film | Cool Mom Tech https://coolmomtech.com Cool Mom Tech is the intersection of tech and style, of parenting, practicality and fabulosity, brought to you by the same team behind Cool Mom Picks. Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:06:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://coolmomtech.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/cropped-cmt-512-1-32x32.png film | Cool Mom Tech https://coolmomtech.com 32 32 CuriosityStream gives you thousands of compelling documentaries all in one streaming channel https://coolmomtech.com/2023/01/curiositystream-online-streaming-documentaries/ https://coolmomtech.com/2023/01/curiositystream-online-streaming-documentaries/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2023 16:09:49 +0000 http://coolmomtech.com/?p=28382 Documentaries are hot right now. Whether you’re watching President Obama narrate Our Great National Parks with your kids, baking in the schadenfreude of  Bad Vegan, or learning about culture and history through movies like What Happened Miss Simone?, it’s clear that documentaries are every bit as riveting as scripted entertainment.   I’m not surprised, considering I’m a sucker for a […]

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]]> https://coolmomtech.com/2023/01/curiositystream-online-streaming-documentaries/feed/ 2 The Fujifilm Instax Mini Hello Kitty camera. One word: Want. https://coolmomtech.com/2015/08/fujifilm-instax-mini-hello-kitty-camera/ https://coolmomtech.com/2015/08/fujifilm-instax-mini-hello-kitty-camera/#respond Wed, 05 Aug 2015 18:40:22 +0000 http://coolmomtech.com/?p=25663 Should I be embarrassed that I, a 30-something mother of four, saw this Fujifilm Instax Mini Hello Kitty camera and let out a tween-level squeal? Possibly. But heck, who cares? This is freaking awesome. I’ve had a long standing luv-affair (yes, luv) with Hello Kitty, but this camera also appeals to my not-so-inner geek. The camera kit […]

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]]> https://coolmomtech.com/2015/08/fujifilm-instax-mini-hello-kitty-camera/feed/ 0 The Fujifilm Instax Mini 8 might just be the cutest camera ever https://coolmomtech.com/2014/08/fujifilm-instax-mini-8/ https://coolmomtech.com/2014/08/fujifilm-instax-mini-8/#respond Sat, 09 Aug 2014 10:01:24 +0000 http://coolmomtech.com/?p=17393 I always swore I wouldn’t be that mom who said, “When I was a kid . . .” to her own kids all the time, but sure enough I’m explaining pay phones and cigarette lighters in the car to them. One of my favorite gone-by-the-wayside tech items from childhood is my old Polaroid camera, but […]

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]]> https://coolmomtech.com/2014/08/fujifilm-instax-mini-8/feed/ 0 How to convert old photo negatives to digital ones using your smartphone https://coolmomtech.com/2013/07/how-to-convert-old-photo-negatives-to-digital/ https://coolmomtech.com/2013/07/how-to-convert-old-photo-negatives-to-digital/#comments Sun, 07 Jul 2013 10:00:00 +0000 http://coolmomtech.com/%categories%/how-to-convert-old-photo-negatives-to-digital/ My whole pre-kids life is documented on 35mm film prints and backed up on photo negatives, which is pretty hard to believe now that we’re so firmly ensconced in an era of digital smartphone pictures. I get motivated to transfer all those pictures to digital format, but then reality sets in and I realize–who am […]

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]]> https://coolmomtech.com/2013/07/how-to-convert-old-photo-negatives-to-digital/feed/ 1 Family friendly movie recommendations from OK.com: How good are they? https://coolmomtech.com/2013/07/ok-com-family-movie-recommendations-guide/ https://coolmomtech.com/2013/07/ok-com-family-movie-recommendations-guide/#respond Wed, 03 Jul 2013 11:10:00 +0000 http://coolmomtech.com/%categories%/ok-com-family-movie-recommendations-guide/ If you’re going to use the holiday weekend to catch up on some movies (i.e. free air conditioning), there’s a new family movie guide that’s definitely worth checking before you spend $140 on two tickets. (That’s close to the actual price, right?) OK.com is a new crowdsourced family media guide; kind of a cross between […]

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]]> https://coolmomtech.com/2013/07/ok-com-family-movie-recommendations-guide/feed/ 0 Building your own Lomo camera is a snap! https://coolmomtech.com/2013/06/build-your-own-lomo-camera/ https://coolmomtech.com/2013/06/build-your-own-lomo-camera/#comments Sat, 15 Jun 2013 06:00:00 +0000 http://coolmomtech.com/%categories%/build-your-own-lomo-camera/ DIY photography just got more extreme and fun because now you can actually build your own camera. The hip kids at Lomography have piqued our geek with the Konstruktor DIY kit, which includes everything you need to build and decorate your own functional Lomography camera in just a couple of hours. The Konstruktor arrives in […]

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]]> https://coolmomtech.com/2013/06/build-your-own-lomo-camera/feed/ 1 The path to Oz lands on your desktop, complete with flying monkeys https://coolmomtech.com/2013/02/the-path-to-oz-web-experience/ https://coolmomtech.com/2013/02/the-path-to-oz-web-experience/#respond Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:30:00 +0000 http://coolmomtech.com/%categories%/the-path-to-oz-web-experience/ If your kids are Oz crazy–or maybe you are?–you’ll be excited to hear about this brand new partnership between Google Chrome and Disney Studios that brings the Land of Oz comes right to my desktop. Yes, it’s to promote the new Oz The Great and Powerful movie coming out, but wow, is it cool. Find […]

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]]> https://coolmomtech.com/2013/02/the-path-to-oz-web-experience/feed/ 0 3 sexy Lomocams for Valentines Day https://coolmomtech.com/2013/01/lomocams-for-valentines-day/ https://coolmomtech.com/2013/01/lomocams-for-valentines-day/#respond Mon, 28 Jan 2013 06:00:00 +0000 http://coolmomtech.com/%categories%/lomocams-for-valentines-day/ I first stumbled upon lomography back in the mid-’90s thanks to a super cool West Village shop that sold these wacky cameras with four lenses on them that I simply had to try. (Okay, so I bought one for a friend’s birthday gift and the party got cancelled so I uh…kept the camera. But still!) […]

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]]> https://coolmomtech.com/2013/01/lomocams-for-valentines-day/feed/ 0 Disney Infinity, coming to a screen near you https://coolmomtech.com/2013/01/disney-infinity-game-system/ https://coolmomtech.com/2013/01/disney-infinity-game-system/#respond Thu, 17 Jan 2013 06:00:00 +0000 http://coolmomtech.com/%categories%/disney-infinity-game-system/ If you haven’t already heard, Disney Infinity is launching this summer. No, it’s not the next installment of Toy Story (to infinity and beyond!), but rather a completely new gaming platform that will use cool Disney figurines to launch their digital likenesses on screen. I’m totally getting the Lightning McQueen figurine.  Think about it: all […]

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]]> https://coolmomtech.com/2013/01/disney-infinity-game-system/feed/ 0 Piquing Our Geek: The Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner https://coolmomtech.com/2013/01/lomography-smartphone-film-scanner/ https://coolmomtech.com/2013/01/lomography-smartphone-film-scanner/#respond Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:00:00 +0000 http://coolmomtech.com/%categories%/lomography-smartphone-film-scanner/ While I was cleaning out my mom’s house this summer, I found a boatload of old 35mm film negatives and other than send them to a service that develops old photos, I had absolutely no idea what to do with them. Well, with this campaign on Kickstarter (update: and now available through the lomography store), […]

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