Now a whole year old, she’s getting retrofunked and checking out her punk roots….
May 032011
May 3, 2011
Posted by Machiavelli Id at 18:27 Crash Test Baby, Machiavelli Id's list of lists baby, lists, music, YouTube No Responses »
April 9, 2011
Posted by Machiavelli Id at 22:53 Crash Test Baby, Machiavelli Id's list of lists baby, Birth, lists, pregnancy 2 Responses »
Dec 182010
December 18, 2010
Posted by Machiavelli Id at 19:03 Crash Test Baby, Machiavelli Id's list of lists baby, lists, music No Responses »
November 30, 2010
Posted by Machiavelli Id at 01:55 Machiavelli Id's list of lists copywriting, lists, marketing, psychology, writing 2 Responses »
Aug 232010
August 23, 2010
Posted by Machiavelli Id at 10:21 Crash Test Baby, Machiavelli Id's list of lists baby, music 2 Responses »
Jul 062010
July 6, 2010
Posted by Machiavelli Id at 22:57 Machiavelli Id's list of lists baby, beauty, Birth, food, health, lists, reviews, shopping 2 Responses »
Stuff I’ve tried a million different versions of until I found one that was good… Black eyeliners – they’re either too hard & scratchy, too soft & smeary, look dark grey instead of black, or settle into my skin and don’t wash off for days. Benefit Bad Gal eyeliner feels lovely & smooth, makes a nice clean line, smudges & blends well, but doesn’t rub off. Scratch mittens for babies (to stop mini-MI from shredding her face with her own tiny sharp fingernails). Primark’s mittens are the only ones she can’t pull off too easily, and they’re the cheapest too [...]
Jun 102010
June 10, 2010
Posted by Machiavelli Id at 12:10 Machiavelli Id goes digital, Machiavelli Id's list of lists cyberculture, lists, social media 1 Response »
The fear of digital attacks and privacy leakages (matron!) drives people to withdraw from online society and hole up in Luddite cybersurvivalist hovels. Or maybe they just whine about it and have another coffee. Either way, “cybersurvivalism” is a great word and I claim it if nobody else already has. (A quick google reveals that “cybersurvivalist” was used by Brian Hayes in 1998, writing for American Scientist. And the domain cybersurvivalist.com was registered in 1997. Dang.) So here’s my pick of the latest interweb’s-gonna-getcha articles & posts… Aza Raskin’s tab napping proof-of-concept. Some kind of digital Darwinism is weeding out [...]
Jun 052010
June 5, 2010
Posted by Machiavelli Id at 06:49 Fetish and teh sex, Machiavelli Id goes digital, Machiavelli Id's list of lists altered states of consciousness, baby, brains, fashion, film, lists, nature, pregnancy, sex No Responses »
Things that have made me yay/lol/:-O/wtf/ha!/etc: Giant clothes swap at Bigwardrobe.com. Having Sex: It’s All in Your Head (Wired.com) The neurochemistry of shagging. Warner Bros Sued for Pirating Anti Piracy Technology (The Escapist.com) Raised a ha! and a bit of a lol. Do we clamp the umbilical cord too soon? (ScienceDaily.com) Evidence that clamping should be delayed in normal births to maximise transmission of stem cells, clotting factors and whatnot to the child. Eat bacteria to boost brain power (NewScientist.com) Playing in the dirt & eating mud makes you smarter. Official.
May 272010
May 27, 2010
Posted by Machiavelli Id at 20:06 Crash Test Baby, Machiavelli Id's list of lists baby, Breastfeeding, health, lists, nature, Parenting 1 Response »
It’s been six-and-a-bit weeks since mini-MI’s birth, so here’s some initial observations… Breastfeeding stimulates the baby’s gut. This means you get farted on a lot. Isn’t nature wonderful. At 4 or 5 a.m., breastfeeding may also stimulate the mother’s gut, leading to a “get screamed at or shit yourself?” dilemma. Babies grimace when they have wind, and it looks like a smile. This I already knew. I hadn’t considered, however, that this means they frequently give you a cheery grin while farting on you. Colic is officially defined as something along the lines of “inconsolable crying for at least a [...]
May 242010
May 24, 2010
Posted by Machiavelli Id at 06:21 Bring on the dancing girls!, Machiavelli Id goes digital, Machiavelli Id's list of lists, The science of Machiavelli Id comics, cyberculture, Facebook, health, lists, photography, science, shopping, social media, Twitter No Responses »
How Many Calories Do You Burn While Tweeting? (Mashable.com) There’s an app for that… 2DGoggles.com: a genius webcomic featuring Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace. The SciencePhoto.com collection of sciencey images is vast enough for hours of edifying browsing. Who Calls Me – if you get missed calls or messages from unknown organisations, put in the phone number from your caller ID into the search box to find out who uses that number and what experiences other users have had with them. The Rebel Pin-Up Page publishes a new pin-up picture each day with lovely retro-styled ladies on three different networks: Facebook, [...]
