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• Through the Eyes of Kanye

  Love the sunglasses popularized by Kanye West SO MUCH that you wish you could see everything through those shuttered shades? Read More... Posted May 13 2009, 02:02 PM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments Filed under: web app, kanye west, kanye vision, bookmarklet, kanye

• Quick Tip of the Day: Follow the Map to (Used) Treasure

  Lord knows that most of us can't afford to live the way we used to, shopping the boutiques and luxury goods shops. Which is why I'd like to point you toward some real treasure, often affordable only with the 50-cent coin buried above. Read More... Posted Apr 28 2009, 08:35 AM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments Filed under: Quick tip, web app, yard sales, google maps

• Quick Tip of the Day: Getting Together With Your Busy Friends

  Just the other month, me and my friends from college put together a spreadsheet in Google Docs in order to figure out which weekend everyone would be available to get together.     We have yet to find a weekend where all of us are free. In much the same vein, there is now a web app for this sort of thing, because apparently we're all too damn busy: Read More... Posted Apr 23 2009, 08:13 AM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments Filed under: Quick tip, calendar, web app, which date works, schedule

• Quick Tip of the Day: Tweet Off at Work

  Reading the Modern Materialist at work is like a gateway drug to other things...like checking your Facebook page, playing Minesweeper, and tweeting at work. I'm not good at subtlety (my boss used to catch me with the Spider Solitaire all the time), but if you'd like to go all stealth: Read More... Posted Apr 21 2009, 08:36 AM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments Filed under: office, web app, twitter

• Break Your Internet Addiction

  Need help taming your internet addiction? Ironically, there's a web app that can help:   Read More... Posted Apr 03 2009, 05:51 PM by Diana Vilibert with | with no comments Filed under: computers, internet, web app, website, internet addiction

• PSA: Modern Materialist Gets All Trendy and Joins Twitter

  I know that this is so one year ago, but the Materialistas have joined Twitter. Read More... Posted Mar 30 2009, 02:59 PM by Steph Auteri with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: web app, twitter, web 2.0, psa

• Let It All Out (Post-Mortem)

  Once I'm dead, there are a few messages I'd like to send from the beyond: letters to my loved ones, apologizing for what a pain in the ass I've been letters to those who tortured me in high school, expressing the full extent of my displeasure with them a letter to that one employer who fired me, describing how successful I became after I left his company letters canceling my multitude of magazine subscriptions Enter Deathswitch: Read More... Posted Mar 19 2009, 05:20 PM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments Filed under: death, web app, e-mail, deathswitch, dead

• Quick Tip of the Day: Remove Online Clutter

  Got a website you love but can't deal with the ads and other content? Sometimes you just want to read an article with out all that clutter on the page. Is that too much to ask? With Readability, you can turn that page into this: Read More... Posted Mar 13 2009, 03:03 PM by Shaun Seneviratne with | with no comments Filed under: internet, web app, website

• Quick Tip of the Day: An Apartment You Can Afford

  Apartment-searching is a bitch. Almost as much as a bitch as condo-searching and house-searching.But nobody cares about those of us looking to buy. Make your apartment search easier with MyApartmentMap: Read More... Posted Mar 04 2009, 08:19 AM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments Filed under: Quick tip, Maps, web app, apartment, rent, map

• Pick Me Up

  I'd like to think I'm pickup line-immune, but who am I kidding? I appreciate a little flattery and signs of creativity as much as the next girl. Fortunately for you, the Pick Up Lines Generator takes care of the creativity for you. Read More... Posted Feb 26 2009, 04:01 PM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments Filed under: web app, pickup lines

• Nice and Anonymous

  This is how I feel when you park crooked, leave your stuff in the laundry machine for hours, cut me off on the highway, use your cell phone on the bus, stomp around when I'm trying to sleep, stink up the building with your cigarette smoke, make me miss my deadline, interrupt me, leave your food wrappers lying around, grope me without permission... However, I am too much of a wuss to tell you this to your face. Read More... Posted Feb 17 2009, 06:02 PM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments Filed under: web app, anonymous, passive aggressive

