by duncan | Mar 26, 2019 | Quests, Staple Remover
Here’s a surprisingly good way of removing staples – stamp tongs! I recommend German-made “Solingen” stamp tongs with a spade tip. Stamp tongs are a kind of tweezer with smooth, polished tips. The spade tips are fine enough to slide under the arms of...
by duncan | Aug 15, 2018 | Quests
Hammock Research A few years back, I stayed at my cousin’s house in England. She had a backyard hammock, so I tried it. I was tired (jet lag) and the big hammock was so comfortable that I immediately fell asleep. Recently, we were given another hammock, about six-feet...
by duncan | Feb 7, 2018 | Quests, Staple Remover
My interests tend to go from one minor obsession to another, so I tried a number of experiments with staple removers to see which was the Staple Remover to Rule Them All. I found that it depends how much paper has been stapled. If it’s a thick stack – say, 15...
by duncan | Jun 27, 2017 | Quests, Staple Remover
Recently, I’ve been scanning boxes of documents recently on my Fujitsu ScanSnap document scanner. The scanner feeds documents through very quickly, a sheet at a time. It can’t handle staples, though. If one gets through, it will drag the next page after...
