I downloaded this completely cool desktop wallpaper that makes your LCD look like it has been broken, and a bunch of people at work keep asking me what happened to my monitor. Awesome!

This video was forwarded on to me by someone who will probably wish to remain nameless. And it may not be appropriate for younger viewers, so preview it before you share it in case you disapprove.

Having dished out all the disclaimers, this is one freakin hilarious video! This guy was sitting around at work and I guess he was bored so he decided to crinkle up some paper and play hackey-sack with it. He’s got mad skillz too! And his ENDing is absolutely classic.
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Here is a whole mess of new Web-era definitions that have appeared in our vernacular in recent years. How many of these can be applied to your routine at the office each day?

• Adminispam: Useless e-mail sent from upper echelon bureaucrats that’s not applicable to your area, about people you’ll never work with or issues you’ll never face.
• Adminisphere: The upper levels of management where big, impractical and counter-productive decisions are made.
• Blamestorming: A group process where participants analyze a failed project and look for scapegoats other than themselves.

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There is a new breed of online service providers all trying to gain position as the office document system of choice. Big players like Google and Microsoft have already announced their intentions, and small upstarts such as ThinkFree and Zoho have also thrown their hat in the ring.

I previously posted my review of Zoho.com so I won’t duplicate that work here. However, here is some information regarding other online services.
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Since the advent of the USB thumb drive, there has been a growing trend that one should be able to take all of one’s own applications with them in their pocket and just plug into any available PC to use your programs.

Since USB memory devices have recently become cheap, fast and big many developers are stepping up the work on portable applications in order to bring that dream to fruition.

The best site currently archiving these portable applications is… you guessed it, PortableApps.com.
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Zoho.com is one of the most innovative Microsoft Office competitors I’ve seen. The only difference is, the entire suite of tools is FREE, and completely Web based.
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