The Schoolyard Has More Asphalt. The Kids Have More Anxiety.
Kids recess in Canada has no legal protection. No legislation. Some schools have it. Some do not. A researcher who has been in this field for twenty-five years says that matters more right now than it...
27 Maj 8min
ICYMI: Nobody Told These Kids Metal Wasn't for Them. Now They're Obsessed.
Kids metal music has a home and it is called Howdytoons. Mike Whitla started writing heavy songs about dinosaurs for his young children in 2010, realised the words brachiosaurus were basically already...
27 Maj 9min
NEW - Canada Funded the Research. Someone Else Owns the Patent.
Canadian innovation has a cost problem almost nobody talks about. Not the cost of building things, but the cost of giving them away after they work. Jim Balsillie's argument is pointed: Canadian polic...
27 Maj 23min
Coming Soon: You Can Hire Digital Ozzy for Your Commercial. He Will Do Whatever You Want.
Tech news this week includes a digital Ozzy Osbourne available for commercial licensing, a Ferrari that looks like an Apple product, and a Canadian breakthrough in early skin cancer detection. Hyper...
27 Maj 9min
Canada Is Fixing Its Cities for the World Cup. Not for the People Who Live There.
Canada right track is the question one year out from the election. Matt Gurney's assessment is that we are more or less where he worried we would be. A poll showing almost half of Canadians think thin...
27 Maj 9min
Dad Stuff: The Expensive Bass Clarinet His Son Picked is Now Awesome Somehow
Kids learning music rarely goes the way anyone plans. Bob Addison's son had never touched an instrument until September. It was mandatory. None of that matters now. The bass clarinet was not the cheap...
27 Maj 10min
NEW - The Sears Catalog Told You What to Buy. Social Media Tells You Who to Be.
The Sears catalog is having a moment online and it opened up something bigger. The difference between what shopping used to feel like and what it has become. Physical department stores had escalators ...
26 Maj 9min
ICYMI: Andy Baryer: AI Toys Are Designed for Kids. They Are Not Safe for Kids.
DIY and tech tips cover a lot of ground this week, from what to do with grass clippings to what is quietly running inside the AI toy your kid wants. The Spring Yard Tips Worth Knowing Before the Seaso...
26 Maj 19min
