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How to: Give your Dyson Vacuum a “Haircut”

February 19th, 2008 by Elaine · 2 Comments

If anyone in your family (or even your pet) has long hair, you’ve probably had trouble with your vacuum cleaner getting weaker or losing suction. It’s even happened to our powerful Dyson, which claims right on the vacuum that it’s “The first vacuum cleaner that doesn’t lose suction.” We have the Dyson DC07 Bagless Vacuum […]

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Tags: Gadgets · Hack · HowTo · Technology

New Use For That Baby Monitor

February 12th, 2007 by Elaine · 1 Comment

If you have a baby monitor, put the base in the laundry room so that no matter where you (and the receiver) are in the house, you can hear when the washer or dryer is finished!
Our laundry room is on the second floor. Without the baby monitor, I couldn’t hear the buzzer when […]

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Tags: Hack · Parenting · Technology

Sharing Google Writely Invites

July 31st, 2006 by Marlo · 27 Comments

Writely is a web application which allows you to create, edit and share documents online. The application allows you to upload from Word, publish on the web and even post to your blog. I recently got hold of an invite to beta test this nifty tool. If you would like to try […]

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Tags: Office · Technology

Stop Those Annoying Forwards, Politely.

July 20th, 2006 by Marlo · No Comments

Are you tired of receiving email spam from friends, co-workers and even family? Seeing the same virus warning over and over again? If so, there maybe a solution for you! Send them this site: http://www.thanksno.com.
Here’s an excerpt:
You’re not a bad person, and no one hates you, but it would be valuable to […]

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Tags: Interesting · Office · Technology

Apple MacBook order placed

May 30th, 2006 by Marlo · 2 Comments

I just placed an order for the new black Apple MacBook online. My work has an employee purchase program which allows me to save a few bucks. It is set to be delivered on June 6th (just enough time for buyer’s remorse to kick in). I just wish I could […]

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Tags: Technology