Land of Blue #2 (DaddyTips Comic)
DaddyTips is proud to present the second installment of our comic, created, written and drawn by Thing 2, Land of Blue.
Click below for the full-size comic. And thanks for reading.
See also: Land of Blue #1.
50 Valentine’s Day Gifts Under $50 (Links)
Our friend Tracy at TeeWii put together a terrific list of 50 Valentine’s Day gifts that cost less than $50. Although time is tight (Valentine’s Day is, well, tomorrow), if you haven’t gotten your sweetie a gift, here are a lot of excellent suggestions that won’t break the bank.
Also: Happy Valentine’s Day!
Valentine’s Day Wish List: 50 Gifts Under $50 | TeeWii.
Kindle Fire Tablet Sale NOW
Amazon is once again offering a limited-time price break on their Kindle Fire Tablet line. Here’s the sale price breakdown: Kindle Fire HD for $124 (down from $139), Kindle Fire HDX for $199 (down from $229), Kindle Fire HDX 8.9″ for $339 (down from $379), and Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ for $189 (down from $269). Such a deal! These prices are only good through tomorrow, February 14, 2014.
Note: those prices are for the Kindle Fire With Special Offers, aka ads. If you want it without special offers, you have to pay a little bit more.
What’s the difference between the Kindle Fire HD and the Kindle Fire HDX? 
For example, the Kindle Fire HD has a 7-inch screen with a resolution of 216 ppi, or 1280×800. The Kindle Fire HDX has a 7-inch screen with a resolution of 323 ppi, or 1920×1200. The HDX model also has “The fastest processor on a 7-inch tablet”, according to Amazon — “2.2GHz quad-core processor and 2GB of RAM for fast, fluid multi-tasking, gaming, and video.” That’s FOUR CORES, people. FOUR. More cores equals better performance when you’re consuming content on your Kindle Fire.
Bottom line: as we say every time Amazon throws consumers a bone and lowers the prices on Kindles for a limited-time sale, if you’ve been thinking about buying a Kindle Fire, now is a good time because you’ll pay less money. Sale ends February 14, 2014. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Kindle Fire HD Tablet – Best Value Kids Tablet, Family Tablet (They wrote that, we didn’t. But we do agree that it’s a good value.)
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Tim Armstrong Distressed Baby Parent Speaks Out (A-O-HELL-No)
The parent of a “distressed baby” that AOL’s Tim Armstrong blamed for cutting employee benefits is speaking out.
Here’s a link to an article Deanna Fei wrote for Slate.com’s DoubleX. The title?
“My Baby and AOL’s Bottom Line”
Subheading?
“That ‘distressed baby’ who Tim Armstrong blamed for benefit cuts? She’s my daughter.”
An article on Gawker’s ValleyWag by Nitasha Tiku makes the claim that the AOL CEO “has a history of targeting pregnant employees,” citing specific examples of past behavior, including a lawsuit dating to Tim’s time at Google. If you want to get really nauseous, read some of the comments.
Tim apologized. A couple of times. Doesn’t seem to be helping.
Bottom line? Smooth move, Tim. Stay classy.
Tim Armstrong blames “distressed babies” for AOL benefit cuts. He’s talking about my daughter. (via Slate DoubleX)
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Buy Whit Honea’s Book Now
Whit Honea has a new book out called The Parents’ Phrase Book. You should go buy it now.
Why should you go buy Whit Honea’s new book? I don’t recall giving you permission to ask for a reason. But I will give you one anyway. In fact, I will give you three. Read more »
You Want Crack With That?
McDonalds Happy Meal (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Pennsylvania McDonald’s empoyee sold heroin in Happy Meals, police say | 7online.com.
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Let’s Get More Excited About Space Travel
Here’s an idea. Instead of endless reports about Justin Bieber and other mindless crap, let’s get more excited about space travel.
(This isn’t a picture of real space travel. It’s Captain Video and His Video Rangers. Old TV show.)
Live streaming video by Ustream
(By the way, the latest Bieber news, as of this writing, is that Usher flew to be by Justin’s side and offer emotional support or something. In case you’re curious. Who says this isn’t the DaddyTips age of having your cake and eating it too?)
On January 23, 2014, three days ago, NASA launched a Next-Generation Relay Satellite. No, not Star Trek: The Next Generation. Something real. The TDRS-L Satellite. Launched by NASA. Frickin’ NASA! And they broadcast the launch live on Ustream! And I didn’t even know! (The video is archived and embedded above. I was wrong. The video embedded above appears to be NASA’s live Ustream channel. Sorry. Here is a link to the video of the launch.)
Nobody cares. Why doesn’t anyone care? We should really care about this a lot more than we do.
Why should we care? Read more »
