Over the last six or seven years, I’ve been wrenching on cars almost non-stop. But since I don’t have any formal training, I’ve hurt myself quite a few times. I’ve cut myself on rusty sheetmetal, squirted battery acid in my eye, and set lots of stuff aflame. All of these mistakes are common—but they can be avoided.

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Earlier this year, Flickr locked its automatic uploading feature that pulls image files off an SD card and automatically uploads them to Flickr behind a paywall. If you don’t want to shell out the $5.99/month for that, GitHub user drcursor has a solution that uses a Raspberry Pi.

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Whether you’re driving or you just want to be hands-free around the house, you can make your iOS device read anything from emails to websites to articles, and all it takes is turning on an Accessibility function.

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Anyone who’s owned an iPhone knows that the included Lightning cable doesn’t stand up particularly well to abuse, or even regular use. Luckily, there are hundreds of stronger and cheaper third-party alternatives out there, but we want to find the best.

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If you need a summary of your tax return, you can get it (and other transcripts) online using the IRS’s newly re-launched tool.

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