Archive for January, 2008
Car maintenance on the cheap: find out why your check engine light is on for free
8 comments so farA while back my check engine light came on. Actually, it wasn’t the red check engine light that makes one’s stomach lurch at the thought of some impending, and inevitably expensive, repair. It was the amber colored, and much less threatening “service engine soon” light.”
I called the local dealership and asked what they could do [...]
A simpler day AND a trip to Mexico? The benefits of bringing your lunch to work.
4 comments so farThe simple act of “Brown-bagging” your lunch (bringing lunch to work instead of eating out) can yield some fairly significant benefits.
Simplify your morningsMy wife and I usually try to pack leftovers from dinner the night before so they’re ready to go the next morning – it’s one less thing I have to do before leaving [...]
Three simple things you can do to squeeze more out of your day.
6 comments so farI’ve learned it’s hard to change behavior if you don’t know exactly how you want to change it.
For a while now I’ve felt there was a lot I wanted to get done during the day and I was becoming frustrated that I wasn’t fitting it all in. I knew I could get everything done, I [...]
A quick tip to save a little time in the kitchen
2 comments so farThis is one of those things that when it was pointed out to me it was truly a “smack myself on the forehead, why didn’t I think of that?” moment. It’s a small thing (a very small thing) but the less time I can spend cleaning the kitchen the better.
Here it is: when wiping down [...]
Reader poll: did you check your work e-mail during your time off for the holidays?
8 comments so farI’m curious about how many people logged into their work e-mail during any time off they may have had around the holidays.
If you wouldn’t mind, after you vote please leave word in the comments about why you checked it. Do you feel pressure to? Do you like to keep tabs on what’s going on in [...]
