Jacob Turner
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Jacob Turner commented on Phil Grandin's blog post 'Time to hang up the sword, Link'
"With my son there was a long period where he would only sleep while held.  So I frequently had him on my shoulder but could spare both hands due to various baby holding devices (like wraps).  It was during this time I got in a very little…"
Dec 31
Jacob Turner commented on Paul Brown's blog post 'Paternity Leave Diary: Week 1 - Meeting the Local Community'
"Matt:  I would advise taking the first 6 weeks together, then split the remainder individually.  Probably giving her a few days back at work right at the 6 week mark, then having her stay home again for a month or so, with you taking the…"
Jul 19, 2012
Jacob Turner commented on Robert Richardson, Jr.'s blog post 'Camp Walk Like A Man'
"How old is he?  Pic would seem 5-8 range maybe?PVC piping and making a Potato or Marshmallow launcher can be priceless. Or just go buy/acquire a ton of cardboard and see what he comes up with himself."
Jul 16, 2012
Jacob Turner commented on Paul Brown's blog post 'Paternity Leave Diary: Week 1 - Meeting the Local Community'
"Speaking of Gadgets:  Find yourself an Itzbeen, or similar device.  Absolutely priceless for learning the child's rhythm, as well as allowing smooth transition between caregivers. For us, we always knew that if he was fussing, the…"
Jul 16, 2012
Jacob Turner replied to Erik Wecks's discussion 'Relativity for Science Fiction Writers'
"Unfortunately all of that is using Newtonian acceleration and velocity.  When you being to talk relativistic effects, there is a small correction factor that stops being ignorably small.  And of course the concepts of perception on…"
Jul 14, 2012
Jacob Turner replied to Pierre Cadieux's discussion 'Looking for suggestions on computer programming for kids'
"I highly recommend the book "Andre Curse" by Omi M. Inouye (I found it at Thinkgeek personally).  It is a fun little book and can really help the kid to grasp a lot of basic concepts in programming (Primarily it is about…"
Jul 14, 2012
Jacob Turner commented on Paul Brown's blog post 'Paternity Leave Diary: Week 0 - Introduction'
"That is an awesome option.  I had lucked out and our son came while I was working on my Master's Degree.  I already had the courses done and was just doing lab work.  Since it is a small lab and I was working on my own project, I…"
Jul 14, 2012
Jacob Turner commented on Russell Collins's blog post 'A great joy... and a greater worry'
"I would assure you that though you are diagnosed with social anxiety, what you are feeling is exactly what every father feels.  This insane responsibility of caring for a living being.  A LIFE is actually in the balance with thousands of…"
May 7, 2012

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What are some of your geeky hobbies?
Physics demonstrations
Mac/PC/Linux?
PC
Favorite geeky media (books, music, movies)?
Games

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