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Hipster Condo Owners Required to Keep Personal Beach Cabanas Clutter-Free

Cabanas, prime real estate for the hip set in boutique hotels such as the Delano in Miami and the W in Los Angeles, are the latest hot extra at condominium projects in South Florida.  Cabana ownership comes with restrictions though, including a requirement to maintain them clutter-free:

"[The association] lists guidelines [for] cabana neatness: Pathways leading up to cabana entrances have to be clutter-free and spaces that can be seen from the outside should be kept tidy, too. Condo associations can issue a fine or reprimand if a cabana owner flouts the rules."

Read Cheryl Lu-lien Tan's Wall Street Journal article, "The new IN thing:  Personal poolside cabanas at your condo" in the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinal.

UPATE 1/28/06:  The link above has been archived and made available through wsj.com.

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What would you do with a beach-side cabana in say, Santa Monica or Venice?

The Organized Week - Recapitulated

Was the LA weather seducing you this week?

Well, spend some time this weekend with a recap of this week's posts.  So, put-down your pda, pull-off your Pradas, and peruse your posts...

Home Depot: The Benefits of Eliminating The Paper Blizzard That Doomed Store Managers

I've worked for both large and small companies.  Along the way, at certain times of the year (holidays, pre-release "crunch" times, previews of an upcoming Hollywood blockbuster) we balanced the good and bad, the long hours and the service to customers.  One thing that remained constant was paperwork-- it dragged everyone down and hampered performance.  But what is a company like, say, Home Depot, done about streamlining paper and other processes?  And what has happened since they handled the clutter?

The Future of E-mail and Office Productivity: Pattern Recognition & Adaptive Filtering

As we put together the OrganizingLA Blog several times each week, and work to meet the needs of our residential and business organizing Clients, we're relying on our PC to keep up the productivity.  It's imperative to take advantage of all things new and improved (within reason of course) and we like to experiment with new technology or techniques whenever possible.  But if technology moves this fast, we wonder, "where will we be in, say, 5 or 10 years?"

Do You Have Difficulty Getting Things Done?

Would you like to have a laugh about procrastination?

Take the next 90-seconds and view this dry animation from I-Am-Bored.com, a listing of interesting sites to visit when you're feeling bored.

Click here for Gotta Get My Stuff Done.  You can also view additional "Tales of Mere Existence by Lev" pieces at Ingredientx.com.

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Incredible Ways to Recycle Video Tapes - Facts & Figures on Why & How

You probably have asked yourself at one time or another, "What the heck should I do with my old VHS tapes as I switch over to DVD?  Did you know:

• It takes one-sixth of a gallon of petroleum to produce a single half-inch VHS tape (almost a gallon to produce one television and broadcast-standard tape.)
• VHS tape shells are made from engineered resin that can't be "reused."

This Sunday's LA Times Staff Writer Casey Dolan, profiled the extreme world of the dinosaur VHS, including what's currently happening to the millions of orphaned tapes.