Took me two days to get a clean edge on a curved shower door panel

Had a job for a fancy bathroom remodel over in the West End. They wanted a big, curved shower door, like a half circle. I figured it would be a bit tricky, but not bad. Man, was I wrong. Getting that curve to cut clean on the 3/8 inch tempered glass was a nightmare. My standard glass cutter just kept chipping the edge, no matter how slow I went. I must have wasted three pieces of glass trying to get it right. Finally called up my buddy who does auto glass, and he told me to use a diamond wheel grinder with a water feed. That did the trick, but the whole thing took me two full workdays instead of the afternoon I planned. Anyone have a better method for cutting tight curves on thick glass?

I was at a small con in Austin maybe 7 years ago and saw someone using a tablet with a textured screen protector.

I finally figured out how to get my kid to use the free library tutoring after months of fighting

My 12-year-old was struggling with pre-algebra for a whole semester and refused to go to the after-school help at our local branch, saying it was 'lame.' I sat down with him last Tuesday and we looked at the tutor's profile together, which showed she used to be a video game designer. He agreed to one session, and now he's been three weeks in a row. What finally got your kid to actually use a resource you found for them?

Hot take: I fixed a dead Xbox by cleaning the power button with a q-tip

A friend brought me his Xbox Series S that wouldn't turn on at all. I was ready to open it up and check the power supply, but on a whim I just took a q-tip with some isopropyl and cleaned around the power button. It clicked right on. I guess years of grime can stop the button from making contact. Has anyone else had a 'fix' that turned out to be way simpler than you thought?

My brother said to always use a new gasket on a toilet tank, but I fixed a leak last week with just plumber's putty.

The old wax ring on my upstairs toilet was shot, and the flange looked fine, so I cleaned it and packed on a thick bead of putty instead of buying a new kit. It's been a week with no drips and saved me a trip to the store. Has anyone else had a good fix with putty on a toilet base?

Rant: Overheard a guy at the trailhead in Sedona say he 'did the whole West Fork in two hours' and it just made me sad.

Heads up about that new 'quick set' color line from the convention in Chicago

After a client's hair turned a weird green shade (and I mean actual moss green) during a routine root touch-up last Thursday, I found out the developer they sent with the kit was mislabeled as 20 volume when it was actually 40, so check your bottles twice before you mix anything.