Is it just me who's concerned about the new facial recognition technology that Facebook have introduced? In case you haven't heard, Facebook's facial recognition technology means that if you upload a picture to Facebook, the system will scan the other 90 billion photos that it's 600 million members have uploaded to see if any of the faces in your photo match the faces of people who have already been tagged. If it finds a potential match, you'll recieve a message telling you and offering to tag the picture with the persons name. From what I understand the more pictures of someone that are … [Read more...]
Silent Sunday – 12 June 2011….
Girls are Mean…
When I picked Miss Frugal up from school on Tuesday she was much quieter than normal and I could see something was bothering her but she had two friends coming round for tea so I didn't press her to tell me what it was straight away but when they'd gone home, we laid on the settee together and she told me that one of the girls in her class, let's call her 'the nasty one' had written a note about her saying she was a thief and she'd threatened to take this letter home to her foster parents who would be very angry with Miss Frugal. We've had trouble with the nasty one before when she told Miss … [Read more...]
A Recipe for a Peace and Quiet….
Chop up as much fruit as you can - reduced fruit from the Supermarket at the end of the day is preferable.Melt one huge bar of chocolate Add two children and allow them to dip the chopped fruit into the melted chocolate Sit back and enjoy the peace … [Read more...]
Silent Sunday – 5 June 2011
When a Day Out Goes Wrong….
This weekend's news that three children have had to be taken to hospital after a bouncy castle broke free of it's moorings in Whitby has started me thinking about how safe it is to let our kids go on these types of rides. It's not the first time that something like this has happened recently and although I don't think that the children involved have not been seriously injured, it's quite scary to think about what could have been.Like most parents, when we go out for the day we often let our two go on bouncy castles and rides. Although we try to make sure that the ride itself … [Read more...]
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