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I have one of those fancy Logitech media keyboards. It has all of the buttons anyone could ever ask for: Webcam, Shopping, and of course, the 'Go' button. It also has a stupid little button right next to the escape key that suspends the computer. I kept hitting it by accident, so I decided to "disable" the key by cutting the thing off. I had to disassmble the whole keyboard to do this, so I took the opportunity to clean it as well.
When I finished cleaning all 10,000 keys, I got to thinking of how I could disable the suspend key. I decided that the best way was to cut off the body that the key slides up and down in with a pair of pliers.
It worked perfectly, except that I ended up breaking off the body of the key beside it too, which just so happened to be the escape key!
I put the whole keyboard back together, as-is, and just put up with a half-working escape key. I used it for maybe 2 hours when the computer suspended on it's own. Clearly, my previous careful destruction caused the conductors for the suspend key to touch one another, simulating a keypress. I took the whole keyboard apart again, and put tape between the two conductors, making a completed circuit impossible.
I put the keyboard back together [1], and refitted the loose escape key in it's place. I then put a whole bunch of tape on the escape key in such a way that it works (almost) like new [2]. I also put a big piece of tape over the stupid volume knob at the top of the keyboard [3].
That's it! A 15 minute job turned into an hour, thanks to a bad tool choice.
Woodshop Songs
A compilation of lyrics to get the whole shop bouncing. Click here to get down with the thickness.
Shoe Repair
In light of being so cheap, I decided to repair my year-old skate shoes instead of replacing them. Of course, if I were to use the laces instead of putting them on like a pair of slippers, there wouldn't be anything wrong with them in the first place.
The weapon of choice was some R-12 fibreglass insulation from the garage. Not only is it nice and soft, it's keeping my heels warm with its good insulating properties. Duct tape keeps the whole party together.
Toothbrush
A while back, I bought a Reach Gum Massaging toothbrush thinking it would work wonders for my dental hygiene. It sucked. The "gum massagers" are just thick rubber bristles that rub along your gums while you brush your teeth. They don't do any cleaning, but they do make a funny noise during use, and boy, do they ever taste like shit! If you want to simulate the use of this toothbrush with your existing model, rip off half the bristles, use it normally, and then go lick a car tire.
This toothbrush seriously pissed me off. I'm not sure what bothered me more: the $4.99 I lost, or the false hope of healthier gums. Before throwing it out, I punished it by using it to clean puke off of the elbow of my jacket. At least it did that task effectively.
Here are some pictures of the worst toothbrush in the world. The third picture makes a very nice desktop wallpaper.
