New Technology & Parenting – Slackers Inc.

Perhaps it’s because I’m going to be a dad soon, but much of my focus lately has been on finding funny or nerdy baby clothes for the upcoming little one.  Sure, there are lots of other items we need to research and purchase like strollers, cribs, playpens and such, but they’re not quite as fun as the perfect onesie.  The first few months are no doubt going to be filled with “awww, let’s see the baby” type moments, but let’s face it – Newborn babies are a bit boring.  They don’t really interact, so that’s why it’s the perfect opportunity to put some hilarious phrases on personalized baby clothes and allow your friends and family to have a laugh while they check out the newborn.

Many of the shops I checked out will do personalized text, but not images and sometimes you really need a picture to get your point across or make the impact you want.  I found a site that will do whatever you want on a onesie or toddler tee, you just checkout with the personalized baby onesies or personalized toddler t-shirts you want and then email the text/design.  They do a great job of designing things if you have something in mind as well, for us “creative, but not so great at photoshop” types.

I still need to figure out what the best car seat is, what gadgets are necessary and which are a waste and a bunch of other things, but the baby should be very well dressed now and I’ll have no problem finding a personalized baby gift for friends in the future…That’s gotta count for something.

There are perhaps a few people left out there who are not familiar with just why geeks find the phrase “All your base are belong to us” so funny. I will attempt to explain: In the 90’s video games were making their way into living rooms across north america, and as adolescents scrambled to get the latest games, the game producers around the world were happy to meet the increasing demand by pumping up their production schedules.

A major source for these games was Japan, and in the rush to translate the storylines for the english-speaking markets, some, um…quality assurance steps were missed. The result was games such as Zero Wing that had broken english phrases that would later become iconicized by now twenty-to-thirty-something geeks (including myself) that nostalgically remember the hours spent on these games.

Now that this same group is having babies of their own, what better way to commemorate the generational transition than something like this nerdy onesie? When I saw it, I seriously almost fell of my chair laughing… I think I may pre-purchase one for any future child of mine because it’s just too awesome to pass up.