Goodbye Truffle Oil, Hello Simplicity? End of the 'Restaurant' as we know it?

The 'restaurant' business has slowed markedly since September 2008.In his column Why the term 'restaurant' may soon disappear (FT Week-End, November 22), Nicholas Lander notes that it is now much easier to get a...

Get your JazzFest Cubes at WWOZ-FM Website

Do you love Jazz? Listen to live-streaming of the Absolute Best Jazz Radio on WWOZ website from anywhere in the world! Just click the Pink 'Tune In- Listen Online' radio button.Sometimes they even play original recordings from the early 1900s, though much was lost in the...

Office 2008 for Mac hits store shelves

"After four years of waiting, Mac users are finally able to get their hands on a new version of Microsoft's productivity suite for the platform. The suite is a major step forward for those who prefer to use the Redmond company's applications for the Mac platform. Since its...

U.K. Kids Get RFID Chips In School Uniforms

I think this story is best summed up by 'We're treating schoolchildren like we treat our criminals'.Considering police in Canada don't even have the right to fingerprint you, even if you're arrested, this is shocking to me."Ten schoolchildren in the United Kingdom are being...

Getting in the Habit of Doing Things...You know Filing, Bills and other Borin...

Should we put dealing with bills, paperwork and that type of boring but necessary stuff in the category of 'healthy habits' in the same way that we get healthier by changing what we eat and exercising.  Streamlining the amount of paperwork we have to deal with can help....

Grow Natural . . . natural yard care

Your tax dollars at work.  Might as well use 'em: " Taking care of your yard doesn’t have to be so complicated. You can simplify your yard care routine and save time, money and the environment by using natural yard care techniques. Why grow natural? By making a...

Technophiles hit the pause button

Their inboxes are overflowing, their blogs are behind and they're overwhelmed. The solution - pull the plug on digital culture -  ...

Moving...A chance to practice Clutter Therapy...

We keep and keep and pile up and pile up and get overwhelmed by stuff...Moving is a good time to cut through the clutter.

The Passionate Entrepreneur - The Weak Dollar and You

"If you're not planning to attend a cooking course in Italy (which I highly recommend, by the way), what does a weak dollar have to do with you and your business? Quite a lot, actually. Let me simplify -- or oversimplify -- the economic effects of a weak American dollar to...

Taming the Brain and Office Clutter: Online and with Simple Forms

Simple and practical solutions are the best way to deal with clutter, be it of one's mind or space!

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