Typecast

Today I am pleased to host Ruth's Soundtrack To My Life .  Ruth and I are both members of the 'parent blogger' network that has boomed over the past couple of years and if the internet had existed in it's present availability when my children were younger, I think I might have had her tagline... " Googling my way through motherhood ". Ruth is a "Geek Mummy" in the true sense of the word with a love for all things tech, also running a YouTube channel and an audio blog with her husband alongside her regular blog.  But, for now, it's over to Ruth for her music choices which I've really enjoyed pulling together as these are all fantastic tunes and I've discovered a song that I never heard before (Ruth's #4 choice). ¨¨°º©©º°¨¨ Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of the Heart This was the first proper single I bought. I've just worked out that I was 12 when it was number 1 in the charts. I remember saving up my pocket money, heading ...

The day Modern Warfare 3 was released there was a great online discussion sparked over on the Blogger.Ed forum  regarding the reasons why games and films have classification, especially since the popularity of first-person shooting games grew. The males in this family are all big gamers.  My husband has a PS3 and an Xbox 360 (both online) and the two boys have an Xbox 360 each (one online, one not).   My sons are 18 and 12 and have unlimited internet access on the computers in their bedrooms and I have always let them play on games that may be rated above their actual age.    Ruth from Geekmummy  has a husband who is also an enthusiastic gamer and they have two young children.  They have very clear views on what they will and will not allow their children to have access to when it comes to online content and it has sparked a very interesting debate.   You can join the debate over at GEEKMUMMY today   and we would be grat...

...between all of the MADs finalists in  the Most Innovative catagory?