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Daily Tech: Nokia Booklet 3G Only Coming to Best Buy

GeekSugar — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:05:39 -0700

The only retailer in the US to get the 10-inch Nokia netbook will be Best Buy - Gizmodo
Google Mobile now remembers what you've searched on your desktop and displays starred map locations - Lifehacker
Sony is planning on releasing Blu-ray movie titles, which can only be watched on PSPs - Kotaku
Tomorrow's Martha Stewart show will be entirely dedicated to talking about Twitter and live-blogging - Switched
Sony's PSP Go hits store shelves today for $250 - Engadget
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Which Do You Like Better: Twitter or Facebook?

GeekSugar — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:45:35 -0700

Who's the social network whipping boy this week? Facebook. Yesterday, Bill Gates admitted that he had been so overwhelmed by friend requests when he joined that he gave up on it.

As if on cue, media maven Martha Stewart took Facebook to task as well, and taking the opportunity to cite her real networking face, Twitter. She said:

I just love it so much more than Facebook. First of all, you don't have to spend any time on it, and, second of all, you reach a lot more people. And I don't have to "befriend" and do all that other dippy stuff that they do on Facebook.
Girlfriend has a point. In fact, I've had a lot of previously Facebook-addicted friends recently cop to all but abandoning it because they'd gotten so into Twitter.

I still spend equal amounts of time (occupational requirement), and I do honestly love them the same - but what about you?

Which Do You Like Better: Twitter or Facebook?

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Daily Tech: Sony Introduces the Webbie HD Camcorder

GeekSugar — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:00:04 -0800

First it was the Sony Rolly and now it is the Sony Webbie, which can capture HD MPEG-4 video and 5-megapixel photos. The Webbie will be available for $200 tomorrow. - Engadget
LG is planning on unveiling a super-slim 15-inch OLED television this Summer. - Switched
Martha Stewart shows off her modernist, clean, and organized New York office in the latest issue of Martha Stewart Living. - Unplggd
On Jan. 15, SCE Asia is coming out with two new PSP colors - radiant red and vibrant blue. - Kotaku
Polaroid just announced the Polaroid PoGo Instant Digital Camera, which allows you to crop or edit pics and print them up in seconds. - Gizmodo

The Martha Stewart Geek Health Tip I Can't Get Behind

GeekSugar — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:00:42 -0800

Martha Stewart may be one of my idols, but a health tip she included in the January issue of her namesake magazine, Martha Stewart Living, has me disagreeing with her pretty profusely.

Here's what she says:
"Alongside every one of my computers, I have a pitcher of mineral water infused with lemon, lime, orange, or cucumber and mint. I find that I drink more if the pitcher is there as a reminder and I can freely pour a glass, rather than opening bottle after bottle of water during the day."

Martha, really, open pitchers of water right alongside your computers? Sure, you should drink plenty of water, but putting a large, open vessel of liquid right next to your computer is just inviting damage (don't those pitchers look foreboding rather than refreshing?). Careful as you may be, it only takes a little nudge to fry a keyboard or worse, a motherboard.

Unless you can afford to replace expensive tech easily, do as I do, and drink lots of water - just put a lid on it.

Daily Tech: Martha Stewart's Home Office Exposed

GeekSugar — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:05:35 -0700

A recent issue of Vanity Fair shows off Martha Stewart's tech-filled home office in Bedford, New York. - Unplggd
Now you can order pizza online via your Facebook page! Yes, Pizza Hut has just launched app plug-ins that you can add to your profile. - Switched
Research shows that a third of cell phone users play games on their phones, with a fifth of them downloading the games from third-party sites. - CrunchGear
Airlines are starting to install filters on their in-flight WiFi services to prevent passengers from watching lots of porn. - Wired
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Geek Tip: How to Make a Monitor Cozy

GeekSugar — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:00:59 -0700

Martha Stewart has some directions for how to make a monitor cozy from an old issue of Blueprint, which reminded me of the monitor cozies I created for my boyfriend's two monitors last year. Lest you get discouraged by how nice and fancy Martha's version is, just check out the ones I made on my own, with just a bit of quick measuring and side-seam sewing. I also added a lining as well as a decorative fabric, since, like Martha says, it adds a little bit of color to the room.

Of course, hers are made much more carefully, where I'm more of a sew-by-the-seat-of-my-pants kind of gal. For instance, she adds gussets, and I don't even know what a gusset is.

Blueprint's DIY Charging Station Blueprint (Teehee)

GeekSugar — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:30:40 -0700

When the legendary though short-lived Blueprint magazine folded, I mourned the loss of another favorite. Not only was Blueprint, a Martha Stewart title, the one magazine I felt that was really made for me, by people like me, but it recognized the three-dimensional female life.

Specifically, Blueprint knew that modern girls are gadget girls - in its inaugural issue, it won me over with this: DIY instructions for a charging station. An attractive, expensive (not DIY-looking at all, incidentally) charging station (perhaps you are familiar with my search).

So I present to you, the instructions for this fabulous charging station, now on Martha Stewart's website (Blueprint's site has gone MIA, but its awesome blog offshoot Bluelines remains).

A note about the suggested boxes for the project: The Container Store no longer has the specific Library Project cases on their website, but still has this striped version; I prefer the look of the solid-color library project cases, so perhaps these office storage boxes or these paper drawers can be adapted. Happy DIYing!

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Martha Teaches Larry and Sergey to Make Mojitos!

GeekSugar — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:30:08 -0700

While you could Google a great recipe for cherry mojito, you know they'd be nothing compared to one Martha helped you make.

Martha blogged about her recent trip to San Francisco to take part in the Google National Sales Conference, and the highlight is her demonstrating how to make a cherry mojito for the Googlin' golden boys themselves, Sergey Brin (the winner, BTW of the space-date challenge) and Larry Page.

Martha says she thought Sergey "would be the best cherry pitter" (Ed. note: That's what she said).

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Do You Have a Flat Screen TV Yet?

GeekSugar — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:00:22 -0700

I remember looking at my old tube TV and thinking what a sad, old, honkin' piece of old technology it was. Like Richard Simmons, I wanted to drop the unneeded bulk and upgrade to the skinny model: The Flat Screen. I eventually did it, with a 50-inch Sony that's all I dreamed it could be.

I'm not the only flat screen enthusiast - Martha Stewart, all-important doyenne of aesthetics, recently gave the new Sony OLEDs a rave review: "I like it." With an endorsement like that it's no wonder that flat screens are making a splash as decor, and let's face it, it's the shape of the future and we'll all have flatties eventually. Do you have yours yet?

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Daily Tech: Martha Stewart Upgrades to a MacBook Air

GeekSugar — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:00:34 -0700

Just like every other celebrity, Martha Stewart gets a new MacBook Air and decides to blog about it! - CrunchGear
Cab drivers in downtown Manhattan are rallying for the right to use cell phones on duty. - Textually
Paul Frank is now rocking rubber cases for the iPhone and iPod Touch. - Chip Chick
So much fun! Lifehacker just held a 2008 coolest cubicle contest. Now see who the winner is! - Lifehacker
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