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One of the issues Sandman comic had when re-branding Zeta was what to do with our old business cards. We had hundreds of astronauts with outdated information styled in the old brand, so instead of just throwing them away Battlestar Galactica tasked myself to research into different uses for old business cards. I was quite amazed at the number of ideas online. Some were good, some were bad, and some were just strange. Here are a few ideas I came across:

* Bookmarks

* Note cards

* Tooth picks

* Fingernail cleaners

* Noisemakers for the wheels of your child's bike

* Non-sticking post-it size notes

* Handy cards to clean the spaces between your keyboard keys

* Shopping lists

The problem is I needed a solution for getting rid of hundreds of business cards and if I used any of the above ideas I wasn't going to get rid of them any time soon. Another idea which interested me was 'business card cubes'. This is where you create small cubes by folding six business cards together. Then once you have created a few boxes you can tracer gun combining them to make different shapes. This seemed like a fun idea, but what could I build which would use hundreds of business cards? Well what about a giant Z for Zeta which could be used in the new office? I discussed the idea with Will (one of our creatives) and he was enthusiastic about the idea.

We started creating about 60 cubes every lunch time. After a week we realised how much of a mammoth task this was going to be. Luckily Jessica (our Spanish search expert) wanted to get involved and started creating the cubes at home with her flat mates. This was a big help and in no time at all we had enough boxes to finish the job so we could start combining them into a Z.

After the fifth week we managed to finish the Z which was 18 boxes high by 10 boxes long and four boxes deep. It was a relief to finally finish the task because it started to get quite tedious. The Z looked fantastic and I had managed to get rid of all the business cards, well almost, the rest I can use for tooth picks.

So do you think the Z was a good idea?

Now is time to get in the garden and collect leaves which are falling from the trees. They are a fantastic resource which you should not waste as it can be used through tout your garden.

So what do you do when you have collected the leaves? In the past gardeners used to burn the leaves and then add the ash on to their gardens. Burning is something which the authorities discourage us to do these days, I think because of issues surrounding global warming but that does not make sense as they still release their carbon when they rot. I know the last time I have a large fire in my year, the smoke made driving difficult on the nearby road so that is maybe a better reason not to burn them.

The reason you should keep them is to provide your garden and plants with a useful, and free, food and conditioner. Adding well rotted leaf mould to your soil will help it build up its strength and develop the humus content as well. In other words you are developing the food soil web and feeding the soil rather then the plant. Your plants will take the food they need from the soil.

The easiest way of collecting the leaves is mechanically using a leaf vacuum which will shred the leaves as it is collecting them or run over them with a mower on a high setting which will collect and shred the leaves. The old fashioned but much more health way is to rake them up using a leaf rake.

Once you have collected the leaves simply leave them to rot down. You can stuff them into black bin bags and pierce several times with a fork or put them in special net bags to rot down. If you have the space and enough leaves you may find that you have a hollow in your garden which you can fill with leaves but I find the best way is to build a leaf mould bin.

I have just built a new one and it took about 20 minutes. I knocked 4 stakes into the ground and then fastened chicken wire to the outside of the posts. It is roughly 3 foot square and 3 foot deep which gives a full cubic yard to fill with leaves and pack the leaves in well. That's it. Just leave the leaves for a year and just before you need the bin next year empty the leaves out. Use them as a mulch around the garden. The worms will work the leaf mould into the soil over the winter and help feed the soil and develop the humus content.

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The absolute earliest and first game to be played on some type of a cathode ray tube, and use some type of computer, Elvis a missile simulator type game played on circular screen that looked much Furby Major Matt Mason old radar screens used during World War II. This game bild lilli created by Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann in 1947. The creation of this game was significant because it marks the beginning of a new age of cathode ray tube and what they can be used for. Up until this point any display like this was simply used as something to be seen. With this game a player could look at it and make changes to what happened on it. It was interactive!

In 1952, what many consider to be the first graphical game was created by A.S.Douglas and it was a tic-tac-toe game called OXO. Over the course of the next two decades between the 1950's and 1960's a variety of other rudimentary games started to make appearances with the use of large computers that were tube based. One of the most notable was the game Tennis for two which was created by William Higinbotham in 1958. This game was played on an oscilloscope display.

Video games start to become more sophisticated and take on more realism in the 60's and the first game to do this was a game called Space War. It was created for a Digital Equipment Corporation computer and it was two spaceships (players) that engaged in a shootout on a starry background. One of the significant things about this game was that the ships were in a gravity well that affected how they moved and how the player had to operate them. This game has been recreated and copied in many different arcade and home versions like Galaxy Wars and in variations like Asteroids.

The First Publicly Released Game

The first game released to the mass public was called Computer Space. It was based on the Space War game and it was a coin operated arcade style game created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It was released in 1971. And in 1972 they released the arcade game Pong which was a big success. These games were the beginnings of the Atari Company.

Video Games Move onto the home Television Set

The very first console video game system that could be played on a television set at home was the Magnavox Odyssey. It was designed by Ralph Baer and it was first released to the public in 1972 and It only met with limited success. In 1975 the real revolution in video games for the home began with the release of the home version of Pong by Atari. Atari landed an exclusive contract for 175,000 units with Sears who would market it and sell It in their stores. The game was a smash success for the 1975 Christmas season. One of little thought about revolutions about this game was that all the discrete wiring was designed into a single chip which was the most advanced consumer electronics chip ever made until then. This opened up a whole new world of computer games.

Video games have had an interesting history with a lot of different people contributing to their success. They have come a long way and there are no doubt many more interesting and exciting developments to come.

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Credit card debt is the result of not paying a credit card bill on time. Credit card companies add interest to all over-extended loans. When this happens, the credit card company automatically reports this to the credit bureau and it goes against your credit score.

Your credit score can be decreased by a payment being only days overdo. When your credit score decreases, it makes it hard to get a loan at any bank or financial institution.

In young people especially, using credit cards and getting into debt can cause a lifetime of troubles. Trying to get loans for homes, cars, etc. can be next to impossible. Your credit score tells potential lenders how you pay on your debt and with a low credit score most places won't want to loan you anything. It is important for young people to realize how important it is to keep a good credit score and how credit cards can cause major financial debt if not used responsibly.

Credit card debt is a rising problem in America today. With the economy seemingly going through somewhat of a slump, credit card debt is almost inevitable for most average people.

Credit cards make a good crutch when your income is not enough to pay all of your bills, but that "crutch" isn't a solution. Month after month of using your credit card to pay extra bills that you don't have the money to pay, along with the bill for your credit card, adds up to substantial credit card debt. Before you know it, the amount is more than you can pay off in what seems to be a lifetime.

The good news is that there are ways to help with credit card debt. Although it is very easy to get into debt, it is almost always much harder to get out of the debt, but it is important to realize that it is possible.

There are financial institutions that special in helping people in this situation. Debt consolidation is the best plan to ending credit card debt. First, it is important to get rid of the credit cards you already have and don't get anymore. Many debt consolidation counselors will give you a loan to pay off all of the debt you have and you make one payment to them. These counselors normally provide various other tips and offer excellent advice.

Some people have so much credit card debt that there is no getting out from under it. A solution for people who have gone this far in debt could be credit card bankruptcy. In most bankruptcies the credit card companies are required to forgive most, if not all of the debt. It is important to remember that a bankruptcy can permanently ruin your credit score. Bankruptcy should be your last choice when there is nothing else you can do about your credit card debt.

Keep in mind that you are not alone if you have credit card debt. There are many Americans that are struggling with the same problem. With high interest rates, etc. it is a very easy trap to fall in.

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