waving android

I am currently a software engineer at Google, where as a member of the Android platform team I build frameworks and user interfaces.

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It’s arts and crafts day here at dsandler.org:

September 27th, 2002

It’s arts and crafts day here at dsandler.org:

[08:22] <diane> anyone know if there’s a better tool than a small
flat-headed screwdriver to get keys off your keyboard?

[08:23] <Trey> I assume you don’t have a key-puller handy.

[08:23] <diane> actually, assume i’ve never even heard of a “key-puller”

[08:24] <Trey> Let’s make one!

[08:24] <Trey> Take two twisty-ties and take the paper off of the middle
inch or so.

[08:24] <diane> ‘kay…

[08:25] <Trey> Make a loop with each tie, then then twist the two ties
together such that you have two hoops laying next to one another.

[08:26] <Trey> Slip one hoop over the left side of the key and the other
over the right side of the key, and then lift the key off the keyboard.
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