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Sunday, April 13th, 2008

Staples takes old UPS batteries?

According to a friend of mine, Staples will take used batteries from rechargeable devices such as cell phones for recycling, as well as other categories of “e-waste.” I was able to confirm with a phone call that they also will take old UPSes. I’m not totally convinced that the person on the phone [...]

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Monday, February 4th, 2008

Myth Busters & cell phones at gas stations??


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Thursday, January 10th, 2008

Kalahari water park


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Friday, December 21st, 2007

The Christmas Box

Her present

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Thursday, November 15th, 2007

Outlook Life Hacks Gone Bad

Well, I tried to make Microsoft Outlook work for me, but it’s giving me fits. On two separate occasions, I’ve received email from frustrated coworkers complaining that they are receiving unwanted or reminders.

Please let me know when I have important email…

The first thing I tried to do was set up a rule to automatically [...]

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Monday, November 12th, 2007

Give Post-its a home

A Post-it fits just right on a 3″x5″ card. I stick some in spiral-bound card book.

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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

My latest GTD capture device

This 3×5 index card folio from Mead is something I picked up from Wal-Mart’s stationery department for under $3. The original cards that came with the folio were part of Mead’s “Collections by Cambridge” product. Online it goes for $3.45, but I found it for about $2. I didn’t like the flowery [...]

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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

Use a Bank Bag for Loose Items In Your Work Bag

Does this count as a “man purse?”

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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Donatos caters a ‘party’ of one!

Yes, I’d like to cater myself a party!

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Monday, October 1st, 2007

Fa<t>s pitch softball??!!

Do only fat people play?

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