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Carat: The Brilliant App That Increases Your Battery Life By Showing What Other Apps To Kill “Kill Pandora – Expected Battery Life Improvement: 1 hour 50 minutes” This is what you’ll learn from Carat, an incredibly useful free new iOS and Android app that’s the first to give you personalized mobile battery life-saving recommendations. Carat quietly takes measurements from you device, does some math, combines it with other people’s anonymized data, and sends back tips on if you should update your OS, kill or restart apps, and how many more minutes of tablet or phone fiddling you’ll gain. As battery tech is expected to improve slowly, some say increasing life just 5% a year, and as we get faster processors, more powerful apps, and brighter screens, everyone could use a Carat in their pocket. The guys that built Carat? Carat’s recommendations break down into killing off bugs and hogs. Hogs are apps that just naturally use of ton of power or needlessly run in the background, like streaming music apps. Some things Carat has discovered: With Carat, knowledge really is power.

- StumbleUpon Why didn’t I think of that? You’ll be uttering those words more than once at these ingenious little tips, tricks and ideas that solve everyday problems... some you never knew you had! Hull strawberries easily using a straw. Rubbing a walnut over scratches in your furniture will disguise dings and scrapes. Remove crayon masterpieces from your TV or computer screen with WD40. Stop cut apples browning in your child’s lunch box by securing with a rubber band.. Overhaul your linen cupboard – store bed linen sets inside one of their own pillowcases and there will be no more hunting through piles for a match.. Pump up the volume by placing your iPhone / iPod in a bowl – the concave shape amplifies the music.. Re-use a wet-wipes container to store plastic bags.. Add this item to your beach bag. Attach a Velcro strip to the wall to store soft toys.. Look up! Gotcha! Make an instant cupcake carrier by cutting crosses into a box lid.. Forever losing your bathroom essentials?

Drinks That Get You Drunk Fast Do you ever miss the good ol' days in college when you could walk up to a pledge-run bar and have them serve you from a trough of Everclear-infused jungle juice? While you probably won't be able to get a red Solo cup full of pink panty droppers at your favorite bar, there are a few cocktails you can order that still get the job done. Make sure you have your designated driver lined up because after a few of these concoctions, you're definitely not going to be able to think straight...hopefully. 1. Ingredients: 1/2 oz. 2. Ingredients: 1/2 oz. 3. 4. Ingredients: 1/2 oz. 5. Ingredients: 1/2 oz. 6. Ingredients: 2 oz.

Great Workout Songs Get up early in the morning, hit the gym, force yourself to run frantically on the treadmill (for the sake of losing few pounds), tired but still bringing yourself to try out the other exercising equipment (again for the sake of losing few pounds)... Yaaawwwnnn! Having to do this everyday sounds so boring. What then could make hitting the gym more fun and enjoyable? Hmmm! Top Workout Songs for All Here are some great workout songs that you can play while working out in the gym. Great Workout Songs for Men Start Me Up - The Rolling StonesIron Man - Black SabbathDon't Stop Believin - JourneyDoll-Dagga Buzz-Buzz Ziggety-Zag - Marilyn MansonBulls on Parade - Rage Against the MachineBed Rock - Young MoneyJoker and the Thief - WolfmotherVictory - Puff Daddy ft. Smoretini Shooters Me again. Here to convince you that you need yet another trendy, insanely-flavored bottle of booze. I do what I can. I know what you’re thinking. “Does marshmallow vodka really taste that different from that whipped cream vodka you already insisted that I buy? Well… not technically. You seriously don’t want to see our liquor cabinet. But don’t blame me. Don’t mind my fingerprints. I also like my marshmallows charred. I roast them ’til they’re flaming. The good news is that this world seriously CANNOT come up with another vodka flavor that I will have to run out and immediately purchase. [Right.] The best part? People go nuts. And for those of you that don’t like alcohol, don’t consume alcohol, or are underage… you can totally make virgin versions of these with chocolate fudge on the bottom, some chocolate milk (maybe even whipped with marshmallow fluff? You. S’moretini Shooters makes 1 (2 ounce) shooter, easily multiplied 1/2 ounce Godiva chocolate liqueur 1/4 ounce Bailey’s Irish Cream liqueur

