Links of the Week: Designer Condoms, Diets, & Beverage Trends

Send to KindleTweet Everyone is up in arms about the Vogue article by a Manhattan mom that put her daughter on a diet after their pediatrician diagnosed her daughter as obese. I know growing up my mom was very careful talking about food because she didn’t want to do anything that might result in an [...]

Beauty Therapy: Lip Favorites

Send to KindleTweet Time is a bitch. Enter your 30s and suddenly you’ve agreed to trade collagen in your face for skin on your waist. That’s not a fair trade. A trip down memory lane has me wondering – how did I eat carbs and corn syrup and fit in my first pair of designer [...]

Tech Baby: Stalk Your Nanny Via Your iPhone

Send to KindleTweet This actually makes me want to buy another baby present. European company Withings has come up with a number of products that enable DIY health monitoring, from scales that track your weight and BMI online, to home blood pressure monitors. But, the one I love is the small square device that alongside [...]

Parenting: An Inexact Science

Send to KindleTweet I don’t have kids but I’m amazed by those that do. Especially those that work inside and outside of the home, and cook, attend higher ed programs, and even manage to exercise. But that’s not the focus of this post. I remember when my niece was born about four years ago. I sent [...]

Big Data: Walmart, Consultancy Ink Deal

Send to KindleTweet If you are among the group of Americans that was outraged to hear that an American man learned about his teenage daughter’s pregnancy from Target, get prepared to be even more outraged about privacy issues and big data. Consumer and retail market research firm The NPD Group has inked an agreement with [...]