Mother’s Day is this Sunday, which means that flower shops will be busy, Hallmark stock should be up, and you can expect long lines at brunches as children of all ages try to figure out some meaningful way to thank Moms for all they do, and all they mean to us. This Mother’s Day, maybe you can get your mom a clue so she can get more use out of her PC and maybe video chat with the grandkids every once in awhile.

My older boys use YouTube and Hulu in place of television, and get most of their movie content streamed from Netflix instead of watching cable networks like HBO or Showtime. They live in some alternate, pixelated, 8-bit universe called Minecraft, but they stop by to raid the refrigerator every once in awhile if they get hungry.