There was an article in the paper Sunday that I thought that Sam would like. A while back, I started thinking that Sam was interested in creating video games.

Sam was interested in what the article talked about, so I asked him if he wanted me to help him see if he could find out more about the event, as in general information gathering on the Internet. I then asked him if there were anything other things, concepts, topics, communities, whatnot he might be interested in learning more about.

Short version: I don't know what Sam (or Jake, really) is interested in.

This is a small website. The number of pageviews a month can be counted in the low tens-to-hundreds. The amount of traffic this page receives or would not receive today isn't even a concern. To that end, I don't know there was any impact to this website's traffic by using the script that redirected browsers to SOPAStrike.

Today was about showing support for and trying to educate about the need for sensible copyright laws in the US.

SOPA and PIPA, in the current forms, risk the crushing of a number of forms expression via the Internet. Yes, some of these forms of expression are questionable in their adherence to US copyright law. Some forms of expression utterly disregard copyright as well as concepts of fairness and fair use.

Yet the amount of content and conversation on the Internet that IS covered by fair use and in compliance with US copyright law that would be at risk is significantly larger body of work. And this is free speach.

This is a small website. The number of pageviews a month can be counted in the low tens-to-hundreds. The amount of traffic this page receives or would not receive today isn't even a concern. To that end, I don't know there was any impact to this website's traffic by using the script that redirected browsers to SOPAStrike.

Today was about showing support for and trying to educate about the need for sensible copyright laws in the US.

SOPA and PIPA, in the current forms, risk the crushing of a number of forms expression via the Internet. Yes, some of these forms of expression are questionable in their adherence to US copyright law. Some forms of expression utterly disregard copyright as well as concepts of fairness and fair use.

Yet the amount of content and conversation on the Internet that IS covered by fair use and in compliance with US copyright law that would be at risk is significantly larger body of work. And this is free speach.

Today we went to go see The Muppets. It's been something that we've been meaning to do since it was released.

What can I say, Muppets have been a part of both Natalie's and my life as long as either of us can really remember. And Muppets are fun.

The movie is pretty much what you would expect from a mid-70's-to-early-80's reintroduction/reboot movie. There were things about the orignial Muppets where they made fun of themselves and some of the things that they did in the original TV run or the earlier movies. There were a number of storylines that they hinted to but didn't address as completely as I thought they could have. Most of these had to do with how some of the Muppets get to where they are when they are first found in the story. I don't want to really do any spoilers, and this isn't really a movie review. More a follow up on the previous post. Honestly, this is a Disney movie.

This is the end of New Year's Day 2012. There are no deep and moving or deeply though provoking things going on here, so read it at your own risk of bordem.

Today was almost a completely normal day where everyone is off from work or school. Almost in that Natalie didn't spend all day working on lesson plans and neither Sam nor Jake had a last minute project to finish. And almost normal in that I don't normally put away the outside Christmas decorations (lights and such).

Something new to the normal routine is Natalie sitting on the new recliner, playing with her new phone.

Natalie enjoys having somewhat different ringtones on her phone. For the longest time, her last phone had the opening credits music for Eureka as her ringtone. Eventually, she came to think that it was too hard to hear in her purse, so it eventually was something else.