Websites We Love

If you're moving, the thought of sending beautiful little change of address stationery is kind of lovely. But let's be frank, in this day and age, that means you're asking your friends and family to open the card, bring it to the compute…

In a world where news arrives in 140 characters or less and we thank people for their birthday wishes by clicking the Like button, it can be all too easy to fly on autopilot when it comes to deeper thinking. But there's a beauty behind p…

Last night, my five year-old asked about why Independence Day and July 4th were on the same day. Pretty good question, I thought. And when I started to explain the meaning of Independence Day, I found myself more or less paraphrasing one…

I can't count the number of times I've wished that I could just share a YouTube video at the best part rather than sending the whole entire thing. Well, even though you can actually do that on YouTube (who knew?), here's a cool service t…

Father's Day gifts aren't always the easiest to shop for. In fact, most gifts for men can be difficult. It's not like you can just get them jewelry and call it a day. (Well, unless you're married to Mr. T.) I tend to be skeptical of site…

I can't tell you how thrilled I was to hear that Shutterfly has bought Kodak Gallery , especially since I'm an avid user of both. But on July 2, Kodak Gallery will close completely, so before then, you're going to want to take some actio…

The last time I searched Craigslist was a while back when I suddenly had an urge to find a free (or cheap) piano for the living room. I have to admit, the pages upon pages of listings, the text-laden interface (even if they did remind me…

Mother's Day is just around the corner - you can tell because you start seeing more and more people crowded around the greeting card section in your local drugstore. If you want to avoid the crowds and the cards that pass for "humorous" …

We were pretty stoked to log onto Photobucket this week (our longtime choice for storing photos online) and say wait...what happened? It's awesome! As it turns out, they just partnered with Pixlr to offer incredible photo editing tools f…

Today on Earth Day many of us are taking this opportunity to talk to our kids about recycling and sustainability and turning off the lights. Or maybe they're talking to us--a group of six year olds informed me yesterday that it takes a j…

Ah, those halcyon days of yore, back when I used to go to midnight movies downtown and see foreign films at the art house and pack a lunch for the Star Wars marathon at the megaplex. Now the most exotic thing I see is Glee, and that's fr…

For all the spouting off I do about organizing your digital photographs , backing them up and filing them neatly away, I have a confession: My iPhoto is a bogged-down, disorganized mess of a thing. For all that "delete! delete! delete!" …

Many of you photo-clicking moms like me may be starting to panic just a little with the closing of Picnik next month . But along with the other Picnik alternatives we shared a couple of months, we've found another awesome solution and in…

After my huge, exhausting spring cleaning extravaganza last weekend, I found myself with a gigantic box of photos and absolutely no idea what to do with them. That was until I heard about this cool, new-to-me site that will scan and digi…

I'm already thinking ahead to spring cleaning and redecorating, with plans to paint a few rooms. And luckily, I just discovered an awesome site by Sherwin Williams that I've anointed as my own Next Big Thing for you home decor fans--afte…

Why is there Gentlemint? Well let me tell you a story. A few nights ago, I found my husband perusing my Pinterest pins looking for gardening ideas. After several minutes of scrolling through knitting inspiration, this year's hot pantone …

We all know that every woman's number one desired trait in a future mate according to every dating site ever: sense of humor. And we don't entirely disagree. If you're looking for just the right hilarious ecard today to send to your swee…

Between work and home, I'm swimming in emails. So if one more person asks me to join an email list, I think I might scream -- even though that's really the best way for many groups, like our neighborhood, to communicate. So when I heard …

If you're a Google Mail user like us, then you've probably received a few notifications this week about some upcoming changes to Google's Privacy Policy . While you don't necessarily need to take any action when it comes to your privacy …

If you're not a fan of the Google doodles by now...well. We don't know what. The bar is so high that now if you go to the main Google.com site and it's not actively playful or snowing or clickable, you're kind of disappointed. Here's one…

Editor's Note: We've updated this post with new information we received regarding the changes to Picnik. You might have been as surprised as I was to learn the news that Google will be closing down Picnik , the go-to photo editing site f…

Now that we've open the last book in our advent calendar, I get to deflect the When is Santa coming? questions all day long. But now I can just pop the kids in front of my computer for a little geography lesson as they track St. Nick's t…

The only reason I was able to get my holiday cards out before the actual holidays this year was because I had a really good photo of my kids. But if you never got yours out (we don't judge about such things), then we have three solutions…

With all the talk about what's for dinner, I can't blame my kids for thinking that Thanksgiving is mostly about the turkey, mashed potatoes and pie---oh, and something about Pilgrims too. That's why in between the turkey and the pie, we'…