Daddy Types: August 2012 Archives

August 2012 Archives

August 31, 2012

Area Man Throwing Out His Ikea Napkins

We were at the big Asian supermarket yesterday, K2 and I, wandering around the fish section, where some random gweilo dad was letting his 2-3yo kid just pick up fish after fish after fish with his grimy little hands, and...
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One. One Muppeteer, RIP

Jerry Nelson, the veteran Muppeteer who created Count von Count, and various other Sesame Street characters from Sherlock Hemlock to Mr. Snuffleupagus, passed away last week at the age of 78. Which means we may never find out why he...
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August 30, 2012

Long Live The Wagon Queen Family Truckster

You weren't supposed to want one in the first place, but after this, it shouldn't have even mattered, right? There just were no Wagon Queen Family Trucksters to be had. No. There is another. Apparently one Truckster survived the...
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August 29, 2012

Luminawesome: Chevy Lumina Stretch Luminasine

OK, work with me, this 1992 Chevy Lumina may be the perfect stretch minivan ever. WTFWhy, you ask? Because as Hooniverse points out, it transforms the "dustbuster to a full-scale Shinkansen." Also, it's in Estonia, so you can admire...
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August 28, 2012

The Age Of Placental Enlightenment

I really have no idea, but how can I not quote this passage of Joshua Mostafa's review of Bubbles, the English translation of the first volume of German philosopher/tv intellectual Peter Sloterdijk?The manner in which the newly-born child is detached...
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But Enough About Me.

What a mean-spirited and unhelpful debate about living in public with children.— Alexandra Lange (@LangeAlexandra) August 28, 2012 "Are modern parents being rude when they impose on other people on sidewalks, planes and bar stools?" "As the owner of a...
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Adorable Nordic Wooden Offshore Drilling Rig By Permafrost

Here is a beautifully made toy offshore drilling rig and supertanker and helicopter by the Oslo design studio Permafrost. I fear you cannot buy one, but when you look at it on display in the Louisiana Museum's exhibition on...
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August 27, 2012

Area Crown Princess Couple Happens To Buy Custom Stroller

So apparently Brio did not go bankrupt, it went private. And according to DT trainspotter Nelson, it has returned to the US market it had abandoned in 2008 after the financial crisis and the newer, stricter toy testing regulations...
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Gilbert & George Puzzle

The British artist duo Gilbert & George produced this puzzle, Death After Life, for their 1987 retrospective, "Gilbert & George: The Complete Pictures," which started at the Palacio de Velazquez in Madrid. The pieces are actually just square tiles...
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August 26, 2012

DT Friday Freakout: Sunday Edition

A roundup of headlines from the worlds of health, science, and parenting to freak you out and ruin [what's left of] your weekend, an exclusive service of Daddy Types: The CPSC is suing Buckyball desktop magnet toy makers because crazy...
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August 24, 2012

Jake Dobkin & Amy Sohn: The Remodeled Eat-In-Kitchen Debate

Oh man, fresh off of selling his gently used Bugaboo, Gothamist's dad in chief and OG Park Slope proletariat Jake Dobkin sat down for a Q&A with Amy Sohn, who wanted to promote her new book about the Whoremoms of...
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Marlboo Man

"Rodeo dad drinking a beer at the annual Carbondale rodeo in Colorado. @edkashi" newyorkermag's instagram via @wyszniewski]...
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August 23, 2012

Quinny X Maxi-Cosi X Britto Colabo Whosi-Whatsi

Hey great! Maxi-Cosi and Quinny have partnered with a world-famous artist I've never heard of to decorate a stroller, car seat and accessories collection. Romero Britto, who I'm going to guess is the Peter Max of Brasil, and the...
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August 21, 2012

Porsche H50 4-Door 928 Concept At Monterey

image: one of many on autoblog Strictly in the interest of completeness, you understand, Daddy Types will take note of every ill-conceived stretch Porsche 928 out there, no matter how unfortunate or ill-conceived. On the bright side [sic], the...
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Dharma Mums: Monica & Joao's LOST Nursery

Considering how extensive Monica & Joao's movie and music collections are, I would expect this level of careful detail in whatever theme nursery they decided to make. It just happens that they chose Lost, and so there's a perfect-looking...
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August 20, 2012

Creative Playthings Truck, POS

One of these things is not like the others. One of these things just doesn't belong Can you tell which thing is not like the others, Before the auction's done? It hasn't reached "eames" levels of meaninglessness yet, but...
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August 19, 2012

We All Probably Missed Fredun Shapur's Creative Playthings Soft Blocks

Whoops, I guess I was on vacation and not checking ebay enough and thus basically missed this awesome set of good-as-new soft blocks covered with designs by Fredun Shapur. Not sure what your excuse is, but $16 seems mighty...
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August 18, 2012

Daddy Skills, By Sam D & DJ Dave

Damn, bro, I'm still trying to process the fact that DJDave, the killinest MC on the West Side of LA, who managed to rhyme with quinoa in "Whole Foods Parking Lot," is originally from Berkeley. Now you tell me...
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August 17, 2012

