July 2010
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WatchGratuitous Video of Your Kid: Bouncy Seat (2m10s)
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There is a point in a baby’s development where it has reached maximum efficiency in extracting calories from its mother’s breasts, and yet has not developed either the motor skills or motivation to expend those same calories by crawling.
Here a particularly thick-limbed specimen works off a bit of milk while suspended by a spring in...
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Seeing Pixels: iPhone 4 FaceTime Screenshots
In the days following the iPhone 4 announcement (and again once the phone was in people’s hands) I was pointed to what seemed like multiple articles and blog posts assessing Apple’s claim that the human eye could not distinguish pixels on its Retina display (including one that used macro photography for its analysis).
Imagine my surprise when I visited an Apple retail store and found that I could...
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WatchScience Vs. Nature #19 Length: 0:40
Another episode in the neverending debate.
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[Originally posted: 2002, 2005]
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WatchStory Time #15: A New Hope Length: 0:42
In which the boy helps a friend get up to speed. (Vimeo link)
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Cute Boy Report: Talking the talk
Discernible words spoken by The Boy:
Outsi[de]
Ham
[Ba]nana
Up
Baby
Ab[uela]
Goo[d]ni[ght]
Hot dog
We are not self-conscious about the absence of “mama” or “dada”.
Not at all.
[Originally posted to LiveJournal, June 10, 2005. Age 17 months. July 2010: The boy no longer eats hot dogs or ham.]
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Whozis
I’d Build It Myself, If I Knew How¹ Whozis: an iPhone app for remembering names
Unlike the photo sharing site for teachers and audio Twitter platform I’ve written about previously, this is an app I actually NEED, most days.²
I am TERRIBLE with names. And as a frequent stay-at-home father I am constantly interacting with people whose names I should probably keep track of, but whom I would never...
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One of the guys
Hyperlexicon:
One of the boy’s dads joined in, throwing perfect spirals a gazillion feet in the air while all the boys waited to try to catch the ball. Then, they ran and chased the ball carrier with wild glee and shouted for the dad to do it again. And again. And again.
The one in the center in back, looking up in a slightly different direction than the kids who’ve done this before?
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You Will Get Wet
Checking out the viewing platform at the flume ride, ignoring Daddy’s advice about where to stand.
The shock of the first splash left him speechless and panicked and crying. But then, all on his own, he ran back up to the splash zone.
So he could dodge the flying water next time. So he could shriek with glee.
I don’t know many adults so willing to return to the scene of their...
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I’d Build It Myself, If I Knew How: An Audio-Based Twitter Clone (the Essay)
In which I explicate the thinking behind the video in the previous post.
There are or have been other “Twitter, but with audio” services: Utterz (now shuttered), twaud.io, AudioBoo, TweetMic, that I know of. And Tumblr’s call-in audio posts allow for the sharing of vocalized thoughts in the moment.
The...
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WatchI’d Build It Myself, If I Knew How: An Audio-Based Twitter Clone (the Video)
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Not for the masses; but for that sub-segment of people who use Twitter as a medium for creativity and play.
The video above (3m26s) presents a tiny proof of concept, made with the generous assistance of some of my favoritest people on the internet: @EffingBoring, @Tony_D, @cdahlstrom, @SeoulBrother,...
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About that whole LOST thing
I wanted to wait to write about the LOST finale until after I was no longer feeling enraged about it. But rather than argue about its narrative choices I’d like to reflect on what people have taken away from the show in hindsight.
A great many people on the internet seemed to enjoy and reblog that cartload of steaming polar bear shit that kept being attributed to an “anonymous LOST writer”....
