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Laptop Riser Stand With an Extra Trick Up Its Sleeve - Office Supply with a Mega Mind

Joi — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:49:05 +0000

Too cool. Too clever. The Fellowes 8036701 Office Suites Laptop Riser Plus takes an already wonderful office gadget – a laptop riser – and takes it up a notch in slickness.

Adjustable height raises your laptop screen to eye-level with 360 rotation for easy viewing. No more neck strain and shoulder pain from looking down all day. Here’s something extra – An In-line copyholder positions documents for easy and comfortable viewing. I could use this sort of thing a couple hundred times a day.

Cooling vents help prevent discomfort from laptop heat. Supports up to 10 lbs.

See Fellowes 8036701 Office Suites Laptop Riser Plus for more details. If you love office supplies that make you look smarter and work smarter, this is one you’ll want right away.

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Cool Office Gadget: The Plantronics Wireless Office Headset

Joi — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:36:31 +0000

The Plantronics CS50 Wireless Office Headset – Over-the-head, Over-the-ear is the bomb diggity. It brings mobility and hands-free conversations to your phone – a huge plus when you’d rather be using your hands for typing, writing, eating, scratching, or whatever else you do with them, rather than clumsily holding a telephone.

The CS50 gives you eight hours of talk time and the wireless convenience to roam up to 300 feet with secure conversations. That’s a very good thing for people like my husband – he’s a talk-and-walk kind of guy. Due to his business, he spends a lot of time on the phone. Some days I’m pretty sure if he wore a pedometer, he’d blow the thing up. It couldn’t keep up.

I guess this is one of the reasons he hates to be constricted when he’s talking on the phone. Gotta move, gotta move, gotta move…

Features:

Operating Frequency 900 MHz digital
Headset Battery: Li Ion Polymer
8 hours of wireless, hands-free talk time
Digital 900MHz for secure conversations
Fully recharge the headset in less than three hours. 80% recharged in 1.5 hours
Have clear, private and completely secure conversations
Be heard clearly with a noise-canceling microphone
Optional behind-the-head style is also available
Security/Privacy: Digitally encrypted
Compatibility: Most office or PBX-based telephones

For more information, check out the Plantronics CS50 Wireless Office Headset – Over-the-head, Over-the-ear on Abe’s of Main’es website.

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Freaks, Look Alive! Ultra Cool Gadget on Sale Today Only

Joi — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:33:17 +0000

Here’s news that’ll make your budget smile: The wonderful Endo Magnet Clip on SALE. But you can’t let any grass grow under your feet, you have to be John Wall fast. You can get a pack of 3 for only $8.99 but the sale ends today…. at 4:00pm EST.

Go to www.TheEndo.com and place your order pronto.

Now shipping PINK, BLACK, WHITE, YELLOW, GREEN & RED ENDO

Endo Magnet Receives MATERIALICA Design + Technology Award and iF Material Award

Named one of the Year’s Most Ingenious Products by I.D. Magazine

Shipping fees have also been updated and reduced.

Click HERE to read my review of these ultra cool magnet clips. I love mine!

***If you’ve happened upon this post after the sale… where were you!?!?! Don’t fret, these magnet clips are very reasonably priced even when they aren’t on sale. Visit www.TheEndo.com and see for yourself.

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Coolest Office Gadget of the Forever Goes To…

Joi — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:27:12 +0000

Okay. Hold onto something. Philips is working on an unbelievably cool gadget they’re calling the “Rationalizer”, a device that’s basically a “mirror for your emotions”. It’s a mood ring gone high tech – very high tech.

Here’s the rundown: The employee wears an Emobracelet on their wrist which measures the “arousal component of the user’s emotion through a galvanic skin response sensor”.

I told you to hang onto something.

This EmoBracelet is synced (wirelessly) with the EmoBowl, the beautiful bowl you see in the picture above, with lighted patterns to show a user’s emotional readout. The range is a soft yellow, orange, or deep red.

