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Link Love: Lifehacking

AnaFebruary 27, 2013Leave a comment

There are two excellent websites for lifehacks: Lifehack and Lifehacker. In amongst general information on how to get fit, eat better and be more productive are recommendations for work-related topics, zero-ing out your email inbox and app recommendations.

This week I decided to cherry pick a few of my favorite recent articles from these sites and share them here.

Workspaces:

A bird’s eye view workspace (pictured above from Lifehacker)
The compromising workspace (via Lifehacker)
Tessa Miller of Lifehacker’s tips and tricks (and pics of her home office and Gawker HQ) (via Lifehacker)
10 steps to a cleaner office in 10 minutes (via Lifehack)

Mobile apps:

NoCrop (via Lifehacker and Lifehack)
Sunrise calendar app (via Lifehacker)
Supercharged apps to replace native iPhone apps (via Lifehack)
3 Great Ways to Use Evernote on The Go (via Lifehack)
Mailbox Review for iPhone (via Lifehack)

Productivity:

Mailstrom to Zero Inbox (via Lifehacker)
10 Underhyped Mac Apps (via Lifehacker)

Misc:

Find all the free Kindle books on Amazon Prime (via Lifehacker)
Creating VoIP home phone with Google Voice (via Lifehacker)

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The L.E.A.D. 2.5 Word Processor

AnaFebruary 26, 20133 Comments

Found on one of my many adventures thrifting/antiquing in Kansas City, this is the L.E.A.D.* 2.5 Word Processor plaque featuring the ever handy pencil. Under the current circumstances, sans power in many places in the KC area, they may be on to something.

The plaque is dated 1984 from Hector Sanchez, San Diego, CA. For a larger version of the image to read all the text, go here.

(*Light, Economical and Dependable)

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Blizzard of Oz, phase two.

AnaFebruary 26, 2013Leave a comment

Snowmaggedon, dump #2 — View from my studio window. Not going to work today, clearly.

The American Midwest clearly annoyed the weather gods this year. After a blistering hot summer with no rain at all we are now being inflicted with two gigantic snowstorms back-to-back. The snow has started accumulating on the power lines and power outages are happening all around us. So… I wanted to get a post up this morning letting everyone know that I may or may not have more posts later today — power-permitting.

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3D Pen. No, seriously.

AnaFebruary 25, 2013Leave a comment

Have you heard about the pen that can create 3D drawings called the 3Doodler? For more videos and details, check out the article at the Smithsonian website or you can get more info from the company on Kickstarter.

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Bottlecap pencil sharpener

AnaFebruary 25, 2013July 6, 2018Leave a comment

Turn any plastic bottle into a pencil shavings catcher. This would be a perfect office solution. Take that empty Mr. Pibb bottle from this morning and use it to catch about a year’s worth of pencil shavings. The price is a bit steep at $20 for one but its such a clever solution. It looks like the blade removes with a screwdriver so you may be able to replace or upgrade the blade.

(via Gizmodo)

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DIY: Personalized Coffee Mug Revisited

AnaFebruary 24, 2013Leave a comment

I posted recently about the DIY custom coffee mug from A Beautiful Mess and I got a lot of feedback from readers that using a Sharpie on a mug would not work well. So I went on a hunt for a better solution to customizing your coffee mug. I knew there had to be another option and there is: its the Pebeo Porcelaine 150 pen.

The pen is available in nine different colors and in either a broad or fine tip for about $5 per pen. Draw on your mug and then let the ink dry. Then pop the item in a 300℉ oven for 30 minutes and voila! The artwork or writing is now permanent and dishwasher safe though they recommend keeping the artwork to the outside of your mug and not where your food or mouth might come into contact with it.

(via Dick Blick)

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Nib Knowledge

AnaFebruary 23, 2013Leave a comment

Richard’s Pens created a fabulous document explaining and diagramming the differences between a regular fountain pen nib versus a stub or italic nib. If you’ve been listening to the Pen Addict podcast or frequents FPGeeks, this little document will make you feel wiser and better informed about the uses and differences of these nibs.

(via Richard’s Pens)