Office 2007 Ribbon – I can’t find a bloody thing

So much for the Ribbon making it easier to find things, if only you could search it.Well you can!

Search Commands is exactly what I’ve been looking for.

Acer Aspire One not booting

Got an Acer Aspire One that wont boot? Then try this.

  • Format a USB flash drive to FAT.
  • Download 3309.zip from ftp://ftp.acer-euro.com/netbook/aspire_one_110/bios
  • Unzip.
  • Move all of the files to the root of the flash drive.
  • Rename 3309.FD to ZG5IA32.FD (May not be necessary).
  • Put USB drive in to Aspire One.
  • Make sure you are on AC power.
  • Hold down Fn+Esc and press the power button until it starts blinking.
  • Release the Fn+esc and power button (which is still blinking).
  • Press power button once and wait until it reboots (depending on the flash drive you may see the activity light flashing).
  • High five yourself or swear out loud depending on whether it has booted properly.

Well that’s what worked for me anyway.

Folding Grill

I’ve gotten bored of trying to balance bits of old disposable BBQ on rocks when camping so I decided to make a folding grill.

The parts list is pretty simple -

  • 2m of 25x25x3mm Angle Iron
  • 2m of 25x15x3mm Angle Iron
  • 5m of 3mm steel rod
  • 300x300mm steel plate
  • 4 x nuts and bolts

This is also a good excuse for me to buy some new tools like a welder!

I did try to scrounge the parts for this but the scrap men have done a pretty thorough job of taking anything not bolted down so I had to buy most of it new.

Step 1

Cut 45 degree  mitre’s in the Angle Iron

plan

Step 2

Heat the bend points and slowly bend the metal.

Step 3

Weld the two corners of the Angle Iron together and weld the steel plate at one end. As you can tell by the picture this is the first time I have ever welded! I would have made the welder myself from microwave transformers but when you can buy them from eBay for £20 it’s not really worth it.

nasty-weldingwelder

Step 4

Cut the rods to length and weld them on.

Step 5

Grind down all of the nastyness and spray on some high tempreture BBQ paint.

painted

Step 6

Cut the legs to length and cut a notch in to one end so that they can hinge then drill the legs and frame and bolt it all together. I also added some cross bracing to the legs to stableize the whole thing.

finishedfolded

And your all done!

UPDATE!

Here it is in action

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