Hasta La Ideas

Remember the earlier post where I received the tiny battery I ordered in a gargantuan box?

Reader Andrew Roberson pointed out that the cause was “on-demand packaging,” a practice which the company that provides Staples’ fulfillment machinery uses.

In any case, here’s another lesson about packaging–not for packages you receive, but for when you DIY your own package and ship it out. Whatever you do, don’t make or use a box that has equilateral sides. Why? Because this: