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Dont fall for the price
December 26, 20089:16:34 pm
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Paradox
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Overpriced Official Blackberry dockIf you are about to go and buy a specially made charging station for any device you may have acquired over the holidays, be it a cell phone, gameboy/psp, or other electronic device, pause before you purchase the official charging station. It is probably overpriced for what it does, and what it does is likely very little at all. In my case, the device was my Blackberry storm, and the dock to which i am referring to was the Blackberry storm charging dock[1].

In most cases, you can find a MUCH cheaper solution that will save you a great deal of money.
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Footnotes:
  1. Blackberry charging dock at amazon.com [↩]
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How to open clamshell packages, without blood.
July 24, 200811:01:48 am
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We all know what I’m talking about. Those plastic packages that new electronic goodies come in. Your new toy is there, behind a few millimeters of plastic, but out of reach. You will spend the next 5 minutes to an hour trying to crack the plastic, to use your toy. There has to be a better way.

We have all tried scissors, razors, even pizza cutters. Some people even buy a special package opener.

But there is a simple, better way. Use a can opener. Any rotary style can opener will work, as long as its manual. You could probably use an electric opener, but thats a little more unsafe. Cramp the knives of the opener down on the raised edge, or anywhere on the inside of the glue line, and turn away. Presto, a clean edge and your favorite gadget, all in a few seconds.

As always, Paradox designs is not responsible for any damage you may incur during this process, either to yourself, your can opener, or your packaged product.

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