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Tons of Ideas

By ryan in Life, Rants July 25, 2010 0 Comment

We had a hair dryer stop working on us. I didn’t think that there’d be much way to salvage it, or recycle it judging from its number and variety of components. Caitlin did a quick search on the web, before we did anything we’d regret. And thank goodness she did. She found an online resource with tons of really great ideas on what to do with a hair dryer that had stopped working. I took a screen shot of what we found. (Click the image for a larger version).

So Many Ideas (click for larger image)

FYI: No ideas were cropped or otherwise magically removed with Photoshop. Thank you world.org – thank you.

Would You Like to Join?

By ryan in Life July 22, 2010 0 Comment

Those of you with iPhones will be familiar with the device asking you to join WiFi networks. If you’re not familiar, that previous line pretty much explains it – when you’re in range, the phone asks you if you’d like to get on their network. Here’s one that we found recently in our neighborhood, while walking around.

Would you like to join?

I didn’t join. The network was locked.

Shear Genius: Granpan Paul Edition

By ryan in Life, Ryder July 5, 2010 0 Comment

Ryder and Granpan

Although I can’t put an exact date on it, this happened within the last 4 or 5 months. Granpan Paul (Caitlin’s dad) came for a visit out to Chicago. Grandpan Paul (spelled as such intentionally, due to the particulars of how Ryder developed his grandfatherly-moniker) loves to explore the neighborhood on foot when he’s in town. He’s fond of Harvest Time and a few other local businesses. On a sortie to Harvest Time, GP must have passed a barbershop that sparked his interest. Although his hair wasn’t particularly in need of professional attention, the fire had begun to burn. I think that the extreme value represented by a unisex, primarily Spanish-speaking barbershop on Chicago’s north side served to incite Granpan Paul to action like psychic chum-in-the-water.