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Geeky Gifts for New Dads, The Goodfather
The Moose at Dr.MOZ writes "The Goodfather, 'for the baby he can't refuse.'
The Goodfather is a custom-boxed CD-ROM that teaches new dads hundreds of baby skills and baby related definitions through a fun parody of a famous American gangster epic (The Godfather). The baby/parenting topics in The Goodfather CD-ROM were selected for men by experienced dads and grandfathers, and edited by licensed nurse-midwives to ensure the material is medically sound.
In addition to the hundreds of baby skills lessons and definitions, The Goodfather also has a Baby Name Book with approximately 15,000 baby names and a Baby Card Maker which allows new dads to make and print their own baby cards. New dads choose from dozens of "new dad" card-types with provided art, or they are able to import JPGs to create their own customized baby cards! The Goodfather runs on both Windows® and Macintosh® systems and is proving to be the next 'must have' gift for the sometimes ignored new dad on the baby shower list."
And for gently singing the servers to sleep at night.
Who is this advertisement aimed at, exactly? Do the advertisers realize their audience here? Fat, smelly, bearded, virgins. The lot of you.
They finally put the manual on cdrom... big deal :)
Ads are placed on the front page of slashdot and sometimes two times so we're sure to see them... Also: The Goodfather Baby Skills CD? Is someone having a child?
How are babies related to Slashdot readers, you have to have sex to have a baby! Well I guess you could adopt, there's no law against a geek adopting right?
I think the most important thing for a Dad who knows nothing about kids is to learn more about their kids. Spend time with them every day, even if you don't do much. The kid will set the agenda and you can answer questions as they come up especially since you can use Wikipedia and Google.
Saskboy's blog is good. 9 out of 10 dentists agree.
This looks like shilling to me.
How is this on Slashdot? This offers nothing new, nothing exciting. We have had CD-ROM's of videos coupled with card makers for years. This boils down to nothing more than an advertisement for the manufacters of the product. Even, the description the poster used is nothing more than an ad.
Are the moderaters THAT bad?
And it can be yours for the low low price of $34.95!
:p
Act now!!
Slashdot getting low on funds?
OMFG, every nerd knows: GIGO. The same goes with babies. And who decides how to treat a baby for the best? The so-called experts? Even Dr. Spock (no,no, not Mr. Spock, the one with the pointy ears) said that he was wrong on some items.
And what about this 15,000 baby names. COME ON! Can't you come up with a name yourself? Does having sex make you dumb? Oh wait, that's why nerds are virg.. err..nerds; they just want to be able to solve computer problems.
This sounds absolutely faggotty. Who green-lighted this spam, anyway?
// Just sayin'
/ I know Slashdot 'aint fark
Please don't feed the trolls
When baby misbehaves, remember the horse's head we mentioned in Tip #51.
Want to improve your Karma? Instead of "Post Anonymously", try the "Post Humously" option.
So where can we pirate it at 130 Gbps?
Because most of slashdot's reader base are fumbling virgins or worse?
Pretty Pictures!
This proud first-time father of a baby thought that the one place I was safe from new-Dad-targeting marketing arsehats was here on /.!
/. and what have you done with him!?????
Where's
Does anyone remember the time when slow news days meant less posts, insteads of lower quality posts?
Pretty Pictures!
I thought that tomorrow was the day that turkeys were served.
I believe that if God had wanted that geek has children it had given them abilities with opposite sex.
>Linux is not user-friendly.
It _is_ user-friendly. It is not ignorant-friendly and idiot-friendly.
http://thriftyboutique.blogspot.com/2005_11_01_thr iftyboutique_archive.html#113089043544507719 (lots of images)
Is there any way to remove an editor's posts from not only the front page but the "Older Stuff" page too?
Let's face it: You don't need a bunch of fancy instructions. The basics are really simple, and everything else you pick up as you go along. Parenting and raising kids may be a different issue, but you do not need a multimedia presentation on how to change a diaper. This is a waste of money.
Trust me, I know. As in my "firstborn were twins and we did just fine".
.: Max Romantschuk
Best of all, this wasn't sent in by some enthusiastic customer, it was directly submitted by the people who sell this bizarre product. Next on Slashdot: Crazy Larry's got Low Low prices on Sofas, Hide-a-beds and lazy-boys. Act NOW!
unless this a joke, did you ever notice how many slashdot posters mention there wives or SO's?
yea, alot. its just a dumb stereotype. stop propogating it
So who copy and pasted this from the website? It not only reads like an advert it even includes the little trademark signs still.
I like muppets.