When the bracelet wearer sees that the bowl is flashing red, it serves as an alert. Someone needs to chill the heck out! Or, to be more precise, the individual should take a break – maybe walk around for 10 minutes, play solitaire, or simply take a couple of deep breaths. The idea is for them to catch themselves before they make a decision that might be the result of emotions rather than the result of common sense. Check themselves before they wreck themselves.

Oh the ramifications! This is, honestly, a brilliant concept. The Mirror of Emotions is for Investors, but just imagine if everyone in your office were plugged up to one?

Let the games begin!

Killer Deals for Office Freaks Who Double as Accessory Geeks

Joi — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:26:25 +0000

If you’re as interested in a great deal as I am, you’ll want to Check out the newest coupons this week at Accessory Geeks. The only thing better than saving money online would be Starbucks offering free Iced Coffee Lattes. Are you listening, Starbucks? Did you catch that wildy fantastic idea I just had?!?!

The following deals at Accessory Geeks.com expire on June 26, so make haste.

Class 4 Kingston 4GB Micro SD Card & Adaptor – $10.99 when you add 2 or more

10 Feet HDMI Cable 1080p Gold Plated – $9.99 each (must by 2 for discount to work)

Original Motorola 2.5mm Headset – $4.99 Shipped with coupon

Original Belkin Apple iPod Nano 3 Leather Sleeve in Black – $4.99 Shipped with coupon

Also, don’t forget about the AccessoryGeeks.com Closeout Bin for all kinds of protective cases and accessories for cell phones and mp3 players. Not only are the prices cut, shipping is free. I dunno, maybe I’m a tightwad, but I think shipping should always be free – the whole idea of having to pay to buy something leaves me cold. Kudos to Accessory Geeks for helping a tightwad out.

Check out the AccessoryGeeks Closeout Bin to get great deals with FREE SHIPPING all of the time!

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Bucky Balls, For the Office Freak Who Just Wants to Have Fun

Joi — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:56:53 +0000

I’ve been meaning to post about this for two forevers, but between an internet connection that has forgotten how to function and a to do list that has forgotten that I’m human, I’ve been spending a great deal of time drinking coffee and mumbling under my breath.

It gets me through the day.

Ironically, I could have used some Bucky Balls these past few weeks – something to keep my hands busy while my mumbling mouth is hooked up to my coffee pot. If shiny things make you smile, too, you’re going to love this.

Bucky Balls are magnetic toy balls that you can manipulate and busy yourself with. You could, I dunno, build cryptic little messages of doom and e-mail the pictures to your internet provider…. assuming you could stay connected long enough to do so!

I haven’t actually tested these balls out, but they look to be a ton of fun. Head over to their website and see what you think: Bucky Balls!

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5 Universally Useless USB Gadgets

Joi — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:47:40 +0000

The following guest article was written by Holly McCarthy. I’m not sure I want to know what it says about me, but I think I love the parrot. My cat Alexa would make it especially entertaining – right up until my husband threw Polly out the back door.

There’s no denying the fact that the computer has made life more convenient and entertaining. But you have also agree that with the advent and omnipresence of this device, there’s been a proliferation of gadgets meant to be used in conjunction with the computer, most of which are more of a nuisance than of use. Many of them are linked to the ubiquitous USB port, the bridge that helps connect other devices and appliances to the computer. Some gadgets are useful, while others are just weird or eccentric and serve only as a means of amusement at a boring office where there’s plenty of time to kill. So here goes, my list of five universally useless USB gadgets:

