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It’s a ritual around my house, and I imagine it’s done in households everywhere — the bed time story.  Whether one of my kids is laying down for a mid day nap or getting tucked in for the night, they always get a story before they close their eyes.

With three girls at home we’ve become fans of many of the Disney characters, so when Disney Digital books asked us to review their new online service I jumped at the chance.  Disney Digital Books provided me with a one month test subscription to try the service out at home with my family.  Here are my thoughts.

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Rarely do I lead a service anymore, (ANY service!) during which at least one cellphone doesn’t go off. It can be a Bar Mitzvah… CELL RINGS! It can be a wedding… CELL RINGS! Or it could even be a funeral… CELL RINGS!

I guess it is understandable, after all who would want to miss that all-important call during worship. :sarcasm:

This, however, is a very different story about technology and worship…

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Please enable Javascript and Flash to view this Viddler video.I’m a huge fan of the Engadget podcast. Not a week goes by that I don’t listen to Joshua Topolsky, Paul Miller, Nilay Patel. Their podcast is updated weekly and they chat about the week’s top news and provide added insight that you don’t get from their web site. I’m not sure how frequently these Engadget live shows are going to happen. This episode feature Jon Rubenstein formerly of Apple and now leader of Palm and was taped on 9/13/09. Aside from some problems with low audio and a questionable selection of first guest (cool demo of Pixi – but terrible explanation of why there’s no Wi-Fi (Sprint didn’t want it?) and come on Jon Rubenstein doesn’t know the type of processor in the  Pixi  ?) the video is of interest to anyone who is a diehard Engadget podcast listener. Follow the link below if you’d like to download a copy of the show to your iPod or Zune.

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Take a stroll down memory lane.

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So I have to admit my wife and I are “web-shopaholics” to the extreme. Most of the stuff we buy, outside of groceries we do online…I mean we have even gone as far as ordering pizza online! In our shopping there are two things that both of us very much dislike 1. having to enter our credit/debit card info on every transaction, and 2. the possibility of identity and account information theft…I also hate having to turn on a light if in a dark room or on the deck at night to get my card info and enter it.

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If you’ve got a Sam’s Club membership, then you already know about the deals that can be had if you’re willing to buy in bulk.  Members also know that they can’t walk into one anymore without being dazzled by a display of nicely priced big screen TVs and computers. Kevin and I bought our 55″ Vizio there for a steal, and you never know what other deals you’ll find when you visit one.

Now Sam’s has found a way to save its members even more money; they have started an internet auction site “enabled by eBay technology” where members can bid upon a mishmash of items – everything from a SmartyKat Jumbo Scratch Roll to the 50″ Philips TV pictured above.

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Did you know that you can date your depth and breadth of internet time-wasting, by which over-wrought internet memes* are immediately familiar to you?

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If you need an easy way to make a Google search and include your results in an email, you should enable the new “Google Search”, now available in Gmail Labs.

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I just got done watching a news conference with New York’s Mayor Bloomberg, who was giving his daily Swine Flu update. He struck a nice balance by calling on people to be cautious and responsible by washing hands more than ever, telling them to stay out of work or school if they suspect they might be ill, and reminding people that there is no need for hysteria since, “no one in New York has come into the hospital seriously ill”.

Caution- YES. Hysterics- NO.

But it could get worse, and if it does technology can come in rather handy. Here are two examples… Continue Reading

Earlier this week my fellow MVPs Johan van Mierlo and Remo Knops launched the complete revamped MobilityMinded website.

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A friend of mine pointed out an interesting piece of software called FluidTunes, which allows you to control your iTunes library (in CoverFlow view) by use of gestures, picked up by your iSight camera on your Mac.

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