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Home DIY Day 2

James had bought a new dead lock and we scheduled part 2 of Home DIY today. Before going to James’ place, I dropped by Big Bert’s for a car wash where I bumped into Tyrone, a former colleague and we were able to chat and catch up a bit.

After the car wash, I proceeded to James’ place to install the dead bolt.  Making the holes on the door was a snap with my trusty drill and we ended up with pretty neat holes.

Unfortunately, I lacked the chisel for the faceplate so we couldn’t complete the installation.Good thing the resident handy man dropped by to install the air conditioner and it turned out that he had a chisel. After he was done with the air conditioner, he completed the dead bolt installation.

Afterwards, we had lunch and coffee with Alex. We also invited Drawde who lives in the area but it turned out that he was out of town. Too bad since I haven’t seen him in quite a while.

 

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Home DIY Day

After visiting the pedia, Michelle, Jeanne, and I visited James at his spanking new condo unit. James and I tried to replace the door knob with a dead lock (failed due to crappy quality dead lock) and installed a shower caddy  (success). For the shower caddy, we had to drill through ceramic tiles. I was initially afraid the tiles would crack but by using a small bit then gradually increasing up to the proper size, we were able to avoid any cracks. Too bad I didn’t bring my toolbox. Would have been a great opportunity to actually use some of the other tools there.

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DIY Micro SIM Adapter

Michelle borrowed the iPhone for the wedding she attended last night. Since my micro SIM won’t work with the E51, I had to make my own Micro SIM Adapter. After about half an hour, I was able to make one and, more importantly, it actually worked. Here’s how to do it in case you find yourself in a similar predicament.

Things you need:

  1. An old SIM
  2. The old SIM’s carrier card
  3. The micro SIM’s carrier card
  4. Some tape
  5. A cutter
  6. A nail file

Procedure:

  1. Tape the two SIM’s carrier cards together with the SIM’s carrier card at the bottom and the Micro SIM’s carrier card at the top. This will serve as your guide.
  2. Replace the old SIM into it’s carrier card.
  3. Use the cutter to trace a slot for the Micro SIM on the old SIM using the hole on the Micro SIM’s carrier card as a guide
  4. Slowly but surely cut progressively deeper into the old SIM until you create a hole. Be careful as the sides are a bit thin.
  5. File a bit with the nail file for a snug fit.
  6. Voila! Your own Micro SIM Adapter!
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Installing A Window-Type Air Conditioner

Summer is upon us and during these hot sweltering nights, air conditioning, which didn’t seem to make sense before all so suddenly does. And of course there’s the baby to consider. If you’re confronted with an irritable baby in the wee hours of the morning, you’ll know what I mean. So we decided to get ourselves a window-type room air conditioner.

Unfortunately, the appliance store won’t install it so we decided to do it ourselves. The Carrier unit we got came with pretty good instructions but there are some things you need to figure out yourself so I thought I’d put them up here and add some helpful notes of my own.

1. Remove the front panel from the air conditioner.

2. Unscrew the locking screw. It is in the lower left or lower right side of the unit.

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