January 25, 2007

"Warren Harding. William Taft."

These kinds of stunts are always great. When she was one, I taught the kid "Rauschenberg" and "Ellsworth Kelly" so she could freak people out at MoMA. Baby knows presidents [youtube via dt reader jason]...
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Posted by greg at 10:11 PM | Comments (4)

"Oh, The Beemanity!"

Q:Dear Daddy Types, I'm a dad in Florida. Over Christmas, a swarm of bees flew out of my neighbor's wall and engulfed by children's swingset. I tried throwing the 40 lb trailer hitch from our Dodge Caravan at them, but...
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Posted by greg at 4:28 PM | Comments (6)

A Fine Addition To Any Modern Toys Collection

An eBay seller named mix-mod has listed a collection of colorful, vintage modern toys—four lots of work vehicles, including a fuel tanker, dump truck, cement mixer and a matched pair of [oil-barrel hauling?] tractors. In the spirit of Ladislav...
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Posted by dt-andy at 3:32 PM | Comments (1)

Canadian Critic Harshes On Hipster Parent Buzz

CBC arts critic stopped watching Much Music long enough to dump a Diaper Genie II full of hate on "hipster parents," which this week means Neal Pollack's Alternadad and Nerve.com's new parenting website, Babble.On several occasions, Pollack rhapsodizes about his...
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Posted by greg at 12:01 PM | Comments (2)

Computer-Generated 'Reading Cocoon/Bookcase' By Studio Roosegaarde

I'd seen Rotterdam artist Daan Roosegaarde's Variants series of space-creating bookcases a few months ago, and then I lost my reference for it until just now. They're several kinds of awesome all at once. Variants are functional sculptures that...
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Posted by greg at 12:42 AM | Comments (2)