6 Ways to Wrangle Your Desktop Cables


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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

Organize Your Life: Weelicous's 5 Tips For Getting Mealtime Under Control


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Tips For Cooking With Kids

It's no coincidence that dinnertime falls during the witching hour. While trying to make my kids a healthy dinner, I usually find one tot rifling through the pantry and another racing cars under my feet, until I turn on the TV in hopes of distracting them for 10 minutes so I can simply open the hot oven door without worrying that any lil hands will end up in there. If this scene sounds familiar Read more

LEGO-Inspired Block Case Is Geek Chic


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LEGO Block iPhone Case

Kids at heart will love the Connect Design Block Case ($29) for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S. Not only does this rubber case look like a giant LEGO block, but it comes with a moveable LEGO-like piece to keep your camera lens covered, keep your earphone cords organized, and even act as a stand to keep your phone upright so you can watch videos. For $29 bucks, I think that's a steal. Read more

5 Tips to Help You Organize Your Life


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Tips For Organizing Your Technology and Gadgets

No time like the present to get your gadgets and techie life in gear. We've got all the right tech tools to gear you up, and the tips you need to get your techie cleaning done. So, make organization easy and keep your life neat and clean when you get going with our helpful tips to step up your routine. Clean Up Your Computer — De-clutter your digital life when you purge your computer of any Read more

Geek Tip: Use Pipe Insulation to Wrangle Cords


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DIY Cheap Cable Organizers

Today's geek tip comes from the queens of craft at Martha Stewart. While we've often come across inexpensive cable managers, we're not opposed to using found objects (like socks, perhaps) to keep our cords in line. The crafty divas at Martha Stewart, however, took things a step beyond by using pipe insulation instead. This super-cheap material can be found at your local hardware store and makes a Read more

Public or Private: How Much Do You Know About Cord Blood Banking?


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Cord Blood Banking

Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs aren't the only banks who've been awash in controversy over the past few years. Scientific breakthroughs related to the lifesaving potential of collecting and storing umbilical cord blood has resulted in an explosion of a whole new industry: cord blood banking. While most medical professionals and organizations are proponents of storing the super blood, there is Read more

MiniDock Minimizes the Cord Mess


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MiniDock Cordless iPhone and iPod Charger

A simple way to make a house organized is to clear the cord clutter. You could pick up the pricey iPhone charging on the floor, but there's any easier solution. The Bluelounge MiniDock ($20) plugs into the USB port of an iPhone or iPod power adapter for a wall-mounted docking station minus the cord tangle. Compatible with even the iPod Nano, so say "hello" to your tidier tech life. Read more

Guides to Help You Organize Your Tech Life


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Tips For Organizing Your Gadgets and Social Network Accounts

There's no doubt about it: technology is frustrating. When it quits, combusts, and dies at the most inopportune moments, we have to remain calm and remember how helpful it is when it's working. Your cell phone is a mini calendar, alarm clock, inbox, parking space locator and mp3 player all in one. And that laptop — well, it's your key to organization. Be thankful for the gadgetry in your life Read more

Lil Links: Take Advantage of Strawberry Season!


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Lil Links: Take Advantage of Strawberry Season!

10 sweet, fresh strawberry recipes – Health Did you delay cord clamping? Maybe you should! — The Stir Rachel Zoe has a peekaboo baby! — Celebrity Baby Scoop Tips for organizing your kids' closets — Celebrity Baby Blog Everything you need to care for mama after the baby arrives — FitPregnancy Patriotic looks for tots — Parenting The truth about sex after baby — The Bump 7 things Read more

10 Productivity Tips and Guides That'll Help Alleviate Stress


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Organizational Tips, Apps, and Websites

Mondays are almost always manic and seem especially rough when they mark the start of a month. Manage your stress this month— and better enjoy the last magical moments of Summer — by taking some time early in the month of August to organize your technology so it can help you stay on track. Here are some helpful techie guides to help you get through the month. Email Yourself Important Read more