No Badges, from Blazing Saddles

I hate reading instructions. Every time I see anything that says anything about instructions I find myself in a state of corporal transference into either Blazing Saddles or The Treasure of Sierra Madre. The irony is of course, that the stinkin’ instructions, as with the stinkin’ badges, are rather crucial in some cases.

My friend Jordan and I got into Macbook surgery last night, over a few Coronas, without reading the first page of the iFixIt instructions (which lists the tools that you MUST have with you before starting a dimantlement job). Yes, I know that combination sounds like a recipe for disaster, but honestly, the word ‘disaster’ does not enter the lexicon of one who has consumed a couple of beers, ok?!

For the record, iFixIt is AWESOME! After the jump my adventures in not reading the initial instructions. Read the full story