Thanks to some over-enthusiastic drumming I managed to crack two of the plastic pads on my Rock Band drum kit. The kit still worked fine, but because the hard plastic underneath the rubber pad was cracked, the action was completely dead – the stick thudded against the rubber, rather than crisply rebounding. I figured it couldn’t be too hard to fix so I took things apart.

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This little project started when I stumbled on a website of competitive Monopoly tips and strategies. I’ve played Monopoly my entire life, but never once considered employing advanced strategies. The biggest change in my game was the day I passed over the car in favor of the thimble as my token of choice – not only because I decided I wanted something more humble and understated, but also because it allows one to make lisp-based thimble jokes (the thimble of victory, the thimble of eleganth).

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