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Girlhack New Year’s Party ideas!

Hey everyone! I thought I would share an old episode of Something Geeky Something Girly with ideas I put together to help create a geeky, girly, or girlhack New Year’s Eve party. This is for any of you still trying to throw some sort of theme together.

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Riley on CNN

Riley made an appearance on CNN with Mr. Elephant. Check it out.

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The 5 year old girl who gets marketing

If you missed this video from other websites the last few days, prepare to be pleased with the astuteness of this little girl and upset at our marketing gender culture. This little girl, Riley, points out what we all know but refuse to keep in our conscience: little girls are told to like pink and [...]

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Merry Christmas from Girlhack & Admiral Ackbar

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas (and holiday) from Girlhack and Admiral Ackbar! The pictures are from the final Space Shuttle launch, the backstreets of Paris (those are plastic bottles), and April in Minnesota.

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Wrapping gift tutorials round up for all levels!

It seems as though a lot of you (based on traffic) enjoyed my how to wrap gift cards article. Since I don’t have many other items to wrap and document, I thought I would pull some videos I think do a great job showing how to wrap normal presents. I’ve even found a few that [...]

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How-To: DIY Makeup Remover

I just watched a great video from online makeup tutorial guru Michelle Phan. She makes her own makeup remover using olive oil and aloe water, so easy to put together and great results! My roommate Stephanie has used a home made face wash with olive oil and she swears by it. I’ve always been afraid to [...]

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Ding Fries are done!

Just a little traditional old school Internet Holiday carols. The original and the Family guy version. You are welcome.

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How to wrap gift cards – two methods.

In just my immediate family, I have my parents, three sisters, one brother, one brother-in-law, one sister-in-law, two nieces, and three nephews. It’s a lot of people to shop for during Christmas! Sometimes I get really personalized gifts, other years I go for the easy gift card route. (SPOILER: If you’re my immediate family and [...]

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Star Trek TNG (& later) Ambient Ship Noise for 24 hours

Nothing sounds quite like your Galaxy class star ship home away from home, like the quiet hum of the Enterprise NCC 1701-D engines. Well, maybe a few LCARS beeps and Majel Barrett-Roddenberry (the voice of the ship’s computer/Deanna Troi’s Mother/Gene Roddenberry’s wife) talking to you. I suppose you could also craft a black velvet rotating [...]

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2 Pearls 1 Oyster

Growing up, I was very lucky that each and every winter until I was 18, I would travel down to the Bahamas for 2 weeks to my parent’s timeshare. Every year, most of our time was spent at the local shops where the tourists did not go and most of our meals were cooked by [...]

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