Archives for March, 2010
Census form requires telling the future
Our 2010 census form arrived in the mail today but it’s impossible to fill it out according to the instructions. Why, you ask?
Well, today is March 16, 2010. The packet contains a letter dated March 15, 2010, which includes the following text in bold print: Please complete and mail back the enclosed census form today.
Okay, I guess I better get to it.
Question 1: How many people were living or staying in this house, apartment, or mobile home on April 1, 2010?
Hmmmm. There does not seem to be a blank to state that I don’t know how to tell the future. 
Computer Repair Tools from the Kitchen
I was doing some repair work on a laptop computer today and realized I had not yet shared one of my most significant homemade tools for this kind of work. It’s simply an ice cube tray with each cube numbered in permanent marker.
I put screws and other small parts in the tray as I disassemble each section of the computer. If I’m following a numbered repair guide I try to match the cube number to each step. Otherwise, I just fill the cubes in numerical order as it makes sense. Reassembly is a snap and there’s no losing or mixing up those tiny screws.
Oh, and while I’m snatching kitchen items to use as tools, cookie sheets make great parts trays for longer-term projects. The whole project can be shelved to get it out of the way and then easily resumed without parts getting misplaced.
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