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Day One. App One. Evernote.

Your first app of advent is Evernote. Evernote describes itself on the iTunes page as a productivity app that is “an extension of your brain.” We think it may be even better than your brain. You can snap pictures, record audio, clip websites, almost just think something, to include it on Evernote. Then, when you … Continue reading →

Free and Easy Chunky Cowl Pattern

I’m kinda addicted to cowls lately. It all started last year after a trip to KnitPurl in Portland. I made a cowl (NOT the one pictured) that I absolutely love with a yarn that’s wonderful. The pattern I used for that cowl (again, NOT this one) is called the Tuesday Night Cowl by Susan Lawrence … Continue reading →

Our Family’s Do-It-Yourself Advent Calendar Tradition

At our house we do an advent calendar every year. It’s a tradition that began for me when I was a kid and since having kids, I’ve continued it with my family. We use a wooden advent calendar with little drawers (shown in the picture) to count down each day until Christmas. Starting December 1st, … Continue reading →

Advent Calendar of Apps

Beginning on December 1st, we will be doing an Advent of Apps. What that means to you, is that each day leading up to Christmas, we will be telling you one of our favorite apps. Whether you use that information to help you with your holiday shopping (did you know you can even “gift” FREE … Continue reading →

Otto tells it like it is

Many tech reviews are long-winded and really a bit like watching the trailer to a movie, where nothing is new when you actually go to see the movie. Well, this tech site is short and to the point. You’ll be lucky if we even say hello before we tell you what you need to get. … Continue reading →

Otto’s scarf has begun

We’re on the edge of winter here. As you can tell by the flakes falling in front of Otto’s face, snow has already fallen… and you’ll just have to take my for word for it that it’s getting colder. I’m wearing a scarf almost daily and knitting at least two besides! Anyway, scarves are coming … Continue reading →

The new phonebook (I mean, knitting magazine) is here!

Look what came yesterday… my new Winter 2011 Interweave Knits magazine. Yay! I don’t know if anyone else remembers that old commercial with the kid running down the lane holding the new phonebook up in the air, yelling “the new phonebook’s here!” Apparently it was very exciting; that’s kind of how I feel when I … Continue reading →

Mint.com

I’ve just begun using an app called Mint on myiPhone and iPad and I think it has the potential to make me a better manager of our money. In our house we’ve been fortunate enough for awhile to not have to live paycheck to paycheck, but with that financial freedom, we have slowly become less … Continue reading →

Top “Ten” iPhone Apps… part two of three

So, as I implied in Part One of this series, there are a lot of good apps out there. I tried to pretend I could only keep ten apps and had to get rid of the rest so I could see which ones were really the vital apps. The problem with that, though, is the … Continue reading →

Top Ten iPhone Apps

A few weeks (months?) ago I published a post listing my ten favorite iPad apps. I have been meaning to compose a similar list for iPhone apps, but have had a harder time narrowing my list down. However, some of my friends have recently gotten iPhones for the first time, so I’m feeling some new … Continue reading →