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Make Your Powerpoint Slides Less Boring with the pptPlex Interactive Canvas 2008-08-19 12:52:21 If you have a powerpoint presentation that is lacking some serious steam, then check out pptPlex; a free add-on for Microsoft Office 2007 that won’t make your content any less boring, but might make you look like you know what you’re doing.
This plug-in allows you to arrange slides on a canvas then zoom between the [...] Read more:Canvas
, Slides
Give Me Space, Lots of Space 2008-08-17 12:14:41 The tangle of cables and wires beneath my desk looks like a cluster of poisonous snakes. Doesn’t everyone’s?I have been searching for a clean, elegant, totally neat solution for years, but none of them I looked at seemed good enough for me to pull out my wallet dig out a credit card.
That was until [...] Read more:Space
Don’t Head For the Spa, Get a Spa for your Head 2008-08-17 12:12:48 Italian design and Japanese engineering? There must be a punch line coming after that set-up.
The ads say it’s like thousands of tiny fingers simultaneously massaging your scalp. This sounds like the magic fingers option one used to find on beds in midrange motels. As in that case, it seems to me that human fingers would [...]
Beijing Olympics USB Flash Drives 2008-08-15 16:15:51 To help celebrate the 2008 Summer Olympics
, Beijing
based company Lenovo, the first official Chinese partner of the Olympics, has released a series of limited edition USB flash drives.
The first one, a 4GB thumbdrive going for..ouch $980, is made of the same material as the Olympic torch and features the same red swirly cloud design [...] Read more:Flash
Level 34 Modular Office by Vitra 2008-08-14 16:48:20 Looking to re-decorate your home office? Check out the Level 34 modular office system designed by Werner Aisslinger for Vitra.
What’s with the 34 you ask? It represents the distance (in centimeters) between the floor and each of the modular components, and is significant because of the visual aspect of having several pieces of [...] Read more:Modular
Computer Keyboard Collection 2008-08-12 19:59:55 These days it’s good to know that no matter what your taste or required function, there is a computer keyboard that can accommodate your special needs. There are eye dazzling keyboards for those who prefer form over function, there’s ergonomic keyboards for those of us looking to increase efficiency and boost productivity, there’s even some [...] Read more:Computer
Nokia 9900 Roll-Up Touchscreen Phone 2008-08-11 19:19:33 Now that Apple has successfully launched the era of the touchscreen, it is only a matter of time before your whole life is practically controlled by the tip of your finger.
Cell phones are the most obvious example of where touchscreens will soon become industry standards, so it is no surprise that there are some interesting [...] Read more:Nokia
Be Smart, Clip Smart 2008-08-11 13:26:39 Be Smart
, Clip Smart
The paperless office was supposed to be here by now, but while we continue to wait, here is a something to make keeping your documents together a lot easier; The Smart Clipper from Smart Office Products. It comes in three sizes: Large, Medium, and Small. Good thinking there. One size never fits [...]
Jerry Seinfeld Windows Vista Ad 2008-09-09 12:49:43 I remember being quite excited when I first heard that Jerry
Seinfeld had been enlisted to star in the new ads for WindowsVista
, particularly since he was reportedly receiving 10 million dollars for his performance, out of a budget of 300 million. Surely with that type of money these ads were guaranteed to [...] Read more:Windows Vista
Desk Top Butt Station 2008-09-09 12:43:05 If you enjoy cluttering your desk with useless junk that pretends to serve a purpose, then the Desk Top Butt Station
is right up your alley. As you can surely tell from the pictures, it is made to look like a fellow sitting on a toilet holding a roll of toilet paper. The idea of [...]
The Ultimate Cubicle Prank? 2008-09-08 17:15:41 Depending on your definition of the word prank, this could be one of the greatest cubicle pranks ever pulled. Although to be honest, I wouldn’t mind being the victim of this one.
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Convertible Compact Desk 2008-08-28 16:17:40 If you are interested in having a place in your home to get some work done but are short on space, then check out this Convertible
Compact Desk ($500) from Crate & Barrel.
What appears to be a 30-inch cabinet can easily be converted into a 55-inch full-size desk with a quick slide of its top [...]
Protect Against Eye Fatigue 2008-08-27 15:38:50 Keeping your eyes glued to the computer all day can put a real strain on your eyes, and usually winds up hurting your productivity.
