by Liz Gumbinner | Art + Decor
Long live my Grandpa’s reel-to-reel, symbol of long, boring vacation films we were forced to sit through for hours on end as children. And now–yeah, I feel a sort of nostalgic longing for that kind of simplicity, pulling down the giant projector screen and...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Cell Phone Accessories
Remember when buttons actually clicked, dials actually twisted, and packaged cupcakes were actually made out of food? We do, and we love to see the past recreated beautifully on retro phone cases as our readers might have noticed. Here are a few more we discovered at...
by Christina Refford | Tech Toys and Random Fun
Thirty years ago, a sledgehammer flew across our television screens during the Super Bowl, heralding the birth of the Apple Macintosh personal computer on January 24, 1984. Today, many of us will celebrate the Macintosh anniversary by shooting emails from our 5th...
by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups
Here are some of favorite links from around the web this week. We hope you enjoy them! Turn one of your old scarves into a camera strap! How neat. We’re fascinated by this family who has decided to only use pre-1986 technology. Whoa. So excited that one of our...
by Liz Gumbinner | Tech Toys and Random Fun
I still remember spending hours on end playing Simon, that awesomely fun hand-held eletronic game which had you imitating the light patterns as they got increasingly hard. Get it: Simon Says? I cannot even believe it’s back. I still credit my strong memory today...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Tech Toys and Random Fun
What appears to be a retro-cool mix tape is actually a high-tech gadget capable of stealing your honey’s heart. Also with music. Continuing our undying (and, yes, stubborn) love for the mix tape, this super cool mix tape thumb drive from Milktape cleverly...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Cell Phone Accessories
Remember when “chatting” involved a receiver comfortably nestled between your chin and shoulder while you paced the kitchen, tethered by a springy coil that was fun to wrap around your finger? If not, congratulations on not having eye wrinkles yet. If so,...
by Cool Mom Staff | Games + Gaming
Whether you spent your youth glued to a Gameboy, know a dude who keeps his NES on a pedestal, or have kids digging on Mario for Wii, these pixelated sweatshirts might be worthy of a one-up. The Drew Wise (The Pixel Artist) Collection features eight sweatshirts that...