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In the "removing small frustrations" category: getting a second power cord for my laptop. It makes me happy twice a day when I don't have to fish my cord out to
by dazmax 17y ago
In the "removing small frustrations" category: getting a second power cord for my laptop. It makes me happy twice a day when I don't have to fish my cord out to bring it to work/home.
- stretchwithme 17y agothat is a pain in the ass. having one just for home, maybe I can attach it to my lapdesk and reduce the wear and tear.
- Tichy 17y agoI would probably not stop at the power cord. Why not get a second laptop? Though syncing stuff might be a pain, depending on the nature of your work. Source code might be easy to share with git.
- lotharbot 17y agoMore generally speaking: set up the right infrastructure and own the right tools for common tasks. If you can save yourself a few minutes and a bit of frustration every day for a ten dollar investment or for a bit of effort once, it's worth it! Some examples: - owning extra power cords, batteries, memory cards, etc. for electronic devices - setting up a power strip and various charging or connecting cables where they're easy to reach (consider the recently-circulated pic of the cables clipped to the edge of the desk.) - own the right cooking utensils, pots, pans, maybe a slow cooker or rice steamer, and so on. There's no sense in frustrating yourself day after day because it's harder than it needs to be to make dinner. - have appropriately-sized and located garbage cans, recycling bins, clothes hampers, toy boxes, file cabinets, and other types of containers. - repair or replace broken stuff that regularly causes annoyance, like sticky file cabinet drawers.
- colonelxc 17y agoAs dazmax said, not only is it removing frustration, it actually can make you more happy every time you realize you don't have to pack up your cord. This probably mostly applies to people who are used to having to pack up cords a couple times a day to move around.
- xexers 17y agoThanks, there are a lot of good suggestions here!
- imgabe 17y agoGetting a second usb cable for my iPhone had the same effect for me. One stays plugged into the wall with the charger, one stays by the laptop for syncing. Life is great.
- viggity 17y agoThe joy of having a Zune cable at all 5 of my computers is awesome - I got all of them at monoprice.com for under ten bucks - I LOVE that website!!
- SteD 17y agoA docking station + a 19" monitor works great for me both at work and at home.