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Fire up your printer for these amazing free Women in STEM posters

You’re going to want to stock up on printer ink and rev up your printers for these amazing and totally free Women in STEM posters from the Nevertheless podcast, which tells stories of women who are transforming teaching and learning through technology (which...

Web Coolness: Aristotle, France’s new after-hour email rule, and a shower you can pre-heat from your smart phone!

by Cool Mom Staff | Baby Tech, Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. Coming soon from Mattel, an Amazon Echo type gadget for kids called Aristotle. A geeky engagement announcement for Serena Williams and Reddit’s Alexis...

Web Coolness: STEM Halloween costume ideas, a new Instagram feature that could help save lives, and lots more

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them too. Need some Halloween costume ideas? How about cool women in STEM! A crib that puts the baby to sleep? We’re intrigued. This new Instagram feature could help save lives. A very...

Web Coolness: Instagram Stories tips, restaurants with no cell connection, and the best make-up tutorial we’ve seen

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. Star Wars socks for back to school. So cool! 11 Instagram Stories tips you might not know. Cool tongue-in-cheek posters imagine quirky Olympic game ideas. 10 funny...

Web Coolness: Geeky Father’s Day Card, SPAWNED with Kristen and Liz on Spotify, and free unlimited storage you might not know you have

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 as much as we did. Father’s Day is Sunday, in case you might have forgotten. Here’s a cool DIY printable card for geeky dads. Exciting news: Our SPAWNED with...

Web Coolness: David Beckham on Instagram, cool online camps, and our own big news!

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite links from around the web this week. Hope you enjoy them as much as we did. A very cool art exhibit where iconic Star Wars scenes are cut from a single sheet of paper. Wow. The in-app purchase struggle is real, even for Jack...

A printable Star Wars coloring book made free: Kindness that gives the world a new hope.

by Liz Gumbinner | DIY

Bless the big-hearted Star Wars fans of this world, for on May the Fourth Be With You Day, they are always an extra-giving bunch. Like Jason Yang, the designer and illustrator behind Invisible Element, who just offered up this wonderful free printable Star Wars...

Printable papercraft photo frames that make us go, wow.

by Liz Gumbinner | DIY, Mother's Day Gifts

No sooner did we round up some cool Mother’s Day gifts for photographers, that I stumble upon this very cool idea: printable papercraft camera frames. As in, printables that you cut and fold and when you’re through, they look like cool vintage cameras. All...

Pixelate this.

by Liz Gumbinner | Art + Decor

With 8 bit making a comeback (thanks, Minecraft) and pixels starting to appear everywhere as a “new” art technique, it’s not surprising to see them make their way from our desktops to our countertops and beyond. I’m seeing them on all sorts of...

Web Coolness: Doctor Who Lego sets, new annoying Instagram feature, and printable Minecraft valentines

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are a bunch of our favorite tech links from around the web this week. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. Calling all Whovians! Doctor Who LEGO sets are coming. (via cnet) Hop on Lumoid’s waiting list starting February 10th and you can try out the...

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