My monthly roundup is a short list of links to free or low-cost services, ideas, and articles that help make the job of building and managing a thriving ADR practice a little bit easier. This month’s roundup has a gadgets and gizmos flavor:

Emergency Cell Phone Charger Saves the Day: The $10 investment that could get you out of a pinch.

Be Prepared for a Brownout: We fired up our generator for two days last time the lights went out…this item would have helped too.

X-Pad Laptop Platform: An economical and effective item to help your laptop stay cool…and your lap top, too. I have one and use it all through the summer months.

The Top 10 Weirdest USB Drives Ever: Puts the term “thumb drive” in a whole new light…

Video Jug: While not a gadget, I’m including it because it’s as practical as some gizmos. Video Jug is a site filled with short video clips on how to do things in everyday life, from making naan bread to folding a t-shirt in two seconds, and from how to admit you’re wrong to how doing better web searches.

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