Marcus Hamaker is The Sleepy Geek

No no no, not me. My father and step-mom are off and running on Mediterranean cruise starting in Italy today. I just got a text message from my dad letting me know that they were the first to board the ship. If you knew him, you wouldn’t be surprised :)

My wife and I have been on two cruises in our life. We love it and after taking our first on our honeymoon my step-mom was able to convince my father to go for it. They have become cruisers since then; this being their third.

Princess has been our line of choice as well as theirs and one of the cool features when you are the poor soul with family on the ship while your not is the online webcam. You can see their ship’s bridge cam here with regular updates (about every minute or so).

Happy cruising!

I have a son who is starting to use a computer and like his dad, getting very comfortable with it :) Makes me happy but given that he’s 4, yet I am weary of a mis-click or a something popping up on his screen if he is on the internet. Even when you are watching your kids on the internet these days, even sitting right beside them, there is still a chance that you end up somewhere that was unintentional by the child and not foreseen by you.

KidZui is in the business of making an alternative browser for kids. What is amazing about this kid product is that it is geared towards the child. The browser interface is something that I am sure my 4 year old will like (and we’ll be getting that installed soon) but something that would make you or I want to use a crayola crayon on the LCD. Their other huge selling point in my eyes is that instead of limiting the websites that they feel are negative or could be deemed inappropriate, the took the opposite approach. They have white listed sites that they feel are of good value for kids and parents. Their reviewers are “trained parents and teachers” so that makes me feel good about the filtering.

I am new to the service, but I think it has been around for some time. I found it because it is now free and they seem heavy into a marketing campaign to let us all know.

Check it out, it’s free! :)