tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51680643967520586342012-02-16T09:12:49.708-05:00RealGrouchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531673943200546692noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5168064396752058634.post-22229676195809970232011-03-29T19:45:00.003-04:002011-03-29T19:50:43.784-04:00I got my annual domain renewal notice for <a href="http://www.binderclips.ca">binderclips.ca</a>, so I figured now is as good a time as any to post a second entry in the Binder Clip Fan Club blog. Still not to many fan club members, but that's not a problem.<br /><br />If you're like me and you've regularly got a carabiner on your belt, you can use a binder clip to hold onto a DVD case or paperback novel, keeping your hands free for other things.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aO235ZHBqAU/TZJv_CsInkI/AAAAAAAADeM/AvsdrHHqvnE/s1600/IMGP23641.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aO235ZHBqAU/TZJv_CsInkI/AAAAAAAADeM/AvsdrHHqvnE/s400/IMGP23641.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589653216364633666" /></a>Send me your binder clip stories and ideas for uses, and maybe I'll get around to actually posting some of them one of these days. Enjoy!<br /><br />- RG><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5168064396752058634-2222967619580997023?l=binderclipfans.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>RealGrouchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531673943200546692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5168064396752058634.post-92177658194948421762010-04-10T06:29:00.003-04:002010-04-10T06:43:51.500-04:00What better inauguration than a "making of" clip for the beautiful BCFC header.<br /><br />I started by layout out a screen on the floor to act as a clean background, then dumping a box of assorted binder clips onto it:<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458447773220836370" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lGUyTl7qZE0/S8BNVGPZlBI/AAAAAAAADOc/ZyFemnr_iH0/s400/IMGP18662.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /><br />Next I took some photos. Not nearly enough, it turns out, but it resulted in a couple decent stock photos of binder clips, like this one:<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458447798007209762" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lGUyTl7qZE0/S8BNWik7nyI/AAAAAAAADO8/XOJU1h2fQGY/s400/IMGP18656.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" />I plucked out the rubber bands, and pulled out the smaller coloured clips. These would be sprinkled on top to make it look like there are more (just like in Parliament!)<br /><br />From there, it's a matter of snapping another photo or two:<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458447780812990706" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lGUyTl7qZE0/S8BNVihgqPI/AAAAAAAADOk/PzfKP0PdACE/s400/IMGP18660.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" />Cropping it and adding some text in Picasa:<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458447785615354242" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lGUyTl7qZE0/S8BNV0ae6YI/AAAAAAAADOs/aiSIbE574ik/s400/BinderClipFanClubTitle.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 68px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" />Upload it and find a compatible template, and that's it!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lGUyTl7qZE0/S8BTgtBUzAI/AAAAAAAADPE/1qHt6-aP1W8/s1600/Fansite-screenshot.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lGUyTl7qZE0/S8BTgtBUzAI/AAAAAAAADPE/1qHt6-aP1W8/s400/Fansite-screenshot.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458454569679113218" /></a>Oh, except for cleaning up the pile of binder clips. The easiest and most readily available tool for scooping the clips back into the box was, I kid you not, a <i>clip</i>board!<br /><br /><!-- <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lGUyTl7qZE0/S8BNWRUhc2I/AAAAAAAADO0/_uu12vD-SO8/s1600/IMGP18666.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>--><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458447793374983010" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lGUyTl7qZE0/S8BNWRUhc2I/AAAAAAAADO0/_uu12vD-SO8/s400/IMGP18666.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" />Now to recruit some members of this fan club...<br /><br />- RG&gt;<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5168064396752058634-9217765819494842176?l=binderclipfans.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>RealGrouchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531673943200546692noreply@blogger.com3