Category — Office Supplies

So a friend of mine has been working on some ads for Post-It notes manufactured by 3M, and has been asking me for some feedback on his ideas. Naturally the first thing I did was go online and try to find some of their previous marketing efforts. After doing a few quick searches on the old google I was amazed to find an endless offering of art/pranks made with post-it notes. Its truly amazing. Sure, we have all used up a whole pad of post-it notes on a small prank, or for drawing doodles during the company quarterly meeting, but I only dreamed of using them in the capacity that some of these people did.

Here’s some of the best ones I found:

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Spending half your day laboriously typing out emails can become a real drag, especially if you have poor spelling and pudgy fingers. Luckily there is an easy solution. The Voice-Mail Email Sender allows you to record your messages, and send them as email attachments. It comes with a mouse-sized USB powered recorder with a button for recording and a button for sending the message.  Nice.

Let everybody at the office know you mean business with one of these Cut Throat straight razor ties from Cyberoptix.

When it comes to working in a corporate office, the only thing that disappears faster than leftover cupcakes in the kitchen is your pen supply.  While pen borrowing/theft is common practice, and generally considered acceptable in times of need, it ultimately becomes a burden for those of us forced to make a trip to the supply room every day.  Sure, stockpiling a years worth of pens in your drawer is an easy solution, but if you are looking for a more classy approach to deal with the situation, let me suggest the Borrow My Pen? pens.  Each set contains 8 pens marked with advertisements for companies you probably don’t want to be associated with.  Put these in your pen jar, and watch as rumors start circulating, and reputations get ruined.

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If you happen to be searching for an appropriate birthday gift for a female colleague at your office, then look no further. Every man knows that both chocolate and diamonds are a sure bet to gain the favor of a womans affection, so why not give her both by combining the Diamanta Mouse with Michael Sholk’s Chocolate Keyboard.  Absolutely perfect if said female colleague happens to share your immense interest in Warcraft.

I saw a story on CNN the other day that offered up some sources of distraction for cubicle dwellers, the highlight of which was a website called True Office Confessions. The site is basically a big message board that allows disgruntled office workers to vent their frustrations, or confess unspeakable acts.  Here are a few of my favorite confessions thus far:

“Has anyone ever been typing a memo and tried to type the word “and”, but you slip and type the word “nad”? I do it often and every time I laugh to myself. God, I’m such a loser. ”

“i try to get rid of all my restroom issues at work… might as well s**t on them… they do it to me everyday…. ”

“Thanks to the endless amount of time before the whistle blows, I’m tempted to test the velocity needed to ram a ballpoint pen into my brain via the temple.”

“I hate when people lick their fingers in order to pick up papers from the universally used printer. This woman in my office was searching for something she printed and she started to lick from her elbow to her middle finger tip. She basically licked the entire stack of papers…effing gross!”

I recently discovered Adobe’s new online image-retouching tool, Photoshop Express, and it is a delight. While it doesn’t include most of the heavy duty image-editing tools included in Photoshop, it has everything you need to jazz up your photos. The whole thing is very easy to use and intuitive, you can even access photos from your facebook account for quick retouching.

It appears that today has been marked as RSS Awareness Day among members of the blogging community in an effort to increase the usage of RSS feeds, and related applications. For those who are unfamiliar with RSS (Really Simple Syndication), it essentially aggregates newly posted stories from your favorite blogs into one page so that you don’t have visit each site. To start using it simply register with an RSS reader like Google Reader, and then go to your favorite websites and subscribe to their feeds by clicking on their RSS icon ().

While doing my “wake up ritual” this morning of sipping coffee, snacking on a bagel, and enjoying a few rounds of the ol’ Stumble button, I came across a couple interesting videos on inkjet printers with some compelling information that truly supports my recent interest in smashing the one I have at home. First, a dirty secret about the waste ink reservoir…

The next one is a little more controversial as I haven’t tried to confirm the factuality of its content, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s completely true.

And we all know that there is only one way to finish this post…enjoy.

I must confess that I am one of those impatient jerks who pretends to be ignorant to the limitations of your average shredder, and consequently am not in good standing with the tech-maintenance crew.  Luckily for my co-workers however this supposedly jam proof shredder is now available.  As you load your paper a “sensor gauge acts as a traffic light” and kills the motor if overloaded.

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