I was struck yesterday how my most useful tool is also Microsoft’s most reviled creation.
I’m referring to, of course, Clippit.
I was reminded of this when I used a common paper clip to perform two jobs that I do all of the time (not counting actually clipping two pieces of paper together.)
1) I had a CD stuck in a drive. Unhinge a paper clip, stick it in the hole and BAM! Out it comes.
2) I had a router that I needed to, um, recycle for another project. Use the same unhinged paper clip from step one, stick it in the reset hole, power it on for 30 seconds, and KAPOW! A fresh router!
And the best part? ZOWIE! The clip can be found almost anyplace, and carried very easily. SHAZAM!
Man; I need to stop watching all of the old Batman series.