Yesterday, for the first time since I was a child, I used Elmer’s Glue. The occasion was a prototype I made for a user interface device we want to use for our research.<\/p>\n
I didn’t need to actually build the device yet. I just needed to understand how big it should be, and how it would move. So all I really needed was cardboard, adhesive tape (for the hinged parts) and Elmer’s Glue.<\/p>\n
Fortunately there was Elmer’s Glue in our lab’s supply closet. I had never looked for it before, but sure enough, there it was. I tried the Elmer’s Glue Stick first, but that turned out to be totally useless on cardboard. So I upgraded.<\/p>\n
The Elmer’s Glue worked like a charm. It did exactly what it was supposed to, with no fuss or muss.<\/p>\n
And it had one other very important property that I had completely forgotten about since I was about seven years old: If you make a mistake and glue the wrong things together (which I did the first time yesterday), then you can pull them apart and try again, as long as you do it in the first few minutes.<\/p>\n
In other words — user interface designers take note — it has an undo function!<\/p>\n
I seem to recall, from very early research back in my younger days, that Elmer’s Glue is also edible. I did not try out this feature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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