Nothing like fake news to brighten the real world. The Onion—a satirical news source that needs no introduction, unless you subscribe to urban legends—has finally used some of that Miramax money to enter the video arena, competing with user-generated YouTube spoofs and televsion shows. Good luck to Todd Hanson and the rest. I wonder how much the creative process will change.
Grow up, Celestial Seasonings.
Carter was a big cranky this morning. A box of Tummy Mint fell into his eyeline.
Carter: (incredulous) Tummy mint? Tummy mint? Why is it called Tummy Mint? Wellness tea? What?
Me: It’s soothing.
Carter: Well, I’d like it a lot better if it were called Stomach Mint. At least then it wouldn’t be acting like such a [...]
it’s fairy dust
damn fairies.
Carter drew a person along with his name, drawn over another person, in case you’re having trouble deciphering the picture.
At least Carter has a chance to work on his art and spelling. And hey. Who says it’s Bad Mommy’s job to dust?
Accountability and Design
I’m not sure Helen Nissenbaum will appreciate this, but in considering her chapter, “Accountability in a Computerized Society”—in Human Values and the Design of Computer Technology, edited by Batya Friedman—I connected her work with malaria. Of course, it takes a bit to explain.
Bad Mommy on gun safety:
From the list of things I never thought would leave my pro gun-control, pacifist, peace-loving mouth, Bad Mommy was recently overheard saying:
“Oh My Gosh I shot my son!!!” (with a suction-cup dart gun with a seriously hair-like trigger and no safety).
“Archie, cut it out or you’ll break your gun.”
“Guys, not inside!! Guns are outside toys.”
Digital Apollo
Live-blogging this talk. As usual, I’ll procrastinate on cleaning up these notes until a later date …
David Mindell, the Dibner Professor at M.I.T., came to campus today to talk about the interesting challenges that occurred in coordinating humans and machines during the first six lunar landings in the NASA Apollo space program.
During the 1960s, engineers [...]
Trip Pictures
I put together some of our beach pictures- they can be found here for now. We’re still figuring out .mac, and whether or not we want to pony up the dough for a family package. View it while we’ve still got the free trial going.