Comments on: A Handful of Screws. http://www.somethingfromjapan.com/epi/2006/09/14/a-handful-of-screws/ Epimetheus was the son of Iapetus and brother of Prometheus and Atlas; husband of Pandora. "Epimetheus" is Greek for "hindsight". Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:38:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Tom Burns http://www.somethingfromjapan.com/epi/2006/09/14/a-handful-of-screws/#comment-2376 Tom Burns Thu, 14 Sep 2006 06:04:25 +0000 http://www.somethingfromjapan.com/epi/2006/09/14/a-handful-of-screws/#comment-2376 I feel the need to clarify that this obviously requires him to read the PDFs in safari, but if he's that concerned about it... I feel the need to clarify that this obviously requires him to read the PDFs in safari, but if he’s that concerned about it…

]]> By: Tom Burns http://www.somethingfromjapan.com/epi/2006/09/14/a-handful-of-screws/#comment-2375 Tom Burns Thu, 14 Sep 2006 06:02:52 +0000 http://www.somethingfromjapan.com/epi/2006/09/14/a-handful-of-screws/#comment-2375 Err, homeslice needs Saft. Among a million other awesome features, it saves browser state even through a shutdown (or crash!) best shareware i've bought in OS X, for sure. Err, homeslice needs Saft. Among a million other awesome features, it saves browser state even through a shutdown (or crash!) best shareware i’ve bought in OS X, for sure.

]]> By: jeanniecool http://www.somethingfromjapan.com/epi/2006/09/14/a-handful-of-screws/#comment-2366 jeanniecool Wed, 13 Sep 2006 17:46:10 +0000 http://www.somethingfromjapan.com/epi/2006/09/14/a-handful-of-screws/#comment-2366 My first thought as I was reading this was "black electrical tape", like the NPR Car Talk guys always suggest for irritating but un-shut-off-able dashboard lights. For something pretty and shiny, though, I would suggest gaffer's tape, as it's less likely to damage any surface. :-) My first thought as I was reading this was “black electrical tape”, like the NPR Car Talk guys always suggest for irritating but un-shut-off-able dashboard lights. For something pretty and shiny, though, I would suggest gaffer’s tape, as it’s less likely to damage any surface. :-)

]]> By: dda http://www.somethingfromjapan.com/epi/2006/09/14/a-handful-of-screws/#comment-2365 dda Wed, 13 Sep 2006 17:43:50 +0000 http://www.somethingfromjapan.com/epi/2006/09/14/a-handful-of-screws/#comment-2365 Other uses of duct tape [green in Korea] include the following: http://sungnyemun.org/weblog2/?theDate=200403142 Other uses of duct tape [green in Korea] include the following:
http://sungnyemun.org/weblog2/?theDate=200403142

]]> By: Bert http://www.somethingfromjapan.com/epi/2006/09/14/a-handful-of-screws/#comment-2364 Bert Wed, 13 Sep 2006 17:43:33 +0000 http://www.somethingfromjapan.com/epi/2006/09/14/a-handful-of-screws/#comment-2364 As silly as it sounds, a good piece of thick tape does wonders to prevent that light from keeping you up. I have six computers (that's right... six!) in the room I sleep in, and I have black electrical tape covering the LED of each of the power buttons and disk activity lights. Otherwise, my room would be awash with blue, purple, green, & red LED lights constently on or blinking. The other solution I have found, turn surface of the device that has the lights away from you, so it casts the light elsewhere in the room. I have a mouse that I used to unplug at night because of the ammount of light it put off at night. I found that if I turn the mouse 90 degrees, I don't see the light from my bed, and I can sleep peacefully. Now if I could only do something about those case fans on those computers... As silly as it sounds, a good piece of thick tape does wonders to prevent that light from keeping you up.

I have six computers (that’s right… six!) in the room I sleep in, and I have black electrical tape covering the LED of each of the power buttons and disk activity lights. Otherwise, my room would be awash with blue, purple, green, & red LED lights constently on or blinking.

The other solution I have found, turn surface of the device that has the lights away from you, so it casts the light elsewhere in the room. I have a mouse that I used to unplug at night because of the ammount of light it put off at night. I found that if I turn the mouse 90 degrees, I don’t see the light from my bed, and I can sleep peacefully.

Now if I could only do something about those case fans on those computers…

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