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What Do You Do With Your Phone During Appointments?

GeekSugar — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:05:30 -0800

On a recent episode of How I Met Your Mother, Marshall and Ted decided to take a road trip to Chicago, while leaving Lily back at Crumpet Manor. While the guys were gone, Marshall called Lily several times to apologize for taking off without letting her know. Luckily for her (and him!), she was so caught up in her relaxing treatments that she didn't even know he was calling (even though her phone was on vibrate). After watching this, I couldn't help but wonder what everyone else does with their phone while at a spa appointment or doctor's appointment? I always put my phone on silent during these kinds of appointments because my vibrate setting is still pretty loud. What about you? Do you ever leave your ringer on?

The 7 Reasons Halloween Is Huge in 2009, Part 1: TV, Movies, and Celebrity Baby Trick-or-Treaters!

Molly — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:05:16 -0700

We had so much fun with our PopSugar Rush Vampire Special, so we're back with more - this time it's all about what makes this Halloween even bigger and better than ever! In part one, we've got our favorite vampires, the TV shows with the best Halloween episodes, the reason that scary movies are everywhere - hint, the Twilight craze helps! - and our favorite celebrity kids all dressed up for trick-or-treating. Watch the 7 Reasons Halloween Is Huge in 2009, Part 1 now, and check out part two on Thursday!

Geek Out: How Long Do You Wait to Text Someone New?

GeekSugar — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:03:18 -0700

On this week's How I Met Your Mother, Ted's legendary overzealousness with love blew up in his face in a text-messaging epic prank (but that's another post). However, what made him a victim was the fact that his friends knew he would violate the "three day rule" that says you must wait three days before calling or texting someone you just met (I guess the Swingers two-day rule is passé now, huh?).

So aside from Ted's uber-dorky use of the term "texty-text," what we really need to discuss is this rule. Not for calling, but specifically, texting.

Since texting is decidedly more casual than a phone call, what are the rules for contacting someone for the first time this way? How long should you wait? Or are such rules totally lame?

I can't tackle this in Tech Dating 101, because I'm an old coupled-up lady and am sooo out of the flirty-texting game.

So, what are the rules?

The How I Met Your Mother TiVo Prayer

GeekSugar — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:00:51 -0800

The geekiness of the How I Met Your Mother crew never ceases to amaze me. The Christmas break gave me ample opportunity to watch old seasons of the show and I came upon one of the most fabulous, relatable scenes - relatable if you're as obsessed with TiVo as I am.

That end threat, BTW - I make that one too.

10 Ways Your WiFi Connection Mirrors Your Love Life

GeekSugar — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:00:18 -0800

Maintaining a healthy, successful and mutually beneficial relationship with your WiFi connection can be a lot of work. In fact, it can feel a whole lot like your love life. My years of dating and battling my WiFi have taught me all about mixed signals, interference from third parties, the coveted honeymoon phase and eventually (or hopefully) that relationship pinnacle of a monogamous, working relationship that everyone can smile about.

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Have You Ever Dropped a Cell Phone in the Toilet?

GeekSugar — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:00:39 -0800

On this week's How I Met Your Mother, two things were shown that frightened me: Strange, naked men and an iPhone being dropped in a toilet. Thank god it was just Hollywood make-believe.

What's also funny about the HIMYM incident is that even though a vengeful woman deliberately drops Barney's phone in the loo, I have had far too many friends to count, accidentally drop their phones into the toilet. Not to mention the rice story and the nasty outhouse diving story. No one seems to have as many problems with sinks, bathtubs, or swimming pools as much as the swirling water of the porcelain throne.

Tell me - have you ever dropped your phone in the toilet? Did you fish it out?

Photo courtesy of CBS

Geek Goods: How I Met Your Mother's Robot Cookie Jar!

GeekSugar — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:00:49 -0700

On this week's How I Met Your Mother, Ted got ready to move out and had to evaluate all the stuff that the girls told him Stella would find dumb (seriously, she's not the mother, right? Right?!). One thing no one cool could find dumb was the first thing he pulled out - the robot cookie jar!

Dubbed "R2 Sweet Tooth," Ted looked lovingly at his robot cookie jar, as he should, and the next thing I thought was: WANT. If you want one, too, I've found a bunch of rad vintage ones (the only way to go), like this similar one. Check 'em out!

Geek Out: Video Game Arcade Date Memories

GeekSugar — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 07:30:24 -0700

I'm tingling for tonight's return of How I Met Your Mother - even though I'm most psyched to see what happens with Barney and Robin (remember his geeky reaction to their one night stand?), I'm also curious to see if Stella accepts Ted's marriage proposal.

From the looks of this photo, all I can say is that if they're in a video game arcade, all signs point to yes! Video game arcades remain for me, the most romantic places ever. As a youngun, my first dates (or casual hangouts, if someone was too scared to ask specifically for a date) were at arcades, because it was one of the few parent-approved places you could go as a pre-teen.

Once inside, things got awesomer: you played adrenaline-pumping games together, cheered each other on at shoot-'em-up games, and if things went really well, you rode in those two-seater "ride to Mars" games. So tell me: do you have any old video game arcade date memories?

Photo courtesy of CBS

How I Met Your Mother and Her Geeky Friends!

GeekSugar — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:00:33 -0700

If I wanted to, I could probably do a TV tech quiz for How I Met Your Mother - you wouldn't think, but this ensemble of friends in NYC is pretty wired - especially my favorite character, Barney. I've Ioved NPH since Doogie Howser, MD, and as Barney I love him more - he's got an iPhone, a MacBook Pro - and talks in tech (and text) speak 24/7! A little bit creep but a lot of geek, Barney killed me in this clip from last week's episode after a scandalous romp with Ted's ex-girlfriend Robin.

Geek Tip: Use Window Cleaner to Fix Unplayable Discs

GeekSugar — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:45:27 -0700

This tip actually comes courtesy of Netflix, after they were beginning to kill me by sending unplayable disc after unplayable disc. The first offender, (a How I Met Your Mother DVD, if you must know), refused to play in my DVD player, so I pulled out all my tricks to clean it (except for the ol' toothpaste trick, which I was tempted to try, but since I didn't own the disc, I had reservations), to no avail, so I reported it unplayable, and Netflix sent another copy of the DVD.

Would you believe it, the next HIMYM disc they sent would also not play! By then I was angry and cursing the Netflix gods as I signed in to my profile to tell them yes, you sent me another crappy DVD that I can't play. But instead of them telling me OK, they'd send a new one out (as they had the previous time) it was as if the website sighed loudly at me; the next message I got was something along the lines of "Have you tried Windexing it?" Defeated, I admitted I hadn't, so I tried it.

To see the rest of the tip, just read more.

I pulled out the Windex (I hear ya, I am trying to get rid of it and replace it with the green version but that bottle drains so slowly), spritzed it on a paper towel, and wiped away, being careful to not leave too many particles from the towel on the disc (next time I'll use a soft cloth and avoid more potential scratches with the paper towels). I placed the DVD into the player, and like magic, the disc played.

I'm curious, have you heard of this tip before? I was surprised I hadn't! For the concerns about using window cleaners on a disc, a quick Google doesn't yield much evidence saying it will damage anything, but if you're concerned, do go with an eco-friendly (and therefore, less chemical-y) window cleaner, as I'd imagine it would have the same effect as the commercial cleaner that I used.

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