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Web Coolness: Tattoos that turn you into cyborgs, issues with smart TVs, and the dangers of smart toys

Here are some of our favorite links from around the web this week. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. The perfect shirt for STEM-loving feminists, just in time for International Women’s Day. How text alerts to parents are preventing kids from skipping...

Web Coolness: Does tech have room for breastfeeding moms, Lego Star Wars Force Awakens, and Minecraft valentines

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web this week. We hope you enjoy them too. Love this: Kids create their own superhero cyborg prosthetics A sneak peek at the upcoming Lego Star Wars Force Awakens game! Interesting piece: Does tech not have...

Type geeks, your fabulous new font finder is here

by Liz Gumbinner | Websites Worth a Bookmark

I tend to browse lots of places looking for cool fonts that I may never use. (When it comes to typefaces I’m more of a collector than a designer; kind of like having lots of books at home you haven’t yet opened. But I digress.) I’ve just stumbled...

A laptop that’s closed on weekends. We can dream, right?

by Kristen Chase | Laptop + Tablet Cases

If you spend your work life on your computer or know someone who does, this clever Closed Weekends laptop case is the perfect gift especially since Father’s Day is only about a month away. (Yeah, we can’t believe it either). Or hey, maybe putting it on...

11 Instagram accounts to follow that start your day off happy

by Liz Gumbinner | Social Media

I recently learned a tip: Waking up and beginning your day looking at Facebook and Twitter can start you off on the wrong foot. Between the political fighting, the depressing news, the spam and the trolling…yeah. Not necessarily the first thing you want to see...

Atlas Obscura: if this doesn’t make you want to travel the world, nothing will

by Julie | Websites Worth a Bookmark

When I’m in a new city, I want to see the good stuff. Monuments and museums can be interesting, but what really fascinates me are the sights that not everybody has seen. Or even knows about. Which is why this amazing website is my new tourist guidebook. Even if...

Web Coolness: The Darth Vader Tumblr, the 6 types of Pinterest moms and iPhone 5 rumors we hope are true

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are a few links we’ve enjoyed reading around the web this week. We hope you like them too! Ha! Love this Tumblr series on having Darth Vader as your dad. [via @blurb] Whoa, check out this high-tech coffee shop. Do you follow these do’s and...

8 of the best Google Reader alternatives for RSS feeds at your command

by Jeana | Websites Worth a Bookmark

July 1st is right around the corner, which to us tech-minded folks means the day that Google Reader officially dies. Pause for silence. Sad day for many who have long-relied on this handy platform to keep up with their favorite blogs and news feeds; but fear not! We...

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Kristen Chase + Liz Gumbinner of Cool Mom Picks

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