A Guide to Life Inside the Cubicle

Give Me Space, Lots of Space

The tangle of cables and wires beneath my desk looks like a cluster of poisonous snakes. Doesn’t everyone’s? I have been searching for a clean, elegant, totally neat solution for years, but none of the ones I looked at seemed good enough for me to pull out my wallet and dig out a credit card.

That was until I stumbled upon Bluelounge’s SpaceStation, an organizer that can satisfy even me. (I’m a hard sell—an early adopter with lofty expectations.)

Space Station is perfect even for perfectionists. Especially those who use laptops as desktops when they’re home.

It takes up little space. In fact, it’s downright inconspicuous—and easy to clean around. It lays nearly as flat as your desk while still leaving enough space beneath to keep everything cool—in every sense. It has a cool design. (Funny, it doesn’t look like an organizer.)

It has room for USBs (ditch that hub!), iPods, scanners, printers, laptop connectors, cameras, and even paper. For just $79.95 each, it’s just what I’ve been waiting for. I’m glad I was patient.

August 17, 2008   No Comments

Don’t Head For the Spa, Get a Spa for your Head

Italian design and Japanese engineering? There must be a punch line coming after that set-up.

The ads say it’s like thousands of tiny fingers simultaneously massaging your scalp. This sounds like the magic fingers option one used to find on beds in midrange motels. As in that case, it seems to me that human fingers would do a better job. But in one’s lonely office cubicle, the Brain Spa Head Massager may be an acceptable second choice.

Anything that relives stress is a good thing. And improved blood circulation may even help you come up with new ideas. The helmet you have to wear may make you look like a space cadet, but hey, your officemates will relieve their stress by laughing at you.

August 17, 2008   2 Comments