What a Crappy Present - CD Gift Advice, Parents and Kids
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"What a Crappy Present - CD Gift Advice,
Parents and Kids"
"What a Crappy Present - CD Gift Advice,
Parents and Kids"
12/18/2003 03:37 PMWhat a crappy present!
What a crappy present!
12/18/2003 05:02 PM This is a funny site about downloading music, along the lines of
SendThemBack.org....
What a Crappy Present!
What a Crappy Present!
12/18/2003 09:19 AMdownloading
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Advice for Perplexed Parents of Late
Talkers
Advice for Perplexed Parents of Late
Talkers
06/07/2004 09:57 PMWhen your 18-month-old speaks fewer than 10 words or your 3-year-old's
speech is unintelligible to anyone but the immediate family, should
you worry?
Great gift for the kids!
Great gift for the kids!
01/05/2005 06:52 PM
Teddyport "Its
discreet, its funky and now none of your friends will ever know you
have a problem."
Well, as long as they aren't observant enough
to notice that you're ripping the head off of a stuffed bear and
trying to drink from its neck... Do parents have a right to smack kids?
Do parents have a right to smack kids?
07/05/2004 04:22 AMAn amendment to the Children's Bill will be debated today in the
Lords. If passed it will restrict parents rights to smack children. Do
you support the amendment?
Parents clueless about kids online
Parents clueless about kids online
07/21/2004 05:55 AMNeed to get 'Web wise'
Parents Reconsider Technology for Kids
Parents Reconsider Technology for Kids
07/24/2004 11:08 PMAP via Daily Press Jul 25 2004 3:30AM GMT
Small kids have better memories than
parents
Small kids have better memories than
parents
07/24/2004 01:19 AMContent.sina.com - Fri Jul 23, 08:58 pm GMT
Parents Reconsider Technology for Kids
(AP)
Parents Reconsider Technology for Kids
(AP)
07/24/2004 11:24 PMAP - Amanda Cunningham started her daughter on computers at 2 1/2 with
"Reader Rabbit" software and Web sites like Sesame Street. Like any
parent, she was proud Madeline could master the mouse so young. But
Cunningham soon realized Madeline, now 4, wasn't really learning
anything. She just kept clicking, dragging and playing the same games
over and over. Now, she's in no rush to get her 1-year-old son, Liam,
on computers or the Internet.
Parents lie to get kids into good
schools (Reuters)
Parents lie to get kids into good
schools (Reuters)
04/18/2004 10:47 PMReuters - More than a quarter of parents are
willing to lie to get their children into good state-run
schools, a survey has found.
Should Parents Be Liable For Their Kids
RIAA Misadventures?
Should Parents Be Liable For Their Kids
RIAA Misadventures?
08/03/2004 12:32 PMThere are times when parents are considered somewhat liable for
illegal actions by their kids, but in most cases, the kids themselves
take responsibility. So, why is that not the case in a situation
where the RIAA and music sharing is involved? In a story about a
husband and wife being charged for "downloading," the couple admits
that
it was
their two teenagers who did the downloading, but a lawyer is still
telling them to pay up the $3,000 the RIAA wants. There are all sorts
of problems with this. First, no one was sued for "downloading," but
for sharing unauthorized music (two very different things). However,
more importantly, the fact that this couple has
no clue how to
download music shows exactly the main weakness of the RIAA's case.
They're suing people without any evidence that the people they're
suing committed the crime. But, the way the system works, it's
cheaper to pay up than to fight the bogus claims.
Small kids have better memories than
parents (Reuters)
Small kids have better memories than
parents (Reuters)
07/22/2004 01:31 PMReuters - Next time, maybe you'll believe your kid.
New Phone Lets Parents Track Kids
(Reuters)
New Phone Lets Parents Track Kids
(Reuters)
07/28/2004 08:04 AMReuters - Parents in South Korea will now be able
to track their children by using a device in a new mobile phone
that has been designed for kids.