Songs that justify why I bought $800 headphones Mayhem, Metal and Massacre Requested by kobalt · Compiled by FuckYeahMetal \m/ (>.<) \m/ ROCK ON 01. Avenged Sevenfold - “Beast and The Harlot” - (City Of Evil) 02. Hippy Shit Requested by sunshine · Compiled by StudyingCanWait 01. I think I’m turning into a redneck and I like it Requested by Fixing my car in skinny jeans and a v-neck · Compiled by Adaligogh 01. soundtrack for dreams Requested by alice railstone · Compiled by Liam 01. so what if someone leaves you every 22 minutes I’m still in love with you Detroit. Requested by Jimmy Wilson · Compiled by Jim Leyland's Mustache Detroit is the only real American city. 01. I Wanna Fuck Requested by Rachel Johnson · Compiled by thehighwaysend A mix like this could go two different ways, so I did both. The Lead Up: 01. Go Time: 01. Finding Beauty optimistically, through dark times. Requested by BP · Compiled by Urethra Franklin 01. When robots take over the world, it will be beautiful Requested by Izzy The Automaton · Compiled by nowhere man 01.

Songs for driving home in the middle of the night I’m falling out of love with him, and it’s stormy outside: COMFORT ME Requested by kate · Compiled by MissIndia 01. Missy Higgins - “Where I Stood” 02. Sander Bohike - “The Weight of Us” 03. Mumford and Sons - “I Gave You All” 04. “And when you’re really ready to break out” 12. I Feel Empty Because I’m Apathetic About Life and I Just Want Love Requested by Mallory · Compiled by OliviaMonet You will find it! 01. Anthems for Stalkers Requested by petrosbasileus · Compiled by ICanSeeYouThroughYourWindowByUsingBinoculars 01. An awesome queercore mix for the lonely queer kid I am Requested by hellaqueer · Compiled by q 01. Songs to listen to while floating underwater Requested by HollandRaye · Compiled by SDR Oh man, being underwater is fun. 01. Strippers like good songs, too Requested by Pole Lover · Compiled by Showgirl 01. I really liked this song, but I hate you for so many things; you ruined it for me. 01. Songs that have the fidelity of Walkie-Talkies Requested by Tank7 · Compiled by Craig Ohio 01.

The world's best booze (and where to drink it) Drinking the local beverage is a sure way to warm the hearts of the locals. Here is a selection of alcoholic drinks that make the effort of travel all the more rewarding. 1. Sake, Japan Image by katclay Called nihonshu in Japan, sake is a rice wine with an alcohol content of 15% to 17%. 2. Image by ccharmon It takes 119.5 seconds to pour the perfect pint. 3. Image by jonworth-eu Someone once said: ‘beauty is in the eye of the beer holder’; if that’s the case, then Belgium is exquisite. 4. Image by plusgood For instant bohemian, just add water. 5. Image by Megan Mallen The sought-after wines of Burgundy (Bourgogne) possess particular qualities attributable to the region’s 400 soil types. 6. This simple three-step cocktail is composed of vodka, limes and sugar. 7. Image by nicksieger Only two people know the secret recipe to produce this all-natural liquor (36% alcohol volume). 8. Image by Chris Breeze 9. Image by Celso Flores 10. Image by Rubber Slippers in Italy

How to: Turn Your iPod Into Anything (75+ Tutorials) How to: Turn Your iPod Into Anything (75+ Tutorials) Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 5:34pm by admin If you’re thinking that all your iPod can do is play music, think again. With a little ingenuity and guidance, you can turn your iPod into just about anything, whether it’s a remote control or a notepad. Read on to find more than 75 tutorials that will walk you through projects that will transform your iPod. Storage Get more out of your iPod’s little hard drive using these turorials. Using Your iPod as a Storage Drive: Apple offers a tutorial on how you can use your iPod as a hard drive or flash drive.How to Get Songs off Your iPod with iTunes: With this hack, you can move the songs from your iPod to your music library on iTunes.iPod Shuffle RAID: Find out how this tech handyman used 4 iPod Shuffles to make a RAID array.Turn Your iPod into a Backup Drive: This short guide will tell you how to use an old iPod as a backup. Multimedia Make your iPod a media powerhouse using these guides. At Home Tech

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