Looks cool — I want to make an herb spiral!

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The Optimistic Child

You can teach happiness…

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I think Alex would get a kick out of these — the projects might be a little advanced, but the delivery method is cool. We’re going to have to check some of these out!

Howtoons

Found (naturally) at boingboing.

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Enjoy a little unsolicited advice for the new father

“poop will be an hourly topic of discussion”

And this is a great link to the counterpart of the above blog — Dooce’s thoughts on unsolicited advice for soon-to-be parents

Great stuff — for parents, soon-to-be parents, or people who don’t want anything the f^%! to do with parenting…

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big and bad

“The only time those S.U.V.s are going to be off-road is when they miss the driveway at 3 a.m.”

A brief history of the car (I mean truck), we love to hate. How can people be so stupid? And don’t get me started on the Hummer/H2…

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Making Books that Fly, Fold, Wrap, Hide, Pop Up, Twist, and Turn

Great blog entry from KK on a book that teaches you how to make other books (that do all the cool things that the link says). For you creative types…

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So, after only 3.5 months waiting for my old POTS number to get ported over to Vonage, I finally installed the “Cisco ATA 186 Analog Telephone Adaptor” tonight, and (lo and behold) I have a dialtone! Pretty impressive, this consumer-oriented VoIP solution.

I especially like the online access to account features, activities, settings, and voicemail. I’m looking forward to hassle-free telephoning from here on (knock on wood).

Vonage - The Broadband Phone Company”

And, to answer the question that I know you all have (”Why do you need a landline phone at all? You and Anne both have mobile phones.”), the answer is coverage/reception. Neither T-Mobile or Cingular do a good job of coverage at our house, so that I need to step out on the front porch to get a decent signal. So, hence the need for the wired solution. One day…

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