Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes letterhead

March 3, 2010 @ 8:23 pm

I know, two in one day. So sue me. I just think this one is fabulous too.

How to clean a moving sidewalk

January 28, 2010 @ 9:22 am

ROFL! This is great! I wonder if he just decided to do this one day or if his superior actually told him this was the way to do it.

The Axe Detailer will clean your dirty balls

January 13, 2010 @ 2:55 am

This whole ad is a big innuendo. And while this may sound like a fake ad for Axe, the product that is being demonstrated — the Axe Detailer — actually does exist!

You can pick up an Axe Detailer Shower Tool for less than $5! No more excuse for dirty balls!

Using the desktop as a temporary dump space

October 12, 2009 @ 9:32 pm

I’ve been reading a few things about maximizing productivity while using a computer and one of the more simple and useful tricks I’ve learned is to use the desktop as a daily temporary dump space. This means that at the end of the day (or session), I try my hardest to get rid of everything on my desktop except for my Time Machine, My HDD, and an extra folder I’ve designated to sit on my desktop called “TO MOVE”.

This forces me to actually make good use of the folders already in place on my computer that are there to help me keep my digital files organized. It seems trivial, but believe it or not, this single tip is by far the most important workflow tool I’ve gained in the past couple of years. Plus, it’s nice to close my windows at the end of the day and not be bombarded by an overflow of unorganized icons.

Click the image above to see my current desktop at real-size.

Canon 5D after the Sydney dust storm

September 25, 2009 @ 9:41 pm

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I linked to Tom Coates’ gallery of photos from Sydney’s recent dust storm earlier this week and totally missed the unsettling image of his Canon 5D covered in dust after he had shot with it all morning. That certainly can’t be fun to clean.

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Disassembling my BlackBerry Bold

August 3, 2009 @ 8:26 am

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My BlackBerry Bold suffered some minor “wear and tear” over the weekend which caused some of the buttons on the keyboard to become sticky. So what did I do? I watched the handy video below on how to disassemble a BlackBerry Bold and cleaned the unit on my own rather than sending it in for repair/replacement.

I love that practically every single part of a BlackBerry is user-replaceable. If I broke anything other than the main chip board on the Bold, I could easily buy the part to replace it and open my device back up again to get it working.

Here are some close-up images of the cleaning process.