Online (In)security
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Just me on Friday, July 27, 2012
This week my Twitter account was hacked in a rather dramatic (and hilarious, actually) fashion. Fortunately, it was no big deal to change my password and delete the hacker’s tweets. I’m grateful it wasn’t a more important account - like one with my credit card stored on it - that a computer found its way into.
However, I am now wondering: do I need a more sophisticated approach to online security?... READ MORE
What Do You Remember from High School?
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Just me on Friday, June 29, 2012
Any other high school science geeks out there?
I enjoyed a walk down memory lane with this “science literacy” quiz at the Christian Science Monitor: quiz here. I don’t really think the results indicate familiarity with basic science concepts - most of the questions concern trivia - and you can definitely get an edge by knowing ancient Greek culture and language, but I had fun answering the questions anyway. Maybe you will too!
Doctrine on Screen
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Faith on Friday, June 15, 2012
The US Bishops have long had a version of the Catechism on their website, and I never used it.
It was difficult to search and navigate, so I’d just reach for my paper version instead. It was easy to flip to the (excellent) index and find the information I wanted, and I’d often enjoy browsing the topics at random as well.
But my paper copy of the Catechism is going to languish on the shelf now, because... READ MORE
People Are Nicer Than You Think
Posted by Danielle Bean in Just me on Wednesday, December 01, 2010
I had the enlightening experience once of having a surprise “in-real-life” social meeting with someone (I will call her Jane) whom I had previously known only online.
Before our in-real-life meeting, I did not like Jane. Actually, I might very well have liked her, except for the fact that Jane did not like me. At least I thought she didn’t.
You know how you can get a bad “vibe” sometimes from reading... READ MORE
Beyond Facebook and Twitter
Posted by Melissa Wiley in Reviews on Friday, March 12, 2010
As I’ve shared this week, Facebook and Twitter are the two social networks I use most often. Today I’d like to take a look at some other forms of social media I find useful and fun—and some I don’t use at all.
1) Social media for book lovers
GoodReads is a site that helps you keep track of the books you read. Enter a book title, and you can mark it “read” (past tense), “currently reading,” or even... READ MORE
That Useless Old Internet
Posted by Danielle Bean in News on Wednesday, March 10, 2010
I was amused recently to read a 1995 Newsweek column by Clifford Stoll, in which he predicts the demise of that useless old internet thing.
A small sample:
Do our computer pundits lack all common sense? The truth in no online database will replace your daily newspaper, no CD-ROM can take the place of a competent teacher and no computer network will change the way government works.
First of all, back... READ MORE
Streamline Your Facebook Experience
Posted by Melissa Wiley in Reviews on Monday, March 08, 2010
Fire up your Facebook pages! I’ve been invited to guest-blog here at Faith and Family Live this week to talk about social media. Thanks, Danielle, for having me!
Recently, the sudden arrival of Google Buzz threw many Gmail users for a loop — especially mothers like me who were surprised to discover our children’s names and comments showing up on our Buzz pages, right there for all the world to see.... READ MORE
Buy Handmade Rosaries Online
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Faith on Wednesday, October 07, 2009
In honor of today’s feast, I decided to go looking on Etsy for rosaries.
Did you know an Etsy search for handmade “prayer rosaries” yields 1,588 results? Even assuming some of it is accessories rather than actual prayer beads, that’s still a lot of rosaries!
The rosaries for sale range in price from $1.25 up to $500.00. I’m intrigued by this $1.25 hand-crocheted rosary, which is very simple and seems... READ MORE
Introducing the All-New Faith and Family Live
Posted by Danielle Bean in News on Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Did we surprise you this morning?
I’m happy to announce that today we are launching the all-new version of Faith and Family Live I’ve mentioned in podcasts and a few other places over the past few weeks.
We now have home page feature articles that will be updated regularly—you can see those in the section above the blog here.
I am also excited to introduce Faith and Family Connect, our own interactive... READ MORE
Moms at Risk for Internet Addiction
Posted by Danielle Bean in Health on Friday, June 12, 2009
I thought this recent CNN article about moms and internet addiction was a good and thought-provoking one.
The article cites a study that found that “4 percent of Internet users find it hard to stay away from it for several days at a time; 9 percent try to hide their ‘nonessential Internet use’ from their loved ones; 8 percent admit they use the web as a way to escape problems.”
Of particular interest... READ MORE
