Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-35065776-20181014193756

Well, I'd just like to think everybody has done this at one time or another - I know my wife and I have had our fair share.

In the grand scope of things, what I "have to deal with" falls into the backseat category of important things overall - but I have certain things I want to do with my time now, and I need to get certain equipment and make ceertain plans in order to accomplish my modest goals (scanning family photos and slides, converting VHS videos to DVDs, selling things on eBay to make a little spending money).

I also got tired of having sore fingers from holding this mini-tablet (4.5 inches by 7.5 inches) because I've been hearing stories about permanently deformed fingers from doing it too much - and that's the last thing I need, since this game is one of the few things I have to fill my idle hours right now (until I get all those other projects going, but that is going somewhat more slowly than I'd like).

Anyway, I wanted to get a stand for my tablet, and I also was trying to figure out how to take pictures of the things (mostly sports cards) I want to sell on eBay (taking from directly above with the card on a table causes too many shadows, and reflections if I use the flash) - so I was thinking of usingone of those old cardboard picture frames, the kind we used to get with our school photos with the fold-out easel stand in back - but I couldn't find any. So I figured I would make one myself out of cardboard scraps - when it dawned on me. I could just lean a piece of cardboard in the tablet stand and take the pictures that way - 2 birds with 1 stone, if you will. So I found a stand that would be good for both - it was really cheap, on Amazon - and it just arrived today.

Here's the link, in case it appeals to anybody else (and it DOES work):

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017TU5KMQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Well, I had ordered it with a paperback, and when it arrived I didn't even notice the package was paperback-sized. then I opened it ant took out the book; then I reached into the envelope and pulled out the stand.

It's smaller than a pad of post-its. But like I said, it DOES work as a tablet stand. Not sure about the other use, though, but while I was thinking of using an 8x10 piece of cardboard, basically what's left after you use up a pad of paper - I figure a smaller pad (5x8) should work just as well and wouldn't tip over the stand.

This is the latest in my family's ordering things without realizing the actual size - my wife ordered a magnet for her car featuring our son's college mascot - when it arrived the thing was so HUGE there was nowhere on her tiny car it would fit. So it's been on the front of our dishwasher ever since.

And like I said, I'm guessing (hoping) just about everybody has done something like this at one time. 