Sitting in Reykjavik, suddenly missing my kids more than I can say.

alternateorg on March 8, 2012

Dads. Children are gifts. They are not ours for the breaking. They are ours for the making.

I recently made a decision to cancel a work trip that I look forward to every year because I’ve already been out of the country for two full weeks this year and I didn’t want to be away from my family again, and this post has made me so very, very glad I did. I’m even leaving this current trip a day early, and I cannot wait to see my kids and give them their Icelandic gifts and hug them so hard and tell them how much I love them so many times that they’ll be sick of it. And I’ll never stop.

alternateorg on March 7, 2012

Reblogged from TSA Out of Our Pants!: This video is here to demonstrate that the TSA’s insistence that the nude body scanner program is effective and necessary is nothing but a fraud, just like their claims that the program is safe (radiation what?) and non-invasive (nude pictures who?). The scanners are now effectively worthless, as […]

Microsoft Office for iPad spotted, soon to hit App Store [Update: Or not]

alternateorg on February 21, 2012

Reblogged from 9to5Mac: Update: Whooooaaaaa…hold your horses. Microsoft says it ain’t so: A Microsoft spokeswoman issued this statement: “The Daily story is based on inaccurate rumors and speculation. We have no further comment.” Corroborating earlier reports, Rupert Murdoch’s tablet-only magazine The Daily apparently saw a work-in-progress version of Microsoft’s native Office app for iPad, and […]

’8-Bitty’ Nintendo-style iCade controller for iOS devices, coming soon for $25

alternateorg on February 14, 2012

Reblogged from 9to5Mac: ThinkGeek gave us a glimpse at an upcoming iCADE controller mimicking the classic Nintendo controller layout and decorated with a retro 8-bit themed graphics. The “8-Bitty” is compatible with the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, connects over Bluetooth (two AAA batteries required), and is compatible with all iCADE supported games, including the Atari Classics […]