Review: YummySoup! Recipe Management Software

If you've got a Mac and you enjoy cooking, you may have heard of it - YummySoup! If not, it's a recipe management tool that can be used to get you from point A (the recipe) to point Z (the dinner table) easily and quickly. It includes many convenient features including the ability to import recipes from any website, recipe sharing, full-screen viewing, picture attachments, and a grocery list feature. The best feature of all, the AnySite web importer, allows you to import recipes from ANY website. It's so easy, our 3-year old can do it! Once you find that next mouth-watering recipe on foodnetwork.com or bonappetit.com, all you need to do is highlight the sections you want to import (i.e. title, ingredients, directions, picture, etc.) and click the import button. From there, share it with your friends and family, shop for the groceries, and cook the meal of your life! Happy eating...and cooking!

While they're currently on version 1.8.1, everyone, including me, is looking forward to iPhone support in version 2.0. Try it free for 15 days, and then purchase for only $20.

Share Calendars the Easy Way (Mac or iPhone Required)

Always on the go? Have a Mac or an iPhone and use Google calendar? Check out BusyMac's newest product, BusyCal. It combines a beautiful, personal desktop calendar with their award winning calendar sharing and syncing technology — in one integrated application. BusyCal syncs with the iPhone, MobileMe, Google Calendar, and just about any other application or device that supports Sync Services. And its backward compatible with BusySync too. There's a whole assortment of other features, including:

• Sync with Google Calendar
• Sync with iPhone
• Multi-user editing
• Security
• Offline editing
• Recurring ToDo's
• Live Weather
• Graphics
• Sticky Notes
• Rich Text

Also, check out some screenshots and videos of the public beta!

Enter to Win an Ecozoo Backpack at Inhabitots

Tomorrow is your last chance to win an Ecozoo backpack at Inhabitots. The winner will receive his/her choice of one Ecozoo backpack — either the elephant, pig, panda, or puppy (valued at $29.99). All creatures are made of 100% organic cotton canvas and feature padded straps and internal pockets.

Check out Inhabitots for more info and to enter!

Never Miss Another Deal Again!

New to couponing? You can start at Pueblo Penny Pinching! Maybe you're a seasoned veteran looking for more ways to save a buck, take the time to check out even more deals. At PPP, they've got weekly ad deals, freebies, coupon 101, product reviews, and more. Also, on July 31, 2009, they'll be spilling the beans and "sharing with everyone their BIG secret!".

This Weekend: Rubik's Touch Cube

This weekend the Rubik's Touch Cube will premiere on QVC. The puzzle cube will be available for order for the very first time during the channel's Christmas In July segment. The price is expected to be $149.99, so if you're willing to pay it and want to be one of the first to own the touch cube, tune in to QVC this weekend!

100 Things Your Kids May Never Know About

GeekDad, at Wired.com, has a great post on the '100 Things your Kids May Never Know About'. The things are broken up into 5 different categories: Audio-Visual Equipment, Computers and Videogaming, Internet, Gadgets, and Everything Else. Here are some samples of things your kids may never know about:

• 8-track cartridges
• Rotary dial televisions with no remote (you know, the ones where your kids were the remote)
• The scream of a modem connecting
• Blowing the dust out of an NES cartridge in the hopes that it'll load this time
• Getting information from an actual Encyclopedia
• When SPAM was just a meat product
• Pay phones
• Typewriters
• Cash

Check out more here!

The Perfect Vacation: Woodloch Pines

When thinking about our family vacation this year we wanted something different.  With two small little ones we wanted something that everyone in our family would enjoy;  something that didn't cost an arm and a leg.  For us it was a tall order to fill.  We were traveling with 2 adults, a 15 year old, a 14 year old, 3 year old and a 7 month old, so we really needed something for everyone.  We new that places such as Disney weren't the best option for the 7 month old as it's hot and he'd be stuck in a stroller all day, and we searched and craved for something different than the same old thing.  We thought and contemplated several locations but in the end we kept going back to a childhood favorite of my husband, Woodloch Pines.

Woodloch Pines is located in the heart of the Pocono Mountains in Hawley, Pennsylvania.  Woodloch Pines in one of the best all-inclusive family resorts out there.  They literally have something for everyone.  They have scheduled activities such as good old Scavenger hunts, which is no old school scavenger hunt (hint: bring your laptop), Bingo, Double Dare, Family Olympics, and the list goes on.  When you aren't attending a scheduled activity you won't have to look far for things to keep you busy, such as the mini-golf, go-karts, the numerous pools, the lake, boats, and again the list goes on.  

The best thing about Woodloch is that it brings the family together while still allowing for some alone time.  There is something for EVERYONE at Woodloch.  It includes most of the activities, 3 full meals a day and a variety of different accommodations.

See their website for a full list of activities and to start dreaming about your next vacation.

Aye, guide t' Pirate Parentin' Aye, me parrot concurs

Avast ye land lubber spawn raiser. Yes, that's all pirate talk, because in the Guide to Pirate Parenting, Cap’n Billy “The Butcher” MacDougall provides everything you need to know to turn your little powder monkeys into happy, healthy buccaneers. If you’re like most parents, you long to raise your children as pirates but just don’t know how. For only $11.95 at thinkgeek.com, you can learn:

• At what age your child should be able to remove a bottle cap by taking out his glass eye and using his eye
• Which offense requires administering The Flying Dutchman Wedgie
• How to prevent sogging the quartermaster
• The best place to maroon your disobedient child
• How to remove chewing gum or a giant octopus from your child’s hair
• The difference between plundering and pillaging
• How to convert your minivan into a pirate schooner
• When to smack your teenager in the side of the head with an oar

Best Time to Buy Laptops?

A recent study at DealNews, finds that the best times to buy laptops are April, August and September. So, if you're looking to get your kids a fancy new laptop or a sleek netbook for the holiday's, now might be the best time to start shopping! If you think waiting until the holiday season will net you a better deal, think again: surprisingly, one of the worst times to buy laptops is during the months of December and January.

Read more at DealNews.

Vintage Metal Speedster by Schylling

Schylling has introduced a vintage silver metal speedster, guaranteed to be enjoyed by your tots! The speedster, with the colors, graphics, and features of a real race car, has detailed chrome accents, a working steering column, and rubber tires. You can get this for your future driver for only $89.99 plus shipping.

Some assembly is required and there is a 42 lb. weight limit.