Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Do-It-Yourself Weekend


So I splurged on myself this weekend and bought myself
The Kindle Fire. Love it! But after all of the setup and the
"getting-to-know" my Fire, I realized that I neglected to
also buy a cover for it. Why does one need a cover, you
might ask? Well, a cover allows you to hold it while you're
reading, with more ease. More like when you are holding
an actual book. Some, also allow you to prop your Kindle
for when you're watching a movie.






















But alas I forgot, and had to order one online (Walmart was
out, go figure since that's where I bought the Fire from).

So, I had to improvise until it gets here. In true MacGuyver
fashion (MacGuyver: A TV series revolving around Angus
MacGuyver, who's main asset was his practical application
of knowledge and inventive use of common everyday items.)
I decided to rig something up until the real one gets here.

Here's what I came up with. I grabbed one of my old books ...
I chose this one because I like the skull and crossbones on
the cover, lol.





















Then I gutted it with my trusty exacto knife. Well, only up
to page 92. The rest were safe! haha. HINT: If you ever
try this yourself, glue the pages together FIRST or else,
you'll have 92 dangly pieces to glue afterwards, TWICE and
trust me, this is no fun BUT ...





















Tada! My Kindle Fire now has a temporary home!





















Now the NEXT thing I noticed was that I needed a stylus,
too. Why, you ask? Well I will tell you! While on Facebook,
I noticed that it was hard to type into the keypad without
goofing it all up. So I looked online for one but was amazed
at the prices! $16.00 for a fake pen? No way!

So I went searching the apt. for a pen that I could transform
into a stylus. A pen? A REAL writing instrument? Do I even
HAVE such a primitive item? Lol. Lo and behold, I found one!
And it was metal too which was perfect since a stylus needs to
conduct electricity from your body. Good job Debi! haha.
Next, I grabbed a chunk off of my my kitchen sponge. Yes, a
sponge because to carry the electricity, you need something
that can get wet. I then shoved it into the tip of the gutted pen.
TADA x 2! I have a homemade stylus, for FREE! No more
typing errors!





















And since I HATE to throw anything away that even remotely
looks like it can be transformed into something else; remember
that cardboard packaging that the stylus is setting on in the
above photo? Well that was part of the inside of the box that
the Fire came in. I flipped it over and Voila! I now have a
trusty hands free movie stand!





















Yep. MacGuyver would be so proud of me right now, Lol.