It is not courtyard season. We don’t see our neighbors as often as we do during the summer, when the children play on the hill and the adults sit on benches drinking cold drinks. Now if we see a familiar face, it is bundled up under a scarf or a hat, and it is only […]
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Vermont’s Ban on Driving While Using Handheld Devices Begins Today! – A Guide to What You Can and Cannot Use
It’s finally here. October 1st. Starting today drivers in the state of Vermont will no longer be legally able to use handheld devices while driving. For some people this will have no effect, since they have always held the view that operating a motor vehicle while doing something else at the same time is dangerous […]
Games With Friends and the Responsibilities Entailed
It all started with “Words With Friends.” Not really. Technically it started with Scrabulous, which was shut down by Scrabble to protect its copyright, but for purposes of this discussion, let’s start with Words With Friends. This game, which is extremely similar to Scrabble (but not at all the same, for trademark reasons), was sprung […]
The Best iPhone Apps for Kids
The iPhone is, to modern day parents, what I’m sure the pacifier was to parents of the early 1900’s. A life saving (or at least sanity saving) device that will keep your children quiet on long car (or horse & carriage) trips, as well as a welcome distraction for those times when you need them […]