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Grandmother shares unusual 2-ingredient combo to address annoying washing machine smells: 'Get rid of that yucky mildew'

"Another tip is to put 2 cups of vinegar in the washer with a few drops of essential oil (peppermint, etc) for the same ...
Nordot on MSN

Households copying TikTok's toothpaste-in-washing-machine hack warned it could be an expensive cleaning mistake

A viral TikTok hack tells households to put toothpaste on a lemon and run it through the washing machine to banish bad smells ...
Hackaday

Fidget Clicker Becomes Miniature Game Console

Fidget toys are everywhere these days. A particularly popular type simply puts some keyboard switches on a plate to provide a certain type of clicky satisfaction. [wjddnjsdnd] took that concept a ...
Hackaday

555-Based Square-Wave And Triangle-Wave Function Generator Build For Beginners

Over on YouTube [Andrew Neal] has a Function Generator Build for Beginners. As beginner videos go this one is fairly ...
CNX Software

Olimex HoT aims to be lightweight, easier-to-use alternative to Home Assistant

Olimex HoT (Home of Things) is a lightweight Smart Home solution designed to run on low-end hardware (128MB RAM, 128MB flash) ...

Beginner 3D printers: the “it just works” era is finally here

You no longer need an engineering degree to print a Baby Yoda. A few years ago, 3D printing was a hobby defined by troubleshooting: leveling beds with sheets of paper, unclogging nozzles, and ...

Awesome DIY Raspberry Pi 5 Offline AI Companion Inspired by BMO from Adventure Time

Build a local AI assistant and companion using a Raspberry Pi 5 mini PC. Install Ollama, Whisper, and Piper, so you get fast local voice chat. BMO ...