified contacts.

There are VKontakte and more highly specialized public exchanges. For example, for designers -


But here, unfortunately, you can not only find a job, but admire the ads for finding orders or selling articles. This group can be such a chest with copywriters / rewriters for the customer. Choose - I do not want.

Community Copywriter Copywriting Copyright This is a group of people who are engaged in the promotion of sites. But here you can find a lot of interesting and useful things - tips on how to write a selling text, tips on SEO, website promotion and much more. The group can be bookmarked and sometimes read - really a lot of useful material!

Well, we are all about copywriters and rewriters. There is a lot of useful VK for programmers! The largest thematic community is Typical programmer. Here are tips for beginners, and solving interesting problems, and useful tips, and news, and discussions - all the most interesting and fresh for programmers of all stripes.


Another good thing for website developers.

Nowadays, a lot of websites are developed on the WordPress engine. If you also have to work with this CMS, then in the group of the same name WordPress you will find a lot of interesting and useful things for yourself, as well as answers to all questions that arise when working with the engine. This group is a kind of call center for web developers.


Web Design Workshop this group contains a lot of interesting things from the Runet and not only that can serve as both an example and inspiration for a web designer. New ideas, innovative solutions, tools and news - all in one place.


And a few other useful things...

There are many ideas to help you Everyday life. Some will be useful if you cook, others while cleaning the room, others while traveling. Here are just a few of the very useful ideas you can use.

1. Use clothespins to cover a bag of chips, cereal, etc.

2. If your fly is constantly unzipping, use a key ring.

3. Use frozen grapes to chill wine without diluting it with water (which comes from melting ice cubes).

4. How to put two bowls in one microwave.

5. When the child grows up, you can make a table out of the crib for various activities.

6. Clean your sink without expensive chemicals. Pour half a cup into a clogged sink baking soda and one cup of vinegar. When the foam is gone, rinse the sink with water.

7. If you need to hang something on the wall and need to know where to drill, make a copy of the item and use it as a template.

8. Insert a tea bag into smelly shoes and it will absorb unpleasant odors.

9. Place a folded newspaper in the bottom of the bin to absorb the liquid from some foods.

10. If you want to reheat the dish in microwave oven, make a hole in it, and it will heat up evenly.

11. Wrap a bottle of beer in paper towels and place in the freezer to chill your beer in just 2 minutes.

12. Use a clothespin to hold the nail in place when hammering it if you are afraid of hurting your finger with a hammer.

13. Some plastic packaging can be opened with modern can openers.

14. You can "hide" small scratches on furniture by rubbing a walnut on them.

15. The ice pack starts to drip when the ice melts. To avoid this, you can fill the sponge with water, place it in a plastic bag and freeze. You will get your own ice pack that does not drip.

16. A razor blade can be sharpened by running the razor over old denim.

17. Would you like to make a sausage sandwich? Maybe you like this option better (no exposed corners)?

18. How to carefully cut several tomatoes at once without injuring your fingers and without splashing the juice?

19. If you put a wooden spoon on a pan, then boiling water will not spill, because. the spoon will pop the rising bubbles.

20. If you add a teaspoon of baking soda while boiling an egg, you can easily remove the shell.

21. If someone always picks up your pen at work or school, put the blue ink in the red pen. Thus, the likelihood that someone will take your pen again will decrease significantly.

22. If you put mobile phone into flight mode, it will charge twice as fast.

23. Use tape to fix the problem of blurry photos taken with your phone.

24. If you attach a small flashlight to a plastic water bottle, you get a large and bright lantern.

25. To take your phone, money and keys to the beach without getting them wet or covered with sand, you can use an empty, washed and dried plastic bottle of shampoo or cream.

26. And here's how you can charge your phone while traveling ( USB cable will help, because Many hotels have TVs with USB input).

27. How to quickly fold a T-shirt.

28. Here's how to fold spare clothes compactly.

29. If you need to use AA batteries for a particular gadget, and you only have AAA batteries, you can use folded foil. Such batteries will not last long, but in emergency cases this method will help you.

30. If you want to play games on your smartphone, but pop-up ads bother you, put your phone in flight mode.

A computer