Crisps (or Potato Chips if you're American) in the microwave. They're fairly easy to do

I've had a shot at it. I tested it on my freshly cleaned Converse. I used my homemade grey card (Adam's tip) because I'm not ready to spend £15 on a piece of grey just yet.

Would it affect the grey card if I laminated it?

If you're a UK based hacker and it's nearly impossible to find an Altoids tin, you can get a very similar sized tin of "curiously strong mints" at M&S

This reminds me of that infamous Household Hacker video where he made a speaker out of tin foil and a plate. I can't believe I actually fell for that

My phone contract is up soon. I'd love an iPhone 4, but if I can't afford it I might get a HTC Desire

It's not exactly the same, but if you want this on Mac you can get something similar by going onto System Prefs, Energy Saver, Schedule

Will it ruin the colours on my Converse?

For the popcorn you can do the good ol' Lifehacker trick. Pop some popcorn in a paper bag and microwave it for a bit.

I've never played a NES. Or even a SNES. And it looks like I never will if people keep modding it like they do. Stay retro, people!

Skylifter sounds like something out of Chicken Little

I saw something similar to this on YouTube (I think it was on MAKE's channel) and someone made custom earphones out of the stuff.

I'm loving an iPad app called Glass Tower right now. It's a bit like Jenga but with glass. Very simple but very fun. Plus it's free (I think)

I've had a look online and getting a backup Keyboard and Mouse isn't as pricey as you think. You can get a full USB Keyboard on eBay for £5 and a USB Mouse for £1

The wallpaper on the tablet looks incredibly like one you can get on the iPad

@shallnot: For other people the staples might spark. Probably safer just folding a few times

How would I make sweet popcorn then? I could probably melt some sugar over a stove and stir the unpopped kernels in. Would that work do you think? Anyway, I'm going to try this. It's really hard to get paper bags in Guernsey, it's all these plastic 'Bags for Life' now.

That's probably the rare china mugs I ordered

Here's a credit card sized "Photographers Rights

Aww, I wish my Pentax did long exposure shots.