Experience to Extremes

5 Ways To Customize Your Report Covers

No matter what they say, “Image IS Everything.”

Binding Machine Review: Akiles CoilMac EPI Line of Binding Machines

Akiles Coilmac Binding Machines

If your office is punching primarily coil document binding, the Akiles Coilmac Line is a heavy duty workhorse. The Akiles Coilmac binding machine is an electric punch system that has a built-in roller to complete the binding. Just punch your paper and cover, roll the coil spine onto your punched document and crimp the ends. It is that simple. 

Booklet maker? Yes, It’s Perfect for a Church or School

When you can, Automate

If you are a church or school, sometimes you are tasked with creating your own booklets. For a church, you may need to create a multi-page Sunday program. The same may be the case for your school. You can outsource it to your local print shop, but you can also in-source it with a booklet maker. So, if your school runs several plays or musical productions in the year, you…

Paper Cutter for your church or school? Try Kutrimmer Tabletop Cutter

So, you  are probably think about paper cutters like they were in the old days. The wooden base that had a long blade connected to the  steel handle. If you put too much paper on it, it never really cut your stack. So, you would have to split your stack up, until you could get it to cut. Those days are gone. Today, paper cutters are much smarter and easier to use. The MBM Kutrimmer 1038…

Need an educational roll laminator? Try the Tamerica TCC 2700

Schools and churches have a need for laminators. Students, teachers and other staff are always needing materials to be laminated. Teachers are always showing off their students artwork or projects. A good roll laminator allows them to provide the protection they need at a good price. One of the most reliable educational roll laminators on the market is the Tamerica TCC 2700.

Round Corner Cutter for Your Office: Akiles Diamond 1

Corner rounding machines are great for, well, rounding corners. It doesn’t sound like much, but it can be an important part of your print finishing if you are creating a professional looking card, document or laminated sheet. They are just a handy tool to have around the office when someone is asking for something a little more creative than a square corner.

There is more than just black binding coil

Picking your coil color could be a daunting task, there are so many to choices you can make. The one most people make is “Black”. It’s neutral. It conforms to most branding. You really don’t have to think about it. If you are using a coil to bind an internal document that serves a utilitarian function, black is fine. If you are binding proposals or marketing packets, you may want to consider…

Letter Size Laminating Pouches Are Popular

The most popular pouch lamination we find our customers using is letter size pouch lamination. It is designed to fit perfectly over a letter-sized piece of paper. It is important to protect those documents that need to stay fresh. Those documents that get used over and over again and touch many different hands. 

Different Styles of Binding Report Covers to Consider

What is the best binding report cover for you?

It’s important to make a good first impression. Whether we like to admit or not, people are attracted to flashy objects. If you are proposing to offer products or services to others, the cover needs to stand out. The content of your proposal has to be good, but the cover sets the stage for how your prospect may judge you. Think I am crazy? I have…

Law Office or Accounting Firm? Try a Rhin-O-Tuff Binding Machine

Is your print center binding a lot of documents for you? Are they still using a different binding machine for a different style of a document?

It may be time to consider upgrading your print center to a Rhin-O-Tuff punch machine system. These are the same machines that are used at all the Fedex Kinkos offices across the United States. They are unique because they are Made in the USA. They have…

Shawnee Lookout – Cincinnati, OH

The first time I visited the Cincinnati area as a kid, I really liked it. My Mom had gone to college at Mt. St. Joseph, an all girls Catholic College located west of the city. (It’s now coed) Mt. St. Joseph is in the hills overlooking the Ohio River. Like the hills of my soul place Budapest, the hills of Cincinnati get my respect.

Living in Indianapolis, I like to find any excuse I can to make a…

Wandering North Manitou With The Guys

This past weekend, 50 year old guys that have known each other since elementary school got together and trekked onto North Manitou Island. It is part of Sleeping Bear National Park. There is nothing on the island. Just some hiking trails and a Ranger Station with some volunteers.

