DO IT YOURSELF

The web is filled with little do-it-yourself projects. Most are good for a giggle or two. A few become really useful tools. Most of these links are are the former. But a few are keepers. You decide which is which...

1. Create your own newspaper clipping.
2. Wanna be an elf? Me neither.
3. Do it yourself 'Dummies' book. Mine's below. I spent all of 3 minutes creating it. Can you tell?
4. Make your own photo mosiac. Okay, this is pretty nifty.
5. Put someone "on notice"... Colbert-style.
6. Awesome Flickr tools to play with. Above is the Warhol filter applied to a photo of my 11- month-old son, Sam.

Finally, here's a link I forgot to add to yesterday's consumer education edition. And it's a good one. I've always wondered why eye glasses were so insanely expensive. Learn how to get around the scam.