UB KOOL, Handheld Personal Mini Cooler &Warmer

Your Personal Ice Cube and Hand Warmer. The UB KOOL is the ONLY hand-held electronic cooling/heating system on the market. UB KOOLTM lets you instantly relieve stress and discomfort caused by the heat. Great product for the Golf player on a hot day! Portable - fits into any purse, fanny pack or sports bag. Operates on (4) AA batteries (not included) or optional AC/DC (not included). Two settings: Cool to 40 degrees F below ambient temperature and Hot, up 120 degrees F Convenient swivel head Ideal for golf and other outdoor sporting events Utilizes space-age thermo-electronics in it's operations Each Personal Cooler/Warmer comes packaged in it's own box and includes instructions Item Dimensions: 2.75 width x 1.2 thick x 5.6 height Inches First time in the world an unique but highly useful product is created by a former College Professor. It is called The Permanent Ice Cube. Works on a NASA invented Solid State Cooling Chip energized by ordinary AA size batteries. Size of a cell phone. When a button is pressed, a smooth blue disk attains a temperature close to freezing. People experiencing excessive body heat due to physical exercise such as Jogging, Golf, etc. can Cool Off by gently pressing the cold blue disk against their cheeks, necks, fore heads, etc.

[F094002] One feature that really struck me about the account of different kanban that Jim Benson uses is the ease and play with which he is willing to change, adjust, and even completely go to a new board for a special project. It was basking in that playfulness that led me to use Cool-Warm-Hot for ready-item priorities. And the ability to construct a new kanban on-the-spot for a special purpose was an inspiration for me when I needed to introduce an unexpected project. To clear the way, I moved all of the junk that had been crowding the backlog area to my inbox for processing there. I then took everything else off by stacking each column of cards up and setting it aside. This provided the opportunity to erase the board and redo it with a masking-taped legend. Before I started the new project, I slid all of the previous cards from the same column into the bottom of their columns. The small dry-erase board has a gap between the border trim and the dry-erase surface. I was able to tuck the stacks of suspended items into the gap. You can see other things I play with. I use color, little checklists, and other indicators on the individual cards. I also have a supply of smaller plain Post-It Notes that I bought by mistake since I don't have the dispenser they are designed for. But they are the right size for many personal kanban items, including adding attachments to larger ones. They also allow more items without crowding. I've also drawn on the supply of Post-It tags that I use for bookmarks. You can see those in the bottom group as items piled on top of a larger card. These are used when I need to have a visual, physical display of next-options, with the ones underneath not usually considered until the ones atop them have been dealt with.

As a fan of logos and graphic art all my life I have over the years created personal logos. This is the latest iteration as of July 1, 2010. The triangle and circle motif has been with me since the age of 12. They have had no hard and fast meaning over the years. They are my favorite shapes. They do remind me of my Christian faith in the trinity. The triangle I have often used to mean a mountain, or trying to reach higher in life. The circle has meant the sun, moon, unity, togetherness, working together for a greater good. Orange is my favorite color and I like it best when matched with black. You will also see this as the symbol of the fictional "Xenoglaux Design Bureau" that I have created here on flickr (see my galleries) as well as on YouTube and in my creative writing. The owl is a new feature of the personal logo. It was only a few years ago that I became enamored of owls. As I was looking at owl images one day I saw one called a Xenoglaux, meaning "strange owl." I thought this was very cool. This owl has one eye open to carefully peering at the world. I guess that has always been me, taking a careful look at the world. I am reminded of this quote: "Alone and warming his five wits, the white owl in the belfry sits." - Alfred Lord Tennyson