Happy Halloween from Ghoul Mom Tech
Having now been undead for a bit then back again, we can tell you being alive is much more fun. We’ll take Mini Reeses over brains any day. Or wait, maybe both? (Hey, you got peanut butter in my cerebellum…) If you want to have fun with your photos or your...
Happy New Year, cool moms!
Thanks for hanging with us throughout 2013. It has been such an honor for us to have such an amazing, smart, challenging, savvy community. We’re excited for everything 2014 holds for us–and for you. Happy New Year! -Kristen, Liz, and Team Cool Mom...
Wishing you a very merry Christmas!
Here’s hoping your gadgets come fully charged, your cords stay untangled, and you get a little time to play with your new toys until the kids try to take them from you. Merry merry, to cool moms and dads everywhere. -Liz, Kristen, & Team Cool Mom...
Turning your family into LEGO minifigures. Free, and less painful than it sounds.
If you have some serious LEGO appreciators in the house or you never got around to the perfectly posed group family photo for the annual holiday card, we have you covered. With the DIY LEGO minifigure family holiday ecard. If you–and your kids of...
Hot holiday tech gifts under $100: Cool Mom Tech shares top picks with GMA Live!
Yesterday, our editor Liz Gumbinner had a blast visiting GMA Live to discuss 5 picks for hot holiday tech gifts under $100–and take a selfie on air, Kardashian-style, with the adorable and charming Ginger Zee using one of her cool gift recos. Here are the five...
Grab the pixelated marshmallows and settle down with Yule Log 2.0 on your computer
Chestnuts roasting on an open… laptop? Yep, there’s now a techie alternative to the traditional yule log for those of us who can’t, for whatever reason, enjoy a real fire. It’s a Yule Log on your computer. And there are dozens choose from, all free,...
With Google’s Santa Tracker, the Christmas countdown is all fun and games.
My son has told me at least four times today exactly how many days away Christmas is. I think you could say the countdown is officially on. So, I’m going to set the default home screen on our kitchen computer to Google’s Santa Tracker—a fun way for the...
A gorgeous Advent Calendar app takes Christmas anticipation high-tech
I’m not kidding you when I say that every year, I plan to do one of those cool advent calendars with little toys or candies in every counting-down window, and every year, I don’t follow through. (Sad face.) That’s why this adorable advent calendar...
Cool tech stocking stuffers under $10, all in one place
I’ve always loved Kikkerland Design, because guaranteed, every time you click over you’ll see something you never noticed before that you kind of have to have. Or at this time of year, that you have to give to someone else. Then hope they let you borrow...
Web Coolness: Easy geeky Halloween costumes, iPad Mini rumors and more
Here are some of our favorite links from this week. We hope you like them too. Need a Halloween costume idea? Here are 11 tech-inspired ones that you can make in a minute flat. (Or so.) This man found his family 25 years later using Google Maps. What an amazing story!...
Happy Mother’s Day cool moms, grandmas, and mother-ish types everywhere
We hope you’re having a wonderful, peaceful, joyous Mother’s Day filled with lots of love. And if you don’t see this today because you’re totally unplugged? We wouldn’t blame you one bit. -Liz, Kristen, and everyone at Cool Mom Tech [via...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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