Hey Folks!

I'm at it again.  And yet again, thanks goes to Ying for filming me being a big nerd.  Yes, I'm a nerd, get over it; I have :)

So I was wanting to watch Napoleon Dynamite. But I didn't have a way to prop up my iPhone.  I went online to look for instructions on creating any kind of make-shift stand but all I came up with was some triangle thing made out of a dollar bill and also a retail item called the Bat Rest. The Bat Rest is a great idea... but I wanted something NOW. (Kids these days; they always want instant gratification!).  So I tried to make my own bat rest out of scrap cardboard... it was ... full of fail.
:( Cardboard was too soft.

After all this work, I could have seriously just gotten two strips of scotch tape and taped the damn iphone to the wall or something. But that would've been too easy!  So I look around my desk for other options... oooh PAPERCLIP!

Watch the Video!

Anyway, long story short, after a couple of failures, I came up with this shape:
Download the bend-marks pdf template here  (Scroll down to learn how to use the template)

Cool huh?

With the iPhone:

From the side:

Back View

How to use the Template:

Get the template here. Print it out with your favorite PDF reader. Be sure not to stretch the document. If you have a ruler, do a reality check to make sure the document didn't get resized when printed.  When the paper clip is straightened out, it should be the same length as the grey line in the template.  A pair of pliers will make your job a lot easier.

1. Take a jumbo paper clip and straighten it out. Use a fine tip sharpie to mark all the bend points:

2. Bend the 7.25 and 8.25cm points. Let's call this the "V"

3. Next, Bend the 4.25cm point. You need to make the bend perpendicular and angled a bit outwards from the "V"  Also notice that the bend is an "acute" angle.

4. Bend the 1.0cm point for the tip.

5. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for the other side and you're done! Here's a pic of 2 stands from different positions:

I'd like to point out the importance of the bend angles. Acute-angled bends from step 3 give the stand the correct support to prop up your iphone without falling over. The obtuse-angled bend in step 4 needs to stick out far enough so the tips of the paper clip won't rub against your iPhone and scratch it.  You can play with the width of the stand and/or the green angles to adjust how much your iPhone tilts.

Here's a video of just the stand without all the jabber

That's it! Thanks for reading~!

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老娘的眉批:

這到底是什麼了不起的發明????  不過就是一根彎起來迴紋針而已啊....勞駕老娘爬高爬低的幫你攝影就算了,還千叮嚀萬交代的要我拍的時候要有當導演的sense,要懂得適時zoom in跟zoom out.啥屁啊!!!!

我左想右想,這種把戲能吸引到的觀眾恐怕只有豆媽家那顆小二的豆子,人家還有去上自然教室,懂的東西應該也比你這個cool吧!

呀!呀!呀! 烏鴉從天空飛過去,我不知道要再講些什麼好了......

餐廳用餐中.

老娘:坐在你後面的小朋友好可愛哦!他的頭髮一定是媽媽剪的,像馬桶蓋又有點不齊,好可愛.以後我也要給粉圓剪這樣,方便又省錢.

老爺:啥?怎麼可以?!

老娘:為什麼不行?

老爺:女孩子就是要留長長的頭髮,這樣才可愛.

老娘:ㄟ..你知不知道每天綁頭髮多麻煩,浪費時間就算了,稍微弄痛一點,小孩子還會唉唉叫.(對啦!老娘的老娘以前就是這樣被老娘折磨的)

老爺:不行.還是要留長頭髮有個女孩子的樣子.你不要綁就我來綁好了.

老娘:好.你說的啊!不要反悔,看你怎麼綁.

老爺:好啊!我說的.綁頭髮有什麼難?!學就會了.

各位大德,請幫老娘記住了.這是老爺自己一聲應下的工作啊!特此記之.

有很多人告訴我,懷孕時期是她們人生很享受的一個階段(尤其是第一胎),因為老公會分外小心,格外貼心,還有讓你安心.

