by Delilah S. Dawson | Tech Toys
I recently came across some leftover rolls of 35mm film. When I showed my children, they made me feel approximately as old as a stegosaurus. “These used to hold pictures,” I said. “But where’s the cord to hook it up to the laptop?” my...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Entertainment
Remember when Grover was groovy and Oscar was orange? I don’t. I didn’t start watching until 1979 or so, but I was definitely on the Street before that Elmo fellow showed up. Now you can share those classic episodes of Sesame Street with your kids–...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
Every day brings with it amazing new developments in the world of technology. And, of course, I love that. But there are moments when I have fleeting issues with anxiety over just how fast everything is moving. I think those little panic attacks would be the perfect...
by Cool Mom Team | Photography
There’s really not much I miss about using a real camera since exclusively switching to my iPhone 4. Well, except that decisive click of the button that lets you know that you’ve got the shot. So wouldn’t you know that someone has invented just the...
by Cool Mom Team | Fashion + Accessories, Gear + Hardware
If you’ve got a thing for retro audio motifs like I do, I think you’ll get a kick out of this Etsy shop that also has a heart for boom boxes, turntables, and other relics of the pre-MP3 era. Brooklyn’s Abreaka Studios offers a line of handmade...
by Cool Mom Team | Life and Home
I definitely get a little too happy over handmade geek-chic accessories that blend technology with craftsmanship. What can I say, I think every home should have a bit of a smile to it, whether it’s a Twitter pillow or this awesome new find. What’s...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Life and Home
You can’t frame your beloved Mac, but now you can frame those classic Mac icons in a demonstration of love for your old school Apple computer. Besides, if the Apple logo is au courant, then these prints are more like…an apple seed. Each print is based on...
by Cool Mom Team | Fashion + Accessories
Oh how I remember those floppy disk days before the cloud took over. You know, when all our precious data (or a few paltry megabytes of it) was backed up these squares which we stashed in neat little piles with color-coded labels. Hey, at least they were harder to...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Tech Toys
As someone who has memorized most of the lines from the original Star Wars movies, I am all about celebrating the original, mint-in-box goodness of those heady Jedi days. And if you’ve got the credits, you can even buy a piece of geek history starting tomorrow...