In almost all cases, water damage results in nothing more than a good-looking paperweight.

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And the piece of gadolinium I acquired upon the way is still used as a paperweight.

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It did, one month after my extended warranty expired, and essentially became the most expensive paperweight I ever owned.

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Unfortunately, OLPC's problems, which can be distilled into four main areas, risk turning a wonderful idea into a plastic paperweight.

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The size of a duck's egg, with 184 carats, the seventh largest diamond in the world was used as a paperweight.

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The result a grid of cubbyholes filled with art books and collectibles, like a polka dot paperweight by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama.

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The clover print grew out of a trip to Austria, where she came across a tiny heart-shaped paperweight with a four-leaf clover inside.

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Install one telephone and it makes a good paperweight.

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We'll let you witness the slight twist of an ending first-hand, although we'll add that Google is careful to use a lot of Nexus 7 features that don't demand always-on WiFi: the search giant wants us to know that we can head to the boonies without the tablet becoming a paperweight.

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