Hello, fellow Hivers. Today I'd like to share with you a life hack that you may find useful.
When I saw these little heat pads made of bamboo, I knew that I could put them to better use. It's more common to see small tiles like this made of glass and they will work too, but these are all they have where I live.
I am absolutely addicted to YouTube. I can't sleep unless there is a long-form conversation or a show about history on. God, I miss Joe Rogan. Spotify won't work in my location, but I wouldn't give those destroyers of the internet a single penny anyways. Leaving the TV on wastes a lot of electricity and the power goes out often where I live so it's better to watch from a phone.
One of the problems with phones is that they have weak-ass speakers, but if you build a little holder for it out of tiles as I did here, the sound will bounce off the wall and you can double or triple the sound it makes. Every phone is different so you'll want to adjust the tiles to yours, just don't put them where the volume buttons or speakers are. It's also nice to have the screen in the perfect spot while the phone charges too.
You should wait about a week before you add any weight to your new phone holder, but it will work in a day if you keep the tape on.
Usually, I would make a corner shelf out of a tile and cut it with a grinder, but I don't have any of my tools here so I just used cardboard. It may seem weak and a bad idea, but if you do it slowly so it doesn't sag and fill in the cracks with watery cement, it can come out pretty strong.
You should never throw away an old phone. It may suck and be all cracked and embarrassing looking, but if you plug it in and connect it to WIFI then you can use it as a CCTV. I like the app, AlfredCamera, because it has a walkie-talkie function where you can speak to the people or animals you are spying on.
Don't forget to leave a hole for wiring.
This is a great Bluetooth speaker I picked up at Miniso. I love the old-school volume control. One problem it had was that it vibrated when blasting music and would fall down. Adding these wooden tiles not only added enough weight to keep that from happening, but it helped make it louder too. I'm not sure if glass tiles would help make it louder though.
You can see the top of the small fridge in the background. It's where this whole adding tiles to everything started. The landlord had bought a few squares to cover up an ugly spot, but I covered the whole thing with tiles and filled in the cracks with cement. It made it so the surface was not only more beautiful but useful as a surface in the small kitchen.
I was careful to make sure the tiles didn't go lower than the rubber on the bottom. It helps keep the sound nice and from it vibrating away.
I've found that putting my speaker in the corner on the floor is where it can make the best sound.
One problem with bicycles and electric bikes is that they are too silent and people will walk right in front of you. It never happens when I'm blasting some AC/DC! Thanks for reading about my DIY idea today. I hope you found it interesting or useful.
