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The Day The LOLcats Died – #SOPA #PIPA Protest Song

Protesting SOPA with a Blackout

If you’ve been surfing the web today, you’ve already noticed that many of your favorite sites are blacked out. The internet blackout is a response by web publishers- big and small- to urge all users to prevent the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) from passing when the United States Senate votes on it on Tuesday,…

GoalForIt.com Printable and Online Charts to Focus on Success

Despite having established routines in our home and trying to focus on positive behaviors, instead of dwelling on the negative, there are times that I still feel like a broken record and could use the assistance of a concrete system to reinforce the routines and behaviors that are expected. GoalForIt.com provides free tools like…

7 Ways to Educate Children About Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

We recognize today as a day where we remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. but does it have meaning for our children other than being a day off from school? Dr. King’s contributions do our children know who he was and his contributions to the history of our country? Here are some age appropriate sites…

Beauty and the Beast 3D Opens in Theaters Today

I loved Beauty and the Beast when I saw it ages ago and then watching it over and over again on VHS but seeing it in 3D with my kids sitting beside me was a real treat when we caught a preview last weekend. The classic tale is sure to captivate a new generation of viewers…

11 Things to Plug Into Your Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)

If you’ve ever experienced a power outage where the power in your house dips just enough to lose important work on your computer, you know that battery backup provided by an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) can allow sufficient time to save files. It also helps in closing programsand powering down equipment properly so devices aren’t…

Cell Phone Etiquette for 2012

If you’ve ever cringed when a ringing cell phone has interrupted a live performance or someone has taken a call in your presence when they should have stepped away, AT&T encourages all cell phone users to make a resolution to follow proper cell phone etiquette in 2012. AT&T is advocating for everyone to start…

Tegu Mobility: Unplug and build with magnetic blocks & wheels

Ever since Tegu blocks came into our home, they have been one of our favorite open ended toys. There’s nothing like the satisfying click as these eco-friendly sustainable wood blocks connect with magnets to create vertical and horizontal masterpieces that are only limited by the imagination. Now imagination has wheels with the introduction of Tegu…

Resources to Reinforce Spending, Saving, and Giving

Did you know that kids receive an average of $25,000 in gifts and cash before they reach age 18? What happens to that money and why do so few kids save? The concept of delayed gratification can be hard especially in a consumer culture where the idea of creating savings is very abstract but it…