Parents in Starved Kids Case Seek Visit
Parents in Starved Kids Case Seek Visit
12/22/2003 10:10 PMReuters via Wired News Dec 22 2003 9:51PM ET
Is it fair to fine parents if kids play
truant?
Is it fair to fine parents if kids play
truant?
06/17/2004 08:17 AMPolice and teachers are now allowed to impose fines on parents whose
children take time off school. Do you think this is fair? Send us your
views.
New S.Korean Cell Phone Lets Parents
Track Kids
New S.Korean Cell Phone Lets Parents
Track Kids
07/29/2004 03:00 PMDirect and Related Links
for 'New S.Korean Cell Phone Lets Parents Track Kids'
“Parents in South Korea will now be able to track their
children by using a device in a new mobile phone that has been
designed for kids. SK Telecom Co. began selling Wednesday colorful
cell phones with antennas that look like human ears and a built in
tracker using the global positioning satellite (GPS)
network.”…
Kids & computers: Parents, scholars
reconsider tech for youngsters
Kids & computers: Parents, scholars
reconsider tech for youngsters
08/05/2004 08:32 AMNational Post Aug 5 2004 1:15PM GMT
Parents with sick kids turning to
siblings' stem cells (USATODAY.com)
Parents with sick kids turning to
siblings' stem cells (USATODAY.com)
05/05/2004 06:49 AMUSATODAY.com - Couples who need a stem cell donor for a child
desperately ill with leukemia or anemia are turning to reproductive
genetics clinics to help them conceive one, says a report Wednesday
about the controversial approach.
Supreme Court Ruling Forces Parents to
Protect Kids from Porn
Supreme Court Ruling Forces Parents to
Protect Kids from Porn
07/04/2004 02:24 AMThe Supreme Court has decided to put the responsibility of protecting
children from online porn on the parents. Online child safety
advocate, Parry Aftab, comments on the COPA decision and offers
parents advice. [PRWEB Jul 4, 2004]
New S.Korean Cell Phone Lets Parents
Track Kids (Reuters)
New S.Korean Cell Phone Lets Parents
Track Kids (Reuters)
07/28/2004 04:13 AMReuters - Parents in South Korea will now be able
to track their children by using a device in a new mobile phone
that has been designed for kids.
SK Telecom Co. began selling Wednesday colorful cell phones
with antennas that look like human ears and a built in tracker
using the global positioning satellite (GPS) network.
KidKase Provides Parents with a New
Solution for Keeping Kids Busy During
Long Road Trips
KidKase Provides Parents with a New
Solution for Keeping Kids Busy During
Long Road Trips
03/25/2005 06:30 AMKase Company recently introduced a new travel activity case with a
fold-out activity table, both strong and large enough to allow kids to
use a laptop computer, portable DVD player, or any electronic learning
product while riding in the backseat. [PRWEB Mar 25, 2005]
"When the kids bring them home and open
them up, it's the brightest light source
in the home," said Negroponte. "Parents
love it."
"When the kids bring them home and open
them up, it's the brightest light source
in the home," said Negroponte. "Parents
love it."
04/05/2005 04:08 AMSomewhat amazing story about $100 laptops for children in developing
nations .. 100 dollar laptop ..
laptops
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Japan Today - News - GPS-mounted
blazers enable parents to locate kids -
Japan's Leading International News
Network
Japan Today - News - GPS-mounted
blazers enable parents to locate kids -
Japan's Leading International News
Network
04/15/2005 01:02 AMblazers con localizadores GPS incluidos .. Bibes com GPS
includo
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Crappy Headset Business
Crappy Headset Business
08/28/2004 01:03 AM
More bad shopping experiences. Recently, I bought Plantronics
MX10, an phone amplifier that connects to computer for
multimedia works and VOIP,
along with a Telex H-51 headset. Actually, I got the Hello
Direct Virtuoso before
that but returned it in favor of MX10.
