Archive for May, 2008
Mommyblogging
Don’t hate me, but I’m a daddy blogger.
I realized it this week when I looked down the article list at at my personal blog and found I had written more about the horrors of daycare and mango pits as teething aids than media and pop culture.
It’s not such a bad thing, I’m a new parent, [...]
Wii Fit
Playing Guitar Hero won’t actually help your guitar playing, so can Wii Fit actually make you healthy?
Some seniors centers got on board with the wireless controllers for things like tennis and bowling to get the old folks up and active, even calling it wiihabilitation.
The latest game accessory is a board you do exercises with while [...]
A Tour of the Apple Store Vancouver
An hour before the hoopla was knee deep in Pacific Centre, the media were invited for a guided tour of the new Apple Store Vancouver.
Noroosh, the manager, walked us through each area of the store and explained all the sorts of things that will happen, including some very exciting educational programs the Apple Store be [...]
Safe Surfing for Kids
Glubble is a developer of a parental control plugin for Firefox, which aids adults in the ability to watch over their kids internet usage.
Glubbles are bubbles of content on the web.. You choose which areas on the web your child can visit, by activating Glubbles & making your own.
When children click on their user-tab they [...]
DIY TV
This article originally appeared in 24hrs Vancouver on May 28, 2008.
When Leo Laporte’s tv show, The Lab with Leo was canclled earlier this year by Rogers Television, he didn’t get on the phone and try to shop it to another network. Instead, he rented out a second floor of his workspace in Pentaluma, California [...]
Toddler Tech
cyberbuzz 05-27 [1:03m]: Kids are growing up fast. My eleven month old already has a keychain complete with remote car start. Sure, it’s only a teething toy – but it mocks a real life gadget, the ones the kids seem to crave moments out of the womb.
Disney is set for a fall rollout of its Disney [...]
My Lego Network
Lego has long been a staple of childhood, and with the advent of the internet, those building blocks of creativity have successfully been transferred to the web with My Lego Network – think of it as a MySpace for kids. A place where they can socialize with other children and build to their hearts [...]
Kidmondo
The first thing I did when I found out my wife was pregnant, was buy my son a domain name. You know all the good ones are getting taken, who knows what it’ll be like in a decade, so his name dot com was snagged.
I used my Macbook to create an easy site and [...]
Digital Cooking Aid
Are you in a big mood to cook delicious delicacies but don’t know where to start from? Never mind, Hannah Plevin’s Interactive Digital Cooking Aid is your ‘recipe made easy’ eliminating the tedious task of hunting for the right recipe from the recipe book.
Hell Yes, I’m a Mommy Blogger
This article originally appeared in 24hrs Vancouver on May 21, 2008.
Don’t hate me, but I’m a daddy blogger.
I realized it this week when I looked down the article list at The Blog According to Buzz and found I had written more about the horrors of daycare and mango pits as teething aids than media and [...]
