However you design your birdfeeder, you will need some basic materials: an empty, cleaned, and dry gallon or half-gallon plastic milk jug, some string or wire, scissors, and bird food (birdseed, sunflower seeds, millet, etc.). Depending on your design, you might also want to gather:  Dowels or sticks to use as perches (these should be a few inches wider than the jug)  Markers, paints, leaves and glue, or other materials to decorate the feeder An aluminum pie plate to use as a bottom Using a marker, draw a shape on a side of the milk jug away from its handle. It should be positioned a couple of inches from the bottom of the jug, so that it covers the middle of the jug’s side. This shape will mark the opening where the birds will be able to access the food inside. You can draw a circle, a semi-circle, square, or any other shape that a bird could enter to reach food inside the feeder.  A hole between two and four inches wide is sufficient for many common birds.  If your jug is large enough, you can cut another hole or two (of the same size) on its other sides. Using the scissors or another sharp implement, carefully poke a small hole in the jug somewhere along the outline you drew on its side. Then, using the scissors, carefully cut along the line you marked until you cut the circle entirely off of the jug, leaving an opening about three inches wide. If you marked places for other openings on your jug, cut those away too. If you want your milk jug bird feeder to have a perch for birds to stand on as they eat, then you can use a dowel or stick to easily add one. Use a hole punch, scissors, or some other instrument to puncture the jug about a half-inch below the opening, and then again on the other side. The hole should not be any larger than your dowel or stick is wide.  Repeat this step if you have more than one perch. Instead of a dowel or stick as a perch, you could glue an aluminum pie plate to the bottom of your milk jug feeder. This can give birds something to perch on as they feed. If you use a pie plate, you do not need to punch the small holes in the sides of the jug. Take the dowel or stick you want to use as a perch, and carefully insert it into one of the small holes you punched. Push the perch through until it passes through the small hole on the opposite side of the jug. Adjust the perch until it sticks out approximately the same amount (a few inches is fine) on both sides. Repeat this step if you have more than one perch. You will need to create some sort of loop or hook that you can use to hang your jug outside. There are several ways to do this, depending on the materials you have. Make sure to leave some of the material dangling to use later when you hang the feeder (the exact length depends on where you will hang the feeder). You can:  Punch a small hole through the cap of the milk jug. Then feed string or ribbon through the hole, and tie a knot on the inside of the cap so that the string won’t slip through. Then, you can take the other end of the string and tie to a branch or hook outside to hang your bird feeder.  You can also punch a hole in the cap of the milk jug and use wire or a coat hanger instead of string.  Another method is to punch a small hole near the top of the jug (just below the cap), and then another on the opposite side. You can then pass string, ribbon, or wire through the two holes and use this to hang the feeder.  You an also just wrap string, wire, or ribbon around the neck of the jug, if it is secure enough.

Summary: Gather the materials you need. Mark at least one opening on the jug. Use scissors to cut away the opening you marked on the jug. Puncture holes for the perch(es), if applicable. Add the perch(es) to the jug. Prepare your jug for hanging.


The idea is to use the reflection to peer through the bottom of the door. Any reflective surface will do, so long as the reflective surface is clear enough to make out what is happening on the other side of the door. There are a variety of options, including music CDs or small pocket mirrors. If you use a CD, choose one that you aren’t particularly concerned about. It's easy to scratch the object you are using during this procedure. Take care not to make too much noise or move too suddenly when kneeling. Any loud noises or sudden movements may make your presence noticeable to those on the other side of the door. Face the shiny portion up, making sure not to place it halfway through the door's length. If you do so, the item may become noticed. Tilt the CD and angle your view as needed to see inside the other room. While you will not be able to see everything, you will be able to see a vast majority of anything on the ground, or close to the ground and far away from the door. Make sure there is plenty of lighting on the other side of the door. It helps if your side of the door is not very bright.

Summary: Grab a small reflective surface. Kneel down next to the door you wish to see under. Place the reflective surface flat on the ground, next to the door gap. Look at the edge of the reflective surface closest to the door.


To open a tab with your keyboard, press ⌘ Command+t.   For example, pressing ⌘ Command+3 will bring you to the 3rd open tab.

Summary: Open multiple tabs in your web browser. Press ⌘ Command+⌥ Option+→ to go to the next open tab. Press ⌘ Command+⌥ Option+← to go to the previous open tab. Press ⌘ Command+1 through ⌘ Command+9 to go to a tab by number. Press ⌘ Command+⇧ Shift+t to re-open the last closed tab.


If pain from a sprained finger is severe or lasts for more than a couple days, schedule an appointment with your general practitioner. They’ll be able to assess the damage to your finger and determine whether or not the ligaments are sprained. Go to a local Urgent Care center or Emergency Room if you’re unable to bend your finger after the incident or if the pain from the injury prevents you from going about your daily routine. Tell the doctor when and where the finger was injured. Also describe how you sustained the injury (e.g., if you caught the ball wrong in a game of baseball). Mention what angle your finger was at when it was injured and what direction the injury came from. Tell the doctor how severe the pain is, and whether it’s become more or less painful with time. Also make an appointment if you have a mallet finger, since the condition needs to be treated by a medical professional. The doctor will most likely perform an X-ray or an MRI scan. Both of these scans allow the doctor to get a clear image of the bones and ligaments in your finger. An MRI in particular will allow the doctor a clear look at the ligaments inside your injured finger. After viewing the scan results, the doctor will be able to diagnose whether or not your finger is sprained. Neither the X-ray procedure or the MRI procedure should cause any pain or discomfort.
Summary: Visit a doctor if your finger is still swollen, bruised, or painful after 48 hours. Describe your finger injury to the doctor. Request an imaging scan if your doctor can’t visually confirm a sprain.