Clean Your Grody, Nasty, NSFW Laptop Keyboard in 30 Seconds

Clean Your Grody, Nasty, NSFW Laptop Keyboard in 30 Seconds

We live with our computers. We eat at our computers. We fall in love and cry at our computers. Of course our keyboards are festering petri dishes of filth. But you don’t have to live in a perpetual state of …

    



Hold the Sun Tea: Our Favorite Mason-Jar Hacks

Hold the Sun Tea: Our Favorite Mason-Jar Hacks

Techies have gotten hip to the Mason jar’s versatility, and the wide threads on the screw-top mouth allow it to easily accommodate an array of accoutrements.

    

Hack Vine to Upload Videos Shot Outside the App

Hack Vine to Upload Videos Shot Outside the App

Shooting videos on Vine is limited by design. All you have is your creativity and six seconds to fill. One button, one camera. Unless you don’t mind getting a little dirty.

    

Business Card-Sized Multitools Bring More Utility to Your Wallet

Business Card-Sized Multitools Bring More Utility to Your Wallet

Your wallet holds a lot of useful things, but tools generally aren’t on the list.

    

This Tube-Driven Media Streamer Is the Only Box You Need to Plug Into Your TV

This Tube-Driven Media Streamer Is the Only Box You Need to Plug Into Your TV

Not only does the TubeCore Duo replace your media center’s soundbar, it replaces your Roku, too.

    

Use Masking Tape When Wall-Mounting Hardware to Perfectly Align Screw Holes

Use Masking Tape When Wall-Mounting Hardware to Perfectly Align Screw Holes

Mounting a power strip or some other electronic doodad? Use a piece of masking tape to align the mounting holes with your wall screws, and everything will line up perfectly.

    

Unlocking Your Phone Isn’t Just About Copyright. It’s About the Environment

Unlocking Your Phone Isn’t Just About Copyright. It’s About the Environment

Well over one billion cellphones are manufactured each year, and their environmental footprint is huge. But most of the energy expended on a cellphone happens during manufacturing — not during use. Unlocking slows the pathway from cradle to grave.

    

How to Watch Torrents on Your New Chromecast

How to Watch Torrents on Your New Chromecast

Google’s new Chromecast is limited. But it will play lots of files on your television — including things like Flash streams and MKVs you’ve downloaded from, say, a torrent tracker.

    

How-Tuesday: Set Up VLC Media Player on iOS

How-Tuesday: Set Up VLC Media Player on iOS

Last week, the beloved media player VLC returned to iOS after a two-year hiatus. The new version is fully open source, and as always, totally free. Here’s how you use it to pack your iPad or iPhone full of content …

    

The 10-Year-Old Inventor and the World’s Cutest Patent Drawing

The 10-Year-Old Inventor and the World’s Cutest Patent Drawing

As a lawyer who works in Silicon Valley and Cambridge, Massachusetts, Len Nannarone has helped his fair share of tech companies. But the most important startup he’s advised is much closer to home: his 10-year-old son, Owen, a budding inventor …