Playlists Fine-tuned To Your Mood with stereomood

April 2, 2011

A tweet from @Ramit linked to stereomood, which describes itself like this: behind every song there’s always an emotion. we don’t know why but maybe that’s why we love music. so we’ve created a way to suggest songs that follow your feelings: stereomood is the emotional internet radio, providing music that best suits your mood [...]

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Just Released: ComputerTime 4.0

March 22, 2011

This is a big day for us. ComputerTime 4.0 is out, and all of our faithful and happy ComputerTime users will have the update pushed out to them today. We’re also happy about this because along with the updated version of ComputerTime, we’re also releasing something called the Internet Limit Add On. Customers who chose [...]

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App Takes the Place of the Nagging Nervous Passenger

March 2, 2011

App aims to reduce fatigue-related accidents on the road. I’d need something that actually safely pulls the car over to the side of the road, puts the seat back and shuts the car off so that I can continue my snooze.

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CNN: Is the internet killing empathy?

February 18, 2011

CNN asks the question: Have our brains become so desensitized by a 24/7, all-you-can-eat diet of lurid flickering images that we’ve lost all perspective on appropriateness and compassion when another human being apparently suffers a medical emergency? Have we become a society of detached voyeurs? According to the most recent findings from the Kaiser Family [...]

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Who’s the Boss, You or Your Gadget?

February 7, 2011

This NYT article presents the competition between the pros and cons of all of the technologies that we have at our fingertips. There’s an app for just about every kind of task you can imagine. and they can be used to help along your personal and work life. But if you’re not consciously making sure [...]

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The #1 Most Blocked Site of 2010

February 5, 2011

Facebook.

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Family Unplugs for Week; No Deaths Result

February 4, 2011

A Dad, Mom, and six kids tried an experiment and totally unplugged from their gadgets for a week. What do you it turned out like? Yelling? Arguments? Kids breaking down and going into total melt down mode? Will Mom and Dad even be able to resist their urges and overcome their addictions? “But it was [...]

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Young Kids Better With Tech Than With Life Skills

January 28, 2011

Are your kids getting enough the life skills that they need? While I guess it’s great that kids are so tech-savvy, the study points out that they may not be getting the “life skills” they need in other areas of their lives. In an interview, AVG’s Tony Anscombe said “Because we (adults) are so connected, [...]

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Should Be Mandatory Viewing For All Teens

January 25, 2011

Megan got her driver’s license last month. Ya. I worry. She’s a responsible teen as far as teens go. But teens also are prone to very poor judgment. I’m not sure if this video will change any of that, but I think all kids should watch it. If your kids are driving, or about to [...]

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Get Your Roasted Nuts Here!

November 7, 2010
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When I get off of the train at Grand Central and head on up to the streets for a visit to NYC with my kids, we keep an eye out for those street vendors that sell roasted nuts. They mix them up with some sort of sugar in a hot bowl and pour them into [...]

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