Daddy Types: August 2013 Archives

August 2013 Archives

August 30, 2013

This Is Syria

What's gonna work? Going it alone? No....
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1978 Child Laborers, Where Are They Now?

I totally remember this Benetton ad showing tiny kids in Bogota working in a brickyard. But I did not know that the photographer, Jean-Pierre Laffont, had not shot it for Benetton. It was a few years earlier, for the...
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Beowulf For The Kids

At the library yesterday K2 said she wanted "a scary book." None came to mind, and "scary" not being a category in the library's shelving system, I just defaulted to the fairy tales section. And so we came home with...
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August 29, 2013

An At-Home Cartoonist's Advice

If you need a boost to your day/week/year, head over to Gavin Aung Than's new web comic at Zen Pencils. The latest is based on a quote from Calvin & Hobbes creator Bill Watterson's 1990 commencement speech at Kenyon...
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August 27, 2013

MAK Daddy Types

So I knew that MAK in Vienna was doing a DIY exhibition, the first ever, as far as I could tell, based on Victor Papanek & James Hennessey's groundbreaking DIY bibles, Nomadic Furniture, but I admit, I'd lost track...
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From A Child's Treasury Of Teju Cole Verse

"Prince George's Nursery African-Themed." My life anti-monarchy-themed. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2013/08/prince-georges-nursery-african-themed/ ...— Teju Cole () August 22, 2013...
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August 26, 2013

Pink FJ60 Land Cruiser

On the way back from the kid's swim lessons last week in Salt Lake City, I spotted a pink blur out of the corner of my eye from the far corner of a high school parking lot. And I...
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Baby Names Of Wackiness: Where Are All The Pynchon Baby Names?

So yesterday I met some friends' new kid, who they successfully named Atticus. And today in the apparent publicity run-up to the release of his new novel, Bloody Valentine, I read NY Magazine's latest stalker-bio of Thomas Pynchon. And I...
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August 22, 2013

How Free-Range Is Free-Range Enough?

So I can see how it'd be very useful for a kid to be able to get their own cup of water at the fridge. But the dispenser doesn't have a drain. And I can see how it'd be nice...
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Trying To Understand Muslin Extremists

The other night I was watching Merchant Ivory's A Room With A View for the first time in like 15 years. And Judi Dench and Maggie Smith are these two buttoned up Edwardian ladies, and there's a scene where they're...
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Precious Cargo: Noomad Bike System And Child Seat

In some ways, the Noomad cargo fork looks completely brilliant, the way it trades one front wheel for two, and can hold a suitcase or whatever, centered and low to the ground while you ride. In other ways, like...
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August 20, 2013

In Mother Russia, Emporio Armani Diapers Bore You

I was at the beach when some Russian artist released an ad campaign for phony Emporio Armani diapers, and then promptly outed himself via an assistant/publicist as the creator of the "art piece" that supposedly made "a comment about...
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August 19, 2013

DT Monday Pullout

If you're on this site, you may already know that the pull-out method is a highly ineffective approach to contraception. In case you hadn't heard, though, science has proved it once again. 'Pull-out method' tied to unintended pregnancies [reuters]...
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August 16, 2013

Your Pronatalist Normativity Is Cramping My Einfühlung

Every parent becomes a philosopher, but as the empirically minded and exasperated Justin E.H. Smith argues, every philosopher does not need to become a parent:I hope no one will take this the wrong way, but I am concerned about the...
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August 15, 2013

Black Plate Special: Cherry Chevy Malibu Wagon In Utah

You never forget your kid's first classic car photo shoot. We are in Salt Lake City for a little grandparent facetime, and this sweet California black plate Chevy Malibu wagon merged onto the freeway next to us, and then...
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They Grow Up So Fast

Except when you're trying to get out the door. Not to be all Dave Barry about it, but srsly, what is up with that??...
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August 14, 2013

