Archive for September, 2010
Top 3 Tips to Avoid Being Overwhelmed When Cooking a New Dish For the First Time
It can a little tricky when you decide to make a new dish for the first time. Need to know how to stay focused and not become overwhelmed? Today’s guest blogger, Liz Trementozzi, knows a thing or two or three about how you can avoid the kitchen blues. Check out her tips below. Cooking can [...]
Simple Tech: Control the Paper Monster With Shoeboxed.com
Where do you keep you receipts? In a Ziploc bag? Under your mattress? Wallet? Shoe box? Everywhere? Ok, next question. Do you know how much money you spend on Starbucks or at the gas station every month? How about those really expensive auction pieces? Do you keep track of your receipts? That last question has [...]
Quick Tip: Use Your Bookcase as a Shoe Rack
Short on space? If you can stand to have them mingle, keep your shoes and your books together in one bookcase. Here’s how I do it:
Living Large in a Tiny Japanese House
To some of us in the United States, big is usually better. When we move from our first home to the next one, it’s often bigger. Take a look at the home of just about any celebrity…it’s likely to be several thousand square feet with equally lavish exteriors. Oprah’s home in Hawaii (Source: Msnbc.com) [...]
Fun Fact Friday: Are You Scully or Mulder? [X-Files Edition]
Episode Details: The X-Files · Episode #7 · “Ghost in the Machine” · 1993 Mulder: “I’m just looking for my profile notes.” Scully: “Maybe if you clean your desk more than once a year…” Mulder: “They were right here, I’m telling you.” Scully: “C’mon, we’re late.” So, which one are you?
Work-Life Balance & The Busy Dad
The Social Media Swami is back! This time, Shashi B. shares tips to help busy dads achieve balance. I am writing this after everyone has gone off to sleep. I may not be practising what is right but definitely I am aware of what should be and what is. What I mean by this is [...]
Tech Disaster: What to do When Your Laptop Gives You The Finger
Today’s post comes courtesy of my temperamental laptop. It decided that today wasn’t a good day to cooperate and let me complete today’s article. It was slower than a molasses-eating turtle. Not sure if turtles eat molasses, but that might have been more entertaining to watch. What happened next was even more fun. My laptop [...]
Quick Tip: Control E-Mail Clutter With Unsubscribe.com
Don’t you sometimes scratch your head when you see a newsletter pop up in your inbox – and it’s from the guy met at last week’s networking meeting? That means you didn’t sign up for it. That also means that it’s not only annoying, but it’s also clogging up your inbox. Now add those unwanted [...]
Monday Morning Article Round Up ~ Huffington Post Clutter Edition
I read the Huffington Post pretty often and usually find lots of good information related to my industry. Today, I gathered a group of HuffPost articles on clutter that I think you might interesting, and, hopefully, helpful. Check them out and let me know what you think. • Clutter Addiction. Is an addiction to clutter [...]
Fact Friday Quote: Students, Studying, & Psychological Witchcraft
“Every September, millions of parents try a kinds of psychological witchcraft, to transform their summer-glazed campers into fall students, their video-bugs into bookworms. Advice is cheap and all too familiar: Clear a quiet work space. Stick to a homework schedule. Set goals. Set boundaries. Do not bribe (except in emergencies).” ~Benedict Carey Read More: Study [...]
