Christina Tynan-Wood on Dec 01 2009 | Filed under: Issues, Tips
Mozy sent me the results recently of a man-on-the-street survey where they asked people if they would be willing to sell their laptop on the spot for under $1,000. Not surprisingly 98% of people said yes. Yeah, me too. I love my laptop but I could get a laptop and a couple of pairs of [...]
Christina Tynan-Wood on Jun 30 2009 | Filed under: Issues, giveaways
Intel wants to give one of my readers a netbook.
Christina Tynan-Wood on Jan 02 2009 | Filed under: Issues
I’m a late convert to gaming. Okay, well, that’s not entirely true. I got very addicted to a text-based mystery game back in the 80s and I kicked hiney at Pac-Man when I was dating in college. But then I got a job, husband, house, kids, and too many pets and no longer had time [...]
Christina Tynan-Wood on Nov 04 2008 | Filed under: Issues
And don’t let this happen to you:
Christina Tynan-Wood on May 17 2008 | Filed under: Issues, gear
My 12–year-old recently informed me that our gaming system isn’t very cool. Before I give too much credence to this middle-school-hipness angst, I want to point out that I’m on the press list at most of the game publishers and we often receive games before they get to the stores. Cole has a signed-by-Will-Wright poster [...]
Christina Tynan-Wood on May 14 2008 | Filed under: Issues, Learning, Tips
A letter from a reader…and a response from your Geek Girlfriend
Dear Geek Girlfriend,
I need help! I sat down at my computer today, facing an enormous deadline, a play at my daughter’s school I want to see at lunch, and a conference call in the afternoon for which I have to keep the minutes. Today—of all [...]
Christina Tynan-Wood on Apr 24 2008 | Filed under: Issues, Uncategorized
Adam Thierer gives a persuasive rundown of The Perils of Mandatory Parental Controls and Restrictive Defaults [warning: that's a PDF] in our computers and other communications devices at the Progress and Freedom Foundation site. There has been legislative noise that we women can’t handle the complex task of keeping our kids safe online—even though we [...]
Christina Tynan-Wood on May 11 2007 | Filed under: Issues
It seems our leaders are worried that we Mom’s aren’t up to the task. They are hatching a scheme to require that the Internet bend over backward to make up for our shortcomings. According to a press release issued this morning by the Progress and Freedom Foundation, “Prompted by child safety concerns, some legislators and state attorneys [...]
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