Saturday, January 08, 2005

Does anyone need any cleaning done?

I'm really excited - I just discovered that the "wonder" spray called "Colin" which was previously used at home to clean glass, mirrors etc can be used just as effectively to clean laptop screens. In fact I am amazed by its effects on my Vaio screen. So this shall be my tip for the day (or the year, considering that I've never posted any handy tips here before).

1) Take some tissue cloth.

2) First (gently) dry wipe the LCD screen of your laptop.

3) Then spray some "Colin" spray (I guess any *mild* glass cleaning liquid would just as well) onto the tissue. Don't spray it on the screen directly!

4) Then wipe about one inch of the screen starting from the left corner and going from top to bottom (gently does it!). Wipe only in one direction.

5) Step back and view the results. If it appears ugly :-) stop immediately. But I am sure it won't so proceed to the next step.

6) Repeat steps 4 to 5 till you reach the right edge of the screen.

7) If required take another go at it and repeat steps 2 to 6 with a fresh pair of tissues.

8) Step back and view the results. Tada!

I am impressed. Its far better (and cheaper) than those "laptop screen clean" solutions available in the market.

I was driven to such a frenzy by its results that I promptly took up the cause of cleaning everything in the house that even remotely resembled a mirror. With spray in one hand and tissues in another I proceeded to prowl the house spraying and cleaning everyone in sight.

In other news - my bean bag has gone to the "factory" for refilling. So I am sitting here at a regular table and a regular chair and typing this in. I like my bean bag and can't wait to get it back.

BTW I bought myself a pair of Altec Lansing headset with mike. See them here. Skype conversations couldn't get better.

Clean, clean, clean. Clean clean. Clean.

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