Category Archives: DIY

DIY Cockroach Control

By Mark | Published: July 16, 2010
It’s been a long time since my last post but with damn good reason. I’ve spent the last two months on the greatest DIY experiment of my life — eliminating nature’s most resilient critter from my living space. I live in a row house attached to Bloor Street in downtown Toronto. My home is directly connected [...]
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Three Country Wines

By Mark | Published: May 31, 2010
Most of the wines I’ve done so far were made with grocery store ingredients. I’ve wanted to make wine using local flora — not easy in the middle of a big city — but certainly possible nonetheless. When I was gathering ingredients for my Ontario Spruce Pale Ale I also picked some Northern White Pine branches, [...]
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Modifying your shower head to increase water pressure

By Mark | Published: April 18, 2010
This information is NOT intended to maximize blast velocity of your shower head. It’s meant for people who live in apartments on prehistoric water lines where shower pressure is a mere dribble. Here’s a quick trick to modify your shower head. Most apartments in downtown Toronto (most rental apartments for that matter) use this ultra basic head: They [...]
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