Archive for January, 2009

How to Clean a Registry

When you push the power button on your computer and somehow have time to brush your teeth, make coffee, eat a bagel, solve the energy crisis, design a better mousetrap and create a plan for world peace all before your computer finally starts up, chances are there’s a problem. Hopefully, however, it’s a problem that can be remedied without too much trouble. If this slow start up, as if it wasn’t already bad enough, is accompanied with a few more error messages than you would like to see, I would reckon that you probably need to figure out How to Clean a Registry. Don’t fret. There’s a bundle of registry cleaners that are readily available. There’s even a free registry cleaner or two out there. In this article I not only tell you about a few good registry cleaners, I also let you know a few things you can and should do to protect your computer and your sanity before you even begin cleaning a registry.

How to Clean Upholstery

Take a good look at your furniture upholstery. What do you see? I’m gonna go ahead and guess that since you’re taking the time to read this blog post that you’re probably looking at something you’re not terribly thrilled with. Yup. The centerpiece of your living room has turned into a giant reminder of the fact that you are a slob. O.K. not really. But it is pretty irritating right? It’s something you have to look at every day. It’s something that your friends and family are gonna see. They probably won’t give a crap, but you’ll know they saw it and wonder what they’re thinking. So do something about it. Cleaning upholstery just doesn’t have to be hard. You can even do it yourself and it’ll barely cost you a thing. All you really need is a little time, a few things you’ve probably got sitting around the house already and yes…the ability to read this article. So have a look at How to Clean Upholstery and wave good-bye to that beauty spot on your sofa.

How to Clean Brass

Now that’s one dirty piece of brass. Ha! That’s funny if you’re me. Anyway, Nils, a good friend of mine and a fellow contributor to the websites, had this dirty ass brass cat statue thing. I’d been staring at this jaguar/leopard/panther for years before I finally felt compelled to do a little something about its appearance. I had cleaned brass before so I knew it wouldn’t be difficult or take much time or money. What I didn’t know was how many ways there were to do it. It’s unbelievable. And they’re all easy. Since cleaning that little cat statue I’ve been feeling compelled to spend six straight days going to garage sales and antique shops looking for grimy little brass things that other people have deemed worthless and giving them a little face lift. It’s actually kind of fun to clean brass. Especially when the object you started with is really tarnished and the final product looks like something completely different. I’m not saying the brass cat was that bad, but it did need some attention. If you’re curious to see how it turned out, check out this article on How to Clean Brass.