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Warner Bros stockholders=Kryptonite

Submitted by Dale on Fri, 04/20/2007 - 10:35pm.

Today, I was shopping at K-mart, looking for clothes for the kids. There, I saw a collection of caps for girls.

The first one that caught my eye had Tweety's head on it with a mean look on his face. Behind his head hung two bones, so the image became a Tweety & Crossbones. Being a fan of Loony Tunes for at least 30 years, this depiction bothered me. Granted, Tweety always had a sadistic streak. The early Tweety cartoons included the statement, "Aww, da poor puddy tat faw down and go BOOM!" Yet at the same time, he always retained the veneer of a "tweet widdw birdie." That hat scraped off that veneer, and while it bore a superficial resemblance to Sylvester's favorite snack, that was no Tweety.  read more »

Episode 4: Good Old-Fashioned Cyber-Parenting

Submitted by Dale on Tue, 04/17/2007 - 10:11pm.

We're back after a long medical hiatus. We're all recovered from laryngitis and an appendectomy and ready for a ton of tech and toy news, along with a story about self-sacrifice and cheap video games!

Toy News:

Tech News:

We have a lot of tech news to discuss this week, so we had to move quickly through them, but these are rather noteworthy.

Interview

GetNetWise.org LogoThis week, Dale talks to Danielle Yates, Communications Director for GetNetWise.org, from the Internet Education Foundation, a public service to help families with the resources they need to keep kids safe on the Internet. We talk about educating parents, internet safety and child protection initiatives, computer hygiene, and parental control software. The biggest dangers aren't necessarily predators, and the cautions are no longer limited to your home computer.

Video Game News and Reviews:

Wii

Sony PS3 and PSP

XBox 360

Review

Clifford for LeapsterClifford the Big Red Dog for Leapster

5-year-old Hannah joins Dale for a review of Clifford the Big Red Dog Reading for the LeapFrog Leapster and L-Max.
You will not find another podcast reviewing Leapster titles. We checked.

Thank-you to our sponsor, PDAPerformance.com, makers of award-winning Palm OS software.

Also, You can also look for Dale in a guest appearance on the latest episode of the Daddy Panel.

Send us voice feedback with no phone charges.

And win a free iPod by posting a review of our podcast!

Episode 4: Good Old Fashioned Cyber-Parenting

Submitted by Dale on Tue, 04/17/2007 - 9:46pm.

We're back after a long medical hiatus. We're all recovered from laryngitis and an appendectomy and ready for a ton of tech and toy news, along with a story about self-sacrifice and cheap video games!

Toy News:

Tech News:

We have a lot of tech news to discuss this week, so we had to move quickly through them, but these are rather noteworthy.

Interview

GetNetWise.org LogoThis week, Dale talks to Danielle Yates, Communications Director for GetNetWise.org, from the Internet Education Foundation, a public service to help families with the resources they need to keep kids safe on the Internet. We talk about educating parents, internet safety and child protection initiatives, computer hygiene, and parental control software. The biggest dangers aren't necessarily predators, and the cautions are no longer limited to your home computer.

Video Game News and Reviews:

Wii

Sony PS3 and PSP

XBox 360

Review

Clifford for LeapsterClifford the Big Red Dog for Leapster

5-year-old Hannah joins Dale for a review of Clifford the Big Red Dog Reading for the LeapFrog Leapster and L-Max.
You will not find another podcast reviewing Leapster titles. We checked.

Thank-you to our sponsor, PDAPerformance.com, makers of award-winning Palm OS software.

Also, You can also look for Dale in a guest appearance on the latest episode of the Daddy Panel.

Send us voice feedback with no phone charges.

And win a free iPod by posting a review of our podcast!  read more »

Clueless Female Syndrome

Submitted by Dale on Tue, 04/10/2007 - 7:07am.

Over the past few months, Teresa's MacBook Pro battery has been horribly unreliable. It lasts 45 minutes at best, and will even die within a couple hours while in sleep mode. So she did some research, found the pertinent information by googling and checking Apple.com's support forums, and calling Apple, since we paid for the AppleCare extended warranty.

Big mistake.

Why? Because she did the calling. Even though she knows her way around a computer better than most people, she got to listen to, "OK, do you see the apple in the upper right corner? Click that, and you'll see, 'About this Mac...'," even though she already had the pertinent battery page open in System Profiler. Even after she told them that, they still tried to walk her through every step of the way, making the call last a whole lot longer than necessary.  read more »

Catch Dale on the Daddy Panel

Submitted by Dale on Thu, 04/05/2007 - 3:41pm.

Dale will be appearing on the next episode of the Daddy Panel podcast.

And watch for a new episode of Tech Talk for Families very soon. Things are finally getting back to normal around here, whatever that is.

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