Office Equipment

You can now say you’ve seen what a $150.00 stapler looks like. $156.00 to be exact - and that’s on sale, thank you very much. This high falutin stapler is normally priced at $195.

The Swarovski Crystal Stapler is a beauty, I have to hand it to her. All decked out in her crystal bling, she’s fine and apparently knows it. The web site says, “This Swarovski Crystal covered stapler will make everyone in the office jealous.” and I can’t argue with that.

The Anji Mountain Rug Co. Bamboo Office Chair Mat (pictured below) is from HomeClick.

From the Web Site:
Anji Mountain Bamboo Rug Co.’s Original Bamboo Office Chair Mat* melds beauty, style and function to create an alternative to the bland, utilitarian vinyl chair mat. There is no product like this in the marketplace!

The Bamboo Office Chair Mat is incredibly durable and will add an elegant touch to any office or home office setting. Furthermore, it is easy to ship and easy to transport. No assembly required!

• 55″ x 57″ with tongue
• 100% Anji Mountain Bamboo
• 5mm thick
• Honey Oak color
• Premium felt backing for cushioning and protection
• Rolls up for easy shipping and portability

Oh, prettiness, prettiness. I absolutely love the way this chair mat looks - and these last so much longer than those plastic thinga-ma-ja-bobs. If you’re a proud owner of a plastic thinga-ma-ja-bob, don’t fire off angry e-mails at me accusing me of hating on your chair mat. Alas, I spend my day hudging, budging, and sailing along on a hard ocean of plastic as well.

For now.

The GPX 7 Portable DVD Player is currently on sale…..to the tune of really big savings…..at Montgomery Ward.

If you have to ask what a portable DVD player has to do with work or an office….I don’t even know you anymore.

Click the link above to see how much you can save.

We’re offering one free Samsung SCX-4500 printer laser MFP to one lucky Office Freaks reader!

First a little about this gorgeous printer. The Samsung SCX-4500 printer laser MFP was designed to be small, sleek, and silent. Doesn’t sound like a lot of printers I’ve known in my life - large, clumbersome, and anything but silent.

The Samsung SCX-4500 printer laser MFP is actually the smallest laser MFP in the world. With it’s elegant black finish, buttonless soft-touch controls and blue LEDs, it wins the best looking category as well. As if that weren’t enough, at just 45 dBA, it’s the quietest laser MFP in existence. But that doesn’t mean it won’t do its job and do it well. It offers fast 17 ppm printing and copying and 4800 x 4800 enhanced resolution color scanning.

Ultra-Compact Laser MFP

• Smallest laser printer/copier/color scanner in the world
• High-style glossy piano black finish
• Buttonless soft-touch sensor panels with blue LED scan status indicators
• Easy jam clearing
• Quietest printer operation in the world (45 dBA)
• Soft, melodic low toner and low paper alert tones
• Semi-auto sliding paper tray
• Print and copy up to 17 ppm, up to 4800 x 4800 enhanced scanning

So, if you’re ready to work in style, lean in closely and see what you have to do to win one of these beauties:

To be eligible to win a Samsung SCX-4500 printer laser MFP, you have to share your wisdom, your wit, or a little of both. Simply submit your Office Story to Joi (that’s me) to be published on Office Freaks (you’re there). We will publish each “qualifying” entry we receieve - whether it’s 1 or 100.

The post should be connected to office life in some way - whether at home or away. You could tell how you solved a problem, decorated an office, or even tell a funny story about a co-worker. You could also, of course, give a review of a product you loved or even hated.

I’m not that great with following rules, myself, so I’m not going to throw many at you. Other than this: We will not print any words that are vulgar, inflammatory, insulting, or hateful. If we don’t publish an entry, it isn’t eligible, so tell your words to play nice.

If you have any questions, at all, please e-mail me (joisigers@aim.com) and I’ll do my level best to answer them.

So, how is the winner determined? We will have 13 people read the posts and vote on their favorite. The person who entered the winning post will be sent one of these fetching printers. If there is a tie, the entries that were chosen will be written on index cards and placed into a large bag. We’ll then have one of our daughters pull out a card…. ta da, we’ll have the winner of the Samsung SCX-4500 printer laser MFP.

