Dr. Vini Khurana, who did the study, is no slouch. He isn’t some crazy “technology is bad lets go churn our own butter” type of quack. No, Dr. Khurana is a top neurosurgeon who receives awards for his published scientific papers. And he says, cell phones will double your risk of brain cancer.
He also says, that kids especially should not be using them: “He admits that mobiles can save lives in emergencies, but concludes that “there is a significant and increasing body of evidence for a link between mobile phone usage and certain brain tumours”. He believes this will be “definitively proven” in the next decade.” Read the rest of this entry »
Ever wanted to know what its like to be with a supermodel? Supermodel Adriana Lima has some tips to being with a supermodel. You can read it here.
Odds are, you may have already dated or even married a potential supermodel. You just didn’t know it because you were buried in your Blackberry. For us married folks, it is important to remember how hot our wives are and apply the same principles.
For me, when I think about a robot I think about things like Optimus Prime, Short Circuit and of course, R2-D2 and C3-PO. But for kids these days, they think robots are just ordinary playmates. Technology is so prevalent in toys these days, who cares if the head moves or the lips move?
For the last few months, every time I walked down the toy aisles with my kids, one of the most frequent stops was the section of robots. I always wondered if the appeal of these things was they looked deep into the eyes of these artificial beings and found a connection, or if they just knew it was expensive because of the flashy packaging and its placement well above the reach of tiny hands.
So I was excited to get the opportunity to review the popular Robopanda by WowWee Robotics. The Robopanda is a high priced feat of robotic engineering packaged in a hard plastic shell that is rugged to the touch and cute to look at. After all, when thinking of a character to animate robotically, you would be hard-pressed to find something cuter than a panda. At a price tag between $99-$170, I was skeptical about its appeal. No doubt, for the amount of moving parts and exterior moldings, delivering this under 2 bills is a feat in itself. But despite its worth in parts and manufacturing, a big fear for parents is they will fork over that type of cash only to see it at the bottom of the toy pile in a few weeks. Read the rest of this entry »
Here’s a little tidbit for you noodads out there: you shouldn’t give your babies water. That’s right, you should not give your baby any water. Even though water is suppose to be good for you and you are suppose to drink like 3 gallons of it a day, it ain’t good for the little dude or dudette. Here’s why:
If you give a newborn or infant water, they could be at risk for brain swelling and even seizures. This is because the brains and kidneys of newborns and infants do not know how to handle it causing chemical abnormalities in their bloodstreams. Read the rest of this entry »
You’re probably one of those guys who says tells your buddies you can’t go out tomorrow night because you have to “babysit.” For you, spending time with your kids is time spent “watching” your kids. That’s why you’re the douchbag at the indoor playspace sitting at the perimeter emailing on your Blackberry or having an hour-long conversation rather than spending time playing with your kid.
If you looked up from your “crackberry” (or even worse, your laptop!), you’d notice (maybe) that your kid is roaming the room looking for a surrogate dad to interact with him. My son and I are glad to let him play with us at the Thomas the Tank table but after 15 minutes of no parental involvement, I’m searching the room for someone – you – who looks like our new “friend.” And if I could identify you, we’d have words. I would sure as hell want to know who my child was interacting with…even within the relative safety of our little parent co-op. Read the rest of this entry »
I recently read an article in Wired magazine that challenged my perception of autism. Reading the article sort of felt the same way as when I was first exposed to homosexuality in college. I was a corn-fed, Midwestern young man who was raised on Northeast-Ohio idealism. Anything that was not normal was either not talked about or was weird. I felt like a pioneer in Ohio just because I had broken away from listening to popular music and was into bands like Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, Dead Milkmen and Public Image Ltd. A new friend of mine came out to our crew when someone in the residence hall found out that there was a gay person living on our floor. The Midwest back then (maybe still) was pretty brutal about stereotypes and this guy challenged everything that I knew about homosexuality. For all intents and purposes, he was an All-American dude living his life on a slightly different path than society would expect from looking at him. He let us ask a ton of questions and changed our perceptions. With the Internet not as prolific, the world was a smaller place and information was limited to immediate surroundings or what we sought out through reading books, magazines and TV.
