Archive for August, 2008
Slashdot Discusses Dealing With Too Many Power Cords
Thursday, August 28th, 2008Yesterday on slashdot there was a discussion on the perennial problem of managing the many power cords to charge all your electrical devices. In usual slashdot fashion, there are some good tips from a geeky crowd who’s been dealing with this problem for a long time.
One interesting product that came up in the discussion […]
Throw out Your PDA and get a PAA: a Personal Analogue Assistant
Monday, August 25th, 2008
Back in college I was the guy with a palm pilot holstered on my waist — a nerd among nerds. Though I dearly loved my PDA I eventually left it for my PAA: Personal Analogue Assistant.
My PAA is this silver clipboard from which I run my life:
Each sheet of paper on the PAA […]
The Things You Need for Living in Small Spaces
Thursday, August 21st, 2008Tiny Living is a store that specializes in products for people living in tiny spaces. Flipping through the site, they have same great, if expensive, products (like this mail/key holder). Tiny living is, no surprise, based in the City of New York — the United States capital of cramped living.
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Why Nested Folders are the Work of the Devil
Monday, August 18th, 2008Before you organize your files, repeat to yourself: I am not a librarian.
Why do you need to be reminded that you aren’t a librarian? Because, deep down, when you filing documents, you’ll try to be one. You build nested folders to categorize every piece of paper and email that comes your way. […]