"Inbox Zero" is a guideline that translates to "at the end of the day, you should have zero emails in your inbox". Doing this is supposed to make your email more manageable and therefore allow you to manage your time better. One rethought approach to email that’s appeared recently is the 10 Rules to Reverse the Email Spiral....

An instance of where modern technology got it really, really wrong is with microwave oven controls. This a very longstanding complaint from countless people, yet idiot manufacturers still to this day produce ovens with baffling controls when all we want to do is heat up coffee and soup in the quickest way possible. The thing to remember about a microwave oven is...

We love our PCs, Macs, smartphones and other gadgets – but there are times when you have to take a break. Why? Because it will make you feel better. These breaks you can take don’t have to be for long periods of time, but a periodic no-electronics break of 10 to 15 minutes does the soul good. 1. Read Books and Newspapers Many say the printed page is...

A hoarder is someone who basically is surrounded by useless junk in their living space, doesn’t have the heart to throw anything out because they "might need it someday", and if anyone tells them to clean up their mess they just can’t bring themselves to do it. Compulsive hoarding is classified as an OCD; you might have also seen the TV...

Just about everyone can afford a big-ass TV these days, and generally speaking any screen over 36 inches on the diagonal is considered "extra large" territory. There’s plenty of articles online that will tell you in a very techy way how to determine the maximum size of TV you can use for a room, such as this this one that mentions things like...

I’m going to start this one off by stating up front that I’m not a doctor, although I don’t think one would help out too much even if you did consult one concerning this subject; you’ll understand what I mean by that in a moment. Every day we’re exposed to some type of electricity in some way, usually in the form of radio...

Telegrams are an interesting part of communications history because at one point it was actually the preferred way to communicate over phone calls. More on that in a moment. When people think telegram, they think of a printed document seen at right. Well, that’s only the last portion of it. What made telegrams different from postal mail? When sending a...

It is generally true that AM radio these days is for the older crowd, but it’s not because it fell out of favor with the younger masses. It’s because many modern portable music players simply cannot tune in AM radio whatsoever. For example, Apple’s iPod nano can do FM radio, but AM? Flat-out no. Not possible. Unfortunately a lot of other...

On Facebook I was recently trying out several different video service formats for the videos I post on my ‘fan’ page. YouTube, Vimeo, Blip.tv and so on. Ultimately I decided to go with having Facebook itself host the videos. While true you don’t get as many features, the speed is there and the video serves without issue. I asked my audience to...

Over the course of the week there were several large tech blogs that stated the last company who makes typewriters was shutting down. This was quickly proven to be incorrect as there are several companies in China still making them and will continue to do so. The interesting part about the whole fracas over typewriters was the outpouring of emotion over this...