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Photoshop Hand Tool Bug

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So, I’m currently trying to redesign my blog again. Nothing too fancy on the design (so far) but still, it means I have to do some more work with Photoshop.

Now I got this bug again and again several time. No matter what tool I chose on Photoshop, it only shows the hand tool [will post a screenshot when it happens again]. At first I thought: “Okay, I have a bajillion thing on my memory it must screw it up. And I haven’t restart for a couple of days so let’s do that.” But after it happens more than once in a day. I start to pull out my hair a little bit.

One google search came up with this:

http://www.davidbisset.com/2007/12/15/photoshop-stuck-on-hand-toolicon/

*relieved that I’m not the only one*

I summarized a couple of things you can do to solve it from there:

  • Restart the computer (a pain, but take it as a reminder if you haven’t restart for weeks :P )
  • Pretend nothing happened, go procrastinate for a couple of mins and see if something had changed.
  • Go to Edit > Preferences > General (or Ctrl-K) and then click Reset all Warning Dialogs
  • CTRL + ALT + SHIFT at startup and delete preferences
  • Press the space bar or caps lock

Update: Last time it happened again, the space bar solution seemed to work best. The reset all warning didn’t work at all for me. So I guess it might be depends on the problem of your computer all together.

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My Shoes Are Too Big

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mai new shuuz

I have small feet. I’m 163 cm tall but my shoe size is 36 and tiny. By tiny I mean my foot a bit on the narrow side so sometimes I have to go down to 35.5, especially for high heels.

Usually though, for the flat shoes, 36 always fits. That’s why I ordered these pretty Pretty Ballerinas, especially irresistible since it’s half the price :) !

I wait for them come, seemed forever although it’s only 4 days :P , and then they finally came. I impatiently tried them on and they are too big for my feet :( . Damn.

What do I do? What do I do? Return them? It’s not impossible. Pretty Ballerinas does have a return policy and I can have it exchanged as well, but there’s no smaller size for this one. Besides, they are so pretty!

I have to make it work. I looked for some hints in teh interwebs. Interestingly enough, when I came across a men’s forum on this topic, most of them said: RETURN IT! Ohhhh… Maybe the hubby will think the same? Nooooo…. But luckily he understood that I need to try first.

I went out to the shoe store and bought these:

shoepadWhen I got home, I tried different things, some works and some don’t. I think it is also depending on your shoe situation. Mine has gaps in the front part and top, and the back kept slipping off.

  • Front gap: I add cotton balls in front of the shoes until the length fits perfect.
  • Top gap, first I add the half soles (a) but it’s not enough so I add the party feet half soles (b) as well.
  • Back part: the footbed soles (d) just didn’t fit and it feels weird for me. Fortunately, the anti slip (c) is brilliant! It kept my feet from slipping off and protected it from blisters because it is made of soft nubuck.

On the weekend, I tested the shoes and it was still a bit uncomfortable. It actually became too tight. So I decided to remove the party feet half soles. I walked a bit more and…. it works! I don’t have problems with the shoe anymore. It looks great and it feels great!  Yay!!!

So in the end, I could make the size works. That being said, I would still prefer buying shoes that fits. But sometimes, just sometimes, I would just work it out. And now we live happily ever after… until the next season ;-)

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