Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Cool Review of a Sling Bookcase for Kids

Daddy Troy takes a close look at all of the features of the Sling Bookcase for kids. Unless you've been living under a rock, you know it's important to read to your kids and to encourage them to explore books. Does this kid-level, face-out display unit encourage the family to gather around for a spot of literacy?

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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Parents and Experts Pick Best Bedtime Books

What's the greatest bedtime read for kids of all time? We ask our panel of experts and veteran parents, "What is your favorite bedtime book to read to you kids?" They responded with a pleasing variety of recommendations from the classic to the modern to the completely wiseass. Watch their responses, then add your own.

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Monday, February 25, 2008

Shirtless Apprentice - Shooting in Extreme Weather

Shooting in extreme weather conditions? Heavy rain or snow and high winds can pose quite the obstacle, but with a little bit of foresight, a few tips from Matt, and the right equipment, such as a rain barney and wooley, your show will go on!

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DadLabs - The Lab - The Best Books for Bedtime

Reading to the kids at bedtime isn't just a matter of doing what's good for them, it can also be pure comedic entertainment. Children's literature has come a long way from Dick and Jane. Check out the hilarious and offbeat books that the guys at DadLabs are reading to their own kids. They can actually read. This video is brought to you by BabyBjorn

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Thursday, February 21, 2008

Breaking Down the MacBook Air

The Shirtless Apprentices lists the pros and cons of the MacBook Air.

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Kid's Gear for Eeating

Daddy Troy serves up a steaming helping of gear advice for dads hoping to gather the crew around the family dinner table. Food prep is a great way to draw kids into the rituals of family meals, and The Learning Tower by Little Partners gives kids a step up in the process. BabySmart Cooshee Classic Booster seats can also bring the little ones to the

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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Maternity Clothes Shopping for Man

The pregnant man experiment has been going pretty well even though Owen has had some overly emotional moments. The dads take Owen to maternity clothing store in Austin to see what his clothes options are as he tries to maintain his masculinity. Owen is such an unattractive pregnant woman. This video brought to you by BabyBjorn.

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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Family Meal Tricks Video

Daddy Clay and Daddy Owen ask their panel of parenting experts about the family dinner, "Do you sit down and have dinner with your family every night? And if so, how do you pull it off?" Some suggestions from the panel include: try family lunches, turn off the TV, call in some help, get the kids involved with the cooking...

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Monday, February 18, 2008

Break a Leg - Episode 9 (Sex and Violence)

Francesca helps Chase live out one of his fantasies while David finally manages to get a date with his fantasy girl. Everything is falling into place until an unexpected, decomposing delivery from Larry brings everything to a screeching halt. All this and more in the latest episode of Break a Leg!

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Online Speed Dating with a Webcam

Camlink.com Co-Founder Serge Kalinskiy discusses on nextNYers how his research in the growing online dating field led to the launch of this webcam-based dating service. Camlink.com features free registration and personalized profiles. In addition, it holds online 'events' for people with common interests to come together.

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DadLabs - The Lab - The Magic Elixir That Cures All Ills

Clay and Brad reveal what can cure all family ills. Well maybe that is overstating it a bit, but if you found something that helped your kids perform better in school, avoid sex, drugs, alcohol and tobacco, reduced the likelihood of an eating disorder and helped the development of vocabulary, would you do it? Brought to you by Baby Bjorn.

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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Clek Booster Seat Avoids Numb Bum

Daddy Troy gives the Clek Booster Seat the DadLabs seal of approval. The great feature of the Clek is that it clicks into your car's latch (Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children) system making it very safe, and easy to put in and take out. If your car is a 2003 or newer model it is guaranteed to have latch and the Clek will install.

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Savory Cities interviewed in nextNYers

Savory Cities Co-Founders Jennifer McBride and husband Chris McBride discuss their chef focused online video restaurant guide. With their high quality, chef guided video tours, and detailed, trustworthy reviews, Savory Cities is truly set apart from their competition.

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Lactation, Sex, Fast Food and Porn.

Breastfeeding is best for the baby, but according to Daddy Owen, it's hell on your love life. In this Daditude episode, Owen finds parallels between his sex life and eating fast food...alone...and in the car. Follow his six easy steps and spice up your marital love life. Maybe you can end up getting as much action as Owen, or maybe even more.

