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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."
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.
When baby misbehaves, remember the horse's head we mentioned in Tip #51.
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Possible responses:
... "You can start by posting this sales pitch on your website!"
1. You must be new around here.
2. "The Moose at Dr. Moz held a gun to his head, and assured Samzenpus, that either this useless marketing or his brains would be on the front page of Slashdot."
3. "Hey, listen, I want somebody good - and I mean very good - to plant that marketing piece. I don't want Samzenpus coming off of his shift with no CDROM in his hands, alright?"
4. "What am I gonna do? What am I gonna do?"
5. "Samzenpus, I am honored and grateful that you have invited me to hock my wares on the front page of your website. And may your first child be a masculine child."
6. [Slashdot readers] "What the hell is this?"
[CmdrTaco] "It's a marketing message. It means Samzenpus sleeps with the salesmen."
7. [Samzenpus] "Someday - and that day may never come - I'll call upon you to do a service for me. But until that day, accept this front page posting as gift on my jumping the shark day."
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Wolves. I've heard that sometimes if you abandon your kids, wolves will adopt them and raise them as their own. Plus, that'd so be cool- like, maybe you'd be at this party, and this lady would be like, "MY son goes to Yale and he's going to be a high-powered lawyer. What does YOUR son do?", and you'd be like, "So freakin' what, lady? My son was raised by freakin' WOLVES. He can rip a moose's throat out with his bare teeth and he made alpha male at fifteen."
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.: Max Romantschuk
Geeks don't procreate...
they fork.
Dealing with lawyers would be a lot less tedious if they all looked like Casey Novak.