Category: duct tape

IKEA-bana Vu


Ikebana is some kind of fancy flower arranging. 

IKEA-bana is when you put your flowers on top of your IKEA cabinets. This time with a much more stable vase. 

And IKEA-bana Vu is when your cat is instantly up there and ready to ‘accidentally’ rub up against them. Again. 

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Glass Half Full


Well, we did it. DIY iPad screen replacement is possible, even for us!

Between watching tutorial videos on YouTube and actually performing the repair, we spent about 9 person-hours. Next time would be a lot faster.  We liked the irony of using the dictionary I got for a high school graduation present to weight the screen down while the new adhesive set up. 

Pro tips:

  • If you use a hair dryer to soften the old adhesive instead of a real heat gun, it takes a lot longer
  • Nothing beats Goof-Off
  • “Spudging” is a great word to have in your vocabulary 
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Screen Shot

This is what happens when you put a dramatic silk flower arrangement on a high spot, leave the iPad on the counter, and mix in an unknowable combination of a curious cat and air currents. 

The first thing we did was to make sure that duct tape was not a feasible solution. 

The Apple Store wants a whole lot of money for a new screen, the local repair shop wants less but still hundreds. We can buy a replacement kit for under $30, so we’ll try that first.

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Still stylin’ after all these years 

The original Honda Insight was such a cool idea. This one has been held together with duct tape so long that the once-matching tape has faded to a beautiful palette of sunset colors. Reminds me of a print from the doctor’s office way back when. 

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