Have I ever managed to fix anything? My life seems like an endless series of broken things. I try to fix them, and in the fixing, I destroy them. The latest in this long series is the Sansa Clip. It was a great little MP3 player until suddenly it wasn’t….
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Memory Is So Flawed
Back in 1998, I went on a bike trip to Ethiopia. I had a film camera, and film was expensive, so I didn’t take very many pictures. (Digital cameras and smartphones hadn’t been invented yet.So strange to think about that.) And people were so inquisitive and so demanding, that it…
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Can’t Trust a Ruler?
What do you do when you can’t even trust a ruler? Don’t judge me, but I often myself in situations where I need to measure things. I’m always needing to see if this or that object will fit inside this or that bag or compartment. I need to know if…