Ken NewquistExcited to see #Superman tomorrow night with NeutronLad. Because:
1) Superman!
2) my 19-year-old still wants to see movies with me. :)
Paul DouglasJ. and I finished watching #doublethefist with the childrenfolk last night. It was, as anticipated, much enjoyed by all, though they agreed that if we hadn't shown it to them they would absolutely have thought that we made it up as a prank.
The front room is full of 13-year-olds having what promises to be an all-night video gaming marathon despite the fact that our modern/router decided to die just as we got them all here. J. and Firstborn are both crashed or asleep in the parental bed, so I might end up sleeping in the car tonight?
Things could definitely be worse. #geekparenting
Firstborn is trying to catch up on maths homework after a week away and is having *vigorous discussions* with her textbook. #geekparenting
Lair of SecretsAn Evil Overlord's Childproofing Tips
#GeekParenting #GeekDad #Parenting #Childproofing
A new episode of Nuketown Radio Active is online, emerging from a year-long eclipse.
Or some other, more appropriate metaphor.
Radio Active #104: Rewind and Reload
https://www.nuketown.com/radio-active-104-rewind-and-reload/
Radio Active #104: Rewind and Reload - Nuketown
On this episode of Radio Active … well, it’s been a while. So let’s look back and where we’ve been and take a look at where we’re going. It’s a mix of bad news, good news, and geeky news, so get ready for the info dump. Nuketown News Geek On Contact Us
Ozzie D, NP-hard 
Nerd #parents, are there any #linux desktop environments with parental controls that approach the functionality of Screen Time on MacOS and iOS?
On #Ubuntu I use Timekpr-next (https://mjasnik.gitlab.io/timekpr-next/). I'm very grateful to the developer for releasing it and continuing to support it even after his own kids have grown out of it. It has many limitations -- for example, you can't exempt specific apps from overall time limits (e.g. "permit access to mail at any time"), and has no built-in support for granting temporary extensions outside of "normal" usage hours (workarounds are cumbersome). But it's way better than nothing!
I look around for alternatives occasionally. The only one I've found is CTparental (https://gitlab.com/ctparentalgroup/CTparental), which I haven't tried yet. I wonder if I've missed anything else.
"That's some Socratic-arse shit right there."
- Firstborn, being simultaneously very high- and very low-brow.
#geekparenting
- Firstborn, being simultaneously very high- and very low-brow.
#geekparenting
Helen PerrisStar Wars aficionados, I’m assuming after season 3 of The Mandalorian, the best option to watch next with a just-turned-11yo would be Ahsoka, due to the timeline, and then maybe back to Kenobi. We have determined that said 11yo is not ready for Andor/Rogue One yet, and he’s already watched episodes I through VI and all of The Clone Wars. Thoughts?
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