January 2009
4 posts
Is this the worst stereo design ever?
My Dad bought this stereo during a brief period when mp3s on CDs were a useful media source. The idea of mp3s on CD were quickly superseded by iPods and other portable mp3 players which could be plugged into a set of speakers. However, me and my sister had dismissed this stereo long before due to its utterly unusable interface.
The revolutionary ‘rotary navigation’ made skipping to...
Tactile cues
When I accidentally bought the same toothbrush as my flatmate, I decided I needed to do something to my brush to let me know which one was mine and avoid the confusion (and horror) of using the wrong brush. I wrapped a piece of electrical tape around the handle, this acts both as a visual cue to differentiate between the two, but also as a tactile cue so that when one picks up the brush, it feels...