The 15 Most Popular Kitchen Storage Ideas on Houzz
If you know me you’d know I love the increased efficiency of good storage.Here are some of the most popular ways to utilize storage areas in your kitchen.
My favorites are:
1. Custom Pantry
7. Deep cabinet organizer
Practical New Uses for 23 Old Things
I’m all for recycling and repurposing wasted items!
Here are some unique and interesting ways to reuse things that have … well, outlived their usefulness and have them live on again in different settings.
My favorite’s are #5 and 15
10 Ways to Get More Storage Out of Your Space
Not everyone has a 5,000 sf house on a half acre of land so what do many people do when they need more storage in smaller spaces? Here are some great guidelines from Houzz.com and tips which will help people optimize their unused spaces.
Call me late to the party but I just started watching Season 1 of HBO’s riveting crime series The Wire and am now understanding why it is one of the most beloved shows ever made.
One episode struck me as oddly, and amusingly, relevant as Stringer Bell is seen scolding some of his underlings in their “legit” print & copy shop. When asked about order fulfillment issues his employees state that they didn’t care if the customer complained and Stringer promptly scolds them and explains how they have an “elastic product” – meaning there are plenty of competitors to their copy shop and they all have substitute products to which customers can easily switch if they are dissatisfied.
Stringer Bell Explaining to his minions about Demand Elasticity
This is a great example of demand elasticity which my classmates and I just studied a few months ago in business school. It’s always fun to have a real-world application of a subject which all too often remains theoretical and mysterious. There are some key lessons to take away from The Wire (aka: the original Khan Academy)
Paying Off Credit Cards Is the Best Financial Return for Your Money
Great article on Lifehacker about prioritizing paying off your credit card debt as a personal finance mandate.
If you’re like me, who for some reason has been suckered with 20% APRs on his credit cards, then paying off your credit card debts is the best thing you can do to get back to saving $. It’s kind of obvious as there is no benefit, other than avoiding paying one large lump sum for a purchase, for carrying a huge debt with an outrageous APR. Consider it a short-term loan with an extremely high interest rate and you’ll quickly recognize its effect on your savings.
Here’s a Lifehacker article on their opinion of the Five Best Desktop Video Players.
For the most part I’ve always avoided Windows Media Player and gone straight to VLC since it’s very lightweight and quick to start up lacking all the overhead of other media players. Plus Windows Media Player only works on the bulk of my video files (I primarily have .mkv files) after I install VLC, which adds the proper codecs.
I’ve used VLC on Mac and Windows and have had nothing but good results.
Of all the things Volvo OR Jean Claude Van Damme have ever done this collaboration between the “maker of safe cars” and the “Muscles from Brussels” is THE best.
The camerawork, the voiceover, and the music are so hilarious and awesome at the same time.
Also, if you haven’t seen JCVD, Van Damme’s fiction movie where he plays a version of himself (experiencing all the professional pains of an aging action star) I would recommend it. He definitely shows his acting chops.
Here are a few minutes of the film and a pretty detailed review.
Weekend Project: Build a False TV Wall
From Wired magazine. One of the most innovative and “why didn’t I think of that” DIY projects that saves your wall and lets you get creative with your entertainment system setup.
Cook Smarter With New Wi-Fi Kitchen Gadgets
Here are some new, innovative devices to leverage your WiFi network and kitchen activities.
These may not be that useful to me (yet) but if there was a WiFi module for my Nespresso machine that I can activate from my in-shower tablet it could save some precious time/effort in the mornings =)
richard capatosto 