Dad: Wii Kid Actually Laughs Like That

Wired has an interview with the Baby Theo's dad. Theo's the kid who laughed like a possessed demonchild at his dad playing Wii Golf. 34 seconds of good stuff. FWIW, in five months, Theo's accumulated 2mm YouTube views. the...
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Whoa, Check Out This Calligraphy By Betsy Dunlap

Now don't take the complete absence of any mention of calligraphy and the near-complete silence on the subject of birth announcements as a sign that I don't appreciate a good, handwritten announcement. On the contrary, I'm probably just too...
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Cute Knitted Bear From Suburban Outfitters

Oops, I mean Anthropologie. My bad. I saw these in the store window on the way to pick up my laptop with the [finally!] fixed hard drive, and I figured they were just display props, but no. There's a...
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You Are What You Eat, And For New Yorkers, That Means Mercury-Laden Fish

A couple of very interesting research results for the food-and-baby-conscious New Yorker: First, new mom Meg Hourihan [mazeltov!] has a very enlightening discussion of how to decide what to eat during pregnancy. Statistically, her data sample has problems, since it's...
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Serving Size Trix Are For Kids!

You know how sugared cereal manufacturers are hyping their voluntary advertising restrictions, where they say they won't market food with more than 200 calories or 12 grams of sugar per serving to kids under 6? And how they claim they're...
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Bug Bee Berkeley: Bugaboo Bee Music Video Now Online

Praise the Lord, and pass the Cirque du Soleil extras, people: the Bugaboo Bee music video is now online, and a chance to see the Bee in motion is the least of its offerings. Whether it's too [check all...
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Mod Dads' Rad Mid-Mod Add-On Is One-In-8*10^7

The kids were demanding their own rooms, and Tom Lloyd-Butler and his partner Dan Zelen needed extra space for their surfboards, so they carefully added on to the sweet 2BR mid-century modern house that UC Berkeley architecture professor Ernest...
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