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What happens when you take a heavy mouse (battery-operated wireless perhaps), and use it on a coarse mousepad (such as the Ratzpad GS), for an extended period of time? Worn mouse feet. In fact, they can wear themselves right off.

For those who have experienced worn out mouse feet, you basically have a few options. First, you can just buy a new mouse. Not a great option, especially if the mouse cost over $50 and is in otherwise good shape. The 2nd option is teflon stickers designed for mouse feet. But if the hard plastic originally on the mouse wore off, what makes you think little stickers are going to last? The final option: A quick do-it-yourself proceedure to permanently fix the problem.

So what is this “miracle fix”? continue reading…

With one of my most recent website projects, I decided to try out a CMS (content management system). For those who don’t know what a CMS is, it basically simplifies putting together a website. You simply log in to it through your browser, and add content, manage templates, the site itself, categories, etc. Depending on your abilities, and on the CMS itself, you can have a pretty nice website together in under an hour, plus the time to add content of course.

After reading up on various CMS’s, I decided to go with Joomla. Joomla is based on another CMS called Mambo. It’s quite popular, and easy to use once you get the hang of it. It is also one of the ones offered by the Fantastico installer available through my web host which means installation took only a minute.

Anyway, getting on to the subject… Once the site was up and running, I realized that the URLs were pretty cryptic. continue reading…

Last night, just before I went to bed at 5am, I had a beer and started brainstorming (as happens naturally when I drink for some reason). My first thought for an article was about how to clean glasses. I became interested in this sort of thing when I ordered my new pair of glasses earlier last month when I ordered my first pair of glasses from 39DollarGlasses.com . Those who know me know that I really like to “delve into the details” when I start researching even the most simple thing, so I thought I’d put my knowledge to good use and share what I’ve learned. I’ll post a link when it’s up, but here are some of the basic points I listed at the end which sum up the article quite well: continue reading…

Welcome to Matt Gadient’s blog. So why have I chosen to start up with a blog at blogger.com? Quite simply, after reading up on different blog hosts (MySpace, MSN, or fantastico options if I were hosting it myself) I determined that blogger.com offered the best interface for quick, easy, blogging. It is also the most professional-looking online host in my opinion. continue reading…