But luckily for workaholics, hardcore gamers, and internet porn enthusiasts, there is now a company called Gunnar Optiks that makes eye-wear specifically designed to reduce the side effects of staring at computer [...] Read more:Fatigue
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Lessons In Management 2008-08-22 12:19:41 Lesson 1
A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower, when the doorbell rings. The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs. When she opens the door, there stands Bob, the next-door neighbour. Before she says a word, Bob says, ‘I’ll give [...] Read more:Lessons
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USB Coffee Warmer 2008-09-24 16:31:04 God knows I love desperately need a cup of coffee when I arrive at work each morning. I also enjoy starting each day by quickly taking care of urgent tasks and projects, which is why my coffee usually goes cold before I manage to finish it. But thanks to the USB CoffeeWarmer
[...]
Halloween in the Office 2008-09-23 16:19:45 Halloween will soon be upon us, and while I thought my suggestions last week regarding Halloween Costumes Fit For the Office were pretty sweet, I think this Blood Puddle Pillow may take the cake.
Instead of wearing some stupid spiderman costume, or any costume for that matter, just buy one of these Blood Puddle Pillows and [...] Read more:Halloween
Burning Calories at Work 2008-09-18 18:54:05 Sure I’ve joked about doing this in the past, but apparently these people are actually doing work while running on a treadmill.
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, Calories
Sticky Origami Note Pads 2008-09-12 19:06:08 Sticky notes are a great way to leave little reminders to yourself. However, they are also a huge waste of paper, particularly if you share my passion for using entire note pads to make little stick figure cartoons. So why not extend the life cycle of your notes by using these Sticky Origami [...]
Office Halloween Costumes 2008-09-11 18:21:38 Halloween can be a particularly fun holiday if you work in an office that allows you to wear a costume, but many of us don’t have the time to go searching for Halloween costumes. Which is why I decided to put together a few simple and easy costume ideas that are fit for the [...] Read more:Costumes
, Halloween
Office Desks: The Puzzle Table 2008-09-11 16:11:17 The PuzzleTable
is a creation from designer Hsien Chang, who took the concept of sliding puzzles, and applied it to your everyday computer desk so that users can see what is stored within the desk by a simple slide of its dividers. Each of the baskets inside each grid are removable allowing the [...]
Office Desks: Part 9 2008-10-15 18:14:13 Ok so for most of my office desk series I have shown you guys a bunch of great desks, all of which I really like, but most of which aren’t really all that practical. So to change things up I wanted to show you this gorgeous black desk which has more of a classic design [...]
Email Notification Box 2008-10-15 17:31:40 Like most other people who have become slaves of the workplace, I spend an inordinate amount of time checking my email. Partly because I take pride in responding to work related emails in a timely fashion, but also because it’s the ultimate distraction from an otherwise dull environment. I mean who knows that [...] Read more:Email
Herman Miller Embody Chair 2008-10-14 16:23:40 After 6 years and millions of dollars of R&D, HermanMiller
s highly-anticipated new office chair, the Embody, is finally hitting the market much to the delight of office ninjas around the country.
The Embody builds upon the massive success of its predecessor, the Aeron ergonomic desk chair, which 14 years ago began allowing workaholics to spend [...] Read more:Chair
7-Election 2008 2008-10-14 12:36:38 Until this morning, the thought of getting my coffee from a 7-Eleven had never even crossed my mind. So what changed? Well, you can now show support for your presidential candidate of choice by buying one of these 7-Election
cups, each of which casts a vote for the cups respective candidate.
“Votes are being [...]
The Worlds Biggest Keyboard 2008-10-13 19:25:48 For the sake of this post, it should be known that I kind of enjoy the task of typing. Yeah I know thats super lame and all, and it’s not like I do it in my freetime or anything, but there’s just something intriguing to me, both from a visual as well as a [...] Read more:Worlds
Office Desks: Part 8 2008-10-10 19:48:52 The Solo Lounge Table from Intelligent Forms may look like an ordinary glass desk, but a closer look reveals a series of solar panels lining the whole tabletop. The solar panels are placed in between tempered glass panels, and provide over 17 kilowatts of solar energy per year(under ideal conditions), which is transmitted via [...]