Daddy Types: July 2012 Archives

July 2012 Archives

July 31, 2012

100 Objects I'm Totally Gonna Reblog From 100 Objects From Century Of The Child

Oh well, there goes my next big idea. I was thinking I'd just blog the bejeebees out of MoMA's incredible Century of the Child exhibition by, you know, maybe posting an object a day or something. And here, MoMA's...
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DON'T LEAVE YOUR KID IN THE BACK SEAT [WITH ONE OF THOSE KID-IN-THE-BACK-SEAT DETECTORS]

What with global warming and drought and derechos and whatnot, we're all pretty much doomed anyway, but SERIOUSLY, ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMER, PLEASE GET IN THE HABIT OF CHECKING THE BACK SEAT EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU GET OUT OF THE...
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Latch On, Latch Off: Bloomberg Tells Hospitals To Lock Up That Formula

The Bloomberg administration has persuaded 27 of New York City's 40 hospitals to adopt new, breastfeeding-friendlier procedures for newborns. As part of the new Latch On NYC program, maternity ward nurses are supposed to encourage new moms to breastfeed by...
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July 30, 2012

Wookie The Chew On A TeeFury T-Shirt

There are no kids' sizes, and the Deathstar-ish landscape, though inventive, kind of underwhelms me, but if you're a Wookie The Chew compleatist, you'd best hurry up, because you only have about 5.5 hours left to order this James...
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The Larc Douglas Offyette Sportster Will Roll Again

Important news about this kid-size replica of a BMW 507, which was auctioned off last year in Eng-uh-land. While it may very well be true that it was "custom-made in 1956 for use by the sons of a new...
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July 29, 2012

Not Simply Oblivious But Actually Damaging

Judith Warner's NYT review of Teach Your Children Well, Marin County family therapist Madeline Levine's nuclear takedown of hyper-competitive Boomer parenting, is a thing of depressing beauty. The end of this sentence:Other kids cheat, take drugs, drink, shut down or,...
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For Sale: The Gothamist Bugaboo

They grow up so fast. And then there's another one, and you push'em around in the bassinet for a while, but then you need a double stroller. Gothamist's own Jake Dobkin is facing such a situation [mazeltov!], and so...
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July 27, 2012

Oh My Goodwood! Austin J40 Pedal Car Racing

Sir Stirling Moss himself will present the trophy at the inaugural Settrington Cup, the first race of Austin J40 pedal cars, to be held this September at Goodwood Revival. The two-day, two-part race will, I'm assuming, be held on...
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Baby Mama Courtroom Drama

Judging from the cluster of dumbass Amazon reviews in April 2012, Cathy Middleton, Esq.'s 2006 book,Girl, Get that Child Support has taken a while to reach the LOLZ section of the internet. But RAWSISTAZ.COM gave it a generally solid...
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July 26, 2012

D Is For D'oh! S Is For Steampunk ABC Book.

When I set out to find a compelling Steampunk themed ABC book, I was shocked to find there wasn't one. I've been doing steampunk art for several years in the video game industry, and now I'm on a mission...
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July 25, 2012

DTQ: How Do You Handle Puking?

So on this installment of our annual family tradition of gathering the cousins at the Outer Banks, a sudden stomach flu outbreak in one family has turned our cottage into one of those crazy plague cruise ships. The sick...
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July 24, 2012

At Home With WHOA WTF!? Modernism

For someone who's been wading through the history of kids' design in the modern age for several years now, some of the stuff in MoMA's Century of the Child is immediately familiar. [Some of it is very familiar, but...
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July 23, 2012

It Was The Juice. It Was The Juice.

Dateline, Emerald Isle, NC--So tonight while the grownups are eating dinner, my brother-in-law is running herd on the kids out on the deck. He's bouncing his 1yo on his shoulders. And as I look out the window, I see that,...
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July 21, 2012

The Stokke Of The Century Of The Child

I will have much more to say on the topic later, but MoMA's Century of the Child exhibition is amazing. Utterly amazing. I'm taking my catalogue with us to the Outer Banks this week, so I'll be posting from...
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July 19, 2012

Gicha Molded Ply Train Stools By Kamkam

There's a pretty nice-looking, little kid bed in the shape of a Korean bootie. But this molded ply chair/train, Gicha, is the sweetest piece in Seoul design studio KamKam's Protection collection, which debuted in 2011 at the Arumjigi Culture...
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50 Shades Of BPA: Big Chemical Loves It When FDA Bans Them

Is it just me or does this seem so weird? The FDA has banned BPA in baby bottles and sippy cups, even though manufacturers all basically stopped using BPA plastic for bottles between 2008-10, in the midst of heavy consumer...
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Playmobil Albrecht Dürer

I would like to think that this Playmobil version of Albrecht Dürer is just the first step in Playmobil's master plan to create tiny, beady-eyed, plastic versions of every artist, architect, and historical and literary figure on earth. And...
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July 18, 2012

Kingsley Amis Children's Books

Here's an anecdote about Roald Dahl meeting Kingsley Amis at Tom Stoppard's party, and suggesting he write some children's books because, "the little bastards'd swallow it." Alas, Amis never tried to found out. Roald Dahl and Kingsley Amis [ivebeenreadinglately via...
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Yes, But The Car Seat Is Economy Class

I mean, just-- what the-- I, just, seriously. On the one hand, we bought a beater $40 carseat to travel with, too. But that was because we'd fly commercial, and I was the one sherpa-ing it through the airport....
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July 17, 2012

A Supposedly Wagon Thing Mercedes Will Never Do Again

Alan calls this Photoshopped rig a cocoon; to me, it looks like a fine, Fiat 600 Multipla-inspired peoplemover. Either way, there will be no Mercedes blogger junket in New Mexico to drive this thing around, not this week or...
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Florida Baby Born A Few MInutes Early

Congratulations and all to the Malleys of Melbourne, FL, but the fact that "Big Gulp" is only the kid's nickname, not his actual name, means that this entire story is really just, "Fireman/EMT delivers wife's baby in 7-Eleven parking lot,"...
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July 16, 2012

Yahoo!

