Yesterday my laptop computer overheated. I blew the dust out. The cooling fan quit. I took my laptop apart. I cleaned it more. The fan came back to life. I reassembled the computer. I now have an extra screw.
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Trials and tribulations of a EV owner
Does waking up and realizing you forgot to charge the car cause anxiety? No. It just means that I may plan my day a little differently, or add a visit to a park with a charger. There are plenty of miles left of the current charge. (pun intended)
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Rust-oleum makes parenting easier with NeverWet
This will be a great addition to baby deliveries. As soon as the newborn is delivered, spray the child down with NeverWet and parenting becomes so much easier!
Small child won’t wake up in the middle of the night to do its business? No problem! Spray those sheets with NeverWet!
Kid doesn’t know how to swim? No worries! Remember that when it was born you coated it in NeverWet. Throw the child in the lake! Swim lessons complete.
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Anti-rape Shorts
This is a brilliant piece of technology for clothing! As both a flaw and a feature, if the woman becomes drunk, she cannot take the shorts off herself…which will result in some rather wet pants after a few pints.
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I took the high road
This morning I was the lead car at a traffic light. As it turned green, a car zipped around me and pulled into my lane in front of me. My blood boiled. As we approached the next light, the car signaled and without waiting for an opening cut off the car beside me to squeeze into the right lane. I put my car in park, got out and approached his car. With angry words already composed in my head, I raised my first to pound on his window, but before I did, I noticed his company uniform and I considered the time. I imagined he is probably trying to get to work 3 minutes ago, possibly on his last reprimand with a boss who does not understand his obligation to his family. Perhaps he is a single dad trying desperately to get his child or children to school and fighting traffic to get to work on time for a check that maybe barely makes the bills. I lowered my hand and walked back to my car. Perhaps he saw. I’d like to think that he did not. I do not need to add to this gentleman’s stress.
The next time you are ready to lash out, take pause and consider the other person’s situation. Perhaps today we are all better without the confrontation.
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Either genius or stupid
Depending on your perspective, this is either a genius or not very brilliant solution to a cat problem. The kittens have taken to chewing electrical cords. At $80 a cord, Apple is loving our kittens. So, I’ve decided to train them away from cords…by squirting them with water when I see them chewing a cord. I think it is a spark of genius! One way or another, this problem will end.
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Parenting with a squirt gun
I don’t hit my children but I do yell far too much. I’ve decided to quit yelling. Instead I’m going to carry a squirt bottle with me everywhere I go. If my children appear damp, don’t jump to concluding they got caught in a squall, but know their behavior has been corrected.
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NODE+ unboxing
I won a NODE+! I’ll write more later. Have a client deadline to work on. In the meantime, here’s the video with credits and links below it:
CREDITS
Variable Technologies NODE+ with +clima and
+therma sensors by Doug McCaughanVisit http://variableinc.com for more info
Visit http://realityme.net for more videos
Disclaimer: Node+ won in a contest by Variable
Technologies; however, this is NOT a paid
endorsement. All reviews by Doug are unbiases
and honest.Links within the video include:
Product page: http://variableinc.com/
“NODE+motion helps stroke survivors heal at
home” http://goo.gl/7pTAUl“Figure 8 teams up with NODE+chroma to
match any color paint” http://goo.gl/v51LXYSpecial thanks to Variable Technologies
Thanks to the viewer for watching the video
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Deadlines and tech support
So I have deadlines? Naturally that means I will have hardware and network issues.
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From the mouths of babes
My oldest son: "Can I test the spray paint here?"
Me: "You are standing too close to the house and our grill and other stuff that the wind could carry the overspray of the paint onto and cause your death. And I really don’t want to go to jail for the rest of my life."