I try not to think about geeks having sex. It frieghtens me.
:)
But yes, it was a joke.
i am a geek, and am rarely without a SO.
Pretty Pictures!
They clone themselves.
My other SIG is a Sauer.
i am a geek, and am rarely without a SO. :)
I hope to god you picked him up from the animal shelter and not from one of those evil breeding farms.
This is the final straw. I'm sick of bad editors posting and reposting garbage. This isn't interesting to readers, and reeks of either incompetence or paid placement. I'm out.
I can see the ads:
Teach your baby C++ in 21 days, let him debug that code for you, while you play Doom.
Or how about
"Database Administration for Babies" - put the pager in his crib and walk way to play D&D. Let your baby help you instead of just eating, crying and pooping all day.
But I'm only planning on having 14,000 babies!
Just because you sold your soul to the devil that needn't make you a teetotaler. --The Devil and Daniel Webster
I don't know which is more annoying: that Slashdot publishes ads as stories, or that they have to be insulting about it. I mean, really, would it really be impossible to think that people are capable of making the giant leap of insight from "GoodFather" to "GodFather" without needing to spell it out ?
Forget magic. Any technology distinguishable from divine power is insufficiently advanced.
Coming Soon: Links to a minivan review article and a discussion of play-date etiquette. Seriously, how is this News for Nerds. Stuff that matters?
PS I have some products I would like to advertise on Slashdot as well, please contact me with pricing information.
-Lod
Beware of trojans bearing gifts ;-)
As a father who cut the cord, went to prenatal classes, taught his daughter
to speak her first words and take her first steps I can only say you are
as insulting as you are ignorant.
Give it to them straight!
So mom wraps up the baby in a tight bundle, her face turns red and she can't
figure it out! Dad takes one, look, unwraps babe and she stops crying. Who
teaches mom to be good mothers?
I've already seen the usual "This is news?" posts, so here's my experience. This matters because there are some nerds that meet a member of the opposite sex, score, and have a kid.
Something like this could have been handy when I was a new dad, seven plus years ago. As it was, I hit gold when I did a Yahoo search on "colic", which my kid had. Some enterprising geek dad came up with a series of rotating images that calmed kids down. So when 3am rolled around and it was my turn to console the unconsolable I would fire up that web page and ALT+TAB between that page and Baldur's Gate. I actually think Baldur's Gate had a more calming influence than the colic web page - what could be more soothing and calming than leading a party through kobold infested mines?
As for the advice about Baby Showers? If you're a man don't attend. Not all things are equal and I'd rather be knee deep in an imploded Diaper Genie than at another baby shower... It's pure humiliation to listen to what women talk about those things. It was probably a significant reason the standing army was invented.
My advice is buy yourself a BabyBjorn so you can do normal stuff without worrying about the baby crawling into an open pit or getting mauled by a household pet. These things let you hang the infant off the front or back. If it hangs in front with the little geek-to-be facing outwards they'll watch your computer screen for hours. It helps to have something other than /. up, like Baldur's Gate - a little bit more to watch. My kid particularly enjoyed it when the mage hit third level and started leveling the playing field with fireballs.
He'll grow up to be a geek yet ;-)
The Luddites were ahead of their time.
contrary to common believe, /. readers with kids exist
Goodbye /.
...
I just can't keep picking through the blatant ad stories, totally irrelevant junk, shockingly incompetent editing
Order in the next 15 minutes, and we'll throw in a front-page info-mercial on Slashdot for FREE!
-EvilMagnus
Not sure how many will recoil at the phrase ... but I think this was officially it.
We can handle John Katz, the dupes, hot grits, and of course, the GNAA. This one, however, is tough to spin.
-ac
Besides the fact that this has nothing to do with technology (and please don't point out that it is a multimedia-cd, that is hardly noteworthy) nor does it bring any relative news of any kind of social, legal or political struggle. This is the sort of plug that might appear on foxnews or somesuch. One can only wonder if the poster confused slashdot.org with loveourchildrenusa.org. This, surely, is the most antithesis to the website's slogan. Newsflash for editors, "stuffit!", say the commentators. Babysitting techniques indeed! Now all they need is our creditcard numbers and expiration dates.
A bad analogy is like a leaky screwdriver.
Stupid self help videos. My children will receive the same bad parenting that I recieved.
I'll either use the skills my parents taught me, or simply abandon my children and allow them to be raised by their elderly grandparents. Either way, I'll save $30 by not buying a video.
"Things are more moderner than before- bigger, and yet smaller- it's computers-- San Dimas High School football RULES!"
