Q: Why do the trash collectors pick up bins that are loaded with cardboard boxes that are not broken down and flattened? I see this all over town. — A.F. A: Arguably, you could substitute any improper ...

My seven-year-old daughter, Hazel, was born for arts and crafts. She’s happiest when she’s making something with her hands, whether she’s painting rocks on the front porch, sewing an outfit for her ...

Q: As I understand it, wet paper jams the recycling equipment. Yet recycling bins (for those towns without carts) do not have covers. On a rainy day how can paper recycling be kept dry? It is not ...

I'm running a quite hot computer as a server in the house. Quietness is an important factor, and I have therefore removed the fan from the CPU.<P>I'm going to duct a 80mm intake fan to the heatsink, ...