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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Break A Leg - Cutting Class (Episode 8)

While Child Actor Jimmy Scotch has a bit of a decomposing mess on his hands, David Penn makes one last attempt to woo the love of his life, Amber Turnipseed. Death, corndogs and more on the latest episode of the best sitcom anywhere, Break a Leg!

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Tips for Shooting an Anonymous Interview

Guest star Owen Egerton, Daddy Owen from the ultimate web series about parenting for dads by dads - DadLabs, bravely interviews an anonymous fugitive from the criminal underworld. Who can it be? Matt teaches viewers how to attain the desired anonymity of your subject in both the lighting and sound.

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What Women Really Want for Valentine's Day

Daddy Brad plies "Babyproofing Your Marriage: How to Laugh More, Argue Less, and Communicate Better as Your Family Grows" authors Julia Stone and Cathy O'Neill with a bit of chardonnay and extracts some excellent advice for Dads contemplating a major Valentine's Day purchase. Don't do it! Make a major purchase, write a letter!

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Monday, February 11, 2008

Valentine's Day Rejects Video

Clasp hands and sing with us. Fee-lings! Whoa...whoa...whoa. Feelings. Something that the dads here at the Labs are not very good at is expressing romance. But that didn't stop us from trying to write heartfelt Valentine's letters to our patient wives. Kinda hoping to get lucky. We failed. In all ways. No sex for them.

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Sunday, February 10, 2008

Valentine's Day Rejects

Clasp hands and sing with us. Fee-lings! Whoa...whoa...whoa. Feelings. Something that the dads here at the Labs are not very good at is expressing romance. But that didn't stop us from trying to write heartfelt Valentine's letters to our patient wives. Kinda hoping to get lucky. We failed. In all ways. No sex for us.

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Thursday, February 7, 2008

DadLabs - Gear Daddy - How Slow Can You Stroll?

Daddy Troy reviews the Strollometer, a wireless speedometer, odometer, thermometer and clock. Now you can find out how far you walk a day with your stroller and how slow you walk. Time for all you dads to stroll you way into shape and lose the beer gut. This video brought to you by BabbleSoft.

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Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Trash Talking Talkbot

Daddy Owen finally takes on somebody his own size in this groundbreaking interview with Toby the Talkbot. If repetition is the key to learning, then Toby has a lot to teach our children. Just exactly how annoying does a toy have to be for Owen to resort to physical violence. Watch as the plastic punk-bot pushes our man just too far.

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Tuesday, February 5, 2008

DadLabs - The Lounge- Hormones Found In Chinese Toys

Which of the recent media-hyped health scares have freaked parents out the most? We put the question, "What news stories have you freaked out about your children's health?" to our panel of experienced moms and dads. Hormones in Milk? Polycarbonate Plastic? Lead Paint? Chinese hormones? This video brought to you Babblesoft.

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Monday, February 4, 2008

Wreck and Salvage Videos

Wreck and Salvage Co-Creator Adam Quirk discusses how the company is a collective of three video artists across several states. With a wide demographic, Wreck and Salvage attracts clients who want to create original and unique viral videos.

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Shirtless Apprentice - Making a Music Video with Josh Kelley

Josh Kelley shoots a video for his new song "Unfair" off the album Special Company. Watch as Matt guides viewers through the video production of Josh Kelley's hit new single!

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Obese Kids Need Platic Diet

A recent government report on the potential effects of a commonly used plastic additive (bisphenol A or BPA) has us completely freaked out. We're trying not to put on our tinfoil hats and go nuts. Let's just calmly and methodically remove every single piece of #7 plastic from our homes. BPA acts like estrogen in the body

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Break a Leg

The adventure continues as Chase Cougar and Francesca Scala consummate their newfound love, David continues his attempts to woo Amber and Jimmy Scotch goes to meet his ex-girlfriend, the Child Actor spymaster, Janet Janet. All of this and so much more on the latest episode of Break a Leg!

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Break a Leg

Get caught up on the latest happenings on the Internet sitcom, Break a Leg.

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