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I can remember TI-82 and 83 I was required to use back in 1995-1997 costing about $120. It's crazy that a TI-83 still cost almost as much new:
https://www.officedepot.com/a/...

Office Depot has 3d printing at their stores.

http://news.officedepot.com/pr...

It wasn't a suitcase, it was a pencil case. http://www.officedepot.com/a/p.... About 5 by 8 inches.

Office Depot did this as well

http://news.officedepot.com/press-release/products-and-services-news/office-depot-expands-store-3d-printing-customer-experience

Given the price of the physical media, if he charged more than 15 cents each, he was making a profit off of unlawfully obtained copies of someone else's work. I do not know anyone who would demand a 15 cent compensation from friends, most people would accept it as a trivial cost between friends who probably offered more expensive resources in the past with no effort to recover the costs.

I like these: Scotch Cord Organizer Straps

Found them at Target a couple years ago, haven't had an issue with cords since then. They have a soft felt on one side, tiny hooks (smaller than normal velcro) on the other and aren't as bulky as regular velcro. Use them to bundle the cords together at regular intervals so they can't get tangled. Or loop excess cord and use this stuff to hold it in a loop.

Threats to cabinet-level officials aren't overblown... a nuclear bomb hidden in a suitcase detonated in Washington could leave a headless government.

No, not overblown in the slightest.

That's right, it isn't. The gentleman on the left is pointing to the warhead of an atomic demolition munition.

Specifications of W54

All four variants share the same basic core: a nuclear system which is 10.75 inches diameter (270 mm), about 15.7 inches long (400 mm), and weighs around or slightly over 50 pounds (23 kg).

Ativa® Mobil-IT Ultimate Workmate, 14"H x 14.25"W x 14.25"D, Black

It looks like the only thing that might save us is that there isn't luggage that is 1.5" longer than the Ativa® Mobil-IT Ultimate Workmate. Apparently it is physically impossible to build luggage as large as 11"x16" since the above is the "Ultimate".

Oh oh, bad news! Although we might not be at risk from suitcase nukes until they can breach the 1.5" barrier in suitcase length that protects us, it appears that tuba case nukes look like a sure thing. So, maybe we aren't safe after all?

Right, and if all you need is a few dozen drives, it's probably not worth it. Let's talk when you need to backup 12 TB every night and you can only recycle the tapes yearly. Two drives and 1800 tapes is cheaper than 1800 drives, and until convinced otherwise I believe the tapes will take the time in storage with a better chance of coming back to life.

Tape isn't for days of storage, it's for archival.

And... how many people, need that? To store 12 TB nightly? Few thousand businesses, perhaps? Not even your super-geekiest nerd is storing 1,800 tapes a year.

There was a time when you could easily purchase a computer designed for home or SOHO usage with a tape drive. Not anymore. Tape has pushed itself out of the SOHO market and into corporate world only. You can't even buy a tape drive in stores anymore, and no wonder when a 72gb drive costs $600+

Tape is still dead. Long live hard drives for storage... or the cloud

If you are a software developer, you should have some knowledge of what sort of keyboard, mouse and monitor you prefer. As far as chairs, the only way to check is to go test them out. I have this chair and its pretty comfortable, also you don't sweat through your shirt and upper pants when it gets too hot in the office. http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/510830/Realspace-PRO-Quantum-Mesh-Mid-Back/

I've heard enough from the peanut gallery now... The non-stop bickering about trivialities is getting pretty damn old, and it doesn't make a damn bit of difference. Here's a lolipop, go away little children, and let the adults talk.

Is Europe, DVB-H had been promoted for literally decades as the thing that was going to change the world... EVERYTHING was going to have a TV on it, cell phones most of all.

Fast forward to the modern day, with cell phone manufacturers having disputes with broadcasters over DVB-H fees, one just went ahead and built a full DVB-T receiver into their cell phones. It was a stunning development. Sure, it used a bit more power, but now you could watch REAL TV programs, not just the niche "mobile" broadcasts that you were supposed to want to watch on your cell phone. Of course broadcasters were put in their place by this move, and DVB-H fees have become more reasonable, and there's an effort to get real content out there. But either way, the proverbial cat is out of the bag, and people now want "real TV" on their cell phones, and a large number of them get just that these days, for a fairly small premium...

