Nerdy babies know that B is for binary code
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The Maserati of laptop bags at a price that revs my engine
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Yarnbomb my cell phone
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The joy of tablets: 6 former necessities a tablet replaces
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5 picks you might have missed this week
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I’m so crafty I make tribbles
One of the most amazing things about today's technology is that you can find almost anything on the internet. And most of it's for sale. Mario + cross-stitch? Buffy the Vampire Slayer + fuse beads? Star Wars + jelly jars? They all exist. And you don't have to use...
VideoHunters makes the hunt for kid-friendly videos easy
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With this app, there’s never a bad hair day
As soon as I could turn my back on my kids with the safety scissors, I knew it was only a matter of time before they decided to give themselves (or each other) a trim. A far better way to scratch their itch to play hairdresser, comes in a handy go-anywhere app where...
Kids’ music download of the week: Covered in Bandaids
It's finally the season of long sunny days spent outside riding bikes, playing kickball and tag. Oh, and that all-too-familiar sound of one of my kids tripping, falling and skinning yet another part of their body. I am not kidding when I say I have stashes of bandages...
PhotoRocket: Photo sharing doesn’t get any easier than this
Maybe I'm just getting older, or maybe it's the fact that I'm a busy working mom with two kids. But lately, my mantra has been keep it simple. It's probably the reason we've been having one too many breakfast-for-dinner meals lately. It's also why I'm loving this new...
Hold the phone. The gihugic rotary phone, that is.
Every day brings with it amazing new developments in the world of technology. And, of course, I love that. But there are moments when I have fleeting issues with anxiety over just how fast everything is moving. I think those little panic attacks would be the perfect...
Teaching the US presidents with the help of aliens
Most of us know that George Washington was the first president and Al Gore was never one, but there are a whole lot of years in the middle there that are not my strong suit. That's why I love a new app that helps my kids and me brush up on our U.S. history in an...
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