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Nothing shows your personality quite like home video — don't miss an opportunity to tell your story. Sugar has teamed up with Flip Video to give you a chance to win a new Flip Mino camcorder! All you have to do is design your own Flip Mino on TheFlip.com, send it our way, and let your artistic talent speak for itself!

Here's how:
1. Go to TheFlip.com to get started.

2. Browse the design gallery, upload your own photo, or use the pattern generator to make your Flip camcorder unique and personal.

3. Once you have completed your design, click on the envelope icon at the bottom of the tool and email your design to flipcontest@sugarinc.com. That's it!

The super-portable, super-simple Flip Mino makes it fun to capture and share high-quality video anywhere and everywhere. And thanks to its flip-out USB arm and intuitive built-in software, Flip Mino lets you view, edit, and upload your videos to popular video-sharing sites like YouTube instantly.

Mark your calendars — the contest runs from Dec. 12-26. The top 20 finalists will be showcased in a slideshow on geeksugar on Dec. 29, and then the five grand prize winners will be announced on Dec. 31!

Stay tuned — over the next couple of weeks we'll be showing you camcorders designed by all the Sugar girls to help you get a little inspiration! Now, time to get designing your very own custom Flip Mino! Good luck.

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You wouldn't think that geeksugar would have much to say about AMC's runaway hit Mad Men, set in the early 1960s — but you'd be totally, utterly wrong.

The retro-era show is actually rife with geekery — vintage geekery that is. Not only is it a rare look into how the times were for health, the sexes, minorities, and business, we also get to see the infiltration of technology into the home and the workplace.

Amazing tech quotes abound, like this over-the-top sexist zinger: "The manufacturer made it so easy a woman could use it." Of course, we'd love to say that sexism in regards to technology manufacturing has gone the way of the black and white TV, but we can't, necessarily.

Besides the women-friendly typewriter, there's the old-school video cameras, the wild concept of the copy machine, the out-of-placeness of a tube television in a single woman's apartment, and one of my favorites, the crazy (and crazy important) sight of the switchboard ladies, connecting the mad ad men with their clientele.

Photo courtesy of AMC

Welcome back to Wedding Season on the Sugar Network. Now that I've given you inspiration for creating your own wedding website, provided you with registry tips and imparted my ideas for geeky bachelorette parties it's finally time to plan the big day. Assuming you've found the right videoographer and photographer, the only last minute techie issue you have to tackle is what gadgets you will need on the big day.

If you have hired a professional photo and video team, I suggest you still stock the tables in the reception hall with inexpensive digital cameras or even the new Kodak Disposable Camera, which has recently gotten a makeover and looks like a small digital camera. The Kodak Disposables are inexpensive (seriously, they are $9.99 and available at food and drug stores) so you can purchase a couple dozen without breaking the bank. If you do opt for real digital or film cameras consider making one of the bridal party members the official "camera keeper" and have them pass them out to the dependable, bored looking crowd members. While the professional photos will likely be the ones you'll keep on your mantel for the rest of your life, there's no telling what candid moments your cousin Betty might capture.

For additional ideas for wedding day gadgets, including tips for entertaining the under 21 guests, read more