Acer 6311 Clicky kebard teardown and cleaning up

Cleaning a dirty clicky keyboard is a lot of work.  It pays to take lots of photos of the keyboard before tearing it down, so you can remember where the keys go.

The best way to remove the keys is to lever them from opposite sides at the same time.  Start with the letters and numbers, leave the bigger keys till last.

Notice that the bigger keys have metal retainers that have to be carefully removed from the plastic.  The space bar also has a weak spring.

Also, be careful with scrubbing the keys in solvents or harsh detergents, the keyboard labels may wash off.

Putting it back together is twice as fun, hook the keyboard up and run a program like notepad to see if the right key is in the right spot.

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Missing items for sale on Ebay, difference between ebay.com and ebay.com.au

Same seller, difference between .com and .com.au

Even buying things is a chore on ebay...

Nothing available for sale...

Items available for sale...
If you cannot see it, how could it be there?  Sometimes it pays to try ebay.com before ebay.com.au
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[solved] Android Shortcut to Tethering Settings

If you are like me and tether your 3G android device to PC's several times a day, you will realise that it is a PITA to go through the menu to enable tethering each time you want to connect.

Trying to make a shortcut, was impossible, there was no link to the tethering settings page.

I found Quickteth on the market, it is a lightweight app, that requires no unsafe permissions to run!  (Lesson to learn you other android developers!)

Puts a simple shortcut on the desktop, press it and you are in your tethering settings page!

Check out Quickteth on the android market.


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Funny Interesting Site TradeLeaks.com

"We believe the best form of moderation is the individual's mind. That's why we leave the moderation up to you. You decide what you read, don't read, believe and don't believe."

All Coles employees can't differentiate the difference between the taste of Brut deodorant and a Banana.

It is true, all Coles employees can't differentiate the difference between the taste of Brut deodorant and a Banana.

If you ever want to return used Banana flavoured condoms just give em a bit of a spray and Coles will return them.


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CHOGM temporary security Cameras Hyatt Hotel

According to this article the Hyatt hotel is housing many CHOGM members.

There has been a lot of construction work going on there as well, including the installation of these wireless video cameras on street light poles.

Interesting, the cameras are powered by the street post supply, and have a wireless video link back to the Hyatt Center.  There is also temporary scaffolding erected on the roof to accommodate the receiving antennas.

Close inspection of the security cameras revels WA Police asset tags on them.

The locations of the cameras are:

• Plain Street / Adelaide Terrace - East Side of the intersection
• Construction site on Plain Street - Ex location of Plain Street Deli
• Corner of Plain / Terrace Road - South side of the intersection
• Terrace road - two locations on sidewalk

Total of six cameras

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