According to beautiful screenshots leaked by ThinkSecret The next major release of Mac OS X, dubbed “Leopard” apparently has some new parental controls:
The controls allow parents to set weekday and weekend time limits as well as “bedtime” hours during which the computer cannot be accessed.
The above graphic is an excerpt. See the full screenshot […]
I’ve been writing about my new nephew Quinn and his struggles. He was born on Aug. 7, but had a congenital heart defect and required open heart surgery last week. While the surgery was a success, things were looking grim just three days ago when the doctors said it could be weeks before his […]
My wonderful father-in-law is coming to visit for a week to watch our son. Summer camp is over and school doesn’t start until next week, but my wife and I both have to work. “Papa camp,” we’re calling it. So we brainstormed a bunch of fun things he can do in and around DC — […]
A friend just made the jump from PC to Mac and found that iWork didn’t print envelopes for him easily. He ended up using Word.
I suggested that he check out EasyEnvelopes, which is free Mac OS X dashboard widget. You just activate the widget, type in your friend’s address, select the person from your address […]
My brother-in-law Michael today reported a difficult day for my new nephew:
Today was a difficult day for Quinn as he is struggling with his breathing when his oxygen is lowered and he is given freedom to breathe on his own. It could be days or weeks before his breathing tube is removed. He has a […]
I became an uncle again, for the third time on Aug 7. Quinn Lyner Horwitz was born to my sister, Heidi, and her husband, Michael. Vital statistics: 5 pounds, 11 ounces, and 19 inches.
But unfortunately, something was wrong right from the start. The little guy wasn’t breathing properly. The doctors soon discovered that there was […]
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One of my clients, Capitol News Connection, graciously gave a few of us a personal tour of the U.S. Capitol last week including sections that are not ordinarily open to tours — […]
You don’t have to be a conspiracy theorist to agree that network neutrality is one way to ensure that a single corporation doesn’t have authority to censor an artist’s performance based on political or self-interest. You know, if we adopted the model pushed by the major telecommunication companies, they might have the power to, say, […]
The Washington Post ran a piece today by an dentist who lives in Baghdad and authors a blog called Last of Iraqis. His blog contemplates whether Iraqis may very well become extinct. The toll of his daily burdens are profoundly affecting:
When will I die? That’s the question circling in my head when I awake on […]