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20th Dec 2016

43 Geeky Hacks That Will Change Your Life Forever

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As Bill Gates says “be nice to geeks because one day they will end up being your boss”. Apart from getting all the good jobs they also have some pretty awesome tricks and hacks that can make your life easier. Take these 43 for example:

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1. Do this on your iPhone and save yourself from a whole world of pain every day

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2. Use the sticky bit on a Post-It note to clean our your keyboard

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3. Use a tin opener to get into those super annoying plastic sealed gadget packets that things like chargers come in

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4. Use a sweeping pan to fill a bucket that is too big for the sink

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5. This little hack will solve one of life’s great problems… the lost remote

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6. Forgotten your charger when traveling? Fear not you can plug into the TV

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7. Stop those annoying earphones falling out and hear the audio as you were meant to every time

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8. Pack all your books up in a suitcase instead of boxes when moving so as you can wheel them and they don’t rip the arse out of a box

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9. Freak all those annoying neighbours out by changing your WI-FI network name to this…

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10. Turn your phone onto airplane mode for it to charge twice as fast

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11. Zip on your jeans broken? Fear no more…

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12. Turn the toaster sideways to make an epic toastie

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13. Listen to the wise duck when it comes to cleaning

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14. Heat food for both of you up at the same time

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15. Never get greasy fingers on the iPad again while cooking

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16. Sort out that wonky keyboard

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17. One for the parents out there

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18. Save money on a watering can and just make your own DIY version

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19. Stop the place turning into a big mess

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20. Get ready for some hardcore cleaning

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21. Clean up that smoothie in the laziest way possible

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22. Cool that laptop down with this eggselent trick

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23. Make sure to bring a ziplock bag with you on your next flight!

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24. Start a fire easily

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25. Store all your cleaning products in a plastic shoe storage mat

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26. Electricity gone and no candles in the house?

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27. Keep your money safe between your phone and the outer case

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28. Save as much energy as you can on holidays using a straw and this technique

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29. Pro house storage tip

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30. Save yourself from the inevitable dead arm or awkward position in bed

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31. Create a rocking sound system on a budget

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32. Make an ice bucket for your bottle of vodka at home

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33. Fix all those annoying lids in the kitchen that always get in the way

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34. Convert AAA batteries to AA batteries with tin foil

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35. Turn a backpack into a rugsack

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36. Never get duped again

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37. Never have to chase the wires back to the source again when going to unplug with the plastic clip from bread packets

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38. Turn a negative into a positive

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39. Be the laziest person in the world and eat turn a cereal packet into a bowl

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40. Save on the washing up by popping some milk in with the cookies for dunking

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41. Use a rake to dry wine glasses like a hipster

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42. Save money by making your own iPhone stand rather than buying an expensive one

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43. And finally you could copy this legend who had to improvise when it got hot

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