When I received it, I realized that MX10 requires headsets with a
special type of
connector called Quick-Disconnect (QD). Note that
Quick-Disconnect headsets
are two to 9 times more expensive than normal computer
headsets.After
a bit of grumbling, I ordered a Symphony headset from
Headsets.com because it
was cheaper than Plantronics headsets of comparable quality.
When I got the Symphony headset, I hooked it all up but couldn't
hear the dial tone.
Hmm. I tested the headset by hooking it up directly to my
phone. There
wasn't any problem with the headset. I tried everything, even
talking to Plantronics'
very nice clueless tech person. Only conclusion I could make
was that MX10 was
defective. So off it went back to Amazon.
Today, the replacement MX10 arrived. I hooked it all up again
but same symtoms.
I switched to a different phone and was rewarded with very distant
dial tone.
Amplifier that weakens signal? I called Headsets.com tech
support this time
and got the disgusting insider news:
Headsets and phone amplifiers from different manufacturers are not
compatible with
each other although they all use Quick-Disconnect connectors.
Huh? That means Plantronics amplifiers like MX10 works only
with Plantronics
headsets and Symphony headsets will work only with Symphony
amplifiers. The
fact that they use same connector form factor is just meaningless.
Totally disgusted, I packed up everything except the Telex H-51 and
scheduled a UPS
pickup tommorrow. Since I ordered a telephony enabled modem
with my new computer,
I am gonna use that instead of fancy but insane phone
equipment. I don't know
why I haven't thought of this before. After all, I have
written a sophisticated
telephony app for a client nearly ten years ago. Maybe I'll
even write a telephony
app that will put these crappy companies out of business.
Two rants on Geneva's crappy WiFi, one
fictional, one non-
Two rants on Geneva's crappy WiFi, one
fictional, one non-
12/13/2003 12:43 PMLessig's just got back form the World Summit on the Information
Society in Geneva, where he ran into the Swiss version of WiFi, a
craptacular extravaganza of telecom stupidity compounded by the irony
of hosting a summit on the "Information Society" where it's easier to
get a gift bag of conference schwag than an Internet connection.
Lessig's
rant on the subject is entertaining, and it put me in mind of a section I
wrote for my novel-in-progress, "Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves
Town," which is about community wireless hackers (among other things)
and this chunk was inspired by my trip to Geneva a couple months ago
to attend the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights.
I've uploaded the relevant section.
"No problem -- outside every hotel and most of the cafes, I can
find a signal for a network called 'SwissCom.' I log on to the
network and I fire up a browser and I get a screen asking me for
my password. Well, I don't have one, but after poking around, I
find out that I can buy a card with a temporary password on it.
So I wait until some of the little smoke-shops open and start
asking them if they sell SwissCom Internet Cards, in my terrible,
miserable French, and after chuckling at my accent, they look at
me and say, 'I have no clue what you're talking about,' shrug,
and go back to work.
"Then I get the idea to go and ask at the hotels. The first one,
the guy tells me that they only sell cards to guests, since
they're in short supply. The cards are in short supply! Three
hotels later, they allow as how they'll sell me a 30-minute card.
Oh, that's fine. 30 whole minutes of connectivity. Whoopee. And
how much will that be? Only about a zillion Swiss pesos. Don't
they sell cards of larger denominations? Oh sure, two hours, 24
hours, seven days -- and each one costs about double the last, so
if you want, you can get a seven day card for about as much as
you'd spend on a day's worth of connectivity in 30-minute
increments -- about $300 Canadian for a week, just FYI.
"Well, paying 300 bucks for a week's Internet is ghastly, but
very Swiss, where they charge you if you have more than two bits
of cheese at breakfast, and hell, I could afford it. But Three
hundred bucks for a day's worth of 30-minute cards? Fuck that. I
was going to have to find a seven-day card or bust. So I ask at a
couple more hotels and finally find someone who'll explain to me
that SwissCom is the Swiss telco, and that they have a retail
storefront a couple blocks away where they'd sell me all the
cards I wanted, in whatever denominations I require.
