March 2009
21 posts
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Slow Cooker Timer hack
Trying to fit work, house chores and spending time with family are often difficult. Weekdays are a challenge: drop off the kids, beat traffic for work, rush to pick up kids and especially prepare dinners for the family when you have kids.
Our slow cooker is fairly simple: plug it in and set the temperature (HI, MED, LO, OFF). In order to have a hot meal ready for when we arrive home, we need to...
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Pitching a winning design
Pitching a design to a client is like a game of chess. You have to anticipate and counter some of the questionable suggestions they throw at you. If you don’t, a bad move can prove costly to rework, leave you with an unsatisfied client and a final piece that you tuck away deep in your portfolio case.
Reverse Pagers
Some people that get the pay-as-you-go plan with their cellphones are funny. They only turn on their phone to make a call and turn it back off when done. Nothing wrong with this behaviour since it saves cost and battery life. I just find it humourous since it is essentially a reverse beeper/pager; you communicate one way and unable to reply back. Reminds me of some businesses who do send out their...