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Tracking HipChat Activity with AppleScript
The Problem Chat tools are great for being able to work remotely, at least until you get bombarded by one chat after another. I’ve often wondered if I could come up with a way to track who my chats are with and how much time was spent chatting with each person. My initial attempts involved…
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Removing a Broken Headphone Plug from an iPhone
Broken Headphone Plug and iPhone. 😱 The headphone jack is a pretty key port for anyone not on an iPhone 7 or later, so a broken headphone plug shoved in the jack renders a phone pretty much useless. It’s also too small a space for needle nose pliers. So what do you do if something…
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Dyson DC 40 Shuts Down from Overheating
This is the second time in about a month that my Dyson DC 40 has shut down from overheating. The symptoms start with loss of suction from the head assembly (leaving dust bunny trails, etc.) while the hose end still had good suction. I started out by disassembling the head unit and cleaning out the…