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Meet the Malibu Moms

Posted on 2012 by Christina Tynan-Wood ~ 0 Comments

The folks at Chevrolet sent me this video showcasing the women who worked on the 2013 Chevy Malibu. I love it. And not just because I’ve been in that wind tunnel and the safety engineering room populated with crash-test dummies. I love it because I Chevrolet has decided to showcase the women behind their products. I think when young women see other women building cars…

A Technology That Changed Women’s Lives

Posted on 2012 by Christina Tynan-Wood ~ 0 Comments

The folks at JimmyJane sent me the preview of the movie Hysteria (above.) It looks hilarious. I’m a fan of technologies that make life more fun. And I’ll watch anything with Rupert Everett in it. So, even without the fascinating, hysterical, and apparently true(ish) history of how the invention of the vibrator changed medicine and improved women’s lives, I was…

Do You Think the Internet is a Distraction?

Posted on 2012 by Christina Tynan-Wood ~ 1 Comments

Okay, I’m procrastinating. My to-do list has 29 projects and 473 tasks on it. And writing a blog post where I intentionally set out to use the Internet to distract you from productive work is not even on that list. But I don’t care. I’m doing it. Every day I get upwards of 200 emails. Many are fascinating. But I…

I Want Some of These Robots in My House

Posted on 2012 by Christina Tynan-Wood ~ 1 Comments

I can think of a million mundane and domestic ways to use a swarm of these tiny, autonomous, flying robots around my house: Chasing the dog off the couch a 200 times a day, picking up the trail of clutter left by two teenagers and a husband, and — most fun of all — equipping them with tiny water…

I’m Giving Away a Netbook!

Posted on 2012 by Christina Tynan-Wood ~ 31 Comments

Did you get a bed of roses on Valentine’s Day? A diamond ring? A trip to Paris? No? Me either. Would a new netbook help make up for it? Because I have one. And I’m giving it away. Maybe you saw it in my Family Circle High Tech Gift Guide back in 2011. It’s the very same computer. In fact,…

I Want This in My Next Phone

Posted on 2012 by Christina Tynan-Wood ~ 0 Comments

HzO has invented a nanotechnology that coats the inside of electronics, making them impervious to water. I have pulled useless electronics out of toilets, the garden after a rainstorm, a bathtub, and the rinse cycle in the washing machine. There are cases that will do this but they never seem to be on the phone when it takes a spill….

Want a New Home Office?

Posted on 2012 by Christina Tynan-Wood ~ 0 Comments

Do you have to clear spilled orange juice, dirty laundry, and someone else’s craft project away every time you sit down to work? Not me. I have a big monitor, ergonomic keyboard, and two work surfaces — all in a room with a spectacular view and a door that locks. If you aren’t taking your work space seriously, you aren’t…

This Makes Me Want More Babies

Posted on 2012 by Christina Tynan-Wood ~ 1 Comments

There is nothing cooler than watching a baby go from incapable of sitting up to reading, doing advance math, repairing broken computers, and driving the car. But this stroller is almost enough to make a geek girl want to start over again with one of those stroller-riding sized babies.

Hacking Your Router to Control Your Kids

Posted on 2012 by Christina Tynan-Wood ~ 0 Comments

A version of this ran in my Family Tech column in Family Circle some time ago. Cowry shells were once a common currency worldwide. Spanish doubloons, too, were once much-traded as legal tender. Today we American’s favor the dollar – buck, greenback, moolah, scratch, cabbage, loot, bread, bacon, or dosh. But in my house, the Federal Reserve Note is…

Clean Tech Giveaway

Posted on 2011 by Christina Tynan-Wood ~ 13 Comments

It’s been an exciting few weeks over here in GeekGirlfriends land. You may have noticed that I completely redesigned this site. Hard work! Also, my annual tech gift guide is out in print in Family Circle magazine and online at FamilyCircle.com. And that means that I’ve been cleaning up the mess – boxes, tangled cables, chargers – left over from reviewing a gazillion…