HookShow #42- How Has Parenting changed in the year 2007?

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Running time 13:25

Topic 1: Keys to raising kids Gods way from Family Camp
1. Be Consistent
2. Be a Parent First and a Friend second
3. Build up you child/ spouse
4. Allow them to go thru Tough times
5. Make it exciting to be a Christian

Topic 2: How has parenting changed in 2007?
An open letter to Toddlers

I asked the question to a few communities I am a part of, these are a few of the responses:

Facebook:
AJ from Bald Guy Show
Ascii Adam

PodcastMN:
Garrick Van Buren

• Kneebouncers
• babycenter.com
• Daily candy Kids

Micheal Koppelman
Dean Jensen form SoHo podcast & Handbell Podcast

• Minnesota Dads At Home

Blubrry:
Ken from GameZoneRadio
Dale from Tech talk for Families

My Recommendations
Podcasts: Jumping Monkeys, Daddy Panel
Blogs: Parent Hack
Gadgets: Camera Phones and Flickr, Photos on ipods

DIGITAL DAN
HOOKSHOW+DAN@GMAIL.COM

The music featured in this podcast: Intro Buddha Chill by Joe DJ- trancentral

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Hookshow #40 - Family Fest,& Bridge Building

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Running Time 26:40

Adjusting to being a stay at home Dad

Topic 1: Family Fun Fest
Live recordings from a carnival at Celebration Church during the week of June 21st

• Intro, FacePaint, Classic Car Ride, Carosel, Mini Doughnuts, Giant Slide, Duck Game, Kangaroo Ride, Bear Ride, Swing Ride, Ring Game, Bounce Ride, Baloon Animal

with Digital Dan, Jo Mamma, Harold and Gwen

Topic 2: Bridge Building inspired from Make Magazine, Instructables
Supplies

• Several Popscile sticks
• 2 Hot Glue Guns
• 3 Teams of 4 people

Team Adam

• Tall Complex design
• crushed on first amount of pressure

Team Dan

• "A" frame pieces glued together
• Didn't have enough time to complete the design
• Fell flat with pressure

Team Matt with Low Tech Lynn

• Basic design (compact)
• Won the competion -all of the kids successfully stood on it

Coming Soon a utube video produced by Ascii Adam

DIGITAL DAN
HOOKSHOW+DAN@GMAIL.COM


The music featured in this podcast: Intro Buddha Chill by Joe DJ- trancentral

Hookshow # 37 -Earthday and Birthday

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I really tried to producing a good show. I did a lot of research, made a lot of edits and worked on the sound quality. Enjoy!

A special intro by Low Tech Lynn

Topic 1:Earth day
A conversation with Low Tech Lynn, We discussed:

What are we doing NOW to live Green?

• Recycling
• Earth day events at UST- An Inconvenient Truth, local Eco village
• Calculate your Carbon Footprint (Ecological Footprint)
• Using washable diapers (with cleaning tips)
• Using Public Transit and walking

Is it better to buy organic foods or to buy from a local farmers market?

• Off season foods
• Pesticides
• Farmers traveling to different markets
• Knowing the farmer you buy from
• Growing your own garden

Do you leave lights on when they don't need to be?

• Open the blinds and turning the lights off
• Motion detecting lighting fixture

What can be do to save the earth with our electricity?

• Researching alternative power sources with your power company (Solar /Wind based
  power plants)
• Coal burning power plants in China

"Coal (burning) emits all, but six of the elements in the periodic table including uranium!"

Other things that can be done

• Appliances-higher efficiency, recycling programs, repair, and gifting
• Motor vehicles- hybrids, E85 [Corn: food vs fuel]
• Lighting-Compact florescent, LED lights
• MAKEzine: Why throw it out if you can reuse it?
• Carbon offsets

Education

• TV -Discovery Channel, NOVA
• Movies -an Inconvenient Truth
• Podcasts - Living Planet,
  
• Websites -Institute for Lifecycle Environmental Assessment,
• Books
• Locally -Green party, plant a tree, highway cleanup, eco-villages, nature centers

Topic 2: Gwen's 2nd Birthday

• Gwen's interruption (she wanted a balloon)
• Parents birthday chat
• Daddy's chat with Gwen (her favorite is Dora and Elmo)

DIGITAL DAN
HOOKSHOW+DAN@GMAIL.COM
LOWTECH LYNN
HOOKSHOW+LYNN@GMAIL.COM


The music featured in this podcast: Intro Buddha Chill by Joe DJ- trancentral

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HookShow #35 - Spending time with Family & Palm RSS

MyChingo message from M.Avanzini

Topic 1 - Spending Time with the Family

• Sledding
• Story Time at the Library
• Children's Museum

"The Little Big Book for Dads"

• Stories for children
• Stories from Dads
• Homemade Recipes
• Craft Project ideas

Topic 2 - Palm Rss
I have a Tungsten C Palm that can connect via Wifi. I found a few pieces of software that are really useful.

QuickNews (RSS Reader/ Podcast Aggregator)

• Updates via Hot Sync or Wifi/Data Connection
• Import OPML
• Able to Autodownload Images/Enclosures

TCPMP (The Core Pocket Media Player)

• Displays Album Art
• Decodes most formats -*.AC3 ,*.MP3 ,*.MPEG ,*.OGG

Palm Blogging Software?

DIGITAL DAN
HOOKSHOW+DAN@GMAIL.COM

The music featured in this podcast: Intro Buddha Chill by Joe DJ- trancentral ,
Song Aria di Regime-Ivete

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HookShow #34 -In Memory of my Grandmas

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Audio Comment from Eric from the Ericast

Topic
Both of my Surviving Grandparents died within two weeks of each other

Photo: Fábio Pinheiro

Dorothy Hook (Grandma on my Dads side)
"there was always room for one more"

• Big Christmas Celebrations
• Involvement in the church -Awana ,Gideons
• She loved to share her faith with the gift of Hospitality

>Funeral and Burial Audio.mp3

Mabel Gustafson (Great Aunt on my Moms side)

• Rice pudding with Almonds
• Involvement in the church- Quantity cooking

>Reflections on the Life of Mabel.pdf

Lessons

• Make sure to tells all of you loved ones that how much you care for them
• Share stories/pictures with the younger generations
• Learn what you can from your elders

DIGITAL DAN
HOOKSHOW+DAN@GMAIL.COM

The music featured in this podcast: Intro Buddha Chill by Joe DJ- trancentral

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