A is for Amy who fell down the stairs. B is for Basil assaulted by bears. C is for Clara who wasted away. D is for Desmond thrown out of a sleigh. . . .
(No, its Gorey of course . . . )
Gad, this article was not interesting.
I'm laughing at clouds.
And of course: http://www.concept420.com/how_to_roll_a_joint_spli ff.htm
CD-ROM for fathers with wives retarded enough to buy junk like this on Christmas? *Sigh*
That was the sound of /. shooting itself in the head and flopping dead to the floor. It's probably gonna lie there for at least a couple of weeks, or until the smell rouses the neighbours.
[sig]It's a secret to everybody[/sig]
The worst part about this making slashdot is that the poster is from the company itself. His SN has the company name in it!!! Shame on you editors!
I like it! :-) That is new. Before everyone compalins about this ad being submitted as news, don't be short-sighted!
The ad is news!
It is a subtle nudge at the future. You see, one day, as we type [buy nike] companies may be willing to pay, for esteemed [c1alis 4 u] writers, to have ads inserted directly into their writing. of course I have always liked [anal sex] the idea that ads should not interfere with the content, and just last night in bed I was thinking of [goatse premium, see beyong the bowels!] this.
Today however, you just need to post [your shit, we buy it] on slashdot, and your ad may appear as a legitimate .
Oh dear.
please type the word [extreme hentai goatse] in this image: uniforms random letters - if you are visually impaired, please email us at pater[is teh gay]@slashdot.org
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I sure am glad my wife doesn't read /.
Lame Astroturfing - no digg, oh wait, wrong site that's okay here..
Who is samzenpus? And why can't I click his goddamn name! Don't moderators have public profiles? -zsejk, newbie
...what am i gonna do, i planned for 16.000!
Godfather always wins
The grass is always greener on the other side of the light cone.
No more slashdot.
And this time I'm putting slashdot.org in the modem firewall list,
changing the modem password to random junk, and super-gluing
over the reset button.
Is there a support group for ex-slashdot readers?
Please reply by e-mail.
Take the cannolis.
When was it up on digg? oh wait..
On the other hand, it would seem this is the perfect chance to submit a lot of crap stories and pad your accepted story count.
Anyway, I've gotta go now...I have to get over to Google to search for...uh...porn. Yeah, that's it. Innocent, non-Slashdot-related porn. Later, suckers!
"A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great democracy." --Theodore Roosevelt
The episode I have in mind is where Spock is presented with a baby, which makes squalling noises until Dr. McCoy shows Spock how it is done.
- hold the baby so its' spine rests on the fore arm; left arm is preferred - the natural reflex is to hold the baby close to your chest; give in to it - your heartbeat is a reassuring sound to a newborn - newborns breath incredibly lightly, so the panic of "is s/he still breathing?" should be expected
There is nothing more profound and scary then being presented with a new life; especially one that is totally dependent on your care.
Here is a hint: pass the bad baggage back, pass the good stuff on
There is a lot of good stuff that a geek has to offer: playfulness, curiousity and a free spirit are but a few of the bonuses of a Geek parent.
But the greatest gift you can give to the new souls in your life, to everyone, actually, is just being yourself. Warts and all.
This is progress?
Imagine a beowulf cluster of these little geeks!
I hope they get a cut at least.
Instead of being able to filter by topic and author, could we get some baysian filtering for /. ?
/. learns what I like and what I don't.
/. needs ad bucks to roll, think of the advantages here - self-selected target audiences, anyone? Also, if there's enough performance, it may be possible for the mods to see how many people will filter out the post before it's posted. They'd have to adapt and thus improve story quality.
I'd really, really appreciate if I could mark stories as "spam" and
Since
Just an idea, you know...
Assorted stuff I do sometimes: Lemuria.org
My daughter was born November 14th this year (few days/weeks ago).
:)
I work nights. My wow habits used to kind of make my wife worried, but now I just follow the routine.
Play wow for 2 hours.
Change diaper
Feed 2oz breastmilk
burp
Change diaper again if needed.
My wife think's i'm such a good father
--toqer
I believe that my dad's shitty parenting skills made me sucessful.
I am trying everything possible to not live my life like his and to not be like him. So, instead of the loser that treated me worse than a dog, I am actually working very hard to prove to myself that I am not a loser and that I am not as bad as he made me out to be.Unfortunately there is some character traits, like his bad temper, that shines through every now and then.It's difficult to fight that and I am not sure if it's because of prolonged exposure to him or genetic. It's the same with my girlfriend. She is also succesful because she tries her best to prove her dad wrong.
