by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
Having kids didn’t make you forget about the worthy causes you’ve championed — in fact, there’s something about becoming a parent that often activates the save-the-world gene. But with time at a premium now, how do you reconcile passion for...
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For those of you who woke up this morning thinking Oh [your favorite expletive], I forgot to send a Father’s Day card! we’ve got you covered with the hilarious free e-cards from Rattlebox. Click over now and you have a whole selection of...
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Summer can be l-o-n-g when the weather is bad, the kids are bored and I refuse to turn the television on to pass the time. Thankfully, I have just discovered hundreds of activities on education.com. With a neat feature that lets me choose activities for kids based on...
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Well it’s about time that someone finally developed a decent shopping engine for more eco-conscious consumers. That honor is going to Greenzer.com. At first glance (the site is still in beta), they seem to have relationships with relatively progressive brands...
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What is cool? This site. And now it’s got an even cooler name: Kirtsy. Just makes you want to flit around in a little floral twirly skirt to the Nutcracker Suite, doesn’t it?Click over and check out the same awesome link sharing, same enjoyable time suck....
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Our friends at Sk*rt, soon to be known The Website Formerly Known as Sk*rt, are in a bit of a pickle. It seems they want a new name, stat. We suggested Pilot Inspektor but rats, it was already taken. Maybe you have a better idea? Head to their What’s In a Name...
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In an increasingly paperless world, online correspondence is rapidly replacing snail mail even for major events. Does evite ring a bell? But I haven’t lost my love for beautifully designed correspondence, whether offline or online, and the folks at pingg feel...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
Recently we reviewed Catalog Choice which I continue to love (love! love!) but recently I’ve been turned onto a similar service to help cut down on junk mail: Green Dimes. Any service that guarantees to get rid of 90% of all your unwanted solicitations–not...
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Today is April 11. Which in most parts of the country doesn’t mean a whole lot. (Except for you, Joss Stone – happy birthday!) But around CMP it means it’s exactly one month until Mother’s Day, a perfect time to launch our second annual...
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My place is admittedly a mess these days – toys everywhere, clothes hanging from doorknobs, feral animals roaming the halls. So I am probably not the odds-on favorite to win the new Now You See It, Now You Don’t storage solution contest put together by the...