If you liked the Twitter feed and the Tumblr, you can now get the hysterical gems of fatherly wisdom of Justin Halpern’s dad in book form.
They are also making this sh*t into a TV show, which I would think would be a terrible idea except for the fact that William Shatner’s on board, which makes it genius.
Even though kids supposedly hate Twitter, there are still a few of characters out there to follow. As if you haven’t already wasted enough time reading the tweets of real people (most of the time). Pinecone munching Solarian Gustafer Yellowgold (@Gustafer) tweets about his encounters with earth dwellers.
Samples from @OfficialElmo, @OfficialBigBird, @OfficialCookieM, @R2D2, @The_Pigeon, @HappySquared, @SantaClaus, @realeasterbunny, and @toothfairynews after the jump. Also, Dora’s dark side revealed on twitter. More >
Tara Lazar - who has a ton of great stuff on her blog – has a great list of Children’s Book Authors and Illustrators who are on Twitter. I’m a big fan of @The_Pigeon (of the Mo Willems series)
Children’s Picture Book Authors & Illustrators on Twitter « Tara Lazar.
This is one of the funniest videos of the week. From The Onion.
For an NYU ITP project, Corey Menscher rigged up this tummy sensor to a Twitter account that tweets him every time his unborn child kicks the mother. Here an upgrade I hope he never develops: the “sympathy” belt that rigged to follow the tweets and kick the dad’s belly with every new posting using force feedback technology.