• Quick Tip of the Day: Study Your Sex Life

  [Photo via] Worried that you're having a leetle too much sex lately? Too little? Don't fool yourself. You are a (man)whore/frigid wet blanket. If you demand proof, you have only to start rtacking things over at Bedpost: Read More... Posted Feb 16 2009, 08:31 AM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments Filed under: Quick tip, sex, web app

• Quick Tip of the Day: Don't Let $ Burn a Hole in Your Pocket

  We've told you before what you could do if you had money to burn. Now there's another option, with even more possibilities for blowing your dough: Read More... Posted Feb 13 2009, 08:34 AM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments Filed under: Quick tip, money, web app, shopping

• Quick Tip of the Day: Computer Nags You About Your Computer Use

  What I'm Doing When I Should Be Working: catching up on e-mail scanning through my Google Reader updating Twitter futzing around on Pandora My computer does not approve. Read More... Posted Feb 10 2009, 08:32 AM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments Filed under: Quick tip, internet, web app

• The Internet is Corny

  Take a website from this: to this: Instantly make any website corny with Cornify (even if something isn't actually corny *cough*Rapid Cities*cough*).   Read More... Posted Feb 06 2009, 12:48 PM by Shaun Seneviratne with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: web app, website, web 2.0, silly, corny

• Quick Tip of the Day: Check Things Off Your To-Do List

  Because it's too damn hard to write things down on paper, Adam Pash, over at lifehacker, created Printable Checklist. Read More... Posted Feb 04 2009, 08:26 AM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments Filed under: Quick tip, web app, to-do list, list, printable, lists

• Quick Tip of the Day: Sit or Squat

  This is disgusting, but — whilist driving through Brooklyn, a spectacularly rich dinner behind me — my stomach tightened and twisted and I knew that, if I didn't find a public restroom, STAT, all of my organs would end up coming out of my throat from the pressure of clenching my ass. I distractedly drove toward Manhattan, my face pale and sweating, when I miraculously came upon a gas station Dunkin Donuts. With no other options in sight, I pulled into the lot with a screech. Read More... Posted Dec 09 2008, 08:43 AM by Steph Auteri with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Quick tip, bathroom, web app, public restrooms

• Quick (Holiday) Tip of the Day: Simplifying Secret Santa

  It's that time of year again when Santa rappels down your rooftop and swings in through your window, leaving you socks and Lindt truffles. It's also the time for office-wide Secret Santas, which are a little less magical. (I'm still plagued by nightmares of my first and last Secret Santa experience: I received cheap-looking lingerie, which I was then photographed with while also double-fisting; my boss did not appreciate the tasteful collection of teas I had gifted to her.) If you're in charge of organizing this year's Secret Santa (though I suggest cancelling it), there's a web app to make things easier: Read More... Posted Dec 05 2008, 08:25 AM by Steph Auteri with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Quick tip, seasonal, Gifts, holiday, web app, presents, shopping, holiday tip, elfster, secret santa

• Quick Tip of the Day: Be the First One at Every Sale

  Now that I'm a recluse and all, I prefer to do all my shopping online, whichis why the bulk of my holiday shopping was done two weeks ago (Black Friday my ass). Now, I like sales as much as the next person, but there was no way in hell I was going to wake up at 4 in the morning to wrestle a winter cap out of the hands of some crazed mother in the madhouse that is Kohl's. So how do I ensure I'm saving, without risking life and limb? Read More... Posted Dec 02 2008, 08:35 AM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments Filed under: Quick tip, sales, web app, shopping

• Baby Name Generator

  I love this web app--What a Lovely Name helps you generate a baby (or pet!) name based on disposition, background, or celebrity baby names (probably a bad idea). They seem to be a little short on names--they only had two Russian girl names, Yelena and Natasha--but I love the concept. Read More... Posted Nov 25 2008, 05:32 PM by Diana Vilibert with | with no comments Filed under: Baby Stuff, web app, baby names

• Quick Tip of the Day: Blow Your Dough

  Got money to burn? (Really? Where'd you get it?? Can I have some?) Sometimes, the satisfaction you get from shopping comes from the very act of spending. In which case, it doesn't matter what you blow your money on. It only matters that you can. To take the guesswork out of mindless spending... Read More... Posted Nov 20 2008, 08:32 AM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments Filed under: Quick tip, money, web app, finance, shopping

