How To: Change Your Desktop Icons


Updated 05/09/08 7:07 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 3 comments

How To Change Your Desktop Icons

I love to customize! From getting my BlackBerry engraved at the TechCrunch/Popsugar shindig in LA, to downloading some pretty wild wallpaper to bring out my inner animal and make me feel at home while I'm at the office. I do all I can to show my personality and prevent desktop boredom, even when it comes to my gadgets, which is why I switch it up and get down with cool (and free!) desktop icons Read more

31 Days of Spring Cleaning: Manage Your Desktop Cables


Updated 03/09/12 3:57 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Cheap and Easy Ways to Manage Desktop Cables

We're a full seven days into our Spring cleaning coverage, and today we move on to an area that most of us deal with every day: our desks. A workspace that is cluttered with messy cords is a distraction, and even more annoying when cables fall behind your desk only to be lost in the rats nest that has formed there. Get it together! You can keep your cables neat and tidy with something you have Read more

6 Ways to Wrangle Your Desktop Cables


Updated 05/21/11 9:31 AM · Posted by GeekSugar · 1 comment

Desktop Cable Organizers

If you took my advice to Spring clean your computers inside and out, you can take your desktop organization a step further by getting your cables and cords under control. Desktop cables can be a distraction to your work flow but can also trip you up if your laptop's Ethernet cable keeps slipping down behind your desk (like mine does here at the office). Keep your essential cables and cords in Read more

Mac OS X Mountain Lion Preview


Updated 02/16/12 10:11 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Mac OS X Mountain Lion Details

Your Mac is about to get a bit of a makeover. In the latest Mac OS release, OS X Mountain Lion, Apple has added lots of features that you already find on your iPhone or iPad. Apps like iMessage, Message Center, Game Center, and others get the desktop treatment, and connect all of your Apple products like never before. The release date for OS X Mountain Lion hasn't been announced yet, but you can Read more

Would You, Could You Give These Items Up?


Updated 03/25/11 10:36 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Spring Clean Your Tech

In the spirit of Spring cleaning, a New York Times writer encouraged technological downsizing by outlining some items that could be worth getting rid of and others worth keeping. Multi-use gadgets not only take up less space, they also can end up saving you money! I agree with some of his get-rid-of-it suggestions (GPS units, for example); others I'm not so sure. What do you think? Click through Read more

Pencil It In: 12 Printable Calendars For 2012


Updated 01/12/12 11:16 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Printable 2012 Calendars

The first week of the year is officially behind us, but there are still 51 more weeks to go and mama needs a calendar to keep track of all of her — and baby's — activities. Forget store-bought calendars and take a look at these 12 printable 2012 calendars from Etsy. These sweet calendars look adorable hanging on a cork board, in frames, or on a desktop easel. Best of all, mama only has to Read more

Nature's Choice: 6 Wooden iPad Stands


Updated 01/08/12 1:29 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Wooden iPad Stands

A new year, a new beginning — refresh your desktop or living room decor and help keep your iPad easily accessible with a fresh iPad stand. Wooden gadgets aren't trendy; they're classy and here to stay. We found these six handmade versions on Etsy which makes them eco and small business friendly! Read more