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Caught cheating while reading my daughter’s bedtime story
“Daddy, you don’t have a very good brain!” my daughter reprimanded me this evening during bedtime. I had skipped a sentence while reading her bedtime story, and she had caught me red handed. She went on to explain to me … Continue reading
How I became one of those jackasses with a bluetooth headset
I hate to admit it, but it’s not uncommon to find me wandering around with one of those bluetooth headsets sticking in my ear. I am the first to admit that it’s not exactly fashionable, and I hate the image … Continue reading
Trying out GoldieBlox on my five year old daughter
When I wrote about introducing my daughter Ayelet to legos a couple of weeks ago, a friend suggested I take a look at GoldieBlox. The idea was to design a construction toy set that was geared towards girls and finding … Continue reading
A parent’s emergency mnemonic for bolting out the door with kids
Friday, April 19th was a hell of a day here in Cambridge. In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, several communities went into lockdown as the police combed a 20 block area of nearby Watertown searching for the remaining … Continue reading
TripIt Pro is absolutely worth the money, even if you travel infrequently
I’ve been using the free version of TripIt for years as a way to keep track of the reservation details of flights, hotels, and car rentals. It’s brilliantly simple – you take the confirmation emails that you receive when you … Continue reading
Every homeowner should buy a wet vac
I keep a superhero hidden in my basement. We don’t need it very often, and so it generally sits quietly in the corner, ignored by the other household members. Then, when disaster strikes, it comes roaring life, appearing out of … Continue reading
Shortcut: cleaning oily or greasy tupperware containers by hand
Over the holiday of passover, I find myself doing a lot more dishes than normal. We use completely separate dishes for the holiday, since the requirement to eliminate all chametz (leavened products) extends to all of our regular dishes, which … Continue reading
Shortcut: Create a spot in the Mac OSX Dock for a Chrome link
At my new job, I have had the luxury of using a Macbook Pro for my work computer instead of a Windows machine. Overall this has been a significant upgrade, but there have been a handful of areas that I … Continue reading
The secret of how Magna-Tiles work
Like many kids, my children love Magna-Tiles. For those not familiar with them, they are transparent plastic squares and triangles with magnets embedded around the edges. When two Magna-Tiles are placed edge-to-edge, the magnets stick together, allowing you to build … Continue reading
To my disappointment, Lego marketers knew what they were doing
As a kid, I was a huge Legos fan. I would spend hours building spaceships, cars, buildings, airplanes, and anything else I could imagine. Back in those days, each set of Legos came with instructions for three or four different … Continue reading
