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Image via CrunchBase I’m the kind of person who loves his gadgets and while I might draw the line at forking out $400 to be first in line for the latest iPhone, I’m certainly one of the first on the waiting list to get one.  Like many geeks (my wife refers to me as a [...]

Image via Wikipedia Simply pay a visit to the lost and found property of your local golf club and you will quickly see how much expensive property is mislaid by players’ intent on lowering their handicap.  Without their favorite 7 iron, long haul driver or lucky putter, they are going to find they are indeed [...]

Adding personalized ID labels to your valuables really does work to help you recover lost or stolen items! I know, because I have first-hand experience in this matter. Part of my job requires that I travel frequently for business. And, I have gotten into the habit of reading quite heavily while on these business trips. [...]

Many of us are already familiar with the use of medical labels on tags, bracelets and necklaces to carry medical information – medical ID tags are commonly used by those with allergies for use in emergencies, but there is much more to medical identification bracelets than meets the eye. Medical ID tags, no matter what [...]

Before you decide which type of label you need you are going to have to take a look at your printer and establish what type that is; inkjet or laser printer. Inkjet printers squirt small, high pressure jets of ink onto the paper when printing (hence the name “inkjet”) and this must then be allowed [...]

Personalized wine labels are nothing new as an idea but for many people, how simple and cheap it is to arrange for a personalized label is still something of a mystery! Today, printing wine labels is easy and affordable. There are a wealth of internet sites offering personalization services for wine for special occasions such [...]

Labels are cheap and easy to use as well as keeping our work and personal life organized and user friendly for everyone.  Many label manufacturers have been enjoying the high price mark-up because they have effectively cornered the label market but with the advent of the internet there are now very few barriers to entry [...]

The strict answer is “No!” but the practical answer is “Maybe!” it all depends on what you are subjecting the label to. Typical waterproof labels will be able to resist the effects of water for several days, weeks or indeed permanently depending on the adhesive used and how well it has been applied.  In fact, [...]

Tagging your possessions is something many of us do but we fail to consider the full scale benefit to be derived from making sure our goods and chattels are identifiably ours. Take look at some of the law enforcement statistics regarding lost and stolen property: a tagged item is 37 times more likely to be [...]

Over 90% of pets are tagged in the United States and this is the major reason why so many pets are returned to their owners but there is a starkly contrasting statistic when it comes to our children; less than 2% have some form of identification upon  them! Fortunately, the overwhelmingly vast majority of missing [...]