Bugaboo X Pendleton Exists, Is Rather Interesting

I've kept kind of quiet on the barrage of special edition Bugaboos lately, but this Pendleton colabo looks just quirky enough it might work. Unlike some special editions which are nothing more than a whimsical canopy, the Pendleton Bugaboos...
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August 12, 2013

Judge Decrees Baby Is Not The 701st Messiah

1 And there was a woman of the land of Tennessee, who did bring forth a child, and she did call his name Messiah, according to the custom of the land. 2 For a great trend had traveled across the...
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One Of One? Kid-Size Talbot Lago

Wow, I don't know if this kid-size Talbot Lago Grand Prix racer from 1950 really is the only one ever made, or even if it runs. But if it gets anywhere near the crazy estimate the auctioneers in Pebble...
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August 10, 2013

DT Friday Freakout: Pregnant Economist Edition

In this special Saturday night edition of the DT Friday Freakout, our heroine, the pregnant economist, actually looks at the data underlying all those hardline proscriptions pregnant ladies get--about alcohol, coffee, sushi, deli meat, weight gain, &c.--and finds that people...
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August 9, 2013

Brazilians' Funniest Home Videos

Tricking the kid with a Kit Kat may work once or twice, but the only longterm solution here is Limited Edition Mashed Pea & Chai Kit Kats. Available at a food merchant near you. Also, this video is totally...
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August 8, 2013

'The Baby Genius Industry'

image: Steve Paine, via slashgear High five to Susan Linn and the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood for this quote: "The baby genius industry is notorious for marketing products as educational, when in fact there is no evidence that...
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August 6, 2013

Maclaren BMW Stroller Exists, Gets Attention

All it takes is a bankruptcy and a dream! I really don't even know where to start with the NY Times' look at Maclaren's "Objects of Design," their 'premium' collection of midrange strollers upholstered in someone else's logo fabric. And...
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Brooklyn OSB Nusery Hive By Openshop

While searching around for OSB kid furniture I came across this loft renovation that Openshop did in 2006. The architects stuck the master bedroom and a nursery into a big OSB form they called a hive. To soften things...
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August 5, 2013

From The Dutch: Astronaut Duvet And Modular OSB Shelving

You know what bugs me? Retailers who don't mention the designers or manufacturers. Giggle does that, so does Fancy, a Pinterest-looking shoppertainment site. When I saw this cool astronaut duvet set, I had a feeling it might be by...
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Plywood's Plywood, Except They Call It Le Plywood

Remember your first backpacking trip to Europe, when you were blown away by the sophisticated design of the continent's youth hostels? Well, now you can relive the memories. Just head over to Wary Meyers and marvel at the collection...
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August 4, 2013

Airpocalypse

I was kind of snarky about how Chinese parents' global scramble for baby formula is affecting local markets in various countries. But holy crap, people. NYT reporter Edward Wong's account of living in Beijing with his wife and 9-mo daughter...
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August 3, 2013

'Collect All 10 Grillz'

Shitty toy vending machines are to New Jersey Turnpike rest stops what ice cream trucks are to parks and playgrounds: parasitic menaces designed to extort loose change from parents under threat of a meltdown. Honestly, these kid-size "grillz", they...
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August 2, 2013

Ikea Dollhouse Furniture Exists

Doesn't it seem weird that Ikea hasn't had doll house furniture all along? I mean, think about it. Anyway, they have it now. It's in the new catalogue. One room's worth, four pieces. It looks pretty pointless. On the...
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Ikea Cardboard Market Stand Exists

Doesn't it seem weird that Ikea hasn't had cardboard furniture and playthings all along? I mean, think about it. Anyway, they have it now. It's in the new catalogue. One market stand, so your kid can pretend he has...
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August 1, 2013

That Cradle In That Modern Farmhouse In The Italian Alps

Did you guys see that in the NYTimes? Well, here it is! I'm going to guess that it's just for playtime, and that if they want the kid to actually sleep, they'd get a window blind. Or maybe everyone just...
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