In this latest bar trick from scam school, you will set your victims up with a very intriguing and seemingly impossible puzzle that’s sure to pique their curiosity and draw them in. The solution is so clever, the spectator will never see it coming. Watch the video below or stop by Scam School’s video channel.
I must admit that I have a sleight fetish for really cool wallet hacks and additions. Below is a list of some of the best hacks, mods, additions and original designs I have recently come across.
| Make a $5.00 “Space Pen” for your wallet - This is probably one of my favorite wallet additions. Doctor_wu from instructables came up with the idea for slightly modifying a refill from one of those space pens to create an awesome wallet pen. He basically creates a custom clip for it and then throws on a nice heat shrink wrap. Excellent idea! |  |
| Origami Wallet - Need an emergency make-shift wallet? Check out this instructable by mitxela where he shows you how to make a very useful paper wallet from standard 8.5″ x 11″ paper. |  |
| Pocket Sized Map Book - Here is a great idea. Use google maps to make your own custom pocket map book that can easily be stuffed into the pouch of your wallet. Check out this great instructable by j_l_larson |  |
| DIY Jeans Cuff Wallet - This is an interesting DIY wallet by pkruep from instructables in which they use denim from the cuff of an old pair of pants to make a rather durable and original looking wallet. |  |
| DIY: The Magic Flip Wallet! - This one is a sure winner. This is instructables user, LasVegas’s tutorial on making a custom, magically diverse wallet in which it appears you can flip around a number of ways. |  |
| Wallet made from a computer keyboard - This one is the ultimate in geek wallets. Zieak at intructables shows you how to make a durable, conversation-starting wallet from the thin circuit sheet found inside your old keyboard. |  |
| Bitchin’ Innertube Wallet - Instructables user jmengel posted a nice tutorial for building a nice wallet from a bicycle inner tube. He even uses a magnet to clip the wallet together. Nice! |  |
| Wallet Made Out of Dollar Bills - This one is a bit perverse, but will definitely get people talking. TeacherOfTheWays from instructables has a how-to for making a wallet entirely out of dollar bills. This one will cost you about $10 but hey, if you find yourself in a pinch, you can spend your wallet. What other $10 wallet has that feature? |  |
| Always have Correct Change in your wallet - Now this instructable from RTourn has a nifty way to keep some spare change easily accessible in your wallet without to worry of it jingling around or falling out. A simple yet clever idea. |  |
| Credit Card SD Holder - This is a very clever instructable from sarCastro which shows you a way to keep a little extra memory in your wallet on-the-go. Very cool! |  |
I was sifting through carlitoscontraptions a little more and came across yet another great idea from Carlos. Next time you break a shoelace, just use a little heat-shrink tubing to get the job done. This would be a good excuse to throw a little tubing in your next emergency survival kit as it takes little to no space at all. Check out Carlos’s Article here…
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The following is a list of some of the strangest and most useful survival tips and tricks I have found in the past. Although some are “old news” and you may have seen these before, all of them are invaluable in my opinion and hopefully there are one or two you have never seen before that will possibly help you in a pinch someday.
| 1. DIY Altoids Tin Survival Kit - A while back, Field & Stream Magazine drafted a mean article on creating a mini survival kit whose contents could fit inside an altoids mint tin. In their 19 page article, they take you through step-by-step in creating a killer survival kit that can easily be carried in your back pocket. |  |
| 2. Make an Emergency Light From a Pencil - This one is a very clever trick from shootingeggs @ metacafe in which you can get a surprising amount of emergency light from simply just attaching two wires from a car battery to a pencil lead. |  |
| 3. DIY Altoids Tin Emergency Candle - This is one of my favorite survival tin hacks. EaKLondon @ Instructables shows you how to make a very simple emergency candle from a mint tin. |  |
| 4. Predicting the Weather with Clouds - In a survival situation, the weather could seriously wreck your situation and possibly even kill you if your not prepared, but by using the clouds, you can gain insight into what the weather is doing. Check out this Instructable by randofo on how to predict the weather by observing the clouds. |  |
| 5. Mini Fishing Reel From a 35 mm Film Cartridge - This one is a clever idea for using a 35mm Film Cartridge as an emergency fishing reel. |  |
| 6. Find North Without a Compass - This is an awesome trick to find N S E W using just a stick and the sun. |  |
| 7. Make a Fire With a Bar of Chocolate and a Soda Can - This is an oldie but goody. You basically start a fire by polishing the bottom of an aluminum can with melted chocolate and use it to magnify reflected sunlight. I’ve found that toothpaste (if available) helps get some of the bulk out of the way. |  |
| 8. Fire From A Battery And Staple - Learn how to make fire by shorting out a staple on a AA battery. |  |
| 9. Mini Burner Stove From 2 Soda Cans - This is probably one of the best ideas I have ever seen. In this video you learn how to make a simple and brilliant emergency stove from two aluminum cans. The beauty of this one is that it makes a great, lightweight, backpacking stove as well. |  |
| 10. Drink From A Tree - Water is key. In this video Funditor shows you how to steal a significant amount of water from a tree or plant. Just a note, make sure you know the plant is not poisonous before doing this as any toxins could potentially wind up in the water and make your situation worse. |  |
| 11. 2 Minute Stove for $1 - Another soda can stove trick. This one is much simpler than the one above and would be good if you need a quick stove to boil some water. |  |
| 12. Improve your night vision - You may find yourself in a situation where you must move about in the dark. This video will show you 10 simple steps to help improve your night vision. |  |
| 13. HOW TO - Make emergency eyeglasses - Not everyone is blessed with great eyesight and should you loose or break your glasses, you could possibly become extremely hindered. Here is a way to craft an emergency set of glasses from just some paper or cardboard. You will look silly as hell, but hey, you can see. |  |
These days, it seems there are daily links popping up all over the net of “check this out on Google Earth” or “Go here on Google Maps”. With Google’s extensive catalog of satellite imagery and now, ground level images, there are literally millions, if not billions of things to see. But what about the things you can’t see, or should I say, the things you are not allowed to see. Well ITsecurity.com has put together a list of links to 51 sights that are off-limits. Go there now…..
