Silver Clipboard: Time Management Tips and Personal Productivity Tools

Several years ago, I switched from using disposable batteries to rechargeables — this paid for itself quickly and has been saving me more than $300 a year ever since. (For more on battery economics, see my money blog, Coin by Coin).
Most of the year, my demand for rechargeable batteries is pretty low. My [...]

Locked-down computers, like those at work or in Internet cafes, are a necessary computer-security evil. While their high security helps prevent them from becoming part of a spam-spewing zombie horde, you can’t do much on them. It’s frustrating to need a program but when you try to install it, you get the ‘Administrator [...]

Working at home is a near-impossible task. The desire to clean my room — that evergreen procrastination standby — is omnipresent. My room also contains distracting things: my books, my movies, the Internet. In addition, my wife also shares the tiny room. If I’m not distracting myself, The Wife will be [...]