2FatDads

Month: March 2010

  • DadCast Episode 15 – Shamwows and Home Shenanigans

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    Nearly Live from the Wendyhouse Studios of Valois Bay… This week we review Le Salon de l’Habitation a.k.a The Montreal Home Show, go over the progress of Schultzter’s home renovation, help him figure out how much do plantation shutters cost and help McGoo keep his kids and family safe online. The Dadcast is brought to…

  • The Story of Bottled Water

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    A couple of years ago we featured the Story of Stuff video. It moved us all so much that we added eco-hacks to the list of pretty important stuff the 2 Fat Dads site would talk about. I guess you call it being a responsible geek, or a green Dad, or simply having a bit…

  • DadCast Episode 14 – The Big Ranting Canuck

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    The Big Ranting Canuck, Nearly Live from the Wendyhouse Studios of Valois Bay… This week we announce our new sponsors: Audible and we talk about some great customer service from Pentax, some pretty appalling follow tactics by Tweetphoto, the eminent I5 chipped MacBooks Pros and the Steve Jobs recent flurry of emails. Hopefully we’ll see…

  • Pentax Imaging Canada, You ROCK!

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    One of the collective peeves from all the Fat Dads on this site is awful customer service. And it’s been pretty much no holds barred for outing and shaming companies that hold the customer in contempt and provide nothing but appalling customer service. On a few very rare occasions, we get to recommend companies that…

  • Some Great Deals and Stuff

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    A couple of weeks ago I thanked you all for subscribing to our Dadcast in iTunes, becoming a fan of our Facebook page and, of course, reading and commenting on our posts. We really do appreciate the support you give. It’s one thing to review our stats of iTunes downloads and web site pageviews, but…

  • Dear Steve, Where’s my I5 MacBook Pro?

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    Dear Steve, I have been a pretty loyal FanBoy / Apologist / Web Developer for the past 4 years. In fact, I was one of first Wintel Geeks North of the Border to switch to the new super cool Intel MacBooks. Despite the cooling issues, replacing the logic board a couple of times  and the…

  • Jamais Deux Sans Trois

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    “Jamais Deux Sans Trois” is a french expression meaning that events always happen in threes. And usually it’s associated with bad luck. And of course this perfectly sums up the past couple  of weeks worth of tech disasters. It pretty much all started when I went on a cross-country ski trip a few weeks back.…

  • DadCast Episode 13 – Unlucky For Some

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    Nearly Live from the Wendyhouse Studios of Valois Bay… So I’m not the only one having a bad week… Join us this week as we revisit a few of our favourite issues like Steph’s crappy HP phone, my busted up GPS  unit and the joys of traveling by air. Dads on this week’s call: François…

  • We’d Like to Thank You

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    Every once in a while it’s very important to take a few minutes to step back and simply say Thanks. And today is one of those times. We, the Dads, recently committed ourselves to making the DadCast a regular thing. This is no small task when you consider that collectively we have 11 children under…

  • DadCast Episode 12 – The 2010 Gold Rush

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    Nearly Live from the Wendyhouse Studios of Valois Bay… Pardon our momentary outburst of Canadian Pride while we review the Vancouver Winter Games and bask in the glow of Canada 14 Gold medals. The most amount of for any host nation and the most amount of total golds for any winter games. And to cap…