Word: programing
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...sign language? The idea is simple. A baby can make the gesture for milk, for instance, well before he can say the word, which could save him from having to be thirsty and miserable until Mother figures out what the problem is. One popular program, Sign with Your Baby, uses the basics of American Sign Language to teach babies and parents simple signs, such as milk, more, drink and eat. Another program, Baby Signs, helps parents develop signs based on gestures their babies already make...
...trying out the newest way to protect oneself: a browser-based service from McAfee.com that promises to keep any PC bug-free. Note that I said service rather than software. For $30 a year, you subscribe to McAfee.com's "Clinic," which will protect your Net-connected computer with a program that's constantly updated with the latest digital fumigants. McAfee.com's approach is an example of what's known as an Application Service Provider, a recent trendlet among Net businesses. Increasingly, software companies deliver their stuff to you exclusively online, in tiny installments that they can automatically upgrade and maintain...
...service work? The setup experience was definitely promising. I signed up for an account, and McAfee quickly uploaded a small program to my machine and installed it. The process was faster than it would have been by disc and took up a negligible amount of drive space. Every morning when I came to work, McAfee delivered a bug report that detailed any new plagues that had broken out overnight and then inoculated my software automatically...
...ranch, located at an 8,300-ft. elevation in the Rockies, has a respected riding program. Guests young and old can choose just the right mount from among 175 horses, then train in an indoor arena. Or they can ride on packed trails where they will hear nothing but the muffled thump of the horse's hooves and the whistling of the wind through the pines and aspens. There are many other ways to traverse the great outdoors: cross-country skis, snowshoes, sleds, skates and snowmobiles--even a sleigh behind two Belgian draft horses. Downhill-ski enthusiasts can schuss...
Moderation can be tough, though, especially with hundreds of cable channels. Emory Woodard, an author of the Annenberg Public Policy Center's Media in the Home survey, says many parents are asleep at the remote. "A significant proportion of parents," he says, "can't name even one program they would discourage their children from watching...