Article • November 15, 2013

Make Your Pup a Social Media Star

Pack is a dogs-only social network

Are you sick of people waving their new jobs in your face on Facebook? Tired of egregious wedding Instagrams clogging your feed? Finally admitted cats are over?

Skip town and take a visit to Pack, a social site completely devoted to dogs. There isn’t a relationship status or cheezburger in sight.

If you’re a fanatical dog owner, Pack is the ideal place to build a shrine for your pooch. Create a profile showing off their breed and other identifying information, and give them a superhero-like tagline. You can even give a shout out to their owners if you’d like.

But if you’d prefer canines from afar, you can use Pack to search and view pictures of dogs from around the world. Admire some adorable Bernese Mountain Dogs or beautiful Siberian Huskies. Like and track (follow) your favorite dogs.

“Man’s best friend” just took on a whole new meaning.



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Article • June 6, 2011

Send Your Digital Photos as Real Postcards

Convert your favorite photos into physical postcards with Postagram

Preserving memories with photos is a cherished past time. It’s also much easier than the previous tradition of reliving family memories through spontaneous Kabuki theater and interpretive dance.

The best new way we’ve found to spread photo love is with Postagram. For just $.99, you can turn your mobile photos into a postcard and send them to friends and family right from the iPhone app or the web.

Just write a personalized message, enter an address and hit send. Photos pop out from their mailing form, so your snapshots can be stored, hung or framed. The app also links to your Instagram account if you’re as big a fan of their awesome filters as we are.

We think it’s a great alternative to sending an MMS or emailing, and sending a postcard is still as much fun as receiving one. That’s why we’ve already sent 6 this week.

If you’re looking for picture sharing in bulk, Keepsy makes building a custom photo album super easy. Just import the images you’d like, select a theme, and have it shipped. Prices start as low as $29.95.

Nothing against interpretive dance, but these snapshots look a lot better than us flailing around in a leotard.

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Article • June 3, 2011

Turn Any Website Into Your Own Personal Document

Annotate and edit entire webpages with scrible

Writing about the Internet sometimes has its downsides. For example, we’re contractually obligated not to reveal how many screens we’ve broken from trying to highlight or underline websites.

scrible has saved our careers and our computers by offering all the Internet annotation we can handle. Adding their toolbar or bookmarklet gives you all the tools you need to turn any website into your own personal document.

Set that poorly-written article in its place by striking through text or give the writer the subtle nod they’ll never get by highlighting important passages. Add a note coordinating with the highlights or text colorations and then throw in a legend so the patterns all make sense. It’s versatile, useful and has completely changed the way we do research on the Internet.

Collaborate or show off your work by emailing the page to everyone involved. All of your notes can be exported or saved to your convenient, searchable library on scrible like an e-Trapper Keeper.

Now that the Internet is your notebook, all you have to do is resist the urge to write your crush’s name in hearts all over it.

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Article • June 2, 2011

Replace White Walls with Beautiful Wall Graphics

Decorate your walls with gorgeous designs with Blik

Walls are a major source of frustration when trying to spruce up your living space. Do you paint it? Wallpaper it? Punch a few holes in it out of frustration and hope that no one notices?

We were relieved to find Blik, which is a line of self-adhesive wall decals that were created for people who like original design. Instead of wallpaper, paint or stencils, the DIY nature of Blik lets you be the artist and create your own wall art.

The wall designs offered on the site are nothing short of gorgeous and start just under $40. If you don’t want to commit to one style, their Re-Stik decals can be added or removed in minutes, no paintbrush or primer required.

Want a one-of-a-kind “wallscape”? Blik also offers custom designs starting at $250. All you need to do is supply the dimensions and any special images and their team will send you a price quote.

Since we saw TRON, we’ve wanted to live in a video game, but dressing up our cats like Ms. Pac Man, Donkey Kong and Luigi hasn’t been doing the trick. Now our bathroom is a Space Invader battle after only a few minutes work.

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