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11 Quick Fixes for Gadget Disasters

by Warren Riddle on March 13, 2009 at 12:00 PM


9) Lost Stylus to PDA or Smartphone

The problem: Stylus whereabouts unknown.

The fix: It's definitely not hard to lose track of your tiny stylus, so here are few possible replacement candidates. Try using a toothpick, or a plastic mechanical pencil. Leave the lead retracted, so you're only using the plastic tip of the pencil. If you haven't actually lost all of your styli yet, and don't feel like shelling out 50 bucks to get a fancy stylus pen, you can make your own. The guys over at 88 bytes kindly give you a step-by-step how-to right here.

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