by Christina Refford | Random Coolness
While cleaning out the office yesterday, I kept coming upon relics from my not-so-distant past, like some weird archeological dig in my house. This, children, is a floppy disk. We used it to store information on before the Cloud. And here is a cassette. . .a VHS tape....
by Cool Mom Team | Tech Toys
If you’re a lomography fan, or just looking for a super cool hostess gift for a friend who’s generous with her beach house, this new camera is so neat. The St. Tropez edition of the La Sardina Camera makes me feel elegant just trilling the r’s in the...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
I get a huge kick out of tech that ironically combines the old with the new, but it still has to be functional. Hey, I’m a parent after all, and practicality reins supreme. The perfect example: this iPhone case from Jack Spade. The Payphone iPhone case...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
Call me nostalgic, but there’s just something so awesome about the combination of old gadgets and new technology. (Witness: our love for the Pop Phone headset.) And that’s exactly what this fantastic iPhone accessory does, in the coolest way...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Uncategorized
I’m as addicted to Spotify, Pandora, and iTunes as everyone else, but the teenage girl in me still gets all swoony over the thought of a mix tape. Remember what it was like, holding that plastic rectangle of dreams for the first time and decoding every message...
by Jeana | Websites We Love
Mother’s Day is just around the corner – you can tell because you start seeing more and more people crowded around the greeting card section in your local drugstore. If you want to avoid the crowds and the cards that pass for “humorous” then...
by Christina Refford | Uncategorized
I used to spend hours wearing a path in the carpet and talking on our wall-anchored telephone. And though my tween daughter will be less, er, tethered when she finally gets her own phone, I know she will probably follow in my chatty footsteps. Still, I’ve heard...
by Kristen Chase | Photography
I still remember my Polaroid camera and how cool I thought I was, able to snap pictures and have them print out instantly. So talk about blast from the past when I saw these cool iPhone skins. The Deluxe Polaroid Camera iPhone 4 skins turn your smart phone into a...
by Cool Mom Team | Tech Toys
These boots were not made for walking. Or running, kicking, moshing, stomping, or reliving your misspent youth for that matter. These Doc Marten Boots are just 2″ tall and actually, they’re made for digital storage. These 2″ tall black boots pop open...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Life and Home
Remember when Marty McFly had to go back to the past to save the future?These blocks don’t have the powers of a time traveling Delorean, but they can give you a sweet reminder of a simpler time when phones only had one ring and alarm clocks were really, really...