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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan at their totally offbeat wedding this weekend

Mark Zuckerberg’s totally offbeat wedding

We don’t normally cover current events, but I can’t help but be all tickled by the news trickling out from Mark Zuckerberg & Priscilla Chan’s totally nontraditional wedding yesterday. A few distinctly offbeat details…

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Offbeat groom gear ideas I stole from my husband’s Pinterest

Those of you who read Offbeat Home have heard about my husband’s scandalous love affair with Pinterest. He’s been pinning like a fiend for the last six months, and he’s got some stuff pinned that I thought might be of interest to Offbeat Grooms who are just starting down their process of “I think I don’t want a tux, but then what DO I want?” Here, courtesy of my husband’s Pinterest board, are a few ideas.

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I didn’t think about how our guests would treat our wedding on social media

We’ve talked about hiding your wedding-related details on Facebook, but we haven’t yet delved into how to handle the things you CAN’T hide, like your friends posting photos of your more intimate wedding events. Here’s how Offbeat Bride Tribe moderator, Foxes.in.sockses, took on her situation.

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How to change your relationship status on Facebook without everyone knowing

I get that this is a very twenty-first century only-for-people-who-are-online-a-lot problem, and a silly one at that. Why, at the end of a long-term relationship that really meant something, would your mind wander to your Facebook relationship status? I can’t tell you, I just know that for many people it does, and the creepy-crawly, upside-down-stomach feeling that goes along with those thoughts isn’t the best thing ever. So here’s how to hide your relationship status, updates and all.

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Pinning your way to online inspiration

Inundated with magazine clippings and ideas from the web without a good way to consolidate and share them? We found love in cyberspace sharing photos, fashion, and inspiration on Pinterest!

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The unplugged wedding: couples tell guests to put down their devices

Welcome to the era of the over-documented wedding, where even though you’ve hired someone to take photos, every guest has a camera and is live-tweeting the whole event. They’re there with you, but are they really present?