Continuing my efforts to reach out to other moms and introduce Devin to the world of kids, I tried out two “gyms” this week.

A team from the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research in Milan is releasing results of a new strategy for drug testing – they test the river water.

After Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that the company’s computers would begin using Intel processors, I openly stated that Macs will run Windows. Some folks suggested that it would be technically impossible. Boy, were they ever wrong.

When you are 9-months old, toys are dangerous.

You may think you know your astrology sign, but quizilla can correct you.

Kerry Emanuel at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology wants to convince you that hurricanes are getting stronger and more destructive because global temperatures are increasing. He may be partially correct.

Apple Computer has done it again. With a stroke of genius from the creative mind of Steve Jobs comes a revolutionary new computer pointing device.

Bush challenges terrorists. Tells them to “Bring it on.”

Recall the dawn of Open Source and the fantastic safety and security that were inherent in Linux. At least, that’s what open-source proponents were telling us on every web page they authored. So what happened to the unbreakable free operating system?

It is a curse! And not just for moms who want to escape their day-to-day life. This game brings out the worst in everyone it sinks its fangs into.

A disgusting piece in the New York Times Magazine last week details the absolute need for chimps to have DVD players at taxpayer expense while over 35 million Americans continue to live in poverty.

30 consecutive months of economic growth. 9 quarters of growth greater than 3%. Disposable personal income up 4.8% in the second quarter.

It is fairly common knowledge among those living in American bear country that black bears are somewhat more timid than the larger grizzly. As Mary Lou Munn unfortunately discovered, sometimes a lot of noise and commotion simply does not drive off an angry black bear.

While certainly not the largest collection of computers, David E. McKim’s online Computer Museum contains over 75 “exhibits” ranging from the original Altair 8800 to the infamous Apple II and the IBM AT.

San Jose State University recently held its 23rd annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction contest. Entrants came from as far away as Australia, Israel, and the U.K. The award for “Worst Passage of Prose” went to a Microsoft quantitative analyst named Dan McKay.

Love or hate ‘em, Eric Raymond, Richard Stallman, and Linux Torvalds make hilarious comic strip characters. …assuming you are of the ultra-geek persuasion and already know who they are.

Taking a child out to dinner is a risky business. My husband and I spent every Friday and Saturday of our four year marriage eating out. It was our fun – we tried different restaurants, drove miles to eat at new ones, we lived for Fridays and Saturdays. When we found out we were expecting, I convinced myself and worked very hard to convince my husband, Mark, that this wouldn’t change. Babies can go to restaurants. We are going to have a perfect baby, one that never cries and certainly doesn’t shriek at the top of his lungs like all the other children seem to do.

Screenshots from your future new computer.

Stealing is stealing, even if you are stealing music online. Yet many people continue to download music illegally. They now have at least one media outlet on their side.

According to an article published by the BBC, Tony Blair agrees with the view on terrorism published here last Thursday: Terrorism: Root Causes Although I have a suspicion that he didn’t get his opinion from me.