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Cover Your Walls in Geek Love!

GeekSugar — Sat, 17 May 2008 07:12:08 PDT

I've been itching to put up some more art in my apartment and get rid of the sad whiteness of bare walls, but I'm so picky about selecting just the "right" art.

I need something that is going to complement its surroundings, make a house a home, and speak to me!

Something that, I guess, is me. Tall order right? Well, I think this Geek Love print is me!

A geeky print - an original from Etsy for only 16 bucks, no less - is perfect for a home of two geeks in love - who have been too lazy to buy art for their blank walls.

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Sweet Gifts For Your Nerdy Sweetie-Pi

Kelly Schwarze — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:11:44 PDT

No need for a holiday or special occasion to show the nerdy apple of your life some love. Show some appropriately-themed x's and o's to the honey, best friend, or family member that goes crazy for robots, sci-fi, and a little masking tape on their glasses with these Etsy finds.

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Website of the Day: Copygram

Kristy Korcz — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:23:59 PDT

Avid users of the widely popular iPhone app Instagram will love Copygram, a site that lets you download copies of your entire Instagram collection into one .zip file.

The process couldn't be easier: just enter your Instagram name and email, click "Develop," and you'll be emailed a file containing your collection in a flash. You'll also be given a shortened link to see your pics live on the site if you choose to create an archive, and you can even print small copies of your pics wherever you choose (images are sized at 612 pixels x 612 pixels).

Do you have an interesting website you want to share? Join the Website of the Day group and blog it for a chance to be featured on GeekSugar.

How to Throw a Social Network-Themed Oscar Party

Lauren Bradshaw — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:36:57 PST

Want to throw an Oscar soiree this weekend? As we inch closer to the show on Sunday, we'll be featuring different ideas for your viewing party planning, using the best picture nominees as inspiration. First up: The Social Network.

Your Facebook-loving friends will obviously get a kick out of seeing you pay tribute to the award season front-runner, but if you're wondering how to start, try out these ideas. Then don't forget to download your own Oscar ballot to pass around to your guests! You can also fill out our online ballot for the chance to win a Samsung HDTV.

Who to invite: Start a Facebook group to announce the evening's festivities and invite your Facebook friends - all 520 of them.
Dress code: No need to break out your Oscar best for this shindig. Make like Mark Zuckerberg and have everyone don their oldest sweatshirt with sweatpants or jeans and some Adidas flip-flops. Bathrobes over pajamas are equally OK.
Table setting: Make the table look like a workspace area, and get creative! You can serve candy in your office organizers where you normally store paper clips and pencils, and label each seat with a personal business card. You can even take Zuckerberg's own card slogan "I'm CEO, bitch" and swap in each guest's name.

More tips after the jump.

Healthy App: Lose It

FitSugar — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:00:49 PST

Have you started keeping a food journal yet for this week's Get Fit For 2010 weekly challenge? We've got a cool food journal that you can print out, but if you're a tech geek like me you might be scratching your head at the idea of putting pen to paper. Try Lose It instead - a free iPhone app that helps users manage their weight by tracking their calorie intake.

To start, you enter in your current weight, age, height, gender, goal weight, and how many pounds you want to lose each week to reach your goal (up to two pounds). Based on this information, Lose It creates a weight loss plan for you. For example: a 146-pound, 5-foot-2, 30-year-old woman wants to drop down to 130 lbs. by losing one pound each week. If she starts today, Lose It estimates that she can reach her goal by May 17, 2010, with a daily calorie budget of 1,439.

To see how easy it is to use,

From here, all you have to do is enter in what you eat throughout the day and Lose It pretty much does the rest. The app has a huge database of fresh, store-bought, and restaurant foods, and records the calories of the food items you've eaten into a daily journal for you. Calories eaten are subtracted from your daily calorie budget, giving you a running tab of how many calories you have left in the day. What's cool is that you can also input physical activity - any calories you burn will be subtracted from calories you consume, leaving you with an accurate reflection of your calorie intake for the day.

Although it's a daily food journal, you have the option to look at your goals over the course of the week too. This graph is really helpful because it gives you a visual representation of days when you might have gone over or under your balance. If you forget to log in any food or exercise, don't worry. It's really easy to add in items you might have forgotten from previous days. Also, if there are any foods or exercises that are not in the Lose It database, you can input the information into your account so it is reflected into your calorie counts.

I love how straightforward and simple the app is - it's a great option if you don't always have a paper food journal or you live on your iPhone. The only drawback is that it doesn't focus on overall healthiness. When it boils down to it, Lose It is a calorie counter. You can enter an unrealistic weight goal into the menu and no alarms go off, or if all your calories are from fat, you won't get any stern warnings either. There is, at least, a daily nutritional breakdown of your day, which helps you become more aware of what amounts of fat, protein, fiber, etc. you are taking in. Despite this flaw, I think Lose It is a great tool for someone looking for a food journal or a calorie counter tool.

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Daily Tech: Pink and Blue Wiis Coming Just in Time For V-Day

GeekSugar — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:10:23 PST

The colorful pink and blue wiimotes will be making their way to the US on Feb. 14 - Engadget
The iPhone could be the reason why AT&T's network keeps failing - MacRumors
Verizon has refunded a $22,000 cell phone bill that a teenager racked up - Silicon Alley Insider
See what it's like to be an Amazon employee at the fulfillment center in Kansas - The Huffington Post
The fascinating history of Christmas lights - Gizmodo
I love these PB Teen beside tables that come with built-in 5 plug outlets for your gadgets - Unplggd
Submit your Cool Captures for your chance to win a CanvasPop print - GeekSugar