Seven Under-the-Radar Financial Hacks Everyone Should Know About
A few notes on the home equity piece.... Borrowing against home equity will almost certainly require an appraisal of your home, which costs $300 - $400+ that you pay out. Whether or not you go ahead with the home equity loan, you eat this cost. But there's a catch - because banks got burned so badly giving out trash mortgages in the last decade (their own fault), odds are the appraisal value you get on your house will be abysmally low.
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Ten Anime Films You Should See Before You Die
One of the most surprising, and gratifying, things that has happened since I started my blog, Tim Maughan Books, a year or so ago is the positive feedback I’ve had for the anime reviews—especially from people I know are far from being massive fanboys like myself. It’s gratifying because its part of the reason I started writing them; to try and introduce the medium to people who had never really indulged in it all, at least not past perhaps watching Spirited Away with their kids. The problem is, once you’ve had your first taste, where do you go next? Type ‘anime’ into Google and the results are bewildering, and without a little bit of guidance and a quality filter finding something to watch can be a daunting task. There’s a lot of shit out there, plus a lot of stuff that isn’t really meant for you…unless you’re a ADHD stricken 12 year old emo-ninja-obsessed boy that refuses to eat anything except Pocky and instant Ramen. Akira (1988) Ghost in the Shell (1995) My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Fix-It Tips | Common Repairs Made Easy!
The Fix-It Club offers simple instructions for common household repairs. H ere are ten more household repair and maintenance tips, including what to do if electrical things fail, where to start looking if an amplifier quits, how to troubleshoot a modern clothes dryer, how to remove a stain, how to make better coffee, how to figure appliance wattage, and how to save on your heating bill. With current economics, it's even more important to repair or recycle household stuff that breaks. In this difficult economic time, repairing household things that break makes even more sense. Spring has sprung -- in many places. Weather is improving and it's time to begin thinking about summer. Summer is here! Thanks again for joining the Fix-It Club. This month, the Fix-It Club offers ten more tips that can save you time and money around the house by fixing stuff that breaks. Thanks again for joining the Fix-It Club. The Fix-It Club offers simple instructions for common household repairs.
How To Style a Hair Bow - A Beautiful Mess - StumbleUpon
Love bows? We do too! Learn to make a pretty bow with your own hair so you can feel extra fancy. 1. Here's a second option. Thanks so much Katie!
WebGL Water
Loading... Made by Evan Wallace This demo requires a decent graphics card and up-to-date drivers. If you can't run the demo, you can still see it on YouTube. Interactions: Draw on the water to make ripples Drag the background to rotate the camera Press SPACEBAR to pause and unpause Drag the sphere to move it around Press the L key to set the light direction Press the G key to toggle gravity Features: Raytraced reflections and refractions Analytic ambient occlusion Heightfield water simulation * Soft shadows Caustics (see this for details) ** * requires the OES_texture_float extension** requires the OES_standard_derivatives extension Tile texture from zooboing on Flickr
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A Gallery of the Most Accurate Female Video Game Costumes |
Alright, I’ve seen so many amazing examples of cosplay over the last year or two, I decided to put some of them into one master post. But as I don’t want an endlessly long gallery, I tried to restrict it with a few basic criteria: video game related and female. Any complaints? As you’ll see in my title, this is not the “Hottest Video Game Cosplayers” as has been done (probably by us), but the “Most Accurate.” As it so happens, the two often go hand in hand, as there are very few female characters in games that anyone would consider unattractive. Some of these we’ve featured here before with their own galleries, some are new finds I hadn’t see until today. Gallery begins below: Alice (American McGee’s Alice) Bayonetta (Bayonetta) Lara Croft (Tomb Raider) Cammy (Street Fighter) Chell (Portal) Ivy (Soul Calibur) Jill Valentine (Resident Evil) Kitana (Mortal Kombat) Mai (King of Fighters) Jack (Mass Effect) Miranda (Mass Effect) Faith (Mirror’s Edge) Morrigan (Darkstalkers) Raiden (Metal Gear Solid)
How to Build Furniture"
Adding new furniture to your home can not only improve and enhance the way you use the space, it can dramatically change the look of a room. But buying furniture is a significant investment, and it can be difficult to find exactly what you're looking for -- the style, color and long-lasting quality you have in mind. Don't let your budget prevent you from getting the furniture pieces you need. With a few tools and a little time, you can use the instructions in this article to create your own wooden furniture pieces by hand. Not only is building your own furniture much less expensive than buying from a store, it puts you in control. You can select just the wood and just the paint or stain you want, so you're sure to create exactly the piece you have in mind. Whether you're looking for a bookcase, desk, telephone stand or plant stand, the easy-to-follow instructions on the following pages will get you on your way to the furniture you've been wanting.
Most Amazing Miniature Food Artworks by Shay Aaron
Shay Aaron is a brilliant artist from Israel who makes the most astonishing miniature food jewelry. These foodstuffs look so beautiful that we would desire to eat them. Actually, there’s a whole market out there for miniature food. Comments comments
Storage and Organisation - Bunnings Warehouse
Grave health hazards are linked to asbestos which may be in homes built up to 1990. Health hazards may result from exposure to lead-based paints in older materials and copper chromium arsenic (CCA) treated timber. For information on the dangers of asbestos, lead-based paint and CCA treated timber and tips for dealing with these materials contact your local council's Environmental Health Officer, visit our Health & Safety page. You can also use a simple test kit from Bunnings to indicate the presence of lead–based paint.
Wind Map
An invisible, ancient source of energy surrounds us—energy that powered the first explorations of the world, and that may be a key to the future. This map shows you the delicate tracery of wind flowing over the US. The wind map is a personal art project, not associated with any company. We've done our best to make this as accurate as possible, but can't make any guarantees about the correctness of the data or our software. Please do not use the map or its data to fly a plane, sail a boat, or fight wildfires :-) If the map is missing or seems slow, we recommend the latest Chrome browser. Surface wind data comes from the National Digital Forecast Database. If you're looking for a weather map, or just want more detail on the weather today, see these more traditional maps of temperature and wind.