Of course ATSC in the US is much more complex than DVB-T in Europe, but never the less, you certainly can still find a handheld TV for under $100 http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/541548/Digital-Prism-ATSC-300-3-5/

So, it's only a question of time. Give it another year, and your smart phones will receive OTA broadcasts, for free. Sure, they might also support the premium in-network TV-like data system, but nobody will want it, and the niche audience won't be large enough to support the effort. And it'll go the way of the MPEG-1 D-Frames, and the "PDA Internet", as do all poorly thought-out kludges that are only stop-gaps for temporarily resource-starved platforms that can't yet play with the big boys.

That is all. You may now return to your endless and pointless bickering about whether or not it's worthwhile to buy a subsidized cell phone...

Really worked well for these guys, and of course these guys, too. Sounds like a great idea to apply to more retailers. I wonder, can I buy an extended warranty on a case of pens from Office Depot as well? Damned things keep breaking on me.... And how about these? They might break, too.

Dude, you're getting a Toshiba !!1! Or maybe an Acer!11!. Seriously, there's always at least some deal going on for a low-end laptop going for about $500. Try here or here, if you decide to pass on the previous two offers.

http://www.officedepot.com/a/promo/pages/0928_recycling/

The Aeron[0] chair is great, but pretty expensive. I have two of them and they were worth the $800 but the pellicle-mesh fabric is a bit slippery...from the factory anyway. I also like the Office Depot Quantum chair[1]. Beware the seat doesn't recline though, just the back of the chair does. For $300 bucks it's a nice mesh chair.

[0] - http://images.google.com/images?&q=herman+miller+aeron
[1] - http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/510830/Realspace-Quantum-Recycled-Mesh-Task-Chair/;jsessionid=blah

I have a very similar chair that I purchased from Office Depot over 5 years ago for $199 and I love it. It is still in great shape. It is all black with a padded fabric seat and a mesh high back with a head rest and lumbar support. I found one fairly close online, but the price is currently a bit higher at 372.60. The Alera Eon Series:
http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/529506/Eon-Series-Fabric-Chair-53-x/

Many years ago, word went out over the mailing lists and (then very junior) newsnet about how packets were being dipped and 'The Powers That Be' were recording/snooping/doing all that bad stuff. It turned out that a few people had been playing with the wonderful and useful tracert command (now less useful, due to finger command paranoia). They had noticed nodes which only seemed to have IP numbers, not addresses. They concluded this must be the NSA.

The point here is that none of this paranoia is especially new. Each time I hear it come round again, I enjoy having been on the 'net since before it was the 'net (any old BITNET refugees still out there?). Been there, seen it, got the t-shirt, dyed the t-shirt pink, ripped the arms off the t-shirt and then lost the t-shirt.

Back in the day, folks figured out a response: give the snoopers what they want. Many people (me included) put words like 'bomb' etc. into our .sig files, so that even mundane e-mails about boring crap would trigger the sensors and get recorded. I am certain that Uncle Sam really enjoyed my discussions with my room mate about laundry and coffee ("Take out your laundry you freak, and buy some coffee!").

So, these days there is all this new fangled interweb stuff [engage full fogey/old fart mode], including Second Life, IRC, blogs and god knows what else. If a few public spiritied citizens would send Uncle Sam some more rubbish, he might get bored again. That is assuming he was ever really that interested.

Of course, there are two caveats: First, in the initial instance I mention, there was probably only paranoia and smoke. Second, these days one has to be a little careful about what one says, just in case one gets 'disappeared' on a 'Cuban holiday'.

The thing to keep in mind is that a few buzz terms, 'terrorists', 'communication', in conjunction with a recent technology makes the whole thing no less plausible than it was back then. I'm sure that Osama's folks send their 'secret plans' in Excel files [remember, Calc is better] that are password protected and then encrypted in PGP anyhow. This can all be done with products available at Office Depot anyhow. So, Chill!

There:

http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=66 2330&N=265454&An=browse

Search over.

If that's not "cheap enough", I'd say getting a new laptop should be on the bottom of your "things to buy" list.

A 12GB flash drive goes for just $120 at staples. http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=86 1978&cm_mmc=TLShopping-_-Nextag-_-Computers-_-US%2 0Modular%20USB%202.0%20Monstor%20Drive%2012GB

Until I can walk into Office Depot, Compusa, or Best Buy and find two computer sections, those with Windows, and those with Linux, there is no competition.

If it's not in the store, it is not competition.

And, any computer sold to the general public needs to be able to boot up to a desktop by just pressing the power button. No complicated questions, just a desktop, with all applications, including the all-important web browser(s), available with a click of the mouse.

Also, the price needs to be down there, no other isles full of machines hundreds of dollars cheaper.
They go for the price first, and the features next.

Apple has that reversed, so are shut out of lots of sales.

