Category: Technology

The Day My iPad Made a Break for It

My iPad cracked the other day. My wife and I had just gotten back from my parents’ house, and we were laden with food and

Lambesis Asks, You Want Fluff or Meat?

I was reading a recent blog post by Tim Lambesis, who’s the frontman of As I Lay Dying (a Christian metalcore band I really like),

Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

On Tuesday, Adam posted a blog entry titled “57 Channels (and Nothin’ On)” That’s, of course, a reference to the Bruce Springsteen song. So I

Evaluating Our Screen Time

Last week, Common Sense Media published the results of a new survey about young children and how much screen time they’re getting these days. In

Mapping Our Muddled Minds

In a recent interview with mega-Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings, Time magazine’s Belinda Luscombe asked about our growing dependency on GPS maps. The context was Jennings’

‘Dad, the Magazine’s Broken’

I recently read an article about a 1-year old who didn’t quite understand why a print magazine didn’t behave the same way an iPad does.

A Heady Facebook Question

A new study by the University College of London found a link between the size of your brain and the number of friends you have

Turning Off the Television

Turn off the TV. That’s the blunt message from the American Academy of Pediatrics to parents of children under the age of 2. And even

Plugged In Parent’s Guide to Today’s Technology

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