Another piece of good news today - @zackbogue and I are expecting a new baby boy!postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2012/07/16/may...— marissamayer (@marissamayer) July 17, 2012 When I heard on NPR this afternoon that Marissa Meyer was the next CEO of Yahoo, I was like,...
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Crib-Hack: A Chalkboardtop Desk

I don't know exactly which number it is, but "And it converts to a daybed!" has to be one of the biggest lies in the entire Crib Industrial Complex. Because the reality is, you either keep that crib out, and...
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July 14, 2012

I'm A Big Brother And I Approve This Message

Tough choice for my son in the car this AM: sneeze on his bagel in his right hand or sneeze on his sister to his left. He chose sister.— Dadwagon (@dadwagon) July 14, 2012 Nice....
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July 13, 2012

It's My Desk In A Box, Or CBS-Era Creative Playthings' Most Depressing Toy

At what point in the development of the Creative Playthings L'il Boss Desk In A Case do you think it occurred to folks that this would be the toy most likely to destroy the sweet, little dreams of their...
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July 12, 2012

'Summer Vacay Like a Kardashian!'

So literally, ten seconds after I finish my Single Laughing Dad post this morning, I check my email, see the subject line above, and it's a contest announcement from Poshbrood, which is offering one lucky winner the chance to "live...
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Arrested Blogging Development

I feel terrible, and personally responsible, because, what with the extended holiday week, and the kids out of summer camp and all bouncing around the house and in my grille, and the panel discussion I have to get ready for...
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July 11, 2012

The Real Dadbloggers Of Utah County

Single Dad Laughing. There, I typed it. Wasn't so hard after all. In the last few weeks, I've heard rumblings about a big, Year Of The Dadblogging Gang Wars trend piece in the works which, well, with SDL and Dan...
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July 10, 2012

A Good Cadillac Wagon Spoilered

Speaking of covering fast cars with eye-catching things... Check out the body kit Canepa is producing for the Cadillac CTS. They showed it on a coupe last year at SEMA, but it looks pretty sick on this CTS-V wagon. Please...
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RT If You Like Sponsors!

My youngest daughter, Vittoria! Beautiful!//Minha filha mais nova, Vittoria! Linda! @evokeeyewear @fosgoodwood twitter.com/emmofittipaldi...— Emerson Fittipaldi (@emmofittipaldi) July 10, 2012 When your dad's job is to drive in circles all day in a logo-covered car, you learn the spokesmodel value...
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Bjorn Jakobson Made The Baby Bjorn, But Bengt Lager Made It Famous.

No idea who came up with this stomach burkkka sun cover, though. Holy smokes, people, whatever happened to hats? Way to represent for the dadgearbloggers, though, Jamie of BabyGuyGearGuide.com, nice hustle. Who Made That? Baby Bjorn [nytimes] Shop around...
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Everyone's A Winner

The important thing, dad, is that you tried. To get a couple of good shots in before the cameras showed up. And also that you didn't get cited for disorderly conduct. Nice hustle [via boingboing]...
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Team Disney World Police!

Uh, really have no idea what to make of the unlicensed appearance on North Korean state television by costumed versions of various Disney characters, including Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Winnie the Pooh and Tigger. But I think I do remember...
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July 9, 2012

Hola, Muchacho Blanket! Pendleton For Kids

While poking around that Australian museum shop tchotchke maker's site a few weeks ago, I came across an interesting-looking "crib blanket" from Pendleton. It's called Daughters of the Earth, and, like its companion Sons of the Sky blanket, it's...
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July 6, 2012

The Tule Lake Collection

homemade scrapwood wagon at Tule Lake Relocation Center, img: Nat'l Archives rec. no 210-G-D32 07/01/1942, 70 years ago this week. That's when this photo was taken. I've been taking these things as I stumbled across them, one, two, or...
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WWMD?

Greg McKeown has a nice piece on the Harvard Business Review blog about how, contra the example and teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, he totally went to some random Very Important Client Meeting the day after his kid was born.To my...
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July 5, 2012

July 05, 2012

We started these late in the afternoon, but we decided that a concept's a concept, and if they didn't finish them before bedtime, we'd destroy them. Fortunately, that did not happen. On Kawara: Date Painting(s) in New York and...
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BMWTF! Mutant 1991 M3 Touring

Looks like I picked the wrong week to give up Bring A Trailer station wagon controversies. An E30 shop in New Jersey was in need of a project. And so, well, I'll let their eBay listing explain it:E30 Tourings...
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July 4, 2012

All In The Family: There's A Maclaren Shell Company For Every Rastegar

The other day DT regular Seth wondered who else besides Daddy TYpes was covering the financial and offshore corporate shell game shenanigans of the Maclaren USA bankruptcy mess. Fortunately, the Huffington Post's Alice Hines is on the case, too. In...
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July 2, 2012

Here Is A Philippe Starck X Target Baby Carrier.

I have no idea if the baby carrier Philippe Starck designed for Target like ten years ago is any good. I mean, if it were really nice, wouldn't they keep on making it? Was all that Starck X Target...
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