November 6, 2008 
As you probably know, I'm all about nostalgia.
My I remember JFK site has been a labor of love for two years now, and the site's basic premise is nostalgia, specifically of the Baby Boomer flavor.
Today's FamilyFirst pick is a flash movie that runs about five minutes. It's called T... continue reading...
Tags: baby boomer,
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boomers,
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grandchildren,
great memories,
great music,
jfk,
labor of love,
lots of fun,
loud guitars,
nostalgia,
nostalgic images,
premise,
rap,
stomping ground,
take me back to the sixties June 28, 2007 
He's one of the most recognizable faces all over the world. He was born in 1941, yet still looks like he's seventeen years old. He has two girlfriends who are both crazy about him and jealous of each other. And the biggest worries are pop quizzes in school.
Of course, I'm talking about Archie An... continue reading...
Tags: 1941,
archie andrews,
archie comics,
boulevard,
contests,
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lots of fun,
many generations,
old jalopy,
parents and grandparents,
pop quizzes,
puzzles,
riverdale,
seventeen years,
sixty years,
tate,
two girlfriends,
worries November 5, 2006 
Well, as a card-carrying member of the Baby Boomers, it's time for me to pay homage to my fellow middle-aged youths (and throw in a teaser for a website I'm developing in the process).
What constitutes a Boomer? Opinions vary, but Wikipedia defines the Boomer generation as running from 1945 to the... continue reading...
Tags: baby boomers,
doby gillis,
elder statesmen,
highway patrol,
hogan,
homage,
hosting service,
howdy doody,
lots of fun,
memory jogger,
memory joggers,
middle aged youths,
offspring,
sgt bilko,
simple sentence,
start of the vietnam war,
treasure trove,
vietnam war,
youngsters September 14, 2006 
I have a pretty darned nice stereo system in my car. It's a multimedia player that handles all sorts of formats, including standard and mp3 cd's as well as having a USB port so I can copy eight hours of music onto a 512 MB flash drive straight from my computer. It's cool stuff!
However, if you ... continue reading...
Tags: baby boomers,
betamax,
cool stuff,
department store,
early 1970,
eight hours,
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fun facts,
local department,
lots of fun,
mb flash,
mp3 cd,
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sentimental journey,
shades,
shields,
stereo system,
track heaven,
usb port May 31, 2006 
What could be more fun for a kid than to make a microscope?
Okay, maybe I'm speaking about ME as a kid. But the fact is that kids, even those who aren't nuts about science, still can have lots of fun with scientific experiments.
That's where today's FamilyFirst site comes in. It's called Fun Scien... continue reading...
Tags: batteries,
camera obscura,
cheap materials,
english francais,
faculties,
fun science gallery,
italiano,
laboratory activities,
lexical analysis,
lots of fun,
microscope,
microscopes,
motivating children,
nuts,
readability,
scientific experiments,
telescopes,
texts,
upside down February 26, 2006 
Man has long been fascinated by magic. In ancient times, magicians claimed to use supernatural means to perform feats of magic. Today, we know it's not supernatural acts, but rather sleight-of-hand that makes magicians do seemingly impossible things.
Today's FamilyFirst site is a collection ... continue reading...
Tags: acts,
aldo colombini,
andrew galloway,
card tricks,
derek dingle,
feats,
impossible things,
john ramsay,
knots,
lots of fun,
magic theater,
magic wand,
magician,
magicians,
prestidigitation,
richard robinson,
scarf,
sleight of hand,
tricksters February 25, 2006 
What a week.
I love my job, but sometimes all you-know-what breaks loose. That's been the case all week, with one system after another that I'm responsible for having beaucoups problems.
So it's sweet Friday at last! And it's time to have some fun. So today's FamilyFirst site is a nice, lightweig... continue reading...
Tags: abominable snowmen,
blifaloo,
bubble trouble,
card tricks,
clean humor,
coin tricks,
cool games,
diversions,
fun time,
game arcade,
humor quizzes,
lots of fun,
magic tricks,
online game,
optical illusions,
puzzle challenge,
shortstops,
what the heck,
yeti baseball December 3, 2005 
Gadgets � we love 'em! That's why today's FamilyFirst site pays homage to that most fascinating piece of human engineering: the gadget.
The site is called Engadget. It's a blog that provides reviews, news, and gossip about gadgets of all sorts.
For instance, at presstime, there was a review of the ... continue reading...
Tags: car washes,
drunks,
gadget,
gadgets,
gizmos,
homage,
human engineering,
lots of fun,
monitoring service,
new paint,
nissan nissan,
presstime,
remote monitoring,
robots,
scratch guard,
scratches,
self healing,
sony cyber shot dsc r1,
writeup November 18, 2005 
Today's FamilyFirst site is a multimedia blast for kids (although this forty-something was blown away too)!
It's called KBears, and it's tons of Flash. I've always liked Flash, because it loads instantly over broadband, and pretty quickly over dialup as well. And when it's done right, as here, it's an ... continue reading...
Tags: blown away,
country names,
dialup,
dino island,
farm science,
fun zone,
gray wolf,
lots of fun,
maps,
mutts,
niue,
parents fund,
photo viewer,
science world,
sea turtle,
sting rays,
sweet shots,
tuvalu,
undersea life November 9, 2005 
When I was in school, the one subject that I HATED was math. There just wasn't anything the least bit interesting about putting numbers together, taking them away, etc. etc.
Well, had the internet been around way back in the 60's and 70's, I might have taken a little better to arithmetic with a ... continue reading...
Tags: arithmetic,
brain,
cartoon,
correct answer,
dots,
few rounds,
funbrain arcade,
game,
games,
grammar gorillas,
having fun,
intense competition,
lots of fun,
math baseball,
math problems,
mathcar racing,
one false move,
player mode,
problem difficulty 