When Lily was about four we started practicing crossing streets. There were two small streets on the way to the farther park, and Lily was very excited about the idea of crossing them by herself. After talking through the process (look both ways, then if you don't see any cars coming across slowly and steadily while continuing to look both ways) I would stand with her at the corner and say "cross| www.jefftk.com
(As with anything else I write about parenting, this is mostly just my observations with my own two kids and may not generalize as well as I think it does.) One of the first things we needed to teach our kids once they were able to walk was how to stay out of the street. We do a lot of walking, and having them know where it is and isn't safe to walk is really important. This was a bit more work u| www.jefftk.com
Airplanes are strange places. Whatever you have on board when you take off is the most you'll have until you land. Want a sandwich? You can only have one if there's one on board. There are many things people reliably want, such as some kind of food, drink, and entertainment. Perhaps headphones, a pillow, or a blanket. Airlines provide these, either for free or at some fixed cost. But people's desi| www.jefftk.com
Julia and I track our time every so often ( June 2017, 2015, 2011) in order to figure out whether we're dividing things fairly and whether we're spending our time the way we want to. This time we did two weeks, 12/2 through 12/15, and I think they were pretty representative: No work travel. I had one evening gig and one evening rehearsal. Neither of us was laid off. Here's a chart: Catego| www.jefftk.com
Babies wake up a lot, and it is worth putting quite a lot of thought and effort into figuring out how parents can still get sleep. One approach we've found helpful is trying to reduce the time when the baby is able to wake us both up by sleeping in multiple rooms. For example, here's what last night looked like: 9:30: Nora (9m) goes to sleep, in her room. 10:45: we both go to sleep, in our be| www.jefftk.com
If you're considering buying an air purifier for reducing covid risk, the EPA recommends comparing them based on their Clean Air Delivery Rate (CADR) for smoke. But what if you want to evaluate a purifier yourself? Perhaps you don't trust the manufacturer, want to evaluate an off-brand filter replacement, have built a filter cube, or put together something weirder? How can we measure purifier per| www.jefftk.com
Let's say you use a Google account as the root of your online identity: Gmail, Fi, "Sign in with Google", Google's password manager, etc. How much should you be worried that you'll suddenly find yourself unable to get into everything? Should you do something else instead? To get a sense of how common lockouts are and how they happen I looked through lockout reports on Hacker News by searching fo| www.jefftk.com