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OGC
04/03/09

In reply to Friday Easy Origami: Business Card Becomes iPod Earbud Winder
why not just wrap the wire around your mp3 player? that way you have it immediately available. this seems unecessary.
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Bighaugs
04/03/09

@OGC: Well, I use my iPod Touch as a PDA. Wrapping my earphones around it would make checking my calendar/email/to-do list really annoying.

On other iPods, though, that would be fine.
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OGC
04/03/09

@Bighaugs: You're a very very special case. I'd imagine most users use their iPod Touch as a music player along with other functions.
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fuchikoma
04/06/09

@OGC:

I think you'd be surprised... the iPod Touch/iPhone is a popular PDA replacement to many people. I replaced my Sony Clie (PDA that plays MP3s and videos) with one, only to find that it's powerful enough that it replaces my laptop in most cases too (mail, browsing, news, notes) and I personally know a few others who did the same. When my dad got one I had to remind him he had >30GB that he could put music onto and not just use it as a PDA.

I like this because it'll keep my phones from tangling up in my pocket when I don't want to just wear them trailing from my pocket to the back of my neck.
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Brad Attaway
04/03/09

In reply to Friday Easy Origami: Business Card Becomes iPod Earbud Winder
This method really works great for any sort of cable, requires nothing:

I've got a drawer full of various USB, guitar, monitor, etc. cables wrapped like this and they've never gotten tangled.
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Pobre
04/03/09

@Brad Attaway: y'know, with patch cables (instrument cables), you shouldn't wrap them around something at all, as it breaks the cable over time. Just grab an end with each hand, then loop it hand over hand, gently twisting the cable. Every patch cable has a natural twist to it, so you'll feel it fall into place. You should be fine with usb, though.
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IN THE FACE!
04/04/09

@PobreGizmo: If you feel for that natural twist when you are wrapping it doesn't make any difference.
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cowboyshootist
04/03/09

In reply to Friday Easy Origami: Business Card Becomes iPod Earbud Winder
I call BULL-SH*T

No way that's a standard sized biz card and they clearly didn't bend that free-hand, especially the small folds on top and bottom.

I suspect Robots and Lasers were used, perhaps illegally too. :)
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fuchikoma
04/06/09

@Vivara:

I managed the first time by doing it this way:

1. Fold in half

2. Fold both sides out in half

3. Unfold the center fold, but leave the other two folded.

4. Grab about 1cm down from the corner and fold it down diagonally, so that the fold runs up to the end of the center fold (like the picture) and crease it.

5. Repeat for the other side, and the bottom.

6. Now open it all up again, and push the creased joints you just made so they're right-side out. The case is done!
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ilovexspin
04/03/09

In reply to Friday Easy Origami: Business Card Becomes iPod Earbud Winder
that isn't really what i would call "easy oragami"
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Gann
04/04/09

@ilovexspin: It's easier than most:

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Purple Dave
12/29/08

In reply to Space Origami Kit (Pew, Pew, Blast Off, Etc)
There was a time when this would have excited me. Then I discovered Bricklink.
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Geisrud
12/29/08

In reply to Space Origami Kit (Pew, Pew, Blast Off, Etc)
Chicks dig it when you "haphazardly fold paper" and they end up with a cute origami *whatever you fold*.

Works best when you use whatever paper you have around.
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