1. Use inexpensive ear plugs to replace a busted earbud.
2. Keep your charger from breaking so easily with a spring from a pen.
3. Take selfies using your earbuds!
4. Turns out anything can become a smartphone stand, like a cassette case.
5. Or a gift card.
6. (Gift cards also make easy earbud holders.)
7. Back to stands: You can use a wallet.
8. A hairclip.
9. Or a toilet paper holder.
10. Make a tablet stand for 50 cents from a scrap of wood.
11. Or use Legos.
12. Suspend your tablet over your bed with coat hangers.
13. Everyone's heard of the toilet-paper-roll-iPhone-speaker, but adding Solo cups can really amplify the sound.
14. Make a solar charger out of an Altoids tin.
15. Create a charging station so all your gadgets don't get tangled.
16. Cut out a cheap and easy charging holder from cardboard.
17. Or make a pretty one from an old lotion bottle.
18. Make a TARDIS charging station.
19. If you don't need your GPS anymore*, use the stand to hold your sunglasses.
20. Use a binder clip to make a car stand for your phone.
21. Make a quick jogging band for your music out of a sock.
22. Meet your new best friend, Sugru.
23. Sugru can also cushion a sharp MacBook Air edge.
24. Use a binder clip to keep your earbuds neat at your desk.
25. Or, if you have a MacBook, stick them to the screen.
26. Make an iPad cover out of a composition notebook.
27. If you happen to have both a busted earbud and a stethoscope, today is your lucky day.
28. And if the stress of your plugged-in, modern life gets to be too much, crack open a cold one and call it a day.
