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Falling Sand

There is no better way to reduce the productivity of your entire office than to play the Falling Sand Game.

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World Toilet Association flushing out serious issues

There are professional trade groups for almost any type of organization. Retailers have the National Retail Federation. Nurses have the American Nurses Association, and so on.
But, now an international group of forward-thinking individuals has created an organization that in some way matters to us all – The World Toilet Association.
While it may sound humorous, the […]

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This trick is my treat

Does your mark [co-worker, boss] have an optical mouse? Here’s an easy trick: take a piece of tape and put it over the red laser on the underside. This prevents the mouse from reading any surface. It will seem like it is disconnected but the light will still be on.
Have a great holiday!

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Premier party for Springs’ Trading Spaces episode

A premier party for a Trading Spaces television episode filmed in Colorado Springs this summer is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at Will’s Sports Pub & Grill, 424 S. Nevada Ave.
The episode will be televised at the party from 8 to 9 p.m.
The episode features local residents and roller derby skaters Karma Getcha of the […]

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Really? Not sold on the green?

Check out this [non-exhaustive] Roundup of Environmental Blogs. There some in there about easy/lazy susatainability and even some skeptical blogs [which should keep my editor happy]. And hopefully it will also keep Dave Gardner happy.

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Spam Spam Spam Spam Spammity Spammmmm

Now, I’m sure that you are all happy at your jobs and don’t have your resume posted on the nation’s leading online job/recruitment site, monster.com. Which is good, because they were hacked over a week ago and people have been receiving phishing emails that use personal data to convince you to click on them.
If […]

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Office pranks can be a stress reliever

Our office has a few pranksters in it, and the pranks come in phases. Few people are immune, and some people, especially the publisher, are a constant target. Who needs to be pranked in your office?We’ve got the usual missing mice, leaping surprises, and joy buzzers (proximity to Zeezo’s helps). Don’t take a vacation, or […]

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The office can be hazardous to your health

Don’t try this at home: sit in a stationary position for eight to 10 hours. Keep your fingers moving in patterns pushing buttons. Squint. This can be risky behaviour for many parts of your body, especially your eyes, back, and wrists. Yet most of us do it five days a week or more.
At the very […]

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It’s a doggy dog world

While lounging about in Tony’s last night, I was alerted to a new phrase in [american] english: It’s a doggy dog[g] world.This came to me from school teachers who have not only heard students using the phrase, but also adults. At first we were all surprised and dismayed, noting the derivation from It’s a dog-eat-dog […]

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