Clutter
How to Declutter Your Windows Context Menu [Windows Tip]
Windows tip: Whether you use them or not, many applications install superfluous entries to your Windows right-click context menu resulting in a cluttered mess. The How-To Geek weblog details how to cl ....... read more
2 days ago
How to Wrap Large Cords and Hoses [Cord Management]
DIY home web site FineHomebuilding has a nice guide demonstrating how to wrap large cords and hoses for clutter-free storage while avoiding twists and kinks. With a medium-gauge cord, for example: I d ....... read more
7 days ago
Kids Encounter Fewer Ads Online [In Brief]
Minors experience significantly fewer ads online than the elderly in a measure of web page "clutter," according to a recent report from Nielsen Online. Web surfers under 17 saw the least screen real e ....... read more
16 days ago
Get a Head Start on Spring with a Clean Garage [Household]
Get a head start on spring and make your winter a lot more pleasant by cleaning out your garage this weekend. For most of the country, November begins a long season of slushy, icy, overall garage mes ....... read more
21 days ago
Form an Attack Plan for a Cluttered, Messy Home [Organization]
Last week in our quest for de-junking the spaces around us, we walked through cleaning a workstation and keeping it that way. This week, we're taking on a more personal, and often intimidating, space ....... read more
Tue,
14 Oct 2008
Clean Your Workspace—and Keep it That Way [Workspace]
Whether your workspace is miles from your home or right there amongst your books and Battlestar Galactica figurines, it probably has something in common with at least a few other readers' (and my own) ....... read more
Thu,
09 Oct 2008
Emerge Alternative Shell Clears Your Desktop [Featured Windows Download]
Windows only: The free Emerge Alternative Desktop Shell replaces Windows' taskbar, Start menu, and right-click context menu with a super-minimalistic version. In short, Emerge leaves you with essenti ....... read more
Tue,
07 Oct 2008
Rules for Computing Happiness and Simplicity [Simplicity]
Developer Alex Payne likes his software simple and his computing experience streamlined, and he offers up a list of rules "for computing happiness" right along those lines. Many of Alex's rules ring ....... read more
Wed,
08 Oct 2008
Reboot Your Workflow This Fall [Personal Organization]
The kids are in school, the boss is back from vacation, clients are ringing your phone again, and you've got to buckle down and get to business. If your workflow fell into disarray during the lazy da ....... read more
Wed,
03 Sep 2008
Pick the Right Day and Time for a Yard Sale [Household]
Few organization and cleaning projects feel quite so fulfilling as a yard sale. You make a major dent in your overstuffed storage, and you get paid, right? Not if you host it late on a Sunday in Augus ....... read more
Sat,
30 Aug 2008
Declutter Your Schedule to Find More Free Time [Overload]
Blogger Leo Babauta found more free time in his days by decluttering his schedule and "designing" his life to include important stuff and exclude the rest. Lots of good, familiar advice here on managi ....... read more
Tue,
19 Aug 2008
Store Paint in Water Bottles with Marbles [Household]
You painted a room or two in your house, and now you've got a few half-full cans of paint left over. Save space and paint with home improvement guy Ron Hazelton's advice: The key to paint storage is t ....... read more
Sat,
02 Aug 2008
Table of Contents Makes Filing Easier, More Organized [Organization]
Weblog Apartment Therapy describes how to create a table of contents for your file cabinets to help make your filing system cleaner and easier to use. It's actually a very simple idea: You just print ....... read more
Wed,
30 Jul 2008
Declutter Your Car With The Three-Bag Approach [Cars]
At some point nearly everyone has had a collection of empty bottles and fast food containers riding shotgun with them. Take a few tips from Sue Brenner, a new contributor at the organizational blog U ....... read more
Thu,
24 Jul 2008
Transform Defunct Speakers into a Media Cabinet [Weekend Project]
DIY web site Instructables has a clever step-by-step for turning your broken but snappy cabinet speakers into a DVD storage cabinet. Last week we posted a guide to clearing your DVD clutter, and if yo ....... read more
Sun,
06 Jul 2008
DIY Card Cable Organizer [How To]
The plastic card cable organizer manages cords under or behind your desk and keeps cords—like your iPod charging cord—from falling off your desk when unplugged. The idea behind the card ca ....... read more
Thu,
03 Jul 2008
How to Clear Your DVD Clutter [Weekend Project]
If you've got a growing DVD collection that's taking over your living room, design site Apartment Therapy has posted a simple howto for clearing out the DVD clutter. Basically the author spent a littl ....... read more
Fri,
27 Jun 2008
Commercial Baby Toy Alternatives [Parent Hacks]
The folks over at the Unclutterer blog are on a war against toy Clutter in the house that inevitably builds up with toddlers. They offer a few "duh!" alternative activities to commercial toys, like ma ....... read more
Sun,
15 Jun 2008
Remove Empty Directories Does What It Says [Downloads]
Windows only: Free, open-source application Remove Empty Directories, aka RED, scans any folder you point it to for empty or partially empty folders and helps you remove them. With advanced options f ....... read more
Sun,
15 Jun 2008