Every couple of weeks, there’s another bunch of stories about how e-books are transforming the world, and paper books will soon survive only as collectible fetish objects. It occurred to me this morning that I share a house with a reason why paper books will be around for a while yet, at least in some… Continue reading A Reason Why Paper Books Will Survive
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Thursday Toddler Blogging 072910
I don’t know if Dijon the giraffe has made a Toddler Blogging appearance yet, but in case she hasn’t, here she is: SteelyKid is in the process of explaining that Dijon is her giraffe (“My graph!”). Which she is, being a gift from Aunt Erin and Aunt ‘Stasia. She’s a rather heavy knit giraffe, and… Continue reading Thursday Toddler Blogging 072910
Thursday Toddler Blogging 072210
After a hard day of toddling, sometimes you just need to kick back on the couch with your sky-bison, and munch on a fruit strip: You know what I mean?
Bonus Toddler Blogging: Balloon Basketball
SteelyKid has clearly inherited her father’s fondness for basketball. Unfortunately, she doesn’t quite understand how to play, yet. She does know that involves throwing a ball up in the air and jumping, though: She’ll get the rest of it eventually.
Thursday Toddler Blogging 071510
We’ve been doing weekly Baby Blogging (now Toddler Blogging) for a long time now– this is week 101– but it occurs to me that we’ve been shortchanging someone in all these pictures: Appa. He is, after all, a sky-bison, so it’s about time we got a picture of him in flight: SteelyKid says “I could… Continue reading Thursday Toddler Blogging 071510
John Orzel for New York State Senate
If you’re in Broome County or environs, the biggest political event of the year is today: John Orzel is officially launching his campaign for the New York State Senate. This will apparently involve a number of events around the 52nd state senate district, ending with a rally and cookout in Scenic Whitney Point: “What does… Continue reading John Orzel for New York State Senate
Thursday 3D Toddler Blogging 070810
I got sufficiently engrossed in writing a ResearchBlogging post for tomorrow that I almost forgot today’s Toddler Blogging. To make up for it, though, today’s post is using those three-dimensional effects that are all the rage these days: Look out! There’s a ball coming right at you! What’s that? The 3D isn’t working? Are you… Continue reading Thursday 3D Toddler Blogging 070810
Sodamageddon: Why I’m Not Leaving
I suppose I have to say something about the Great Pepsi Blog Controversy, because it’s sucking all the oxygen out of science blogging right now. I’ll try to keep this short and self-contained. At this time, I have no intention of leaving ScienceBlogs over the paid PepsiCo blog. I’m very sorry to hear that several… Continue reading Sodamageddon: Why I’m Not Leaving
Nostalgia Isn’t What It Used to Be
SteelyKid has some molars coming in, which led to some intermittent generalized fussiness this weekend. When she gets that way, she can sometimes be calmed down using videos on the computer, such as the “Wheels on the Buss” DVD my mom has. In order to spare the sanity of the adults in her life, though,… Continue reading Nostalgia Isn’t What It Used to Be
Fourth of July Open Delurking Thread
It’s Independence Day here in the US, where we spend the day playing with fire (grilling during the day, fireworks at night) to express our gratitude for not needing to give a damn about the British royal family. Or something like that. Since I’m going to do my patriotic playing-with-fire duty (augmented by a possible… Continue reading Fourth of July Open Delurking Thread