Caine's Arcade from the NY Times
Some of you might have already seen or heard about the 9 year-old internet sensation Caine Monroy and his makeshift cardboard arcade… I just actually heard about this yesterday and thought it was such an inspiring story I wanted to pass it along.
Here’s a cool office supply trick for anyone who has kids, or anyone like me who is accident prone and is always managing to spill things and make messes. Next time you get a grease or oil stain (pizza, salad dressing, etc) on your clothing, reach for a piece of chalk to solve your stain problem!
A post on Lifehacker.com suggests rubbing chalk onto grease/oil stains right after they happen. The chalk powder will absorb the grease/oil and that will make the stain easily removable by laundry detergent in the wash. (Make sure to only try this with white chalk) This is a great way to prevent the stain from setting in and ruining your favorite piece of clothing, so keep a piece of chalk within reach in case of stain emergencies! 
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If you work in an office, you are most likely VERY familiar with cubicles. Not quite an office, yet more than just a desk. Your home away from home if you will. We’ve all become so accustomed to the cubicle way of working, but have you ever wondered who we have to thank for our lovely 3-walled workspaces?
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Thanks to Pat at NEOS for sharing this creative use for an office product that she came across recently.
If you’ve ever drilled into your walls for any reason, you know that the drill dust/debris goes everywhere. A simple office supply solution to that is to attach a sticky note to the wall under where you are drilling and fold it upwards so it catches the debris falling from the drill. Then you can just fold up the sticky note and throw it away instead of having to sweep or vacuum the debris from your floor…saves you time and prevents a mess!
Would you ever try this out in your home? Comment below!
source: thechive.com
Believe it or not, it’s April again already! And as I’m sure you all know, April is Green Month. So in honor of Green Month, once again we’d like to share some cool recycled creations from one of our favorite Green websites, Recyclart.org. Check out these 5 cool recycled concepts and be on the lookout for more to come this month!
Aside from serving as the model for our NEOS logo, and making frequent appearances at our marketing events, the Post-it note is the icon of the office products industry. I have seen many products come and go since the Post-it was launched in 1980, but you will be hard pressed to find an office or cubicle without a note stuck somewhere. Here are some facts that I found interesting and hopefully you will too.
I’m sure a lot of you are pretty relieved that April Fools Day falls on the weekend this year so you don’t have to be looking over your shoulder all day at the office worried about being pranked. However, all the pranksters out there are probably pretty disappointed. So in honor of everyone who loves a good prank, here are 10 April Fools Pranks for the office that will just have to wait until next year.
My dishwasher broke recently and I am now realizing how much I took having a dishwasher for granted. Washing dishes by hand is NOT fun, or easy! I feel like the dishes in my sink multiply overnight while I’m sleeping and I don’t like it.
So now that washing dishes has become an everyday occurrence in my house, I’ve come to
appreciate my new best friend, the sponge. The problem with sponges though is that when you are done washing the dishes you either leave the sponge in the sink and it gets buried under all of the new dirty dishes that you add, OR you put the sponge on the side of the sink and it leaves a nice wet stain on your sink and the sponge takes forever to dry. So here is an office supply solution for all of you fellow dish-washers like myself… use a binder clip to hold your sponge! No more losing your sponge under dirty dishes and your sponge will dry much quicker without leaving a wet spot on your sink.
Did you know that the last week of March is National Spring Cleaning week? Well now you do! Spring Cleaning may be considered a daunting task, but you have to admit, it’s a great way to get a fresh start for the new season. And Spring Cleaning shouldn’t be limited to just your home…your office should be involved in the action too!
Here are 10 tips from Huffington Post and Salary.com for Spring Cleaning your workspace:
It’s been almost two years since we first launched our NEOS blog (time flies!). We’ve been having so much fun with our blog and really enjoying getting to interact with all of you and we hope you’ve been enjoying it as much as we have. With that said, on this beautiful Friday afternoon, we’re excited to announce that NEOS is now on Facebook! So now, not only can you follow us on our blog, but you can interact with us on Facebook too!
I’m sure a lot of you are already on Facebook, so if you are, or you are thinking of joining, we invite you to LIKE our page and share it with your coworkers/friends/etc. By becoming a member of our Facebook community you can look forward to:
Click here to visit our Facebook page …. you won’t be disappointed! We hope to see you there!
What would you like to see on our page? Comment below!