The only way to get there is by the Manitou Island Ferry which departs from Leland, MI. The Ferry runs on a limited…

Driving in Brazil | Travel Stories

I think any driving culture has little to do with the ordinary etiquette of its society. There is something about the dynamics of machinery, speed and power coupled with a motoring tradition once begun, is difficult to change. Once behind the wheel of an automobile the local driver shifts into the driving mode that has become established at that place.

My experience is that the Brazilian’s…

The Bot Fly | Travels in Brazil

I always say, when you are in a place and a health issue comes up deal with it at that place. It is there that the locals know

The bot fly larva nests on the upper left back of a man. The diagram above shows

  what it is, what causes it, and how to cure it. Case in point occurred when my first wife and I were in living Campo Grande, Mato Grosso, (now Mato Grosso do Sul) Brazil where I was…

One for you and one for me, and one for Dicky, Dandy.

We used to put our kids on our knee and sing this song to them. Little did we know that one of them would end up in Boston. I have the fortune of my daughter attending college at Boston University. Now, I always have a reason to go visit her. I still have my friends there from the time we lived in New Hampshire and I worked in Boston. They are great friends who I always have fun visiting. There is always incredible amount of laughter and great conversation that challenges my worldview. That is what Boston means to me.

The funny thing about my visits to Boston is I always set my own agenda. My daughter works in theater and is always on jobs while I am there. Having worked there, I know my way around, so I am not relying on her to help find things to do. I always have something to do.

The first day, I hooked up with my buddy who used to be a distributor of mine while at American Airlines. We have kept our friendship going for about 20 years. He has done a lot in that time, as I have I. Yet, when we pick up the phone and talk, it was like yesterday. My other Buddy, I have the same relationship. He is older than me, but raising kids behind me. So, I watch as he navigates the teenage years with two daughters. (Poor bastard). I just love getting together with these guys which I wrote about our encounter at Fenway Park.

Boston is a walking city. The streets feel like old cow paths. There is very little logic on how streets are set up. Walking is better than driving because you may be driving down a one-way street and come to a crossroad and find that the street you are on is one-way coming from the other direction. Or, you may find that you can only turn left or right because not only is the street you are on one-way coming from the other direction, the street you can travel is one-way too. I recommend when in the city, walk.

The other way to get around of course is the Boston “T” system. They have a great subway and bus system. The only challenge is Government Center is closed for renovation, so you may have to figure out how to navigate around it. Most of the subway lines get you to where you need to go. If you are really adventurous, then you can right a bus too, as they are available. The best way to go is buy a “Charlie Card”. You can feed the card, so you are not trying to dig out change all the time. You can put as much money on it as you want to pay for individual fares. I do believe you can get a weekly pass too. You can always go to the MBTA website for info.

While my daughter was away, her Daddy went out and played. So, my last day in Boston included my own personal walking tour that included Boston Comm, Faneuil Hall and South Station. So, I started at Boston Common and walked through downtown to Faneuil Hall (for my last chance at fried clams) and made my way to South Station to catch the Red Line to watch the US Men’s National Soccer Team play Nigeria for their last friendly before Brazil. So, the pictures you see are from that walk. It was a glorious day for it and I hope you enjoy the pictures.

If anything, I hope inspires a few people to make the trip to Boston. It is one of the great cities in the US and everyone should visit at least once. There is too much American history to pass up. Besides, the clams and chowder are all that it is cracked up to be.

World Cup 2014: WOW! What a ride for Team USA

Blown Away!

As a long time follower of the United States Men’s National Team, I am totally blown away by the support they received this year in Brazil. From the 1st game against Ghana to the Portugal game up to the Belgium game yesterday. It was an amazing journey to see how things are changing.

Yesterday in Indianapolis alone, the block that was closed off on Massachusetts Ave was packed with…

World Cup 2014: Everything is now mainstream!

I made the comment on Twitter recently that everything I like is now mainstream. Growing up in the 1970s, I was and still am a big Rush fan. (The band) When I wore my Rush shirt back in the day, I got teased. I wear it today? Everyone comments on what a great band they are. I am thinking, “What the hell is happening?” My first computer was an Apple Computer. I never bought a Windows machine…