Don't Live With a Pain In the Neck--Use a Headset for More Productivity!Written by Larry Denton
From "sick-building" disease, moldy woodwork, toxic carpet, contaminated water, and carpal tunnel syndrome, modern office is glutted with potential health problems. Even something as harmless as phone can cause chronic pain if you spend hours with handset jambed between your ear and shoulder. The simple solution--a headset. Do you leave work everyday with a pain in neck? The simple answer might be a headset. In this era of multi-tasking, wedging your phone between your ear and shoulder while you type, search for a document, or even eat, can be literally--a pain in neck. A relatively simple device, a headset does away for need to have any part of your body support bulky, clumsy telephone receiver, thus sparing you from a stiff neck, sore muscles and a headache. With wide array of headset options available, selecting appropriate one can be very confusing. A headset consists of an earpiece, a microphone, and a cord that plugs into an accompanying amplifier, which is plugged into phone. While most people may believe that headsets are all same, that statement is far from correct. As computer hardware evolves, everything connected to it evolves as well; headsets are no exception. With creation of smaller, more powerful and faster chips, headsets are now being made much smaller, lighter in weight, more affordable, have a much larger range, and offer much improved clarity. Telephone headsets come in both corded and cordless models and will increase your productivity since you can use both hands to do other work, like shuffling through your files or using copier machine, while you are talking on phone. The cordless models even allow freedom to work up to 1,000 feet from amplifier, but they are more costly and weigh a bit more.
| | Don't Be Duped! Helpful Hints and Advice for CD Duplication.Written by Larry Denton
Whoa! Your boss tells you he needs a hundred copies of his presentation on CD--by tomorrow morning. Since he wants to impress clients he also wants professional-looking labels on CDs as well. A simple marker won't cut it this time. Maybe it's time for a desktop duplicator or to hire a duplicating service. Since most household computers are now equipped with a drive that has capacity to burn discs, it is no surprise that disc duplication has become big business. But sorting through tons of information about formats and CD duplication systems can be a nightmare. CD duplication is no longer a difficult, tedious or expensive process requiring exacting technological expertise. Since most desktop computers now come equipped with a standard drive with capacity to burn discs, it is no longer a rarity to find people making "mix discs" of their favorite songs using CD-R media. And it is likely, at some point, that you are going to want to make multiple copies of one of your projects--be it a work presentation, a business card, or a demo of some sort. The term "CD Duplication," taken literally, means to copy CD-ROM's. Actually there are two different methods to make those copies: Duplication and Replication. Duplication is process of "burning" data onto a pre-manufactured CD-ROM. This process requires use of CD-Recorder to add data to a blank disc. Recorders are included in many personal computers, but they may also be added to a PC as an external disc drive. These devices require user to burn one disc at a time, a process that takes between 1 and 74 minutes depending on speed of recorder. A more automated form of duplication can be accomplished by buying a stand-alone CD Duplicator (no computer hookup required). This device can make many copies of CD-ROM master simultaneously and can produce 65 or more CD-ROM discs an hour. If you have a relatively small project, fewer than 1,000 copies, this may be device for you. Starting at less than $1,600 these disc makers are perfect more independent musicians and even churches who often duplicate sermons and music to make them more available to parishioners. Replication, on other hand, is process of "stamping" data onto an injection molded CD-ROM. This process requires creation of a "glass master" from customer-supplied disc. Using a high-speed stamping process data is actually built into construction of each copy, not added later. Due to expensive equipment requirements, this is certainly not method used by average computer owner.
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