{"id":579,"date":"2007-06-11T10:02:05","date_gmt":"2007-06-11T15:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=579"},"modified":"2007-06-14T16:49:17","modified_gmt":"2007-06-14T21:49:17","slug":"whew-i-thought-i-might-have-to-_talk_-to-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/06\/11\/whew-i-thought-i-might-have-to-_talk_-to-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Whew &#8211; I thought I might have to _talk_ to him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/526949035\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1179\/526949035_8f475e5ee8.jpg?w=400\" vspace=\"10\" alt=\"Smile for the camera (or not)\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHere I thought I might have to actually interact with <a href=\"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/SubEvilBoy\/\">Sub-Evil Boy<\/a> as he takes more responsibility in his world, but apparently I have more than just notes on the fridge to protect me from that onerous task.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techcrunch.com\/2007\/06\/09\/chores-meet-web-20-payjr\/\">PayJr<\/a> apparently provides me with a bizarrely complex web-based solution (complete with a <em>chat tool<\/em>!) that would only make sense in a world where we&#8217;ve <em>completely<\/em> given up any and all sensible old-school communication mechanisms.<\/p>\n<p>Not to mention the bizarrely sexist name for the product.  How many times are young women called &#8220;Junior&#8221;?  Do we just take girls and their obvious love for scullery maid chores so for granted that we don&#8217;t need all this machinery to keep track of their work?<\/p>\n<p>Hey, folks &#8211; there are <em>real<\/em> problems out there that need attention.  Let&#8217;s pass on this sort of fluff.<\/p>\nNo tag for this post.\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li>No related posts.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here I thought I might have to actually interact with Sub-Evil Boy as he takes more responsibility in his world, but apparently I have more than just notes on the fridge to protect me from that onerous task. PayJr apparently provides me with a bizarrely complex web-based solution (complete with a chat tool!) that would &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/06\/11\/whew-i-thought-i-might-have-to-_talk_-to-him\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Whew &#8211; I thought I might have to _talk_ to him&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[4,25,5],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-9l","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":690,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/12\/some-must-see-tv-tomorrow-night-for-those-in-the-us\/","url_meta":{"origin":579,"position":0},"title":"Some must see TV tomorrow night (for those in the U.S.)","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"12 Nov 07","format":false,"excerpt":"As has been noted elsewhere by many (e.g., PeeZed), tomorrow night (Tuesday, 13 Nov) PBS is airing Judgement Day. This is a Nova program covering in considerable detail the ins and outs of the trial two years ago in Dover, Pennsylvania, that was, at its heart, about whether \"intelligent design\"\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Education&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Education","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/education\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":740,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/12\/10\/740\/","url_meta":{"origin":579,"position":1},"title":"Facebook a creepy peeping tom neighbor?","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"10 Dec 07","format":false,"excerpt":"Apparently Facebook is collecting even more information about us than we thought: A Computer Associates security researcher is sounding the alarm that Facebook's controversial Beacon online ad system goes much further than anyone has imagined in tracking people's Web activities outside the popular social networking site. 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