Monday, October 8th, 2012
by Christina Tynan-Wood
Looking for a new dentist, plumber, coffee shop, or gym? Check out my
recent column on crowd sourcing every decision. With a few taps on a smartphone or a visit to the right website, you can get quick advice from the crowd outside your window on every decision--big ones about...
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Friday, October 5th, 2012
by Christina Tynan-Wood
I dream of a future where tiny, trained robots will constantly clean up my house and pester my kids to do homework. I’m pretty sure that’s a future I will live to see. But meanwhile, I use the technology I have. Here are five tools I use to help me keep the...
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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
by Christina Tynan-Wood
It recently became clear that our usual Casa Tynan home repair m.o.—a combo of DIY and neglect—was no longer sufficient. We needed help fast, as in, before a porch beam collapsed. Obviously, neither my husband nor Iwanted to take a chance on shoddy work, but a budget-busting bill was of...
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Monday, October 1st, 2012
by Christina Tynan-Wood
I have two Facebook-using teens so I know how difficult it is to monitor what they are up to online. If they don’t want to be supervised, they have more time and more energy to throw at avoiding me than I have to spend stalking them around the Internet. So I remind...
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Friday, September 28th, 2012
by Christina Tynan-Wood
My daughter recently switched schools. Her new school takes science seriously. She was completely on board for this change until she found herself in a class where everyone else seemed to know the Periodic Table of the Elements. She had never been asked to study it before and was angry at all...
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