Let's play Name the IKEA:

@virgilstar:

@Keith Page: One of advantages of an envelop system (whether by days or by categories), though, is that money not spent from one envelop can be shifted to another one. So it rewards you for going under budget whenever possible.

Paid $10,000 to the feds (and only $108 to the state). That's less than what I had expected to have to pay them—I'd been making smallish quarterly estimated payments based on my smallish 2007 freelance owage (which is an acceptable method for calculating it) and socking away about $1,000 a month all year in…

A massive dark-brown armoire is not just registering as "hidden" in my brain. I think a small desk with drawers and the shredder/wastepaper basket tucked under the foot area would be less visually obtrusive.

@MeEducated:

@NetDiva:

@mfusion:

That's a really weird list. "Rearrange crooked books so that all spines are facing the same direction and the titles all read from top to bottom"? Disguise your scorched ironing board cover?

@bardophile: Repurpose a glass curio cabinet or china hutch? Or bookcases with glass doors.

@djheath: I think you should try to get more of your furniture doing double-duty and make sure you're using the full height of your rooms.

We've got some of these (exact same kind), but the only reason we use them is because about 75% of our heat comes from a corn stove. This allows for moderately improved heat distribution, which can be tricky with wood/corn stoves in modern houses that are not well designed to circulate heat. I would say it doesn't…

Women are forced to multitask while watching TV because the men control the remote and thus the content of the TV.

I am now in a position where I can usually translate (literally, I'm a freelance translator) time savings into money earnings. So I do approach the time vs. money equation differently than I did when I worked a lower-paying salaried job.

I went over to check out Hulu's offerings, and unless I'm missing something, I couldn't find any of the shows that I routinely watch available (I'm a middle-aged mom and I watch terribly uncool stuff like HGTV and Discovery and PBS). This seems like it would work better if you're addicted to "house" than if you're…

I went through a phase of testing out Zoho apps about a year ago, so I was intrigued by this announcement. It was really easy to set up, despite what looks like a reasonable deal of customizability. I LOVE the multicurrency support, but not included with free plans? Also like the ability to create custom payment…

If you're going to resort to cardboard furniture, get some of those cardboard 3-drawer dressers from your local discount store; they're like $10 a piece and have enough reinforcement at the stress points to hold up for a few years if you treat them well. Not to mention the fact that the chances of finding a free…

What does this utility do that "save as text" in Reader 7.0 doesn't (except make you upload the PDF file and download the results)? I'd go lookeesee for myself, but you seem to have crashed the site.

For those of you who suggest getting married as a solution, a dire warning:

(3) Rethink your kitchen layout so things are stored close to where you use them.