So, if you want your kid to grow up ok, treat him/her like shit and they'll be alright! *I think*
"I used to have that really cool,funny sig
Aside from it's fuzzy-relevance and advertising style, the fact is that the product is clearly a fucking joke. No self respecting dad, that I know of, is going to goosh over a CD which contains fucking baby names and a fucking baby card maker. Face it, that shit is for moms. Guys just kinda play 2nd fiddle in these areas where mom normally leads. And no one gives a damn that one or two 'licensed' midwives, ha!, skimmed the material to make sure the baby names were 'medically sound'. Holy crap...
(Don't tell me about your strange Uncle Joe who once... I'm talking about common sense here.)
WORST. GIFT. EVER.
you know you thought about it!
How® can® you® tell® it's® a® press® release®? I® don't® think® I've® ever® seen® the® word® "Windows"®® followed® by® one® of® those® "R"® thingys® on® slashdot® before(tm).
The first step is realise your stong point and your weak points. Do the strong points include parenting? Well go right ahead. But it is more likely since you are reading /., that you would file parenting skills under weak points or unknown-uninterested.
But biology teaches you that you have to procreate, for the survival of your magnificent ego^H^H^Hgenes. In fact, you would like to have 10 kids or more, if you would not have to raise them.
You can, and make other people happy in the process too. Just donate sperm (to sperm banks mind you, not to innocent cute girls you see walking under your window). There are thousands of couples trying their hardest to get kids and fail because of male infertility. They'd rather have (half) your kid then none at all. One session in such a clinical place will not only give you an orgasm, but also the ego gratification that you have fullfilled your biological purpose to procreate.
(and yes, I am mostly trying to convince myself...)
This space is intentionally staring blankly at you
...as I believe that could create new levels of flamage, always entertaining on a slow posts day. People might even physically explode, and that's always fun to watch.
~~~~~ BigLig2? You mean there's another one of me?
You may be aware that Scott Adams actually had hundreds of letters from women saying, in effect, that they were either married to a Dilbert or would like to marry one. Marrying a jock is fine till he (a) just starts playing around (b) has his mid-life crisis (c) the boiler fails and he's helpless while the geek just gets in there, criticises the design of the controller and the user interface and fixes it in thirty minutes.
Pining for the fjords
In the UK we've had the Haynes baby manual for a couple of years. Its brilliantly done and structured the exact same way they do their car manuals.
I'm not a father you insensitive clod.
Better is the enemy of good enough. - Russian proverb.
A custom CD-box for tips for daddies of babies, called the 'goodfarther'?
The horror!
Will someone PLEASE think of the babies!
That's an offer i cant refoose.
My wife gave birth last friday morning, and in my case, this wonderful event was accompanied by a lot of FUD.
I found that googling things like "changing diapers", "bottle feeding", and other procedures associated with infants to be most helpful and reassuring.
Linux was no help
Congrats b3x, Happy Turkey day too all, but wtf about the Mothers? I have gotten a new HD each year cept one since my son's been born (02), its a nice gift, but I think this coming year, I want something differant. :)
I think generally a lot of stuff out there is full of tony robbins style generic and vague bs . I mean nothing particularly insightful, just like "eat your vegetables" style of philosophy.
Do NOT cut a part of your baby's dick.
Did Cowboy Neal grow breasts or something?
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Fourty two
I thought this one was bad enough, but the editors seem to have sunk to a new low with this post.
Or rather, starts gaming at 2,4,6 AM when the kids wake up for feedings....
Seriously, this would have been appreciated when they (www.lifewithtwins.com) were born... those first two weeks kicked our ass!
The Code Ninja is swift with his tool, precise in his delivery, and deadly accurate in his execution.
.. prepared me to the thermal shock of my wife having twin girls, and bringing them home, a year and a half ago. There's no way you can learn to be a dad from books; I just take it one day at a time. Still a good initiative I guess (albeit shameless astroturfing).
Best regards,
Emmanuel
--
Fairies, the new smash hit game by the makers of Atlantis
http://www.funpause.com/
The only thing that kit lacks is a skirt and a lisp, and it would be complete in its goal.
Mod down people who tell people how to mod in their sigs
Being totally serious, I recommend:
4 off 110AH or equivalent open lead acid batteries
3 or 4 step battery charger (can be quite low rated e.g. 4A, but you must have the multistep ones that do not destroy your cells if left on)
Proper sine or modified sine inverter rated at least 500W
Join the batteries in parallel using 25mm sq flexible cable (you will need a serious crimp tool for the terminals, hire or buy but do not miss out on this step) for the batteries and the inverter, with a Littelfuse 100A mega fuse in holder in the inverter circuit. The battery charger does not need big cable.