Spread the word and e-mail me your entires asap - I look forward to reading all of them!

I’m not sure what I love most about this Flamingo Sticky Note Pad Set
, the fact that I’m addicted to Sticky notes, the fact that they’re pink (pink and purple are my favorite colors), the fact that they’re completely random and unexpected, or the fact that they take my mind back to Florida’s beaches and gorgeous birds.

I guess it’s a combination of all 4!

From the web site:

Great to have on hand for months of notes and reminders, this Flamingo set includes ten 50-sheet pads of self-sticking paper. 3″ x 4″. A Whales & Friends® exclusive!

Whales & Friends also has a Cats Sticky Notes Pad Set of 10, and since the Cat is my favorite animal - it’ll be the set I get first.

There are also horses and penguins for those who are so inclined.

I’m not one of those people who marinates in antibacterial hand gel before, during, and after going out in public, but I don’t go eagerly bouncing into public restrooms like Tigger, either. I guess, like most people, I’m somewhere in the clean-but-not-smelling-like-rubbing-alcohol middle.

I have to admit, I really like the pictured above. Even those of us who try not to stress about too much have to applaud anything so cleverly tidy. There are times when hands on is a good thing, and there are times when it’s a ridiculously hideous thing. These cool liquid soap dispensers are perfect “Touchless Soap Dispenser, White” for the office or home. They’re available in a couple of colors, but I thought white would look so prim and proper with the colors on this blog.

From the Website:
The touchless liquid-soap dispenser is perfect for bathrooms and kitchens in homes, offices, factories, schools, hospitals, restaurants and more. Just pass your hand underneath and an adjustable of amount of soap is dispensed. It’s economical and environmentally friendly because you can buy soap in bulk. Includes waterproof labels, instructions, tape tabs and silicone adhesive. Requires four AA batteries (not included).

Product Features:

• Hands-free operation is convenient and minimizes the risk of germs

• Simple push-button adjustment of dispensed amount

• Long battery life. Four AA batteries (not included) deliver up to 10,000 cycles

• Use with liquid soaps, shampoos, conditioners and other similar liquids

Visit X-treme Geek to take a closer look at the “Touchless Soap Dispensers”. I give them two very clean thumb’s ups….or thumb up’s…or thumbs up. Thumbs up - yeah, I’m going with that one.

Geeks.com
is in the middle of an End of the Month Sale that’s pretty amazing. Big Deals…Huge Savings….all to the tune of up to 85 percent off in a lot of cases.

The Compaq Presario SR2170NX tower system
(to the left), for example, is regularly $349.99, but it’s marked down to $299.99. Even with my math skills, I know that’s $50 saved, and I didn’t even have to use my fingers.

From the Website:
This Compaq Presario SR2170NX tower system is powered by an Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz processor and 1 GB of RAM. Its 160 GB hard drive provides ample storage space for music, photos, critical data and other files. Plus, Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic comes pre-installed.

Access CD and DVD media and burn CDs and DVDs with the DVD±RW Lightscribe drive. There’s plenty of room for expansion with three PCI slots, one PCI Express x16 slot and two DIMM sockets. A keyboard and mouse are included so just add a monitor to start computing!

This is just one of the big sales going on, so be sure to visit Geeks.com
before all the penny-pinching geeks in the world buy everything.

They’re just so that way.

The Creative Labs Zen V 1GB MP3 Player (White/Orange) Retail ***Free Shipping*** is as hot as it looks. This is the sort of MP3 Player people sit up and notice. It does the whole “stand out from the crowd” thing like no other MP3 Player I’ve had the pleasure of looking at - well, ever.

I did, in fact, list this under the “Office Productivity” category. Everyone has certain things that make them more productive…things that kind of keep them motoring along. Caffeine and music fuel me - even when I have the cold from hell like I’ve had the past week. Chug a little coffee…listen to Kanye West…chug more coffee…Sing along with Fergie…..Make a Starbucks run with Gets me through the day.

