50 Extraordinary Uses For Ordinary Things

Hi All,

The Family Handyman is a do-it-yourself, home repair, tips magazine that is published monthly.  We have a subscription to it at the Farmingdale Public Library. 

And it is a winner.  The magazine publishes articles on a huge variety of topics - including plumbing, electrical, cleaning, organizing, carpentry, drywall, sheetrock, painting, tiling, masonry, becoming a smart homeowner, storage/organization, tools and more - monthly. 

However, the magazine has an accompanying website - which can be visited by clicking here - that has even more information for consumers. 

One of the goofy articles - but by no means unhelpful - they published recently was titled '50 Extraordinary Uses For Ordinary Things'. Users can view the article as either an article or in a list format. Take your pick! Three of my favorites ideas were the three ring binders, foam ball hand protector and the mattress sling. Oh, okay...I also thought the power cord coilers, accessorizing your lawn mower and the wrench caddy were great suggestions as well.

The site itself has a sort of table of contents on the homepage. Options on the TOC include:
How to Repair, Rooms, Outdoors, Smart Homeowner, Stuff We Love, Do It Yourself Insider, DIY University and Get DIY Tips to Your Inbox.

Hopefully you'll find the site as useful as I do!

Regards,
Stu

Multitasking - So Much To Do, So Little Time

Hi All,

With the myriad things the modern family has to contend with, how is it that we ever get anything done? Easy (or not easy since that is the topic of this blog entry) - we multitask these days.

What is multitasking? Indeed, click here for the a link to wikipedia on multitasking... Also, click here for another link to some background about what multitasking is and what it is not.

Recently, there has been a debate recently about whether or not multitasking actually works - in other words, does multitasking really work? Click here to get one researchers point of view on the topic.

Also, click here for some more commentary on the advantages and disadvantages of multitasking. And from here also!

So, now that you are multitasking, click here to find out how to do it even better and more effectively! And click here for yet another link on how to multitask even more effectively!

Now, you might want to keep track of all the various projects that you are juggling either at work or at home. Have I got a website for you! Click here for a link to IDidWork.com Note that some users might like the site, others might not - your mileage and use might vary! Also note that you will have to sign in and create a username and password to get the full functionality of the site.

Finally, if you want to keep track of your time, click on this link from Freelanceswitch.com - you'll find 6 different tools (websites) to track how you spend your time at home and/or at work.

Enjoy - hope you become more effective and efficient and get more done!
Stu

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