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My First Dishcrawl Experience: Exploring San Mateo

Last year, San Mateo, CA was named the “Best Small Town for Food” by the Rand McNally Best of the Road contest. When Dishcrawl offered me a ticket to a progressive dinner exploring San Mateo’s award-winning cuisines, I jumped at the chance.

Dishcrawl hosts unique culinary experiences in over 250 cities across [Read More]

February 26th, 2014|Stuff|

10 Mini-Challenges for Unplugging This Weekend

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Weekends are always a great opportunity to practice some mindfulness around how we use technology. People often ask us for easy tips on unplugging, so we listed are few mini challenges you can try over the weekend. [Read More]

February 21st, 2014|Life|

I Unplug to Reconnect

In celebration of the fifth annual National Day of Unplugging (NDU) — from sundown Friday, March 7 to sundown, Saturday, March 8 — the nonprofit Reboot is asking individuals and families to reconnect with each other by putting down their smartphones, tablets and computers for 24 hours.

The topic of families unplugging is especially close to [Read More]

February 13th, 2014|Life|

Flappy Bird: The Maddeningly Addicting Viral Game

Update: The creator of Flappy Bird shocked fans and developers alike when he decided to pull the game from the App Store, though he was making $50,000 a day from in-app purchases. Here’s why.

First, it was Angry Birds; then came Candy Crush – and now, casual gamers are buzzing about [Read More]

February 7th, 2014|Hot|

Sochi Hotel Disasters

Journalists covering the Sochi Olympics arrived to find less-than-glamorous hotel accommodations awaiting them. Unfinished rooms, bad plumbing, and knob-less doors were the least of their problems. Little did they know, their first coverage of the Olympics would be live tweets of hilarious and gross hotel disasters. Here are a few of our favorites:

Baffled.

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February 6th, 2014|Hot|

Grumpy Cat Valentines on Etsy

Valentines Day is a day many people love and even more love to hate. But if there’s anyone who hates the idea of a little romance and heart-shaped desserts most, it’s Grumpy Cat. If you’re in the same boat, you might appreciate a few of these Grumpy Cat un-Valentines on Etsy.

Be My Valentine [Read More]

February 5th, 2014|Hot|

Save Money on Flights by Deleting Cookies and History

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We all know that feeling. You find a cheap flight online, only to return later that day to see that the price has jumped up. Worried that the price might increase again, you decide to book it.

Did you know that you [Read More]

January 31st, 2014|Help|

Wearable Book Literally Makes You Feel Emotions

Researchers at MIT developed a “wearable” book that lets you experience the emotions of the characters as you read. Readers wear a special vest equipped with sensors, temperature pads, ambient lighting, and a sound and vibration system that adjusts to fit the mood of each passage. For example, the vest compresses against your stomach and [Read More]

January 29th, 2014|Fam|

12 Inappropriate Valentine’s Day Cards

Getting tired of seeing the usual cheesy Valentine’s Day cards everywhere you go? Look no further for the quirkiest, most inappropriate, and funniest cards we could find on Etsy – they’re not conventional, to say the least!

1) I love you so much I’d never tag you in a bad photo on [Read More]

January 25th, 2014|Stuff|

8 Ways To Make Your Oscars Party A Tech-Savvy Bash

Planning an Oscars party? Do you love all things celebrity? Check out our 8 favorite sites, apps, and social media tricks to delight your guests and claim your award for ‘Best Event’ (start preparing that speech!).

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1) Invite With StylePunchbowl gives you [Read More]

January 21st, 2014|Hot|