Bartering Kindles, Biking Desks, And Other Stories We Didn’t Post

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case.

After the Kickstand Desk Will Be the Kegstand Desk

Because your work day doesn’t involve enough monotony already: a desk that it also a kickstand. Peddle while you work! Similar concepts have been floating around before, but this one you can actually buy — if you have $US2500 lying around. [Wired] [imgclear]

You Can Trade in Your Old Kindle for Cash and then Buy a New Kindle with That Cash

Amazon has turned its trade-in program on itself, now accepting your battered and abused (or shiny and newish!) Kindles of generations past. In exchange, you’ll net anywhere from $US25 to $US125 that you can spend on anything you please. But this guy, for one, is going to be defraying the cost of yet another Kindle. That I’m sure I’ll be trading in next year. For another Kindle. [Amazon]

Left Behind is our daily collection of chaff we didn’t think was quite good enough to post on its own, and why.


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