LinkRidiculopathy.com: Crappy Flash Game:
swinger
Ridiculopathy.com: Crappy Flash Game:
swinger
06/26/2004 10:54 AMFlash: Swinger game ..
Swingers
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Japanese Broadcast Flag -- welcome to
the crappy future of TV
Japanese Broadcast Flag -- welcome to
the crappy future of TV
05/26/2004 02:43 AMThe Japanese Broadcast Flag has gone into effect. Like its American
cousin, this is a technology mandate that restricts how you can use
the shows that show up on your own television, on the grounds that you
might be some kinda eyepatch-wearing-pirate. 'Course, the broadcast
flag doesn't really stop you from capturing
analog signals
and putting their programming online; no, this is a measure that is
100% ineffective at stopping "piracy" and 100% effective at stopping
new tech like VCRs from being invented without the permission of the
movie studios.
Because programs that have been copied once cannot be duplicated or
edited digitally, editing the programs via a personal computer has
become impossible.
In addition, the broadcasters' move has made it necessary for viewers
to insert a special user identification card, known as a B-CAS card,
into their digital TV sets to watch programs.
These duplication controls are being applied to digital TV programs
aired by both digital terrestrial and satellite broadcasters.
In the week after the measure was implemented, NHK and the grouping of
private broadcasters received more than 15,000 inquiries and
complaints about the scheme.
Link
(
Thanks, Alex!)
International Protection from Crappy
Porn Week of Resistance
International Protection from Crappy
Porn Week of Resistance
11/06/2003 01:52 AMNow there's a (>
cough<) mouthful. Anyway: the final week of
October, 2003 was declared "Protection from Pornography Week" by
President Bush. Some object to the declaration's equation of
"pornography" as a whole with child porn, or adult entertainment
produced in a coercive, exploitative manner. In other words, they
believe porn
per se isn't a problem --
bad porn is.
And, by golly, they're taking action.
What do I mean by "crappy"? Well, basically, I mean pornography that
doesn't affirm what sexuality really should be all about -- or what
being a human being really should be all about. (...) So I thought I
would launch a new campaign... because I believe that what we really
need isn't to be protected from pornography, but to show resistance
against crappy pornography and support for better, sex-positive,
humane pornography that is produced without exploitation, without
perpetuating damaging stereotypes, and that fully affirms the
principle of informed, revocable consent.
Link
(Thanks, Jonno)Kids Have a ‘Doggone’ Good Time with
Launch of RAGGS Kids Club Band Video
Series
Kids Have a ‘Doggone’ Good Time with
Launch of RAGGS Kids Club Band Video
Series
08/10/2004 03:43 AM [PRWEB Aug 10, 2004]
Keeping Your Kids Truly Safe and Secure
on the Internet Now Just Became as Easy
as "Smart Zone Kids" Browser Available
Through Wholesale-Telecom
Keeping Your Kids Truly Safe and Secure
on the Internet Now Just Became as Easy
as "Smart Zone Kids" Browser Available
Through Wholesale-Telecom
12/30/2004 05:15 AMWholesale-Telecom is now offering an Internet browser that protects
children and teenagers from online pedophiles and inappropriate
content The browser is totally interactive for parents to customize
to their preference. [PRWEB Dec 30, 2004]
Keeping Your Kids Truly Safe and Secure
on the Internet Now Just Became as Easy
as “Smart Zone Kids” Browser Available
Through Wholesale-Telecom.
Keeping Your Kids Truly Safe and Secure
on the Internet Now Just Became as Easy
as “Smart Zone Kids” Browser Available
Through Wholesale-Telecom.
