If baking soda can be used to deodorize your refrigerator, it can also be used to keep your general living space smelling nice. Simply fill a glass mason jar about one-third of the way full with baking soda and add 5 to 10 drops of your favorite essential oils. Cover the jar opening with a lid that has holes poked through it, and set it somewhere in your home.

For other easy ways to upgrade the general smell of your home, you can also simmer herbs in a pot over a stovetop, make a simple room spray out of distilled water and essential oils, or put together your own potpourri mix.

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After the Galaxy Note 3 firmware updated to NF4, Samsung decided to remove the option to hide apps in the app drawer, replacing it with an uninstall/disable feature instead. Before, with the hide feature, you could simply hide third-party apps that were barely used or that you didn’t want others to see. Now, you can only completely get rid of them.

With the help of XDA members maskerwsk and jaguaralani, you can bring back the hide app feature to the app drawer on your Samsung Galaxy Note 3.

For this guide, you’ll need to be rooted. Also, if you want to create a backup of your device, you’ll… more

Many of us were required to take a foreign language in school, but sadly, many of us are far from fluent in said language. To be a better citizen of the world, learning popular and rare languages would be dope, but in reality, that’s probably never going to happen. If you ever do find yourself in a situation where you’re messaging people who don’t speak your language, there’s an app that can help you.

Slated – Translation Keyboard is a third-party iOS 8 keyboard that translates your messages into a number of different languages, with over 80 currently supported. Slated was previously $4.99… more

If you miss the weirdly satisfying sensation of peeling dried Elmer’s glue from the surface of your skin, you can relive this childhood tactile memory by using it to remove splinters from your skin. Simply apply a thin layer of glue to the affected area, wait for it to dry, then peel it off, which will also pull the splinter out.

Other unexpected uses for glue include keeping your shoelaces nice, sealing pruned plants, creating a crackle effect on painted surfaces, and making your own sparkling play goo.

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Android’s biggest selling point over alternatives like iOS or Windows Phone is the level of customization that it offers. If you don’t like something about the UI, you can change it, whether it’s as small as an icon set or as big as the entire home screen.

Developer Marcel Dopita found a quirk he didn’t like and quickly created an Xposed module to fix it. The “Image Preview” button in Samsung’s camera app was tied directly to the stock Gallery app and wouldn’t let you choose a third-party alternative.

So, if you like Samsung’s camera software but you’re more of a fan of aftermarket gallery… more

While it’s currently impossible to go back in time, there is something wonderful about being able to undo the stupid stuff that you just did. While this is only really possible in the digital world, it does save you from real-life repercussions. If you’ve ever sent an email to the wrong person or sent some not-so-genius text messages, you know exactly what I’m talking about.

As far as emailing is concerned, Gmail and other email services understand this problem and have built-in tools for recalling recently-sent emails or undoing unintentional reply-alls. As for social networks, Facebook does… more

Injustice: Gods Among Us is one of the most popular games to come out over the last couple of years. It was a hit on video game consoles, and it’s got a solid 4.5 rating on both Google Play and the iOS App Store, with almost 2 million people rating the game combined.

The game is all about beating the other team stacked with three DC superheroes or villains. As the game progresses, the fighting intensifies. Online battles require the most out of your squad and, in order to have a squad that can really compete, you have to assemble the perfect cast of characters.
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Being fixated on all of the great additions to Android 5.0 Lollipop, it can be a little difficult to take notice in the features that went missing. For instance, lock screen widgets. It’s speculated that the lack of practical use for lock screen widgets and the implementation of the revamped Lollipop lock screen may have lead to their departure, but some of us want them back!

Fortunately, developer Seth has created an application that not only enables lock screen widgets on Lollipop, it executes them in a practical way that closely resembles the widgets you use on your home screen.
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Getting a good night’s sleep is critical to maintain good health, a better mood, and clear your mind for whatever the day has planned for you. But in practice, whether you’re tired or not, the world has a way of preventing it, either through your partner’s snoring, your neighbor’s music, or the road construction going on right by your bedroom window. It can get rough.

So how do you shut out all of the noises that keep us awake at night? A simple headband might just be the solution.
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AcousticSheep is the developer of SleepPhones, a headband… more

With over 1.5 billion people on this planet without electricity, it’s hard for those of us in developed nations to even fathom how anyone can read, write, repair, or do anything else that we take for granted without any lights. While some of our First World problems pale in comparison, they remain issues nonetheless, one of the biggest being constant battery drain from portable electronics.

With the WakaWaka Power, you can easily take care of the bigger problem of lack of light in the world, and the relatively smaller problem of charging your gadgets, all in one handy solar-powered device… more