Microsoft® Wireless Laser Mouse 5000, Metallic Black It has a mail-in rebate that knocks $5 off the price. I had the optical version , but I like the laser mouse button placement better.

Office Depot has their own special color for the Zune--copper! I guess they don't think 'brown' is very sexy...

there are programs that allow you to suck songs off an ipod with ease. they're not legal, technically, but they're out there. ;)

I see no reason it would be illegal to pull your music off of your iPod, though I can see Apple's reasoning for not making it easy. After all, you're aloud to keep your iTMS purchases on up to 5 computers. What happens when your computer crashes and your iPod is the only place you have your music stored? Or if you buy a new computer and want to use your iPod to migrate your music? Now, transferring your music to another person's computer may be illegal, but getting music off your own iPod is perfectly legitimate, and I suspect perfectly legal.

I like using those black paper binders as money clips. They work well and you can get them from work.

item# 172008

http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=17 2008&x=0&Ntt=organizer&y=0&uniqueSearchFlag=true&A n=text

A lot depends on how you define a computer, but think about what this would have been like in 1970?

I have a copy of it. You can get one too. Go to Office Depot, they sell them in packs of 500 - and it comes in a variety of colors.
http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=84 1195&No=10&Nty=1&Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial&Ne=100 000%205%201&Ntt=paper&N=100123&uniqueSearchFlag=tr ue&y=0&x=0&Nr=100000&Ntk=all&An=text

Some shiny for you. http://www.officedepot.com/pictures/SK/MD/227710_s k_md.jpg

Go to your local office supply store and buy one of the metal clipboards used by delivery personnel--the sort that are 0.5-1.5" thick (depending on which you buy) and open with a hinge. Then you have an ideal heat-conductive laptop-using surface for your lap or anywhere else, along with a place to carry your papers, pencils/pens, PDA, mobile phone (if its thin enough), and something to swing at muggers' heads if you should be unlucky enough to encounter one. They cost $25-35. And they also fit nicely in a laptop bag without enhancing its thickness or weight too much, while at the same time protecting the laptop from impact on one side.

For example

Common lore...
What a shame about Ballmer and his chair-throwing rap, and the rest of Microsoft's people have to endure those stories.

I imagine they cannot even visit a neighborhood kid's lemonade stand without getting asked an embarrassing question about that story.

So do we need an alternative OS at this point in Microsoft's history?

Before I go out on a limb, and say that livecd linux distros like Knoppix do not have a "back door", and therefore are a safe alternative to tainted windows installations that may have been rigged with all sorts of built-in spyware forced upon Microsoft by various governments, let me ask this:
Does anyone know if there are "back doors" in Knoppix, Kanotix, Slax or other popular live cd linux?
I have my own knoppix remaster, and I have not stumbled upon any such thing in the filesystem.
It is a shame that most of the PC's have Windows preinstalled on them, and that there is this pressure on Microsoft to rig them up to spy on people. I know a PC is not a PC unless you turn it on, and it boots up to a desktop.
But the Windows problems are all the more reason to "bring your own OS".
You know you are a geek when you want to take a Kanotix 64 cd to Office Depot and try it out on those new AMD 64-bit cpu based computers with a 2000 MHZ FSB!
Having insulted Microsoft, let me be fair and do the same to Office Depot:
Ever notice that they hire ex-wrestlers as "managers". Apparently more concerned with frightening would-be "shoplifters" than providing assistance to IT shoppers wanting to "take a roll in the hay with a Gateway".

I picked up a Black N' Red journal from Office Depot and I write down my immediate activities in it when I'm onsite. A Hipster PDA isn't quite the right format for me to use for this. Too impermanent what with all of its little index cards and such. :) I like using a bound journal. Later, when I have some time, I transcribe it (with times noted) into a scheduled "meeting" in SugarCRM which I have installed on my laptop. When it comes time for billing I just copy the text from all of my meetings and send it off to my supervisor. I could probably whip something up with OpenOffice and hax together my hours automatically, but I haven't been so inclined to figure out how to do that yet. :)

I say that Microsoft is about $500 too bloated. That extra 5 seconds on initial load, and 2 seconds to open a file are worth the half a grand it'd cost for me to purchase Microsoft Office 2003. Ehh, $499 for an office suite, I tell you, that's just insane. I'll stick with OpenOffice.org thank you ver much, it's more than capable. Happy business user of OpenOffice.org since 2002.

3 ring binders are useful, but a bit bulky. If you're only taking notes, nothing beats a simple spiral notebook. A bit of dead tree with wire is cheaper than an electronic gadget + software.