I think a lot of my infatuation with this particular MP3 Player has to do with the ridiculously hot colors. Sexxxxy.

From the Website (ZipZoomFly.com - also sexy):

How will you deal with all the attention?
The ZEN V player was designed for people like you—those who walk a step or two ahead of the pack. So don’t be surprised when people take notice of your cool, colorful music and photo player.

Tell them you carry up to 2,0001 songs with you. Show them just a handful of the photos you’ve stored on the pocket sized powerhouse. And tell them there’s even more but they’ll have to get their own.

ZEN V is available in 1GB2, 2GB2 and 4GB2 capacities. Get yours today!

Dangerous curves ahead!
ZEN V is so tiny that it will fit into almost any pocket–jackets, purses and more. But don’t let the size fool you. ZEN V is packed with all the great features you desire.

Find your own way
Fill your tiny ZEN V with up to 2,000 songs1. Pull out your CD collection and rip your albums. Log on to the Internet and browse different music services for the songs you want. Download your favorite songs without paying for the whole album.

Plus, for a low monthly fee, you can join a subscription service and fill and refill your ZEN V with new tunes everyday.

Enjoy the show
Show off your favorite photos of friends, vacations or cool skateboarding stunts. All of your pictures will look amazing on the stunning 1.5 inch color screen. Rich, vibrant photos, album art, and menus burst to life.

Navigate all of your content with remarkable ease using the patented ZEN™ user interface. Your music and photos are all available at your finger tips.

Avoid the Burnout
No need to burn CDs to your PC then download to your ZEN. Connect to the line-in jack on your ZEN, and record your CDs, records, beats and more. The automatic track detection will even separate each song for you.

Sporty yet sexy
ZEN V is ideal for your next jog on the trail or trip to the gym. The optional armband and case fit comfortably on your arm and keep your ZEN V safe and secure while running or lifting.

Stay connected
Record notes, thoughts, and meetings using the built-in voice recorder. Sync your player’s personal organizer with Microsoft Outlook to transfer your calendar, contacts and task list so you won’t miss your important appointments and anniversaries.

Click through to learn more about the features and benefits. You’re going to want the Creative Labs Zen V 1GB MP3 Player in the worst possible way.

You know what you do when that happens right? - You buy it in the fastest possible way. Yeah, that’s pretty much my creed. That, and Coffee Cures Everything.

I can’t explain it entirely, but I’ve got a real thing for pens. Pencils do diddly squat for me, but pens…wow! Pens with black ink, pens with red ink, pens with blue ink, pens with green ink - I don’t play favorites. Red, yellow, black, and white, they are all precious when I write.

I get pretty creative with my pen containers, too. On my desk is a hollowed out coconut with a face. He holds about 20 pens. In the kitchen, near the phone is a clear Starbucks cup filled with coffee beans - a variety of lucky-albeit-it-highly-caffeinated pens call this home. In the den’s a mug from Wichita Kansas with around 30 pens. There are others throughout the house….you know, it’s just beginning to occur to me how deep my pen fetish runs.

I’ve found just the holder for my husband’s desk. I’m looking over there now and it’s a complete and total shame - his pens are just lying around with the riff raff (a.k.a. pencils). Sadly, they’re homeless. But that’s just about to come to an end. I’m moving his pens into my coconut penthouse, and I’ll even take in the riff raff. I’ll replace them all with the Golf Cart Pen Set from The Paragon.

From the Website:
Cleverly disguised as a miniature golf bag, this unique office accessory is a desk-bound golfer’s delight. The clubs are ballpoint pens, one each of black, blue, and red ink. And the classy plastic bag and metal cart have wonderful details like zippered pockets and movable wheels. Pens use standard refills. 8 1/2″ overall. A fun gift!

This would be a perfect gift for any golf lover. The website also has a cute Golfer’s Desktop Zen Garden. Click the link and give them both a look. While you’re there, take a look around - The Paragon has some totally amazing and original lovelies. There’s a cast iron bunny plant stand (yes, a cast iron bunny plant stand) that I’m not sure I can live much longer without.