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Pogue's basics, essential tips and shortcuts (that no one bothers to tell you) for simplifying your day, David Pogue

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Pogue's basics

David Pogue

essential tips and shortcuts (that no one bothers to tell you) for simplifying your day

"Do you know the pinhole-finger trick for seeing clearly without glasses? Do you know how to get the last dregs of ketchup out of the bottle -- in one second? The author's focus is life itself. You'll find more than 150 tricks, shortcuts, and cheats for everyday life: house and home, cars, clothing, travel, food, health, and more. This book will shed light on priceless bits of advice and life hacks that already exist in the world around you -- you just never knew! Tips include: How to read signs in other languages, the three-cent trick for staying awake behind the wheel, how to know which side of the highway your exit will be on, how to quench a spicy mouth on fire, how to remove a stuck light bulb with a potato, how to use every bit of your bar of soap, how to sharpen scissors with sandpaper, how to get a decent night's sleep, how to chop an onion without tears, and much much more! David Pogue is the author of Pogue's Basics: Tech. He has given four TED talks, and launched Yahoo Tech. He is the creator of the Missing Manual computer-book series"--Provided by publisher

Life, essential tips and shortcuts (that no one bothers to tell you) for simplifying your dayEssential tips and shortcuts (that no one bothers to tell you) for simplifying your day