• Quick Tip of the Day: Don't Waste Gas Getting Gas Cheaper

  In our frenzy of rising and lowering and rising gas prices, some of us have been driving around in a tizzy, tryng to find cheaper gas. The problem? We're wasting gas. Is it worth it? Are we breaking even? Should we pay for the damn gas at the first damn overpriced gas statio we come to? Read More... Posted Nov 19 2008, 08:25 AM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments Filed under: Quick tip, money, web app, finance, gas prices, gas, driving

• Quick Tip of the Day: Beat This Price

  Are you a bargain shopper? Who can afford not to be these days? After the jump, get the best deal on any darn thing you want: Read More... Posted Nov 14 2008, 08:31 AM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments Filed under: Quick tip, money, web app, finance, shopping, price, prices, comparison shopping

• Quick Tip of the Day: Save Your Finances and Your Figure

  The usual resolutions? Get rich and lose weight. The solution? Read More... Posted Nov 12 2008, 08:40 AM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments Filed under: Quick tip, money, web app, finance

• Exacerbate Your Shopping Habit

  I have a shopping problem. Aside from a-line skirts, tank tops, and newsboy caps, my greatest weakness lies at the bookstore. Unfortunately, I have now found an awesome resource that supplies me with book (and movie, and music) suggestions based upon my favorite titles. And, contrary to the questionable usefulness of the suggestions on other websites, these actually seem quite spot on. Read More... Posted Oct 31 2008, 01:06 PM by Steph Auteri with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Music, Movies, books, Recommendations, web app, lifehacker, tastekid, wish list

• Mood Music

  I've gotten to that point (again) where I'm sorta sick of everything in my iTunes library. Usually , when this happens, I turn to Pandora, which is great at giving my exactly what I want. Still, it hardly ever shows me anything new. Consequently, I thought the timing fortuitous when I caught Book of Joe's post on youlicense and, more specifically, their page that allow you to search for new music based upon the weather. Read More... Posted Oct 27 2008, 04:03 PM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments Filed under: Music, Web, online, web app, playlist, mood music, mood, weather, youlicense

• Guess Where That Accent Is From

  If you're one of those people who's convinced you can place any accent, put those skills to the test with the Can You Guess Where My Accent Is From? web game. You'll watch videos of several people reciting two lines of poetry, and then you can test your knowledge by placing the country where that person is from. I may or may not have squealed with excitement when I recognized the accent from Lithuania, where I was born.  Read More... Posted Oct 24 2008, 02:34 PM by Diana Vilibert with | with no comments Filed under: web app

• She'll Nag Your Weight Off

  My least favorite thing about Weight Watchers was always the weigh-in at the beginning, during which I imagined the trim older woman behind the counter was quietly judging me. God forbid I went up a half pound and I had to scramble for an excuse. The Japanese have no found a way for dieters to self-inflict such persecution 24/7. Read More... Posted Oct 24 2008, 09:31 AM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments Filed under: web app

• The Polaroid is Back!

  The Polaroid is back, and Ron Jeremy has nothing to do with it. That picture of me and ol' Ron was taken on a digital camera--so how did it end up on a Polaroid? With the PolaDroid!  Read More... Posted Oct 23 2008, 05:28 PM by Diana Vilibert with | with no comments Filed under: Cameras, web app, porn, film, polaroid, porn star, ron jeremy

• Quick Tip of the Day: Spend Your Money Wisely

  All the financial advice guides tell you to keep a spending diary, so as to have a visual record of your spending habits that you can later analyze and improve upon. If I had done this the first time I racked up massive credit card debt — back in college —  I might have learned my lesson. I mean, my money was going to blown-glass balls, fine wood jewelry boxes, and kaleidoscopes from the handmade crafts store I was working at, in addition to ironic T-shirts from Urban Outfitters and Allston Beat, and hippie-dippie tops from Arden B. Talk about frivolity. For those of you impatient with the archaic practice of writing things down, there's Tweet what you $pend. Read More... Posted Oct 23 2008, 08:27 AM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments Filed under: Quick tip, web app, finance