咦?怎麼跟我的不一樣??????(在此申明,只是懷疑而已,絕對絕對沒有抱怨老爺的意思...嘿嘿)

案例一. 別人說:知道懷孕的那一剎那,老公開心的把我抱起來轉一圈(還有又親又抱諸如此類的,請自行想像),只差一點沒有把驗孕棒表框紀念而已.

          我家是:知道懷孕的那一剎那,老爺不停的來回檢視驗孕棒是否為瑕疵品,也一再確認自己當時腦袋是否清楚,視力是否正常,老娘則早已在一旁因驚恐過度而變成啞巴.

朱青天馬後砲:又不是20歲的小情侶先上車還不知道要不要補票,是在驚嚇什麼意思?!

案例二. 別人說:懷孕的時候,老公一手包辦家裡大小家務,用心注意老婆的飲食.

          我家是:懷孕的時候,家務量維持原狀,本來是老爺該做的不會讓老婆做,本來是老婆該做的老爺也不會插手.飲食方面,老爺變成惡魔,不停的引誘老娘墮入罪惡的淵藪.

實例A:老爺拿著咖啡冰砂或可樂不停的問老娘,ㄟ,要不要來一口?老娘說不要,不能.老爺說,喝一小口沒有關係啦!老娘(食)欲火薰心,但還是忍痛拒絕.老爺還不忘補一句,不要說我沒有問你啊,真的很好喝咧....

實例B:有晚坐在沙發上看電視,老爺突然伸出右手對我說,今天不知道怎麼搞的,整個手臂都好酸,你幫我捏一捏吧!老娘在一旁瞠目結舌,ㄟ!!!我肚子六個月咧!!!!老爺的手臂一點都沒有縮回去的意思,你用手幫我按按啊!又不是叫你用肚子揉我?!

朱青天馬後砲:懷孕前老爺已經包辦八成家事,剩下的不外乎換床單繳帳單之類的,又不是叫你搬冰箱扛桌子,老娘你是哪裡廢了連這些都做不了?又,老爺深知老娘的反骨心態,越叫我吃,我越不要吃.如此用心的反向操作還看不出來?!

案例三. 別人說:懷孕以後,老公特地減少應酬,早早回家陪老婆.

          我家是:本來是宅男的老爺,在老娘懷孕後突然人際關係大活躍,與其他宅男相約互尬wii賽車不說,還會一起出去看老娘認為有害胎教而不願意陪看的"黑暗騎士".

朱青天馬後砲:這種夫妻間的事情不就是你情我願.老爺要出去你顧著看日劇沒哀半句,三更半夜回來時妳早睡的像一隻死豬,老爺還在興頭上跟妳分享戰況時,你也是嗯嗯敷衍人家幾句又昏睡過去.......

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不知道老爺是電影看太多還是怎樣,從粉圓四個月以後,他不時就會問我,喂!你為什麼都沒有三更半夜叫我去買炸雞給你吃啊?!上個禮拜又問的時候,我忍不住也問說,你為什麼老是問我這個問題?你是真的很想我半夜把你挖起來叫你去買吃的嗎?老爺說,好像要做過這種事情才會有"我老婆懷孕"的感覺.

老爺啊!老娘沒叫你是因為,半夜想吃的不是炸雞漢堡,而是一碗米粉湯啊!你開去太平洋也生不出來給我的米粉湯啊.嗚......

昨夜飯桌上,我跟老爺提起要寫這篇"我懷孕後的特殊待遇一文",老爺笑表贊同後,還微(奸)笑的丟下一句,其實不管你有沒有懷孕,甚至生完小孩,我都會是一樣的心態(除了真的很想半夜出去幫你買炸雞之外),你真silly(傻)啊!她們只是Nine-month princess(九個月的公主),你是Forever QUEEN(永遠的皇后)咧!

唉....這這這算是甜言蜜語的一種嗎?

附圖:25週.粉圓的阿嬤看到照片一直嚷著說肚子太大了,你要節制點.......這種時候,是叫我要節制哪一點啊?!