DT Friday Freakout: Nuts Edition

An abbreviated assortment of news from the worlds of science, health, and parenting to freak you out for the weekend: The better educated the parents, the worse kids do when trapped in a fridge. [aap, c. 1958 via felix] Eating...
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August 16, 2012

The Gamification Of Hugs

"Choremonster says rewards can be anything from 'hugs to money to a camping trip.'" "Parents around the web have reviewed the app, and most say it's a fun way to force kids to help out around the house." You know,...
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EBB: Everything But Breastfeeding

People really do get worked up over breastfeeding and bottlefeeding. But whether you go the formula route, or the pump, dads giving the kid a bottle, especially in the middle of the night, provides a real and concrete benefit to...
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August 15, 2012

Bumbocalypse! All 4 Million Bumbo Seats Recalled Because Skull Fractures

image via: the internet, identities of the innocent have been obscured The CPSC has announced a recall of all 4 million Bumbo foam infant seats sold in the US, because kids keep on popping out of those things and...
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August 14, 2012

Here Be Python & Ostrich Skin Strollers

Maybe there are people who want a random middle-of-the-road Japanese stroller upholstered in exotic skins like python or ostrich. And maybe there are people--I mean, it's at least theoretically possible--who would be into paying $22,000-$37,000, no haggling, PLUS $1,200...
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From Il Archive Del Domus: Enzo Mari's Il Posto Del Giocho

Domus has reached into their archive for a nice story from February 1968 on Enzo Mari, modernist engineer. Mari had just launched his second toy, Il Posto del Giocho, (The Place of Games), which Domus called "the first known...
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August 13, 2012

Now We Know: Creative Playthings Lumber Tractor & Trailer

It's been a few years since I've seen one of these 2-by tractors turn up on eBay. And when the first one popped up, it wasn't clear whether it was by Community Playthings, the Mennonite-ish wooden toy and daycare/preschool/educational...
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Grandma Made Awesome Doll Furniture

So now we're at my mother-in-law's house in southern Utah, and the kids have prevailed on my wife to get down her box of dolls. Which turns out to include this awesome set of dollhouse chairs my wife's grandmother...
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August 12, 2012

Giorgio Armini-Me

Oh man, the AP story on how high end fashion for kids (girls) is the new hotness because Gucci launched a kids collection (three years ago) and now everyone is is simply atrocious, go read it. His quote is not...
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August 10, 2012

AT-AT Imperial Walker Made From Diaper Boxes

Kelly, a mom in New Zealand, made an AT-AT walker out of diaper boxes. I count either three or four boxes per AT-AT. So her dozen empty boxes should keep her busy until she finally gets on board with...
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Very Superawesome

I'm sure there were some negatives that year, too, but 1973 was when Stevie Wonder was on Sesame Street....
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August 8, 2012

Tenshi No Tchotchke: 3-D Printed Resin Fetus Desk Ornaments Now Available In Tokyo

The Japanese medical imaging and modeling company Fasotec, based in Chiba, has partnered with a women's health clinic in Ebisu called Hiro-o Ladies, which, honestly, sounds like the Japanese version of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, but let's come...
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DTQ: Why Did Putting Vicks Vaporub On The Kid's Feet Stop Her Cough?

So K2 woke up in the middle of the night with a sudden and intense cough, and had a really hard time even breathing; it seemed like a mid-night ER visit for sure, but I just sat her on the...
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August 7, 2012

Mentos National Night: The Singaporean BabyMaker

I just, wow. I mean, I, SINGAPORE, people, land of caning and the One More Child Policy. I'm a patriotic husband You're my patriotic wife. I wanna book into your camp and manufacture LIFE. I can't wait to buy a...
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Hot Potato

It's not that I'm not a fan, I just think the Jetta Sportwagen looks kind of like a potato. This blackout example I saw in Salt Lake City this afternoon, though, turned out OK....
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Hey Blueberry Boy! Pancake Mountain's On YouTube

Hey, Pancake Mountain gave itself a media upgrade. The awesome, if somewhat dormant, DC-based indie music kids TV show has a YouTube channel! Oh, wait, I knew this. It's been around for five years. I guess I mean that,...
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August 6, 2012

Tiger Dad: Vietnam War Kids Jacket

In 1967, guys were still coming home from Vietnam in good enough cheer to bring their kids a hand-embroidered souvenir windbreaker. Vietnam War Kids Souvenir Jacket [ragtopvintage via @_aplatform]...
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August 3, 2012

Don't Take A Baby To A Tennis Fight

Seriously. Someone has a newborn baby at the Federer-Del Potro match at the Olympics. A crying baby. At a tennis match. At Wimbledon. And my mom tells me it's been there for a while, in other matches. so it's apparently...
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The Thurman Bussons Remind You Of The Benefits Of Breastfeeding

They had their daughter a couple of weeks ago, so mazel tov, and remember that breastfeeding provides tremendous health and social benefits to both mother and child. [thanks DT reader Michael who spotted the news, and who also encourages...
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August 1, 2012

Tradebot Chaos, China Cord Blood, Chick-Fil-A

A glitch hit the New York Stock Exchange this morning, causing wild swings in prices and excessive trading volume in the shares of around 140 different companies. It appears the glitch was caused by an out-of-whack high frequency trading...
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