Archive for October, 2008
Easy Way to Keep Track of How Much Time Has Passed Since You Did Something
Friday, October 31st, 2008The ‘days ago’ counters are a handy way to keep track of how long ago something happened. Simple to use, there is just a button on the front that keeps track of how many days it has been since you pressed it. While the days ago counters are intended to keep track of [...]
Don’t Sleep in! Use Daylight Saving Time to Help Start an Early Wake up Routine
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008If you are unfortunate enough to live a certain distance from the equator, for reasons of dubiousness value the government will mess with your sleep cycles twice a year by adjusting the clocks and hour forward or backward.
Next week is the Autumn ‘fall back’ half of the year. This Sunday we will wake up [...]
Programs to Help You Work in the Dark on Your Mac
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008Sometimes you need (or want to) work in the dark on your Mac. In the old days of green-on-black computers this wouldn’t be a problem. However, now that every computer emulates the black-on-white text of paper, working in the dark can be painful. However, here are two applications that make working with [...]
Death to Arch-lever Files
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008Arch-lever files are an abortional blight upon the world of office supplies. For those of you who have never organized files in England, you know not the horror of these devices.
For some ungodly reason, this malevolent device usurped the divine manilla folder in Great Britain. Why the English love their arch-lever files, I [...]
Why Chewing on Your Pen is Making You Sick (and an easy way to stop)
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008Every year the biology department of our lab conducts an experiment to see where the most bacteria live. The students take samples with cotton swabs from different places in the school. The results are always a surprise to them: the toilet seat is nearly bacteria-free and their hands are bacteria farms. However, [...]