Hank Shaw of Hunter Angler Gardener Cook has posted a most triumphant method for smoking meat using your typical backyard charcoal grill. You can check out his article at Simply Recipes.
[How to Turn Your Kettle Grill into a Smoker @ Simply Recipes via lifehacker]
I am by no means a cigar connoisseur however I do consider myself a fan of the tobaccos, yes all of them, I do not discriminate. One of my favorites is in fact cigars however when ever I enter a tobacco shop’s cigar section, I often find myself overwhelmed by the huge selection of products. I know which ones I like however, getting the same ones every time can get quite old, yet at $7-$15 a pop, Its hard to take a gamble into the unknown. Perhaps the following will help those like me. It appears that Maxim Magazine has put together a rather nice guide to buying cigars covering many aspects of the topic. You can read the full article here @ Maxim…
Kibey at instructables has posted a simple how-to video on detecting pinhole spy cameras using a flashlight. Just another way to fight back against Big Brother’s surveillance tactics. Watch the video below.
Build this extremely weird fish tank that appears to defy gravity. All you need is a water bottle, a razor knife and some fish. The concept appears to be similar to that of those water dispensers for your pets, however for some reason, to look at this still tends to raise an eyebrow. Link to tycoyoken’s metacafe channel…
Check out these amazing pictures by RetroNoob in which they combine classic video games with realworld pictures. A great idea for putting a retro spin on art. Below are a few of out favorites but be sure and stop by their gallery and check them all out where you can also get full resolution images of them and possibly make some desktop wallpapers out of them.
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One of my favorite books of all time has to be “The Beach” by Alex Garland. The book is about a young man and his journeys to a remote island where he discovers a commune of travelers already living there surviving almost solely off the land. But this was no ordinary beach. This beach, was a beach of all beaches. A beach with a beautiful lagoon completely isolated from the rest of the ocean and thus the rest of the world. Ever since I read this wonderful novel, I have longed for such a place in my fantasies assuming that no such place could ever exist anywhere but. At last, tharrr she is. Only in my wildest dreams have I seen such a place, and only in my most far fetched fantasies have I dreamed of doing what french explorer and adventurer Xavier Rosset is about to embark on. A 300 day trip to live alone on a remote tropical island in the South Pacific where he will take only a swiss army knife, a machete, and a video camera accompanied with a solar panel to re-charge the camera that he will use to film a 52 minute documentary. All in total seclusion without the hassle of dealing with other traveler’s BS. I envy you Xavier and wish you safe journeys as you live out one of my most precious fantasies. I cannot wait to see the documentary. Link…
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A supposed UFO video that shows an alive and well Alien is to be shown today to the news media in Denver. Jeff Peckman, who is proposing an “Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission” states that the video is authentic and has convinced him that aliens do in fact exist. However he also states that the public will have to wait to see it as it is being included in a documentary by Stan Romanek. Peckman has stated that an instructor at the Colorado Film School in Denver has determined that the video is authentic. “It shows an extraterrestrials head popping up outside of a window at night, looking in the window, that’s visible through an infrared camera,” Peckman said, “The alien is about 4 feet tall and can be seen blinking”. Wowwww!!!! Thats evidence if I ever hear of such a thing. Shaa Roit, Bring it on Peckman. Lets see this 4 foot tall alien. This better be an HD camera with super digital zoom and even if so, where is the proof in that? Video means nothing to most in this modern age and hence the term “proof” has taken on a virtual meaning and is used far too loosely in my opinion. The fact that you will not show the public until the “documentary” is released reminds me of a scam I saw many years ago. Ill give you a hint, it rhymes with shmlair witch project. Sounds like spam to me, but hey, anythings possible. Link…
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