Incandescent light bulbs are known to occasionally shatter in their fixtures—and when they do, it’s both difficult and dangerous to extract the bulb’s threaded base from the socket. Bits of broken ...

A tip from a Chicago reader: Regarding a topic that came up in your column some months ago, I would like to recommend a very simple solution to removing the base of a broken light bulb that’s still ...

Weblog DIY Life offers a simple but effective solution for changing a lightbulb if the bulb's been broken: use a potato. In short, you just cut a potato in half and stick the flat end of one of the ...

Alina Bradford has been writing how-tos, tech articles and more for almost two decades. She currently writes for CNET's Smart Home Section, MTVNews' tech section and for Live Science's reference ...

Dear Readers: Here are some hints about removing a broken light bulb from a socket. Wearing garden gloves, use a (rubber) jar opener, slowly reach in and twist and jiggle back and forth to gently ...

Q Do you know of anything that will take stubborn marks off the inside of a microwave oven? -- Louise, Boca Raton. A Maybe Mr. HandyPerson doesn't need to remind you, but most microwave ovens come ...

Most of us think of liquid nitrogen as an extinguishing force, but it can, at times, rage against the dying of the light . . . bulb. Find out why a smashed light bulb stays lit if it’s dipped in ...

Your everyday bar of soap can be used for a lot more than you'd think. Aside from keeping you clean, home and garden blog Gomestic suggests it's a great way to safely remove a broken lightbulb.

Most people in the Pacific Northwest can hardly wait for the gray winter rains to give way to spring sunshine. But for four teachers from the Portland suburbs, the lengthening days bring only misery, ...