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Binary Strip

Count how many times you use something.
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Sometimes I have multiple razors going, but I can't tell which one is the sharp one before I pick it up, or other times there is a toothbrush that I don't know when I began using. For items such as these, where you like to count the number of uses, I think it would be nice to have a counting strip you could attach to the device, or maybe just leave on the counter.

Such a strip would have eight or ten cutout holes, and underneath each hole, a pull tab would allow you to alternate between off or on. That is, there is a small sliding strip of cardboard underneath each hole, and you can slide it laterally to alternate the hole colour between 1 and 0.

I think this is advantageous over a pencil because: a) it's inconvenient to carry a pencil sometimes, b) you don't have to erase anything, c) you could make a mini version of this and stick it on to whatever you need to keep track of.

Yo.

Cuit_au_Four, Jan 08 2007

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       interesting. would a row of dots/numbers hidden by those little grey paint blobs on scratch cards work?
po, Jan 08 2007
  

       Yo.   

       Cool, this lets you count to 1023 before you change toothbrushes, that's like nearly a year if you brush 3 times a day.   

       pity 9 out of ten people can't count in decimal.
Custardguts, Jan 08 2007
  

       oh, ahem.   

       yo.
Custardguts, Jan 08 2007
  

       yoyo   

       this needs a better title.
po, Jan 08 2007
  

       kinda raises the image of a one-piece strippers' outfit, doesn't it?
Custardguts, Jan 09 2007
  

       I thought about scratch cards, but then you couldn't get the paint back on, so it wouldn't work the way I'd envisioned it.
Cuit_au_Four, Jan 09 2007
  
      
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