A Ph.D student in informatics at Indiana University, Kevin is rich in spirit. He wrestles and reads with his kids, does a hilarious Christian Slater imitation and lights up his wife's days. He thinks deeply about many things, including but not limited to basketball, politics, microblogging, parenting, online communities, complex systems and design theory. He didn't, however, think up this profile.
Innocent Dogs #1 Carter surprised me this morning by showing me a page from his top-secret G.R.O.W.P. leader's journal. His most recent entry written on Tuesday says:
I missed...
Cups Archie only speaks a few words here and there, but has become quite adept at letting us know what he wants. He's also, well, a...
Life Goes On We're walking to school and there's a squished squirrel on the street.
Carter tells me he feels sad, seeing the big dead raccoon.
"I've never seen a...
I forget which local grad student tweeted about Upside Down Dogs a few weeks ago, but it has been a near-daily source of chuckles for me every since.
Upside Down Dogs is my default browser page
The concept is simple: Wait for your dog to fall asleep in one of those belly-up positions, then snap a picture with your camera. One 180-degree rotation later, and Rex is grinning for the camera. Do this collectively, and it makes for a lot of time-sucking pagination that laughs away (briefly) whatever pain is on tap for the day. The site recently added some embeddable code.
UPDATE 12/10: Now there is Upside Down Dogs – The Movie
Sadly, Sweetness, our beagle, isn’t a back sleeper. He also likes to burrow under covers—actually, he whimpers if not properly covered—rendering him invisible to the camera. I do have two kids, though …
It is difficult to tell when Carter is upside down.
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Way to go embarrassing your kids! Now Carter will wonder why I’m laughing when I look at him at our next LEGO mtg.