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10 Items to Add to Your Back-to-School List Now!

Rebecca M Gruber — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:46:39 PDT

The back-to-school ads may be filled with crayons and paper, but a mom of a house filled with school-aged kids knows there's more to the list than that. Mama needs to add a few key items to that list to ensure that everything runs smoothly throughout the year. After filling your cart with scissors, glue, hand sanitizers, and everything else the teachers recommend, check out our list of must-have items every mom should add to her school-year arsenal!

10 Out-of-the-Ordinary Calendar Ideas

Elka Karl — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 04:00:00 PST

Tired of the same old parade of 12 cute kitties every year on your wall calendar? Need to invest in something more interesting than a word definition of the day desk calendar? Then you've come to the right place. Check out these ideas for a more creative way to mark the months this year.

5 Calendar Apps and Tools to Keep You on Time in 2011

Kristy Korcz — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:11:21 PST

You may have already made your list of New Year's resolutions, but one thing we can try to work on all year long is being timely and organized. These calendar apps and notification tools will fit in nicely with your life as it is now, since they can live on the Internet or your phone. Small steps.

Download of the Day: Diacarta

GeekSugar — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:15:42 PDT

I'm more of a visual person, so when I came across this productivity and planning app, I just had to dive in. Called Diacarta ($2), it's an iPhone app that works like your iPhone's calendar app but does it in a much more eye-pleasing way. You start with a clock in the middle and add events to your day by dragging icons around your clock to give you a visual representation of your schedule, really allowing you to see what's coming up at a glance.

You can edit each event by double tapping on the icon, and away you go. The one thing I wish it could do? Import my Outlook events, since that's what I use for business. If that were the case, Diacarta would push my iPhone's stock calendar deep into the last page of my apps. They'll just have to live side by side until then.

See a demo video of Diacarta in action after the jump.

Daily Tech: Apps Move From Your iPhone to Your Fridge

GeekSugar — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:15:38 PST

Need a fridge magnet? There's an app for that - Chip Chick
The bacon rocket (yes, bacon rocket) is go for launch - Urlesque
Watch TiVo recordings from anywhere in your house - Dvice
The $1,000 home recording studio - Unplggd
Typing geeks face off at the Ultimate Typing Championship - PopCandy
German couple creates Super Mario room (spoiler: it's awesome) - Switched
Paper calendar tears off pages automatically - Gizmodo

Etsy Finds: 2010 Calendars

CasaSugar — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:30:09 PST

Looking to add a unique, individual flair to your wall calendar in 2010? Want to expand your options beyond kittens or impressionist artists? Check out some of my favorite artist-made calendars from Etsy!

DIY: Advent Calendars

CasaSugar — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:00:40 PST

The anticipation of Christmas facilitated by my mother's advent calendar was always my favorite part of the holiday season growing up. (These days, it's mulled wine.) But I've never been a fan of those store-bought advent calendars where you opened a little paper door each day. They're cute, but certainly not as fun as a calendar filled with treats or activities. The possibilities for making your own advent calendar are endless, but I thought I'd round up a few DIY projects to inspire you (and woo you away from the drugstore variety).

Buzz's Fall TV Calendar Is Back and Better Than Ever!

BuzzSugar — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:15:02 PDT

Fall TV time might be the second most wonderful time of the year, and I'm helping you all get ready with a brand new printable calendar! With so many shows and premiere dates to keep track of, you'll be organized in no time with my handy (and oh so colorful) schedule. Set it as your desktop wallpaper, post it in a safe place, and make copies for family and friends!

Just click here to get your hands on the Fall 2009 schedule. If you need some help choosing what to watch this season, Pop and I have picked out a few favorites. The necessary caveat: Premiere dates are always subject to change - but this information is as up-to-date as possible, and I'll post any future changes here too. So, what are you waiting for?

How to Receive a Daily Agenda From Google Calendar

GeekSugar — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:20:35 PDT

Google Calender has tons of features that make it easy to stay organized, and one of my fave tools is the daily agenda email.

To get your daily agenda, just go into your GCal and look in the left margin for My Calendars. Click the down-arrow button and then click Notifications. Check off the "email" button next to Daily Agenda. Click save and you're all set.

The daily agenda emails will hit your inbox each day at 5 a.m., so even if you forget to open up your calendar that day, you'll still know what's going on. And you can get separate agendas if you have different Google calenders for different groups.

Geek Tip: Add the Date to Your Top Nav Bar

GeekSugar — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:25:05 PDT

Do you ever ask people around you what the date is, even though you have like, five applications available that will tell you? Not only do I have iCal in my dock, but iGoogle (which I have open all day), and my iPhone can all tell me the date at the click or push of a button. Call me lazy, but sometimes when I'm feverishly typing along, I don't want to stop and check to make sure my dates are right. So here's a shortcut for you Mac users: add the date to your top nav bar. Trust me, it's pretty handy.

To see the step-by-step instructions on how to add the date to your Finder nav bar, just