This week we’re looking at how you can score a free year of coding lessons, craft your own Grid-It gadget organizer, and how you can skip shredding sensitive documents if you’ve got a bucket on hand.
Free Coding Lessons
Samuel writes in with a tip to help fellow readers learn to code in the new year. He writes:
We took the site for a spin, the first set of lessons gets you started working with basic JavaScript, and we have to say it looks like a great resource for a non-coder to get started learning to work with programming languages. Nice find Samuel!
Create Your Own Grid-It Clone
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Mark writes in with a DIY Grid-It clone:
We checked out the video, Mark. We can totally see why the guy in the YouTube video would make his own—$75 shipping to Sweden? That’s crazy.
Destroy Documents with a Bucket of Water
Nick writes in with his DIY paper destroying tip:
If you have the outdoor space to dunk and dry a big pile of paper before tossing it in the recycling bin, this seems like a pretty clever and low-noise way to trash a lot of sensitive documents at once. Thanks for sharing, Nick!
I did a little digging around online to see if other people had experimented with the water-disposal method and it turns out it’s an old Japanese method for destroying paper (in fact you can add powdered dish detergent to the water to accelerate the process). If you never get around to shredding or you hate the sound of the paper shredder, a bucket of water works just as well!
Have a clever tip to share? Shoot an email to tips@howtogeek.com and check back next Thursday.