I'm entering my 4th year of college(EEE student). I'm very happy with my PDA, of which I've used for the last 3 years.

PDA

And don't forget, most PDAs come with crappy stylii. I would go ahead and upgrade to a better stylus while you buy the PDA.one of my favorates

I'm entering my 4th year of college(EEE student). I'm very happy with my PDA, of which I've used for the last 3 years.

PDA

And don't forget, most PDAs come with crappy stylii. I would go ahead and upgrade to a better stylus while you buy the PDA.one of my favorates

I only buy those notebooks with the black marbled covers and the wide ruled sheets inside. I don't see a help line number on any of them, but then they've never given me any problems, so I've never needed to call anyone.

I keep all of mine in my palm pilot, which is always conveniently situated in my back pocket.

When I find I need a new one, I just transfer them over. Manually. I am old-school.

Go to Office Depot. et al.

But if you looked hard at all, I would be surprised if you couldn't get one in resonable condition for $50.

How about bigger than full page?

btw: somewhat wrong. apple keyboard costs 29.00 [-student discount 26.00] and includes the very neccesary usb hub. bluetooth not actually required get your facts straight.

Buy a mounse at office depot for $10 (or $14 NOW, I guess here,
or your local computer retailer. Compare to base-line dell offering with intel extreme graphics, intel celeron CPU, etc.

mac mini still plays ut2005 without lag, only slightly jumpy running @ 800x600 32bit etc, etc.

This competes with any base-lline x86 system very well.

I like that I can pick My display or buy the apple dvi to rca connector and use my TV. you won't see that sort of a thing on a pc either, nor at that form factor sie, quality, etc.

300 GB hard drive (7200 rpm/16 MB bufffer/ATA 133) at a good price ($150):

http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=77 4952

Jef Raskin & Xerox actually built off of even earlier concepts.

Office Depot sells them.

Now where did I put my abacus?

This chair fro Office Depot.

If you want one of those $1000 chairs for $600, I'd poke around on Ebay. They aren't that rare, although they were more common in the immediate post-boom period.

Just a little while ago, Office Depot announced a PC recycling program. See this link. It would have been a great promo if they could have worked in some kind of discount with the new PCs, or even flexibility with the service provider, when you brought in your old PC.

In the same breath, one can't help but wonder if any of the components in these "new" PCs are from the recycling program, esp. considering the specs of some of the components, namely the optical drives ;-)

Need to know where to go dumpster diving?

Office Depot gets custody of Kids 'R Us stores. Toys 'R Us is shutting down the Kids 'R Us stores and selling the locations to Office Depot for $197 million. Office Depot is just buying the locations, not the actual store names, inventory, etc.

Case of Post-It notes to plaster office: $74
650 Ballons for birthday prank: $55
1 air pump: $20/day rental
Advertising one last fun place to work to a million potential candidates on /.: Priceless

Seriously though, it great to see that there are cool places to work still. One more sign of the IT recovery @!

That's not questionably legal in any way; that's for a cash register. Many registers nowadays are just PCs and use one of those (generally affixed to the keyboard) to process credit card transactions. In fact, the legality of all of the items involved in the fraud is unquestionable. Turning them into the fraudulent device and attaching them to the ATM, however, is just as unquestionably illegal. (FYI, in case you're unconvinced about the Ebay auction, you can walk into any office depot and buy the gadget you linked.)

Word. I have been using PDAs for 40 years.

Show me where they can be purchased online Casio?, Office Depot?, OfficeMax?

All of these have square root, memory, etc. Even the $3 ones.

Get one of these for your desk. Mark the first folder as "current" or "unpaid".
Create additional folders for "Bank1", "CreditCard1", "CreditCard2", "Autoloan", "WishIHadAHomeLoan", "PhoneBill", "Gas & Electric", "Cable", "Internet", "LongDistance", "ParkingGarage" etc.
- When bills come in, place them in the "current" folder.
- Come pay day, sit down, pay bills, write checks etc.
- - After paid, strip unecessary garbage from the bill e.g. envelopes, ads, credit card checks
- - Staple that bills pages together
- - Place recent bill in the matching folder on top(usually held together with a paperclip, small binder clip, [this makes it easy to search through since most bills print the date in the top right hand corner] or in some cases stuff multiple bills in one of the same bill's folder)
- - - Checks from Bank statements get binder clipped together with the small clips & stuffed into an envelope sorted by check number.
- At the end of the year, take all of the folders, write the year on them & place them in the file cabinet (optional) I don't typically get that many bills so it may take 2-3 years before I bother to toss them in the filing cabinet.

Think of this as processor cache