You could use smaller cable but this is fairly expensive kit and it is not worth economising as the thicker the cable the lower the volt drop and so the better the efficiency.
Reckon on the batteries lasting 5 years, and remember that if you more than 25% discharge them life starts to be affected. If you only get two or three power cuts a winter you can go down to 50% discharge.
This design is typical of boat circuits (that's where mine is installed, though it normally charges from the alternator rather than shorepower) and it will run a 200W central heating electrical system for up to 5 hours without problems. A computer UPS is a toy by comparison. The entire kit does weigh a bit (350lb) but is far cheaper than an equivalent UPS (around $500-700 depending on where you are). And it is cheaper and safer than a suitcase generator, and much easier to repair.
Pining for the fjords
Yes, because we all know that men are completely unsuited to take care of a child. In fact, we all know that they're unhelpful, loutish brutes who would only uptake information about the care of their own child if it's handed to them in a "fun parody of a famous American gangster epic". Excuse me, but GANGSTER EPICS teaching childcare? Of course. Men have such short attention spans that they coun't possibly understand childcare unless it was nicely packaged in some laddish way that appealed to their lower intelligence. Right?
Bullshit. Men have just as much of a childrearing instinct as women do - to suggest otherwise is sexist and wrong. We don't need this crap, it's belittling to our gender.
So, where's the manual that tells new mothers in a "fun parody" not to drown their children in large bodies of water? They certainly seem to need instruction on it of late.
'Be always mindful, even when ditch-digging.' --D. T. Suzuki
I'm an aerospace engineer and a father of a seven-month old ; I tell you the truth intuition kicks in the second your wife (or you if you are of the fairer sex) gives birth. When the nurse hands you that bundle you know how to hold it. The stuff comes naturally. 100 years ago parenting guides didn't exist - it was assumed you could just figure this stuff out (its childs play? heh).
-everphilski-
Yay, someone is going to get this for me. I know it. I'll get it as a fucking xmas gift, which is annoying, since I do not celebrate xmas, and have asked all of my friends and family to stop buying me things. All that has done is encouraged shitty gifts I didn't want as opposed to just gifts that I just didn't want.
Now, they have yet another cutesy baby gift for the dad to be. ATTENTION PLANET! Not everyone wants to be a parent, I sure as hell don't. See this bill? Its for a vasectomy, I had one, I have zero offspring, and I intend to keep it that way, and still be able to fuck like a lemming. This is not a phase, this is not going to change in a few years. This is a life decision that no one respects, no one listens to, and no one will leave me the fuck alone over, because we live in a nation that is fucking baby crazy. If you aren't breeding, your obviously unhappy and need some happiness and a few babies in your life.
Babies products as far as the eye can see, babies babies babies babies! Everyone loves babies, right?! Fuck babies, barely edible, all you can do is stew them, I represent the "Stop sending me pictures of your dumb ass kids" crowd, only thing I'd hate more than your kids would be my own.
My point? Easy, this is NOT news for nerds, and is certainely doesn't matter, now get it off the front page and into the dumpster where it belongs with the rest of the damned babies. World is overpopulated as is, last thing we should be doing is encouraging more of these morons to have big, happy families, of well adjusted children who grow up to be pacifist hippies who don't even have the common courtesy of going to war and dying. Trim the fat people! Trim the fat!
--Nuintari
slashdot : where an opinion can be wrong.
Had no idea these things had such a fancy name but I have to agree with this post. When babies are young, especially the first few months, they sleep alot. Ours was diagnosed with RSV (respitory problem) so we didn't want to put him down in his room for naps. I had one where the baby would face your chest so he would sleep for hours while I worked on my computer, putted around the house, etc. I managed to get quite a few good games of Red Alert in this way.
"Thanks to the remote control I have the attention span of a gerbil."
To allow this bullshit to be posted on /.
Perhaps digg is the future and /. the past.
That's right, troll me, this sucks!
The first line of the post. It's supposed to be funny, I think.
This matters because there are some nerds that meet a member of the opposite sex, score, and have a kid.
And no, it doesn't matter. If a new parent needs to find info about sprog maintenance, there are eleventy bajillion other sites where he can do just that. Similarly, items related to cooking, DIY, clothing, etc. are off-topic even thought geeks cook, eat, and wear clothes. Leave
I want to drag this out as long as possible. Bring me my protractor.
Are there any other Opera users that had that page render about 3000 pixels wide?
I'm thinking that they didn't do too much cross-browser checking.
What's "worse" again?