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In my house they go to the recycling bin usually, except one that is being used for the change jar right now.

I've never thought to use it to package cookies. Where were you when I sent my kids' cookies in a ziploc bag only to have them tell me it was all crumbly or squished beyond recognition????

I use an old breakfast tray with legs. It works just fine, has a large enough surface for a mouse, and since it has a lip around the tray there's no chance of pencils and pens rolling off the tray.

I would love to be a minimalist, but I seem to fall more to no style and cluttered.

Popcorn buckets from Walt Disney World is what I use. $5 (including the delicious popcorn)

I use those plastic produce bags I get from the grocery store. I put one over a large margarine tub and use that as my garbage bowl. Once it's full, I just dump the whole thing in the trash and I don't have an extra bowl to wash either.

I'm with you there. Having had to move cubes 4 times in 6 years, I'm loathe to fully accessorize my cube. I do however have some framed prints and some smaller knick-knacks just to brighten up the area.

I also have a lamp to combat the horrible fluorescent lights that are overhead and a lucky bamboo plant.

If public transportation was clean and efficient, then public transportation. But if it takes me an hour and a half with 2 transfers to get me to a place that only takes me 15 minutes by car, then I'll drive any day.

I used to live in Ohio where I would take a bus to work every day. It was easy because the bus stop was only a block from my house, and it took me straight to downtown where my office was. The problem is the downtown bus stop was always full of questionable people milling around and I never felt safe when it got dark.

For Android, my preferred reader is actually Aldiko. I've had it since the G1 days and it just works. Add the Aldiko sync app and it can automatically sync your books between multiple devices as well. I also like that it handles epubs, so reading books from OverDrive is simple.

Thank you for this article. I love tech and gadgets and I always have very specific brands/types of gadgets that I go for, and I usually do tons of research before I make a decision to buy a new gadget.

My mother in law is notorious for doing her holiday tech/gadget shopping out of the JCPenney catalog, and it frustrates me to no end since the items she gets ends up being an overprice underperforming piece of garbage from china.

I've been wrapping it the "finger horn" method: Make a horn with your index and pinkie fingers out, wrap the cord in a figure 8 around the fingers a few times, and then wrap the rest around the middle to tighten everything up and then thread the end through the loop on one end. Easy, doesn't need any special equipment, and never gets tangled. I learned that from another site and I can't see doing it any other way.