the scarves have already been photographed separately for real simple magazine + will appear in their october breast cancer awareness issue, due to "drop" next week.in addition to modeling the scarves, i've been answering interview questions for fredflare's blog bff
mod*mom giveaway + sneak preview: boon feeding products boon is launching their infant + toddler feeding products line in october to enter to win 1 of each of these new products, go to boon + read about them + tell me in the comments, what you think of them (include your email address or blog url, so i can contact you when you win) before september 15
the hp touchsmart pc is a video phone when used with msn live messenger. it has a built-in webcam + microphone, so you can make free pc to pc calls.
"AT&T conducted experiments and demonstrations of a Picturephone product and service in the early 1960s, including at the 1964 New York World's Fair. The demo unit was usually in a small oval cabinet on a swivel stand, intended to stand on a desk. Videophones, possibly AT&T units, were featured at Expo 67, an International World's Fair held in Montreal, Canada in 1967. Several demonstration videophone units were available for the Fair-going public to try, who were permitted to make live video calls to recipient volunteers in the United States.
Picturephone was offered to the public in New York City and Washington DC in the early 1970s. The screen was larger than in the original demo units, approximately half a foot (15 cm) square in a roughly cubical cabinet. Picturephone booths were set up in Grand Central Station and elsewhere. With fanfare, Picturephones were installed in offices of Westinghouse and other progressive companies
AT&T sold the VideoPhone 2500 to the general public in 1992 to 1995 with prices starting at US$1500 and later US$1000.
Today the principles, if not the precise mechanisms of a videophone are employed by many users world-wide in the form of webcam conferences using personal computers, with cheaply available webcams and microphones and free instant messenger programs. Thus an activity that was disappointing as a separate service found a niche as a minor feature of products intended for other purposes." via wikipedia(pics plan59)
here's a video of the videophones at expo 67 (via expo lounge)
mod*mom giveaway :: pink dyson vacuum dyson is celebrating the debut of the dc07pinkby giving one away! "Dyson is proud to support breast cancer research with the introduction of the DCO7Pink. The limited edition vacuum, which uses Dyson’s patented cyclone technology + does not lose suction, is available exclusively at Target. Dyson + Target will donate $40 to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation for everyDCO7 Pink sold. Dyson understands how critical research is to the advancement of breast cancer treatment + prevention + is dedicated to supporting efforts to develop a cure in our lifetime."
as a breast cancer survivor, i'm so excited dyson is offering this giveaway prize + raising awareness that 1 in 8 women in the us will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime according to the american cancer society. to enter to win a dyson dc07 pink vacuum, tell me in the comments how breast cancer has affected you + ways you can detect it early. if you have a blog or website, please link to mod*mom before midnight october 1 (include your email address or blog url, so i can contact you when you win)
mod*mom giveaway :: kaboost kaboost is brand new + just began shipping last week on august 15th they'd like to introduce kaboost to mod*mom readers for feedback. to enter to win a kaboost compact collapsible chair booster, tell me in the comments what you like about kaboost. (include your email address or blog link, so i can contact you when you win) before midnight august 31
to enter to win a botticellifree standing 4-bike storage rack, tell me in the comments, "what is your favorite art of storage product?" (include your email address or blog link, so i can contact you when you win) before midnight august 31
mod*mom giveaway :: whole foods gift cards + gift boxes (i absolutely LOVE whole foods + organic everything! i practically live there. the employees are the best!)
whole foods has a new podcast series about natural + alternative health approaches + they want to know what mod*mom readers think of their work.they’re offering the following incentives for you to listen + provide feedback to their “back to school” podcast:
$100 gift card, $50 gift card, 3 gift boxes containing 1 box of rainbow lightmulti vitamin gummy bears,1 box of esberitox supercharged chewable echinacea + 2 bars of365 lavender soap, +1 gift box, which includes the following: 365 shampoo, conditioner, lotion, shower gel, lavender soap, rosemary mint soap + alba botanica facial mineral sunscreen .
to enter to win a gift card or gift box from whole foods market,
then, scroll to the bottom of the page + leave your feedback comment with http://modmom.blogspot.com in the website field. on august 25th, the winners will be randomly selected.
mod*mom giveaway :: micralite toro newborn transportation system $789 sparkabilityis celebrating the debut of the new toro by giving one away! if you have a blog or website, please link to mod*mom +/or if not, please join my email list+ post a comment by midnight est september 15 to enter (contest open to us + canada)
world breastfeeding week 8/1 :: 120 countries worldwide: mod*tot + i proudly breastfed as a team in the 2003 defense of the u.s.a's guinness world record for "simultaneous breastfeeding in a single site" in berkeley, california (australia had the record before the u.s.a.) "in may 2006, the philippines, broke the Guinness World Record on Simultaneous Breastfeeding in a Single Site when they gathered 3,541 mothers with the City of Manila. This year, they created the First Guinness World Record on Simultaneous Breastfeeding in Multiple Sites when they gathered more than 20,000 mothers in more than 400 sites. The organizing group, Children for Breastfeeding, in partnership with WABA, is planning for the first ever attempt to foster cooperation among nations to establish another Guinness World Record in celebration of World Breastfeeding Week. The idea is simple: Join as a pair of breastfeeding mother + child or organize breastfeeding mothers + children in as many sites as possible in your own country + be a part of the network around the world! If you are interested to join in making history with this WBW project, please register atbreastfeedingworld.net "
