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My Totoro Nursery
My Totoro Room. Photo by Ariane Coffin I love interior design. I also love diving into new projects! So when I found out I was pregnant with baby #2, I couldn’t wait to get a jump on designing the...
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What Character Traits Do You Most Want to Instill in Your Child? The Results...
Most popular character traits. Graph by Ariane Coffin using Wordle. A few weeks ago, I created a survey about which character traits do we most want to instill in our children. I included the answers...
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GeekMom Bit by Bit: RoboMind Teaches Text Editor-Based Programming to Kids
Sample code in RoboMind. Screenshot by Ariane Coffin. Following a long hiatus, the GeekMom Bit by Bit series is back again to take a look at another great tool for teaching programming to kids:...
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The Easiest Last-Minute DIY My Little Pony Costume Tutorial
Our MLP costumes. Photo by Ariane Coffin. Last year was the first Halloween for which my daughter was actually old enough to care what costume she’d wear. I asked her for two months what she wanted to...
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Promote Computer Science Education With Hour of Code
Zuckerberg on CS education. Image from csedweek.org Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) is a week-long celebration occurring yearly to advocate computer science awareness and education. This...
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Haikus On Being 9 Months Pregnant
Dressing your belly / Like Rainbow Dash does not make / You any faster. Photo by Ariane Coffin. Maternity leave Too much time, let’s write haikus Sure, why the heck not Impending birth is Turning my...
View ArticleWant Your Name on an Asteroid? Let Spacecraft OSIRIS-REx Take It There
About one month and a half ago, on December 9th, 2013, a countdown began. 999 days left before the launch of OSIRIS-REx, an asteroid sample return mission lead by professor Dante Lauretta at the...
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56th Grammy Awards: Children’s Album of the Year
Album covers credit to Sparkling Productions, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, BNC Records, Carpet Square Records, Moockshake Music. Last Sunday was the Grammy Awards ceremony. Did you catch it on TV?...
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The Soft Side of Endeavour: What Space Exploration Means to Me
Space Shuttle Endeavour at California Science Center. Photo by Ariane Coffin. While my in-laws were visiting us last month, we took them and our two kids to see Endeavour at the California Science...
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Diversify Your Wardrobe With a Subscription to Cypress & 5th
Cypress & 5th. Screen shot by Ariane Coffin. In the growing market of subscription boxes, there are certainly a few fun options to add variety to your wardrobe. One such subscription is the new...
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Observing Mini-Me: A Lesson in Perspectives
Impatience is a virtue. Photo from Flickr user dominiccampbell, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. My 3-year-old daughter was playing with a toy. It was slightly broken, in that it was still functional but the pieces...
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The 2014 NASA International Space Apps Challenges Announced
Space Apps Challenge. Screenshot by Ariane Coffin. Want to participate in a hackathon to help NASA? Then the NASA International Space Apps Challenge is for you. Whether you can code or not, are signing...
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The Doctor vs. Sherlock: The Ultimate Geek Face-Off
Screenshot of the Doctor vs. Sherlock pin. Screenshot by Ariane Coffin. About one year ago, I came across a simple image on Pinterest. It read: “The Doctor & Sherlock knock on your door. The Doctor...
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Learn to Play the Ukulele
My ukulele. Photo by Ariane Coffin. It all started with a Facebook status. Fellow Geekmom Sarah proclaimed “I want to play the Ukulele!!!!” I had never even considered playing the ukulele before then,...
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Book Review: Women of Steel and Stone
Women of Steel and Stone. Image Chicago Review Press. Women of Steel and Stone contains the stories of women architects, engineers, and landscape designers from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, in...
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The Oatmeal Pleads Elon Musk to Finance Tesla Museum; Musk Said Yes!
Inman pleads Musk to help finance the Tesla museum. Image credit: theoatmeal.com Don’t you just love it when your fandoms mash up to give you super happy news? Yesterday I squeed cheerfully as three of...
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Celebrate Hello Kitty’s 40th Anniversary at the First Hello Kitty Con
Hello Kitty Con. Image: Sanrio. Just in time for Hello Kitty’s 40th anniversary, meet the first-ever Hello Kitty convention! Those of us in or near Los Angeles will rejoice to break the mundanity of...
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How to Throw a My Little Pony Birthday Party
Pinkie Pie pinata. Photo by Ariane Coffin. I love planning themed birthday parties. My daughter would be just as happy with an ice cream cone and a couple of balloons as with the wedding-sized shindig...
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GeekMom Doctor Who Quiz: Which Doctor Said It?
Doctor Who. Image credit: Flickr user Pellaeon, CC by 2.0 Put your Doctor Who knowledge to the test with this quote matching quiz! The post GeekMom Doctor Who Quiz: Which Doctor Said It? appeared first...
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Tinkerlab: A Hands-On Guide for Little Inventors
Tinkerlab. Image credit: Roost Books I recently found a fantastic kids activity blog called Tinkerlab. It’s been established for four years and has been featured on all kinds of bigwig places like Real...
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