New cellphone fiasco
What started off as a simple project going into the Apple store to replace the battery in my phone turned into needing to get a new phone because it was not an option to replace … Continue reading
Category Archives: Electronics
from high tech to low tech recycling
Is it really worth saving ALL the packing boxes?
During the polar vortex in Chicago last year, many pipes burst and caused flooding damaging items left on or close to the ground. Time, energy and money were spent cleaning up the mess. So, was … Continue reading
Beauty of consolidating similar items
Has it ever happened to you that you know you have an item and yet you cannot find it so either you go buy another one or spend time hunting for it? That for sure … Continue reading
Power cord while traveling
I’m sure this happened to you at least once, being out and about and your phone battery dies. You don’t have your power cord with you. It’s not the end of the world, right? Well, … Continue reading
The good, the bad, the ugly filing cabinets
Filing cabinet. What about it? Filing cabinets are useful to store important papers. I dislike filing cabinets because most of the time papers get added but rarely are papers taken out. If a file cabinet … Continue reading
Kitchen appliance manuals (big stuff)
Do you know where your house-related appliance manuals are? If you have the digital PDF version on your computer, ignore the rest of this blog post. If you’re like me and have the hardcopies, read … Continue reading
Shredding Papers
With the rise of identity theft and the painstaking amount of time required to address it, it’s more important than ever to shred documents that have your personal information. Personal info includes: social security number, … Continue reading
To inventory or not
I saw Gloria recently who said, “thank you for saving me the aggravation.” I asked her on what. As it turned out, a couple years ago, I had written up an inventory of what was … Continue reading
Unplugging for 24 hours
This coming Friday, March 6th, starts a National Day of Unplugging. The Day of Unplugging is 24 hours, from sunset Friday to sunset Saturday, of avoiding electronic media. We are typically glued to our cellphones, … Continue reading
ICE (In Case of Emergency)
If you haven’t done it already, here’s a 5-minute tip that may save your life: add ICE to your cellphone. ICE means In Case of Emergency. It’s a way to label your emergency contacts so … Continue reading