Do you have trouble with people stealing your stapler or messing with your stuff at work? If so, you’ll love today’s hack from Hack A Day: the Micro-Claymore or, as Hack A Day called it, the Cubicle Mine.

Rigged up with standard office supplies, this simple device will throw a handful of debris at an intruder, thus discouraging them from ever sneaking into your cubicle again. Now, obviously this can be potentially dangerous, so use your head if you actually implement the device. I would think a cluster of holes from a paper puncher would be sufficient to give an intruder a good scare, and there’s none of the pesky jailtime that would be associated with skewering an eyeball with a sharpened pencil, regardless of how much more satisfactory the latter may be.

You can also just use this URL to reset the log:

http://www.yourdomain.com/mt.cgi?__mode=reset_log

The unique and original P-Mate which enables woman to pee while standing upright.

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There’s no question: overpacking easily heads the list of biggest travel mistakes. Thus this Web site, offering exhaustive (some might say exhausting) detail on the art of travelling light, living for an indefinite period of time out of a single (carry-on-sized) bag.

Photos are from the French government archives. At that time, color photography was still an experiment. The colors were obtained using dried potato grains!

Bookmarks Synchronizer

If you’re like me and you use Firefox on different pc’s such as home and work, you most certainly collect many different bookmarks on both. This neat little extension will install a feature that automatically will upload any changes to your bookmarks file to a ftp server as well as download that same file to your other pc as you shutdown and start your Firefox browser. It keeps everything nice and neat and tidy.

Get it here.

Darren Johnson has a blog and recently had the opportunity to sit down with Warren Buffett for a few hours. Darren brought out of that meeting five distinct “philosophies” that the second richest man in the world shared with him and has summarized them on his blog. Very interesting reading and the insights Mr. Buffett passed on are very thought provoking.

Not sure what to say? Here are a few compliments to chose from. Try adding a specific example to custom design it for the compliment receiver. Notice that all these compliments start with the same word. It’s a gentle reminder that compliment giving is about others.

You…
…have a great way with words.
…are a terrific leader.
…make working on a project a joy.
…are very creative.
…are a good provider.
…are fun to be with.
…have a great reputation.
…are cleaver.
…make a house feel like a home.
…have a good eye for decorating.
…are a good driver.
…can do anything you set your mind to.
…are capable of accomplishing whatever you believe.
…are a good listener.
…are very cheerful.
…warm my heart.
…sing like an angel.
…are very handsome/beautiful.
…are important to me.
…have a terrific outlook on life.
…are very intelligent.
…are kind.
…are a good role model.
…are very alert.
…are funny.
…always motivate me.
…are unique.
…are very strong.
…are a picture of good health.
…are courageous.
…are very loving.
…bring out the best in me.
…make me want to be a better person.
…make me smile.
…are a wonderful cook.
…make hot dogs taste like a gourmet meal.
…are a wonderful caregiver.
…make me feel special.
…make me feel I can do anything.
…are fun to be with.
…are the wind beneath my wings.
…are the light of my life.
…are the greatest.

How to accept a compliment

Learning to receive a compliment graciously allows both the giver and receiver to feel good. Many of us have been conditioned to dismiss compliments. People who can’t accept a compliment do so by deflecting the compliment, downgrading the compliment, or transferring the credit. It’s usually done by saying something like this:

* “Oh, this old thing. I bought it on sale for $2.95.”
* “No I’m not.”
* “There are other much more deserving people.”
* “I’ve got you fooled, don’t I?”
* “It was just luck.”
* “I really didn’t do anything special

When you do this, not only do you deny your own enjoyment of the compliment, you rebuff the person giving it to you. If you’re uncomfortable being praised or congratulated, then you need to recondition yourself to receive a compliment graciously. There is nothing wrong and everything right about enjoying a compliment. You deserve it. We all deserve them.

In order to accept graciously, all it takes is two words - Thank you. Then stop. Don’t let anything negative come out of your mouth. Another option is to come up with a few other responses you could become comfortable with, such as:

* “What a nice compliment. Coming from you, I consider that high praise.”
* “That’s the nicest thing anyone has said to me today (this week, this month, this year, in a long time, etc.).”
* “I didn’t know it showed. Thank you for telling me.”
* “Thank you. I really appreciate hearing that.”
* “Thank you. I like them too. They were a gift and mean a lot to me.”

Another reason to make the switch to Firefox from Internet Explorer! I always know the 7 day Weather Forecast with this nifty unobtrusive extension.

“Get international weather forecasts from weather.com, and display it in any toolbar or statusbar with this highly customizable extension.”

For Users of Firefox 1.0 -+

Get it here!