Jumping Monkeys (Audio)

Build-a-bear privacy issues, should you kids photos on Flickr, Creative Commons sued about Flickr, and more.

To see the online giveaways discussed on this episode by Jeremiah McNichols, visit Prizey.net.

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Leo Laporte

Guest: Denise Howell

Full show notes are available on Megan's blog, JumpingMonkeys.com.

Bandwidth for Jumping Monkeys is provided by CacheFly. The Jumping Monkeys theme is by Paul Minshall.

Our guest is Bill Kendrick of Tux Paint.

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Leo Laporte

Guest: Bill Kendrick

Full show notes available on Megan's blog, JumpingMonkeys.com.

Bandwidth for Jumping Monkeys is provided by CacheFly. The Jumping Monkeys theme is by Paul Minshall.

Live from Macworld: Jean-Paul Bonjour of Apple's Pro apps team, John Skidgel, an information designer at Google, and Jean MacDonald of The Favorite Aunt and SmileOnMyMac.

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Leo Laporte

Guests: Jean-Paul Bonjour, John Skidgel, and Jean MacDonald

Full show notes available on Megan's blog, JumpingMonkeys.com.

Bandwidth for Jumping Monkeys is provided by CacheFly. The Jumping Monkeys theme is by Paul Minshall.

Our guest is Suzanne Kantra of Martha Stewart Living

SPEND: Emotional Armor - Great t-shirts for strong girls. My favorite is "Princess. Not in need of rescue." Recommended by listener Mar.

SAVE: New York KiDs club offers free playdate for bloggers in NYC. Kids ages 6 months to 4 years can enjoy enrichment activities led by instructors. Free WiFi is available. RSVP.

GIVE: BookMooch charity section. We've interviewed John Buckman of BookMooch before, but I wanted to highlight the charity section.

AUDIBLE BOOK PICK: Peter Pan

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: 5 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Children Do by Gever Tulley (founder of the Tinkering School). Great talk from TED about the danger of too many safety measures and some simple things we can do to raise our kids to be creative, confident, and in control of the environment around them.

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Leo Laporte

Guest: Suzanne Kantra

Full show notes available on Megan's blog, JumpingMonkeys.com.

Bandwidth for Jumping Monkeys is provided by CacheFly. The Jumping Monkeys theme is by Paul Minshall.

Our guest is Brian Niles of PTA Tech Corner

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Leo Laporte

Guest: Brian Niles

Full show notes available on Megan's blog, JumpingMonkeys.com.

Bandwidth for Jumping Monkeys is provided by CacheFly. The Jumping Monkeys theme is by Paul Minshall.

Our guest is Amy Keroes from Mommy Track'd - The Working Mother's Guide to Managed Chaos

SPEND: Ebay Parenting

AUDIBLE PICK: The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary

OTHER LINKS:

Why Pregnant Women Don't Tip Over

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Leo Laporte

Guest: Amy Keroes

Full show notes available on Megan's blog, JumpingMonkeys.com.

Bandwidth for Jumping Monkeys is provided by CacheFly. The Jumping Monkeys theme is by Paul Minshall.

Our guest is former TechTV anchor, and Good Morning America tech reporter, Becky Worley - soon to be mother of twins!

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Leo Laporte

Guest: Becky Worley

Full show notes available on Megan's blog, JumpingMonkeys.com.

Bandwidth for Jumping Monkeys is provided by CacheFly. The Jumping Monkeys theme is by Paul Minshall.

Our guest is Jeremiah McNichols, creator of Zrecs, Toy Instructions, and Prizey

SPEND: The Cool Mom Picks Safer Toy Guide

AUDIBLE PICK: Life of Pi by Yann Martel (for grownups!)

OTHER LINKS:

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Leo Laporte

Guest: Jeremiah McNichols

Full show notes available on Megan's blog, JumpingMonkeys.com.

Bandwidth for Jumping Monkeys is provided by CacheFly. The Jumping Monkeys theme is by Paul Minshall.

Our guests are Bill Childs, Stefan Shepherd, and Amy Davis with the winners of the 2007 Fids & Kamily Awards!

SPEND: Computer Guy Action Figure. Finally, we're getting some recognition around here.

SAVE: Black Friday Ads

GIVE: Rattle N Roll Christmas Cards

BOOK PICK: The Emporer's Children. Megan just finished this novel (for adults) and I loved it. It's set in New York City at the end of the 20th Century. The characters are all pretty unlikable, which it makes it even more interesting that the book is so wonderful.

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Leo Laporte

Guests: Bill Childs, Stefan Shepherd, and Amy Davis

Full show notes available on Megan's blog, JumpingMonkeys.com.

Bandwidth for Jumping Monkeys is provided by CacheFly. The Jumping Monkeys theme is by Paul Minshall.

Our guests are Cate Colburn-Smith and Andrea Serrette authors of The Milk Memos: How Real Moms Learned to Mix Business with Babies

Announcing a brand new sponsor, Kajeet pay as you go cell phones for kids and our first contest!

The creator of Peanut Butter PC, a child-friendly desktop replacement, has created a mash-up of sounds from Disney movies. Identify the movies and win a copy! Listen for details.

SPEND: Triba: Wellness in Motherhood. A listener named Edward recommended this awesome place that's right now only in South Africa. It is a facility targeted at catering to the needs of all mother regardless of their children's age. It has a workout facility, office space with wireless access, printers, copiers (mini Kinkos), Spa services, SLEEPING ROOM (what a concept!) and they offer care givers that cater to all ages.

SAVE: Fresh Bargains. Simple Googlesque interface that makes searching for bargains a lot easier. I used it to find a hotel in SF. Thanks go to listener Andrea.

GIVE: Bitty Braille Tees - Kids T-Shirts that Spell your kids name in braille. 10% of all proceeds go to the American Foundation for the Blind. (Found on Tutus and Turtles)

OTHER LINKS

Home Lead Test Kits Don't Work

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Leo Laporte

Guests: Cate Colburn-Smith and Andrea Serrette

Full show notes available on Megan's blog, JumpingMonkeys.com.

Bandwidth for Jumping Monkeys is provided by CacheFly. The Jumping Monkeys theme is by Paul Minshall.