When I was ten years old I could make a small jump out of snow and ride my bike over it. I was also pretty good at following Lego directions.
Yuto Miyazawa, on the other hand, plays guitar. Here’s Miyazawa-san tearing up Crazy Train on stage with Ozzy Osbourne.
Just so you know… the jump I made was really, really awesome.
When a release is finished at Microsoft people pull their heads out of their current product and frequently move around between teams (and that means packing up your office to head to a new location). Watching professional movers pack my house for the move to and from Ireland did teach me a little about moving. There are two biggie tips, however, that stood out.
Going from flat cardboard to a box can be awkward with one person. It’s not tremendously hard to assemble a box, but if you want it to be nice and square you can speed the process by running the first piece of tape perpendicular to the seam.
Align the bottom flaps and run a piece of tape across the bottom of the box and it will be held closed and aligned while you tape the seam.
The first tip will save you a little time, but this second tip will save your back. No matter how careful you are, moving is tiring and often hard on your back.
Once you have a box or two packed, put your next empty box on top of your packed boxes. Loading this top box will be much easier as you won’t be bending down to put items in the bottom of the box. You should, of course, protect your back from the beginning and start your first box on a chair.
I recommend combining the two tips and build your new boxes on top of the other boxes (see first picture). Constructing your fresh box on a raised pedestal will preserving your back even when you’re straining to lift your collection of dolls action figures.
Not really a packing tip per se, but the logo on the bottom of the packing boxes did make me worry that if I’m not careful I might die of dysentery.
This furniture is just way too cool. I just need an excuse to move into a 200 square foot New York loft.
I want this Bed/Desk combo for my office:
via: core77
The New York Times published an interesting article this weekend about money and happiness. Sure, it’s filled with the usual “money can’t buy happiness” stories and tales of self discovery. I think it’s stuff we all know deep down inside but are good at repressing (Gizmodo hasn’t made me happy yet… but it’s my Ike Turner).
But wait, what’s this? If you dig deep enough you’ll find this little gem:
Thomas DeLeire, an associate professor of public affairs, population, health and economics at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, recently published research examining nine major categories of consumption. He discovered that the only category to be positively related to happiness was leisure: vacations, entertainment, sports and equipment like golf clubs and fishing poles.
Now there’s some useful investment advice. It’s time to re-order my priorities.
Sure, a new computer sounds great… but schnitzel in Austria sounds wonderful right now.