Rumores em um site chinês falam no lançamento de um iPhone branco.

Pensando bem, o iPhone foi um lançamento “comum”, se basearmos na questão de estética e estrutura do celular.

Eu, você e muitos nos referimos a Apple sempre a um aparelho clean, branco, com funcionalidades “revolucionárias” e, claro, hypado. E ele é lançado com alarde, preto, única cor, “básico”.

As fotos não mostram muita coisa. São quatro imagens que se propagaram por meio de um forum chinês. Pelo que vi, parece tudo bem aos moldes Apple. Visual clean, bonito esteticamente e com algumas novas funcionalidades.

Como sou curioso por natureza, não confiei apenas nos boatos e fui atrás de informações e, segundo o que pesquisei, são apenas boatos.

No site oficial da Apple, também não há nenhuma confirmação de cores e modelos do aparelho. Talvez sejam, de fato, apenas boatos, do contrário, teremos mais um celular “diferenciado” no mercado.

Have you ever had problems with your Playstation 2 reading disks? By swabbing the lens, you may be able to fix the problem.

Steps

• Switch the power switch into the “off” position then unplug every cord that is plugged into the console (power cord, TV plug-ins, controllers, internet, memory card).
• Flip your Playstation 2 over carefully. There will be 4 soft square shaped pads; remove these from the console. If they are hard to remove, just use a screw driver to help.
• Repeat this process to the 4 hard pads beneath. On the part that has vents, there will be 2 of these hard pads; make sure to remove these.
• In the back of the Playstation, remove the warranty voiding tape.
• If you have an internet adapter, remove it now before doing anything more. Carefully remove the top cover of the Playstation. Make sure not to rip the silver paper looking stuff connecting the top and bottom parts. This supplies the power for the on/off buttons.
• Carefully remove the cover to the CD/DVD drive of the Playstation.
• If there is a lot of dust/dirt on the surface of the whole thing, just swab with a dry/very lightly damp cotton swab. Swab the lens only with a dry swab. When finished, make sure that everything is dry.
• Take the screws from the CD/DVD drive and return it to its proper place.
• Return the main cover, screws, then pads to their original positions.

Tips

• This may or may not save you money. If you do it correctly, it should.
• If you own one of the small versions of the PS2 console, you can access the lens without voiding warranty and without opening the console.

Warnings

• This will void your Warranty.
• Make sure to remove all cords and devices.
• Do not press down on the laser very hard. It can damage the laser/lens.

Thanks Wiki

When I was single and first married, i.e., before I had kids, I was a fabulous housekeeper. My house was always sparkling and straightened up almost perfectly. I was a little obsessive about it, plus it was remarkably easy to keep that way, even though I felt like I was constantly cleaning up after my husband.

Ha! The kids make their father look like Martha Stewart. 

I’ve noticed that my housekeeping standards have continued to decline with each successive kid, but I never quite understood why. I thought it was because four kids are messy and very difficult to keep up with. While that’s certainly part of it, I realized this past week the main reason I always feel ten steps behind.

I’m tired. So very tired.

The kids were at their grandparents’ house all last week and I was home alone. It was amazing — I barely had to do anything at all. Just a quick clean-up here and there, plus I think I only did something like two loads of laundry instead of the usual twenty. It was wonderful to not have to worry nearly as much about the house falling apart.

When the kids arrived home yesterday morning and I started getting back into the routine of getting them breakfast and cleaning up, I realized how much energy I had thanks to my vacation. I also realized how much work four kids, especially four kids who are home all day, really are. Even if I weren’t working at home part-time, it would be a full-time job just to make sure the house is reasonably clean, the yard is mowed, the kids are fed and bathed and that I’ve spent some time with them.

As it is, something has to get less attention, and that usually ends up being anything related to the house. I used to love to try out new recipes and bake cookies, cakes and breads. I bet it has been a good four years since I’ve tried anything new and baking seems to be more like a quarterly event these days. The dusty bookshelves, peeling paint and dust bunnies would have the old me cringing in horror.

However, I agree with whatever adage it is that says I’d rather have a messy house and spend time with my kids than have a spotless house and miss their growing up years. It’s impossible to do everything, so I try to do what I can, with help from the kids, and get to the other stuff when I have extra time. It always gets done eventually. In a dual between housework and paid work, the money wins every time.

So my floors aren’t sparkling, my windows are full of fingerprints and my landscaping needs a major overhaul. I don’t care. Relationships are far too important to spend all my time worrying about those things.

Because before I know it, the kids will be gone, and then I’ll have all the time in the world to keep my house spotless again.

How do you handle housework in your home?