Yesterday morning WMUR reported that a student at Sunset Heights Elementary school in Nashua had a confirmed case of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and that a teacher was a possible second case. Unfortunately, the story really didn’t do a good job of explaining what MRSA is. I find this a bit surprising considering a student [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Apr
26
2008
weemote DV Remote Control
A few months ago I reviewed the weemote 3 from Fobis Technologies. Today it’s time to look at another of their children’s remotes, the weemote DV. The weemote 3 did a great job simplifying TV viewing, but can the weemote DV do the same thing for DVDs? First Impressions Picture your average remote: it’s probably [...]
Apr
24
2008
Have You Checked Your Baby's Bottles for BPA?
Heard of Bisphenol-A (BPA)? If not, get ready, because you’re about to. The chemical is used in a variety of consumer products, but its use in water bottles, baby bottles, and food cans that has been a growing source of concern due to BPA’s possible links to number of health problems. Now The Boston Globe [...]
Apr
23
2008
MySpace 'Linked' to Underage Drinking…Well, Duh!
The Telegraph posted a story yesterday about a Pelham man who had advertised a party on MySpace. Among those who paid to get in were 25 minors from Dracut, Lowell, Lawrence, Chelmsford, Tyngsboro, Tewksbury, Nashua and Hampton. But I’m not posting about this story because local kids were drinking, after all that’s nothing new. And [...]