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I'm Mike Pope. I live in the Seattle area. I've been a technical writer and editor for over 30 years. I'm interested in software, language, music, movies, books, motorcycles, travel, and ... well, lots of stuff.

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Instructions we probably didn't need

Sunday, 23 November 2008   01:08 PM

Excerpts from a few instruction manuals I've seen recently.

For a toaster:

For some headphones:

[categories]   [tags] instructions, how-to, procedures, documentation

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