Relics of technology: Super cool, especially now that you don’t have to use them.

by Liz Gumbinner | Life and Home

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...

NASA Global Selfie Earth Day project: One selfie that’s for more than your ego

by Julie | Social Media

While we may give the side-eye to duckface selfies (although, a selfie at the Oscars with Bradley Cooper and Ellen is fine by us), today for Earth Day, NASA has given us an awesome reason to endorse selfies, thanks to the NASA #GlobalSelfie project. Wherever you are,...

The best eggs of the Big Egg Hunt NY: Easter meets art meets social media meets social good

by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps

For the past few weeks, New York City has been awash in giant Easter eggs, in a brilliant (if a little time-consuming for me) social-media-meets-installation-art campaign for Fabergé called The Big Egg Hunt. It brought eager New Yorkers and tourists alike scavenging...

Mini Monet art app for iPad lets kids get creative, with or without beret.

by Jeana | Best Apps

My daughter has really honed her drawing ability and has turned into a great little artist. (If I do say so myself.) She even adds the requisite eyelashes to all of her female subjects. While she unleashes a lot of her creative energy with paper and markers, she also...

A cubist art website for kids? Picassohead lets kids make those lopsided faces and call it perfect.

by Jeana | Websites We Love

I love when my kids come home from school and excitedly tell me about something fun they did that doesn’t include snack, lunch or recess. I love even more when it’s a mix of something educational and entertaining that we can all partake in together. The...

MoMA Art Lab App: Modern art for everyone

by Kristin | Best Apps, Educational Apps

The new The MoMA Art Lab app is for every parent who knows that kids are the original modern artists. Think about it: a child’s artistic interpretation of the world is not always realistic or literal, they love to use non-traditional materials (macaroni,...

Geek decor levels up with awesome video game propaganda posters.

by Julie | Life and Home

It sometimes appears that my kids’ devotion to Minecraft borders on fanatical. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was their screentime of choice tonight even over the Super Bowl. Rather than fight the love, I’m choosing to embrace it with these...

Printing Instagram photos gorgeously (and easily) with Plywerk.

by Pilar | Photography

Cutting, matting, mounting, spraying adhesive that ends up peeling later–printing Instagram photos yourself then framing them can be a pain in the rear, but a professional framing service can be spendy. Hooray for alternatives! We’ve covered services like...

9 awesome retro Apple Macintosh gifts to celebrate the Macintosh anniversary. 30 years? Wow.

by Christina Refford | Tech Toys

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...

The coolest Minecraft gifts for kids. Besides more time to play Minecraft.

by Kristen Chase | Games + Gaming

I’m not sure about you, but in my house, Minecraft is pretty much all my kids talk about. They play it on the PC, on the iPad, and yes, even in real life. Hold the real pick axe. If your kids already have tons of Minecraft toys like mine, I’ve rounded up...