Give and let spy
Yay! A pen! Seriously, has anyone ever said that before when opening a gift? Okay, maybe a few of us writers. Elegant, fancy gifts are all well and good. (Especially the ones in our Father’s Day Guide, hint.) But sometimes you need to put the fun back in...
The joy of giving. To your MacBook or iPad.
I didn’t know until recently that Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree is wrought with controversy. But me? Maybe I’m not quite cynical enough because I love it. I have always appreciated the notion that there’s something to be said for finding...
MeebleMail makes emails pretty
I used to love sending out handwritten notes on my pretty Jeana stationery when I was a kid. I always thought I was so special to have my own crisp white monogrammed paper with a pink polka-dot border. I was special. While handwritten notes have been bumped down the...
Piquing our Geek: The Original Egg-Bot
You have to be pretty hard core about your Easter Eggs to invest $195 in a machine that makes them look awesome. But that’s just what the creators of the Egg-Bot were thinking when they invented this open-source robot that applies computer controlled motion to...
Angry Birds break out of the screen. And they’re still angry.
If you made my kids narrow down to the two things they think are really cool about technology, they’d come up with: 1. Making really goofy videos of themselves, and 2. Angry Birds. Yeah, I’d have to agree, though I bet I have more people who will join me...
Think Geek wins April Fool’s Day
If you haven’t yet figured out that it’s April Fool’s Day (meaning you’re still angry at us for this post), it’s a great time to catch up on practical jokes going around the geeky world. An annual favorite: The awesome shop Think...
R2D2 transports your precious data. Well, him or Hello Kitty.
There are a quite a few phrases I never thought I’d utter in my lifetime. “Please don’t put that in your sister’s underwear” and “I’m unfollowing Charlie Sheen” top the list this week. Another to add to the list:...
Star Wars collectibles give new meaning to “must-have Droids.”
As someone who has memorized most of the lines from the original Star Wars movies, I am all about celebrating the original, mint-in-box goodness of those heady Jedi days. And if you’ve got the credits, you can even buy a piece of geek history starting tomorrow...
Using technology to get kids outside to play
Understand that I am happily in the “throw the kids outside periodically and let them figure it out” camp of kids and exercise; I think that for many kids, that’s all it takes to make sure they’re moving around enough. But for some kids, you...
Dads Dig This – Uniden Walkie Talkies
We love this Dads Dig This pick from Jim Lin, father of two and author of The Busy Dad Blog. When it comes to gadgets related to my life as a dad, don’t give me the latest and greatest. I want the hardest to break and the easiest to replace. Because while...
A digital camera for the littlest shutterbugs
Holiday time is of course a photographer’s paradise for capturing family memories. I encourage the kids in our family to take pictures, which provides a great “kid’s eye view” into own traditions and activities–and the fact that my own...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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