Your kids are psyched. They just got off the high of Christmas gifts and they are anxiously awaiting the visit from another mythical creature: that human size rabbit that walks with 2 legs and deliver baskets stuffed with candy. It’s Easter time and for most people, Easter means decorating eggs. But nothing can bring your kids down like a crappy easter egg decorating session. You need to know how to cook easter eggs the right way every time. Follow these steps and you will get perfect eggs that are ripe for decorating, easy to peel, and perfect for making you some egg salad sandwiches.
Step 1: Old Eggs
Now, I am not talking wicked old eggs that reek like old men at the public baths, but I am not talking about farm fresh that is still warm; just popped out of the hen. Perfect eggs are ones that are 5 or so days old because when you boil them, they are easy to peel. Read the rest of this entry »
A couple of years ago, I wrote an article here on Noodad.com called, “How to Check Email With a Kid on Your Lap“. I offered up a way to keep your entertained while getting through your stuffed Inbox. That solution was admittedly low-tech. It did utilize a metal clothes hanger hanger after all. Well, now there is a high tech way to keep your kids entertained while you get through your email.
It is called Tengu and it is a USB powered toy that lip syncs to your music and to voices in the room. “Tengu”, which comes from a character in Japaenese Folklore, is an invention of Crispin Jones for Solid Alliance and is aimed at “design-savvy people who spend too much of their time working on the computer”. Read the rest of this entry »
The kids album of the year is already here and it was not conceived by those fabulously flamboyant Wiggles, lost-indigo-girl Laurie Berkner or that sickenly-cute-little-red menace, Elmo. Ironically, the same band that once wrote such lyrics as “someday mother will die and I’ll get the money” and “minimum wage (yaaaah!)” has put together (yet another) incredibly listenable collection of songs about numbers that kids and parents can enjoy together. And the kicker is that it’s actually educational.
One great thing about 123s is that is a full media experience. The 1 CD 1 DVD set has 27 songs and 24 videos. The puppets of John and John are also pure genius and hearken “back” to when they collaborated with the homestarrunner.com gang.
The music is fun. In typical TMBG fashion, it’s not possible to classify the album as anything but an eclectic mix of genres. The sort of thing that would kill just about any other band is gold for them. The song Zeroes has my three year old singing about millions and millionths. High Five is our family favorite, particularly because my daughter thinks “down-low-too-slow” is the greatest since the finger in warm water to pee the bed trick. I could go one and explain how Seven is mixed by the Dust Brothers or that there are some weird Disney tracks at the end due to a much deserved Disney sponsorship, but you get the picture. Now go forth and buy it, put it in your car CD player and enjoy the fact that you’re listening to TMBG with your kids and not Raffi. Just be careful because you might find yourself singing “On Mondays, I never go to work…”
A recent report has said that cell phone use is more dangerous than smoking. This is due to the radiation to the brain that cell phones give off that could lead to brain cancer.
For me, when I think about a robot I think about things like Optimus Prime, Short Circuit and of course, R2-D2 and C3-PO. But for kids these days, they think robots are just ordinary playmates. Technology is so prevalent in toys these days, who cares if the head moves or the lips move?
Your kids are psyched. They just got off the high of Christmas gifts and they are anxiously awaiting the visit from another mythical creature: that human size rabbit that walks with 2 legs and deliver baskets stuffed with candy. It’s Easter time and for most people, Easter means decorating eggs. But nothing can bring your kids down like a crappy easter egg decorating session. You need to know how to cook easter eggs the right way every time. Follow these steps and you will get perfect eggs that are ripe for decorating, easy to peel, and perfect for making you some egg salad sandwiches.
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