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Droopy doors that rub on the floor can sometimes be fixed just by tightening the screws on the top hinge. If that doesn’t take care of it, Ask The Builder suggests installing hidden screws.

Doors hinges become loose through normal everyday use or poor workmanship. Tightening the screws is the simplest solution, but you can also install 3-inch hidden screws under the top hinge, which will prevent future problems.

These simple steps will solve almost all drooping door issues. The long screws under the top hinge will almost always prevent future problems because they ensure the door jamb will not succumb to gravity.

Hopefully tightening the hinge screws will take care of your droopy door. If it doesn’t, hit the source link for more details on installing the long screws.

How to Fix a Drooping Door | Ask The Builder

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Fix a Droopy Door with a Few Hidden Screws

You’ve probably heard the general advice for the best time to buy a plane ticket (start shopping Tuesday afternoon, for example, about 7-8 weeks ahead), but that’s just that—general advice. For specific guidance on a particular route you’re going to fly, take a look at the data-driven flight reports from Hopper.

Hopper compiles data from billions of airfare price points each day and offers interactive tools based on that data and their algorithms. Their research has shown that travelers can generally save 30% on plane tickets by planning the departure and return flights days, and buy tickets mid-week.

More specifically, though, you can use Hopper’s data tools to find the biggest savings for your particular trip. Maybe the best day to buy a ticket from Buffalo to Phoenix isn’t Tuesday or Wednesday (in fact, Hopper’s research suggest Buffalonians headed to the Valley of the Sun should consider buying on Sunday).

On Hopper’s Research and Data page, you can plug in your start and end cities to get a wealth of buying advice and see historical trends. You can also access an interactive flight map to compare ticket prices now to historically good deals.

Other airfare tools (such as Kayak’s prediction tools) are helpful, but you might get a more accurate complete picture by combining them with Hopper’s customizable tools.

Hopper Research & Data | Hopper via The New York Times

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Hopper Shows the Very Best Time to Fly and Buy a Ticket for Your Route

The Art of Manliness blog has a detailed article on long-term water storage options for disaster preparedness. This is a great piece to bookmark, since water is one of those things that too many people neglect, but that’s critical in any kind of emergency. Back when I lived in California, we lived right the Hayward[…..]
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Long-term Water Storage for Survival

Would you rather have your boring desktop space filled with useful system information or family photos? If your desktop is looking a little boring you can add an extra layer of customization with GeekTool, a Mac OS X application which adds applets to your desktop called “geeklets”. These are similar to gadgets and widgets in Windows and Conky, a very similar desktop enhancement for Linux. Just how flexible are these geeklets? Let’s find out. Geeklets GeekTool comes with three different geeklets – text, image, and shell. A text geeklet allows you to display the contents of any plain text file. As an example, if…

Read the full article: How To Use GeekTool To Truly Make Your Mac Your Own

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How To Use GeekTool To Truly Make Your Mac Your Own

Is your iPhone’s sleep/wake button finicky? You might be in luck. On Friday, Apple announced a new program to fix a small number of iPhone 5s with faulty buttons. Just input your phone’s serial number on this page to see if you qualify. And if you do, be prepared to be without your phone for a few days.

The repair process is pretty straightforward. Starting May 2, just take your phone to an Apple store or Apple authorized service provider, where they’ll verify it (again) and ship it back to Apple. If your phone has any other problems—say, a broken screen—that will get in the way of replacing the bad button, you’ll have to fix that problem first, or Apple will fix it for you for a probably pretty hefty fee. Good luck! [The Loop]

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Apple Will Fix Your iPhone 5’s Sleep Button for Free—If You Qualify

Apple has initiated a repair program for a subset of its iPhone 5 devices that may have issues with the sleep/wake button on the top of the unit. The company says "a small percentage" of the units, which were manufactured between the debut of the smartphone on September 21, 2012 and March of 2013, are prone to have the issue (not caused by abuse or other factors). If a buyer’s iPhone 5 has a qualifying serial number, Apple will fix the unit and supply a loaner iPhone while it is being repaired….

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Apple unveils iPhone 5 sleep/wake button fix program

Ok, it wasn’t really a competition — more like a joint exercise. Special Forces sniper Nick Irving, along with a few other former military shooters, took Olympian Amanda Furrer out into the El Paso desert for a few days of long-range precision shooting. The Irving wanted to learn more about the world of Olympic sport[…..]
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Special Forces Sniper vs. Olympic Sharpshooter

Excellent interview with George R. R. Martin at Rolling Stone: How did you come up with the Wall? The Wall predates anything else. I can trace back the inspiration for that to 1981. I was in England visiting a friend, and as we approached the border of England and Scotland, we stopped to see Hadrian’s […]
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Ruger has finally officially announced the availability of the Ruger 50th Anniversary 10/22. The final production version of the rifle looks identical to the prototype we saw at SHOT Show earlier this year. The design was thought up by a TFB reader, Gary, who entered it into a competition Ruger ran and won. The MSRP is $379. […]
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Ruger 50th Anniversary 10/22 Officially Announced