Baby Got Back, Live & Unplugged By Jonathan Coulton

Dude recorded a whole Jonathan Coulton concert on his cell phone and posted it to YouTube. All I've heard so far is Coulton's acoustic folk cover version of Sir Mix-A-Lot's classic, "Baby Got Back." Jonathan Coulton in Seattle -...
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Some Random Gear Links: Muji In America, Disney/Campana, Acrylic Cradle, &c.

Here are a few finds that have piled up in my to-link folder: First, two from The Nursery at Apartment Therapy, a blog that's very advanced for its age: You can get Muji's awesome Suburbia In A Bag in the...
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The Kid: The Anime Version

Early on, we made a decision not to publish the kid's name or photo on Daddy Types. Then as she started pre-pre-school, I kind of pulled a curtain around her and her classmates, too. But as soon as Sylvia emailed...
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Miffy Loves New York City; Dick Bruna Loves Cashing NYC's Checks

Starting in the fall of 2003, NYC & Company, the official visitors & tourist organization for New York City, launched a marketing campaign to lure families to the city. Central to that effort was Miffy Loves New York City!, a...
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Swiss-Made Antonio Vitali Dollhouse Will Warm You Up Inside

Before he started making organically shaped, abstract dolls for Creative Playthings in the late 50's, Antonio Vitali was making hardwood dollhouses for abstract dolls, which were sold in the Swiss National Crafts Store. Too bad the dolls and the...
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A Is For Asinine - What You Think: Bertrand Russell's Good Citizen's Alphabet

In 1953, Gaberbocchus Press, the labor-of-passion publishing company run by Polish emigre artists Stefan and Franciszka Themerson out of their London basement, issued The Good Citizen's Alphabet by Bertrand Russell. "B is for Bolshevik - Anyone whose opinions I...
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This Landfill Is Your Landfill, This Landfill Is My Landfill

Idaho dad Anthony Doerr takes a break from hipster parenting to agonize over the devastating amount of trash his family generates. His, yours and ours, that is:Before I became a parent, I didn’t bother to think about garbage all that...
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All Hail The Kustomized Bugaboo, Part 1

A customized Bugaboo has been a backburner obsession of mine almost since the beginning of the stroller era. There was a time when I wanted to get the Bugaboo engraved, like a trophy or a piece of jewelry. But the...
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