12/22/2004 01:28 AMWholesale-Telecom is now offering an Internet browser that protects
children and teenagers from online pedophiles and inappropriate
content The browser is totally interactive for parents to customize
to their preference. [PRWEB Dec 10, 2004]
Presents For Bad Kids Head To eBay,
Rather Than Kids
Presents For Bad Kids Head To eBay,
Rather Than Kids
12/27/2004 04:42 AMWell, normally, people wait until after they've received presents to
dump them on eBay. However, one father who felt his three sons were
being particularly bad lately decided that to punish them he's
putting their
presents up for sale on eBay. To be honest, this sounds like a
bit of a publicity stunt -- and it seems likely that, now that this is
getting attention, that casino that seems to be buying
e
very random
quirky auction item will snap this one up.
Update:
Whoops. It's apparently already happened. Indeed, the casino in
question has
d
ecided to buy the undelivered presents. This is sort of an update
on our story last year about how sellers were increasingly looking to
use
eBay as a publicity generating tool. It appears that's now being
used by
buyers to generate publicity, as well.
Ithaki 4 KiDs MetaSearch Engine for Kids
Ithaki 4 KiDs MetaSearch Engine for Kids
06/22/2005 02:48 AM
Ithaki 4 KiDs MetaSearch Engine for Kidshttp://kids.ithaki.net/Ithaki 4 KiDs helps you to find the best sites just for kids via
searching in real time several search engines for kids like DmozKids,
Yahooligans, FactMonster, ArtKIDSRule, AolKIDS, AwesomeLibrary &
KidsClick!. Ithaki is a metasearch engine, it finds quickly the best
web sites because it searches at once the top search engines and
guides for kids, then ranks the results according to an internal
ranking to make sure you get the exactly what you're looking for. This
will be added to the search engines section of all the
2005 Internet
MiniGuides.
MP3 Players Aren't Just For Kids; In
Fact They're Barely For Kids
MP3 Players Aren't Just For Kids; In
Fact They're Barely For Kids
12/19/2004 03:47 PMThe common bit of wisdom is that MP3s are a young person's technology.
It's the teens and the folks just coming out of college that are the
MP3 generation, after all, so they'd be the most likely to own an MP3
player, right? Not at all, apparently. A new study says that
90% of MP3 player
owners over 34 years old. While this
may have something to
do with the high price of many of the best MP3 players, the numbers
still don't seem right. It would be interesting to see the
methodology behind this study. That's not to say that those over 34
aren't likely to own an MP3 player, but it's hard to believe that
90% of MP3 players go to those 35 and older.
Canadian Liberal party trying to shut
down political parody site with crappy
Trademark claims
Canadian Liberal party trying to shut
down political parody site with crappy
Trademark claims
12/23/2003 09:33 AMI'm off to catch a plane, but before I go, I had to post this. Bullies
from the Canadian Liberal party are strong-arming a parodist who has
put up a political site to make fun of the Prime Minister. This
(should be) a national embarrassment: Canadian journalists should be
covering this story.
I woke up on Wednesday morning to a phone call from a friendly guy
named Tim, who informed me that I had one hour to take down the
website, PaulMartinTime.ca, or he would set the lawyers loose on our
asses (that's not a quote, but it's an accurate summary).
In between his friendly but businesslike remarks, he dropped a few
remarks intended to make me nervous. He said, for example, that he
"had a little trouble getting through privacy.ca, but they're no
longer supporting your cause." If we had in fact been using
privacy.ca, that would be pure power-play. It would mean that he had
intimidated (legally or otherwise) a company whose function it is to
protect the identity of people who use it into breaking its sole
mandate. As it turns out, we don't use privacy.ca; the address of Rob
Maguire, the person who registered paulmartintime.ca, is publically
available, for all with an internet connection to see.
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12/26/2003 11:27 PMOpenFT 0.2.1.2 released!
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12/24/2003 10:29 PMThe best things in life are not things. (11 words)
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