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Irritable Desk Syndrome

By Paperstone on 24 August 2013 in Office Desks, Office Furniture with 0 Comments

It could be time to give your desk a health check. Is it cluttered, dirty, or disorganized? If so, you could be suffering from Irritable Desk Syndrome, which can actually affect your health and wellbeing. While not a medical condition, Irritable Desk Syndrome was identified back in 2004 as a threat to employees’ health by […]

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Brain Food

By Paperstone on 24 August 2013 in Catering, Office Workers with 0 Comments

Do you feel sluggish and tired in the office? Maybe you haven’t been giving your brain the right kind of fuel. To boost your productivity, eat plenty of healthy food and avoid sugary snacks. Eating the right food can boost brain power by up to 20 per cent. “Food is like a pharmaceutical compound that […]

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Bacon Day

By Paperstone on 23 August 2013 in Catering, Fun with 0 Comments
Bacon Day

Thousands of office workers would admit to the occasional greasy spoon run, and tucking into a nice bacon sandwich every now and again at their desks. And now you can join in a sizzling celebration of all things bacon on Saturday, August 31, International Bacon Day. Visit the website of the Royal Bacon Society, and […]

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Time Off

By Paperstone on 23 August 2013 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

Are you getting seven hours of free time a day? That’s roughly the amount of time we need for a perfect work-life balance. This new statistic has been released by Direct Line Insurance, but very few of us have the luxury of all this time to ourselves. The average person has around four hours and […]

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A History of the Calculator

By Paperstone on 21 August 2013 in Office Machines & Supplies with 0 Comments
A History of the Calculator

Unless you’re a maths wizard, you probably rely on a calculator to do your number – crunching, but do you know the history of this essential modern day tool? You probably guessed that the first calculator of any sort was the abacus, used to keep track of the cost of goods in ancient Greece. It […]

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The Virtual Office

By Paperstone on 20 August 2013 in Office Workers with 0 Comments

The days of office life as we know it may be numbered, according to a group of international academics. By the year 2025 we may be working for people we have never met and communicating with 3D avatars in a virtual workspace. According to an expert panel, future technology will allow us to conjure workspaces […]

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Time Is Money

By Paperstone on 18 August 2013 in Fun with 0 Comments

Do you hate mornings and delay the inevitable moment when your head must be separated from the pillow? If so, then you probably have a love-hate relationship with your alarm clock. But how would you feel if your alarm clock took revenge and punished you for not switching it off? An American inventor has created […]

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Britain’s Dumbest Criminal

By Paperstone on 16 August 2013 in Fun with 0 Comments

An incompetent thief was labelled ‘Britain’s dumbest criminal’, after he was caught on CCTV, allegedly stealing the camera that was filming him. The thief was “practically kissing the camera” as he spent four hours with a Swiss Army knife trying to dismantle the equipment, apparently oblivious to the fact he was being recorded. The owner […]

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High Art

By Paperstone on 15 August 2013 in Artists & Graphics Supplies, Fun with 0 Comments

Fearless graffiti artists abseiled down a cliff and painted mock prehistoric artwork at Britain’s biggest caves, the Wookey Hole tourist attraction in Somerset. The Banksy-style graffiti attack took place during the night on July 28 or 29 and the culprits created two paintings. One work was dated 33,000 BC and shows cavemen being chased by […]

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Clip Art

By Paperstone on 13 August 2013 in Artists & Graphics Supplies, Desktop Essentials with 0 Comments
Clip Art

An Italian artist has created spectacular sculptures using paperclips. Pietro D’Angelo has fashioned elaborate life-sized sculptures of a man in a bowler hat smoking a pipe, a boy carrying a rose and a woman on a swing. Each statue is made from up to 12,000 stainless steel paper clips, and some are more than six […]

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