My tech buddy laughed at me for keeping a bookmark from 2004 about drying sneakers in a microwave

I was showing my friend some old bookmarks last week and he cracked up when he saw one titled "How to dry your shoes in 3 minutes with a microwave." The page was from some random geocities site that explained putting dry rice and sneakers in a bag and nuking them. I actually tried it back in college after getting caught in a rainstorm in Chicago and it worked decently. I told him it's not about the method being perfect, it's about keeping a piece of internet history that solved a real problem. Has anyone else kept a bookmark that people think is dumb but saved you in a pinch?

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ivan87316d ago

Nuking your shoes is a fire hazard waiting to happen. Just buy new ones.

jason56215d ago

Ask @ivan873 if he's ever been a broke college kid with wet shoes and a 9am class. Honestly, that microwave trick was ugly but it worked when I was desperate and broke. The real question is did you keep the bookmark as a souvenir or as a backup plan for the next rainy day?