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Duct Tape By Any Other Name

By Paperstone on 22 February 2012 in Desktop Essentials, Fun, Sticky Tapes with 0 Comments
Duct Tape By Any Other Name

Instructables is a site where budding engineers and designers share homespun D.I.Y. projects, from office weaponry to steampunk incandescent USB lamps and homemade Geiger counters. Valentine’s Day has passed, but the romantically inclined stationery fan can still make a rose for their lover (or imaginary lover) using duct tape, a couple of Sharpies and some […]

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Writer on a Roll

By Paperstone on 20 February 2012 in Books & Pads, Janitorial with 0 Comments
Writer on a Roll

Someone has typed out Herman Melville’s 1851 novel Moby Dick on six rolls of toilet Paper for a bet. As the seller on ebay explains, “My friend and I once joked that toilet Paper should have instructions printed on them for certain people. One day, the conversation grew from there and turned into a wager […]

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Chemical Spill Caused Tourette’s Outbreak?

By Paperstone on 15 February 2012 in Health & Safety with 0 Comments
Chemical Spill Caused Tourette’s Outbreak?

An outbreak of a Tourette’s-like illness in a small US town is being linked to a chemical spill 40 years ago. Or to digital social media frenzy. According to The Daily Mail, there have been 19 cases in Le Roy, New York of a mystery condition with symptoms such as uncontrollable facial and bodily twitching […]

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Self-Portrait

By Paperstone on 14 February 2012 in Artists & Graphics Supplies with 0 Comments
Self-Portrait

Going to great lengths to enjoy ‘the perks of being a wallflower’, Peruvian artist Cecilia Paredes uses body paint, make-up and costumes to camouflage herself amongst ornate backgrounds. If you are shy in social situations, why not try a similar approach to show off your artistic talents? If this seems a bit extreme, or indeed […]

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Marketers Are Happy Workers

By Paperstone on 13 February 2012 in Office Workers with 0 Comments
Marketers Are Happy Workers

Marketing professionals are the happiest office workers in the UK, according to recent research commissioned by Mars Drinks UK. The poll of 2,001 office workers from different sectors including marketing, creative, legal, finance and IT found that 60 percent of marketers were happy in their current job while only two percent said they hated it. […]

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My Cheapskate Valentine

By Paperstone on 10 February 2012 in Envelopes, Fun, Paper with 0 Comments
My Cheapskate Valentine

Who says romance is dead? Romance is in fact a fetid, rotting corpse, if Asda’s latest Valentine’s Day offering is anything to go by. Featuring the supermarket’s “Smart Price” logo emblazoned on a dull heart below the tired words, “Be My Valentine,” The Telegraph dubs this expression of loveless apathy “the worst Valentine’s Day card […]

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CCTV Madness: Policeman Chases Self

By Paperstone on 9 February 2012 in Security Products with 0 Comments
CCTV Madness: Policeman Chases Self

A junior police office gave chase to a suspect who turned out to be himself last month, The Telegraph reports . A CCTV operator alerted the probationary officer from Sussex Police that someone was “acting suspiciously” in the area, without realising the suspicious suspect was in fact the plain clothed police officer himself. As he […]

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Office Fast Food

By Paperstone on 3 February 2012 in Catering, Office Desks, Office Furniture with 0 Comments
Office Fast Food

British office workers are taking short lunch breaks, with many shunning the outside world and even contact with colleagues during their mid-day respite of the daily slog. That’s according to a new poll commissioned by Campbell’s Soup. Most office drones only manage a measly 15 minutes snack break. Three-quarters would rather surf the web than […]

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Sitting at Desk Makes You Mental

By Paperstone on 1 February 2012 in Office Chairs, Office Desks, Office Furniture with 0 Comments
Sitting at Desk Makes You Mental

Office workers are spending too much time at their desk, according to recent research by occupational health experts. Prolonged sitting at your desk not only jeopardises your physical health, but your mental health also, they argue. The research was conducted by Dr Myanna Duncan, Mr. Aadil Kazi and Professor Cheryl Haslam from the Work & […]

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Man Nailguns Own Head

By Paperstone on 31 January 2012 in Desktop Essentials, Mailroom & Warehouse with 0 Comments
Man Nailguns Own Head

A man had a lucky escape recently when he shot a nail into his head with a nail gun. Remarkably, after misfiring the gun, Dante Autello of Chicago (pictured) thought he had just been grazed and carried on working. He only went to hospital the next day after waking up feeling nauseous. “When they brought […]

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