Here’s a surprise, I may be addicted to the internet. According to a recent CNNHealth.com article called Why Moms Are At Risk for Internet Addiction, you may be at risk if your internet usage includes the following: -Being online while your family sleeps -Reading the news online -Using the internet to foster your real life…
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The Sisterhood Award
Belated thanks to Nicole over Banana Blueberry for the Sisterhood Award she so kindly bestowed upon me last week for all of my “wonderful ideas for parenting.” Nicole also awarded some of my favorite sites the Sisterhood Award too. Congrats to Aimee over at Smiling Mama and Jessica from A Parent in Silver Spring, two…
When Good Technology Goes Bad: 2009 White House Easter Egg Roll Tickets
How did you spend your day today? Living near DC, I joined legions of other DC Metro Area parents, ticket hawkers, and other moms and dads from all over the country online trying to score White House Easter Egg Roll tickets only to experience hope, disappointment, and frustration repeatedly throughout the day. This year the…
How Do You Like Me Now?
There have been a few changes at Tech Savvy Mama! Like a super stylish new header, a brand spankin’ new navigation bar, and this great little button. Yes, my very own Tech Savvy Mama button that you can add to your site if you want! If you are like me and read most of your…
Happy First Day of Spring!
Two of my favorite things…Art by Eric Carle and Google for today’s First Day of Spring Google logo. Thanks for reading Tech Savvy Mama through your feed! Original post by Tech Savvy Mama ©2012
Staples Ink Cartridge Recycle Program Update
Tricky Staples! Last month I wrote about recycling ink cartridges and featured Staples since they give you a $3 coupon good towards the purchase of new ink when you drop off your old cartridge. Well it seems that they have changed the rules of the game since February. Tonight we had an ink crisis and Tech…
Cyber Bully Update
The Palo Alto school system has notified the parents of 6-8 perpetrators in the recent cyber bullying incident. Read the story in the Palo Alto Online News or watch an interview with Jill Asher, founder of Silicon Valley Moms Blog, and contributor, Myrna, on Bay Area news channel KTVU. What are your thoughts about how the cyber bullying was…
Websites of the Week: Cyber Bullying Resources for Parents
Cyberbullying is the topic of the week both here, on DC Metro Moms, Silicon Valley Moms, on City Mama, and even among my colleagues at school. While I urged schools to include digital citizenship lessons in their curriculum in my post, a child’s education about cyberbulling and the proper use of social networking tools, like…
I Hate Spam! (a.k.a Do You Think I’m Stupid)
The e-mail I received today: From: Eva John Garang <evagarangx30@msn.com> Subject: Hello Dear Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 00:13:15 +0000 Hello Dear, Kindly accept my apology for sending mail to you.I believe you are a highly respected personality, I am writing this mail with tears, sadness and pains. I know it will come to you…
How To Recycle Printer Cartridges
Your printer is blinking that it is out of ink. You swap out the old cartridge for a new one but what do you do with the empty one? We’ve always recycled our laser and ink jet cartridges and I just figured that everyone knew what to do with their empties until a neighbor asked…
