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Cleaning up a venerable and battle-worn IBM Model M keyboard

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 27 May 2012 12:42:56 +0000

I scored an IBM Model M keyboard recently. Usually when you find 30 year old keyboards, they’re pretty dirty. Here’s how I clean an IBM Model M keyboard. I’m notoriously picky about keyboards. My weapon of choice is an IBM

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I wanna blow bubbles!

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:10:05 +0000

My oldest son's obsession is blowing bubbles. If he's awake, it's what he wants to do. If he doesn't want to do something, offering to let him blow bubbles if he does that something often works.

The trouble is that an 8 ounce bottle lasts him about an hour and costs between 75 cents and a dollar. That can make for an expensive 3-day weekend, unless you make it yourself.

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Waterslide decal tips and tricks

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:38:30 +0000

The one time I remember hurting my Dad's feelings was when we were building a model. We were applying decals, and we could never get them to stay on the model for long. I observed that when I built a model with my uncle, he didn't have that problem.

"He's better at it than I am," he said. I nodded. "You didn't have to agree with that, you know," he added.

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How to clean up your computer before you sell it

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:34:21 +0000

I went to a huge garage sale this morning. I walked home with a 7-year-old Dell 15" LCD monitor. What I paid for it wouldn't buy lunch for my wife and me. When I got it home and saw how well it worked, I felt guilty.

So if you're thinking of selling some computer equipment, take my tips (as someone who attends literally thousands of garage sales every year) for getting decent money for it.

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Garage sale adventures: The treadmill

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 19:18:01 +0000

Earlier this year my wife asked me to look for a treadmill. So I started keeping an eye out. A month or two ago I spotted one at an estate sale, but everything was wrong about that deal.

Today, I pulled the trigger.

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How to assemble a plastic model kit

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:55:37 +0000

Several months ago I bought a plastic model kit for the first time in probably 20 years. This past week I started to put it together.

I'm doing things differently this time.

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