Ever had a celebrity pray for you?

The wonders of social networking:

For those of you who don't know who she is (probably all of you unless you own a Playstation 3), Christina Lee is an American Korean who hosts the Playstation Network's program called PULSE. Maybe not such a big celebrity for most people, but still someone I respect for her work nevertheless, especially because she's not ashamed of being Christian in the public eye.

I know her prayer isn't any more powerful than another's, but I find it very encouraging for God to be using someone of influence to reach out and bless others, especially in the gaming scene where many youths are easily influenced by people they look up to.

More Toolman Moments

*Grunt grunt*

My Guitar Hero World Tour guitar controller stopped working one day because I had left the batteries in for a few months, and they had leaked. After trying to clean the battery terminals with a variety of things (ranging from tissues, cotton buds, nail polish remover, WD-40, etc.) and failing to get it to work, I finally opened it up. What I found, was that the ground wire connected to the battery terminal had been eaten by battery corrosion, and had been disconnected.

Enter my newly purchased soldering iron (my very own cheapy one that takes an eternity to heat up to solder-melting heights).

I cleaned off whatever battery corrosion was left with baking soda (from a cake shop) dissolved in water, and went at the wire clipping, stripping, solder removal, and re-soldering for both live and ground wires to balance it.

So here's the controller all opened up:

Here's a close up of the affected wires, already re-soldered:

So here's the most important part after it's been reassembled:

See the red lights? It works! :D

I can finally have a full band again in Rock Band 2 (at least until I get the keyboard controller for Rock Band 3).