Sunday, January 25, 2009

Store Board Games Efficiently

9:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Board games are fun to break out, tiresome to try and store. Nearly every game comes in a different size box and most games are packed with tiny pieces. Plagued by a messy abundance of games, Erin at the Unclutterer blog patched together a tip list for anything with a box and two or more players. In addition to highlighting useful products, she points out a lesser-known style of game-box construction: When acquiring new board games, consider purchasing games in “library” or “book” style boxes. They easily fit on a bookshelf and their standardised sizes make cupboard storage convenient, too. Uniform box sizes go a long way toward making your game shelf look more organized and less like a drunken Jenga tower. Liberal use of resealable plastic bags also ensures the pieces are neat and available for your next game night. For some motivation to dust off your board games and keep them neat and ready to play. Photo by Randy Son of Robert. Storing Board Games and Puzzles [Unclutterer] More »

Take A Tour Of David Allen’s Office

5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | For his documentary-in-progress About You 2.0—a film about the culture of life hacking and productivity—Joey Daoud visits the office of David Allen of Getting Things Done fame: More »

Top 10 Tools For Sticking To Your New Year’s Resolutions

2:00AM Kevin Purdy | It’s almost February—do you know where your resolutions are? If you’re in need of a reboot on your fresh-start goals, we’ve got 10 suggestions on tips and techniques for your long-haul commitments. Photo by dumbledad.

Build A Panoramic Tripod Head For $10

1:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Despite the excellent software solutions for stitching panoramic pictures together, there is no substitute for taking clean and well-aligned pictures from the start. Create great panoramas with an inexpensive DIY-tripod head. Over at the photo-editing site Worth1000, user Arodrix has put together a detailed tutorial on making your own panoramic mount. A panoramic camera-mount can set you back hundreds of dollars. If you’re not planning on paying the bills with your epic panoramic-shots of famed world locales, you’ll be better served making your own mount for $10 in parts. While the end product doesn’t have the polished look of a $300 mount it does provide the proper alignment necessary for a nice clean panorama. Below is the sample from his tutorial made with the mount—it required extremely minimal post-processing work to stitch neatly together: More »