• The Mouse Jiggler: If you’ve got the lazy gene in your DNA buildup and if you have $30 to waste on frivolous expenses, then this is the gadget for you. It moves your mouse around after a certain period of time so that your computer does not go into the sleep mode as you catch a quick 40 winks at your desk. It prevents the screensaver from being displayed so that people around you are fooled into thinking that you’re actually working.
• The Disco Ball: If you like blinking lights and think they’re really cool and not the nuisance they actually are, this gadget is your cup of tea. At $16, it’s virtually useless, except as a possible conversation piece that serves to highlight the fact that you like tacky objects.
• The Humping Dog: Now this is for those who like their daily dose of undiluted adult humor and certainly not for those who have a sensitive nature. If talk of sex turns you off or makes you go red with embarrassment, you’d be wise to steer clear of the desks with these accessories – the USB humping dog mimics a dog that’s having sex when it’s in the process of transferring data between your computer and the flash drive. Oh yes, did I forget to mention that the only saving grace of this gadget is that it has some internal flash memory as well?
• The Ferris Wheel: If you’ve got kids, this is one gadget that will entertain them as you work. If not, it’s just another distraction with its lights and the incessant music that it plays. One thing’s a certainty though with this $30 gadget – you’re never going to be taken seriously with this multi-colored contraption strapped to your USB port.
• The Parrot: The last on my list, but certainly the most entertaining of the lot. Polly makes life a nuisance and more than a little embarrassing for the owner of the computer by recording random bits of talk around the desk and repeating them at random intervals. If you’re a born prankster, this makes the perfect gift for those you want to embarrass, especially if they don’t know what it does. At $54, it’s a bit on the costlier side, so you’d be a fool if you buy it and then have the conversations with your secret girlfriend or the abuses against your boss on record.

By-line:
This post was contributed by Holly McCarthy, who writes on the subject of job search websites. She invites your feedback at hollymccarthy12 at gmail dot com.

Thanks, Holly. But, seriously, I want the Parrot.

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The Most Handsome Office Furniture You’ll Ever Lay Your Eyes On is at Staples

Joi — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:25:48 +0000

When it comes to office furniture, I think we can all agree that we’re looking for three main things: (1) We want to get what we pay for. (2) We want the furniture to be practical – to make our work lives easier and more productive. (3) We want it to look good.

Mahogany woodgrain laminate make the HON® 94000 Series Office Furniture
at Staples as practical as it is beautiful – and, yes, we most definitely get what we pay for.

Take the beautiful 66″ Left-Pedestal Desk, above. The L shape would help open up your office and make it feel oh so handsome in the process.

The HON® 94000 Series desks offer a classic, traditional style with distinctive plinth bases, decorative moldings and antique brass-plated hardware.

Equally beautiful is the Mahogany Stack-On Storage Unit (below) – also from the HON® 94000 Series Laminate Office FurnitureCollection.

Click any of the links or images in this post to see the entire collection at Staples.com. This furniture would make the most impressive and functional office imaginable. That, and you’d be the envy of everyone you know.

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Joi — Sat, 17 May 2008 21:48:45 +0000

If you’re as into ”getting personal” as I am, you’re going to love these products from Personilization Mall.com. Personilization …or getting personal… is their thang.

The “Shopping List” Ruled Notepads, on the left, are pretty cute – they’d be a good way to make sure you get credit for the “dos” on your to do list. Then again, if they’re undone, you get the credit for that, too.

The Initial Impressions Silver Post-It Holder is another one of the products they have geared toward offices and the freaks that inhabit them. It holds the post it notes you see in every store as well as the personalized ones on the site, itself. They’re pretty snazzy, I must say.

From the Website:
Our Initial Impressions Silver Post-It Holder is a premium choice for both personal and professional use.

Our stylish holder not only helps you maintain an organized desk, but it also makes an impressive, personal statement.

The Post-it Holder measures 4″ square and weighs approximately 12 ozs.

We custom engrave your 2 or 3 initial monogram at the top for a lasting impression.

A single post-it note pad is included with the engraved holder, as shown.
Will hold any 3″ x 3″ note pad.

A truly great selection for graduates, colleagues, clients or of course yourself!

Add our personalized post-it notes or engraved silver pen for an impressive gift combination. Sold separately below.

I have a complete obsession with pens, so I was an easy target for the Pinnacle Executive Roller-ball Pen (<—). Not only is it a proverbial shiny object that we all love, whether we admit it or not, it’s classy. And we office dwellers are nothing if not classy, right?

Click through using any link or image in the post to see everything else they’d be willing to let you buy. Seriously, they have some really sweet things – from mousepads, desk sets, executive gifts, and coffee mugs to pillows, clothes, luggage, frames, and letter openers.

Next time you need a gift for a co-worker, this is the place to go.

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