A recent article in The New York Times presents some interesting “low-tech fixes for high-tech problems.” Among other hints, it covers what to do if you drop your cell phone in the toilet, how to extend your Wi-Fi reach and offers a clever remote car key trick. Speaking car keys, there’s an ongoing urban legend that you can unlock your car from miles away using a cell phone and your spare remote keyless entry. But that trick has been debunked at Snopes.com — because of RF versus cell phone frequencies and other scientific reasons.
You can read the NYT article here.
Any other low-tech tricks you’d like to share?