Here’s a cute little device I discovered about a year ago, and have been using happily ever since. It’s an ingenious little stapler that bonds pieces of paper together using a simple weave instead of a metal staple. It only works with about 5 or 6 sheets at a time, but in my experience that covers about %80 of my stapling needs.
It’s available though Amazon, and in select stores.
This is a cute little concept for cheap, biodegradable stir sticks for coffee shops - hard pasta. Washable spoons would be even better, but these would do the trick -especially for places who compost.
Via Chris.
Living in a former Olympic City with an unused main stadium we only managed to pay off two years ago (the Montreal Olympics were in ‘76) I’m not at all surprised to see this video showing the unused state of the venues from the Athens Olympics. There’s something about the Olympics that seems to make architects think they can just drop their stadiums and athletic facilities in the middle of a field of concrete with no regard for how they’ll be used for the decades after the games. There’s little wonder that they’re often abandoned and somewhat depressing as soon as all the crowds leave.
The planning committees should have retrofits in mind when they build the facilities to keep them functional when they’re done with - including covering up some of that ugly and barren concrete with something practical.
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A classic clip from Candid Camera which shows just how easy it is to get people to bend to group behavior.
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HP Packages New Laptops in Messenger Bags
A simple solution to reducing packaging, so long as those messenger bags are at least somewhat decent in quality.
I love posting about ideas on the blog, but sometimes they’re too small to really say anything much about them. Even the littlest ideas can be interesting though, and so I’m tentatively going to launch a somewhat-regular series on good ideas. Most will be rather ordinary, everyday things - the sort of things we often take for granted but are, in the end, important because we use them so much. They might not be perfect, but they’re hopefully interesting or useful for some situations.
Where I’m from, a large portion of bottles and cans can be returned for a deposit. It’s common to see people rummaging through the trash to retrieve them for the small amount of money they garner.
For a negligible cost, we can make sure that a larger percentage of our waste gets properly disposed of, while providing a small income for our most vulnerable citizens.
These cans are nearly ubiquitous in San Francisco, where I saw them. They also come in a variety of designs.
