{"id":116,"date":"2012-06-06T22:44:43","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T22:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dave0.nfshost.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2012\/06\/06\/shameless-self-promotion-are-you-prepared-for-fathers-day\/"},"modified":"2012-06-06T22:44:43","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T22:44:43","slug":"shameless-self-promotion-are-you-prepared-for-fathers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2012\/06\/shameless-self-promotion-are-you-prepared-for-fathers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Shameless Self-Promotion: Are You Prepared for Father&#8217;s Day?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A gentle nudge: If you&#8217;re looking for a Dad&#8217;s Day gift for a fella with school-age children, you can do worse than my book <a title=\"Amazon.com: Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred: Seriously Geeky Stuff to Make with Your Kids (9781593272593): David Erik Nelson: Books\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Snip-Burn-Solder-Shred-Seriously\/dp\/1593272596\/ref=la_B003W3U5AC_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1337714007&#038;sr=1-1\"><I>SNIP, BURN, SOLDER, SHRED: Seriously Geeky Stuff to Make with Your Kids<\/I><\/a>.  Fully certified dads have said stuff like:<\/p>\n<div id=blkq>This is the stuff that magic and dreams are made of in childhood, at least for those kids who have the idea that magic can be handmade. <I>Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred<\/I> is a seriously cool book.<\/div>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<div id=blkq>This book is full of great innovative ideas to engage you and your kids for quite some time. What I loved most was that this book provided step-by-step directions that left nothing to chance. Instead it spelled everything out making it simple, even though your kids will simply think that you are cool! I mean how many dads can say that they built their own electric guitar? I don&#8217;t know many that is for sure!<\/div>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<div id=blkq>Seriously: order this soon.<\/div>\n<p>(That last one&#8217;s from Rob Malda, founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/slashdot.org\/\">Slashdot.org<\/a>, and really nice cat.)<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&#038;bc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;fc1=000000&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;t=daverinel-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as4&#038;m=amazon&#038;f=ifr&#038;ref=ss_til&#038;asins=1593272596\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nIf you really want to stick it to The Man, you can always order directly <a href=\"http:\/\/nostarch.com\/snipburn.htm\">from the publisher<\/a>.  You&#8217;ll get the ebooks (including a Kindle version) *FREE*, and if you use the coupon code <small><B>SHRED<\/B><\/small> you&#8217;ll save 35 percent.<br \/>\nOrder soonishly from whoever and the book is sure to arrive in time for Father&#8217;s Day.<br \/>\nAlternately, if your dad or hubby is into clockwork sex robots, maybe try <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B006RTWZF6\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=daverinel-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B006RTWZF6\">this steampunk novella on Kindle<\/a>&#8211;or the <a href=\"http:\/\/davideriknelson.com\/pickupay.html\">supercool, handmade print chapbook<\/a>.<br \/>\nSo, that&#8217;s my pitch.  Thank you, and goodnight!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A gentle nudge: If you&#8217;re looking for a Dad&#8217;s Day gift for a fella with school-age children, you can do worse than my book SNIP, BURN, SOLDER, SHRED: Seriously Geeky Stuff to Make with Your Kids. Fully certified dads have said stuff like: This is the stuff that magic and dreams are made of in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2012\/06\/shameless-self-promotion-are-you-prepared-for-fathers-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Shameless Self-Promotion: Are You Prepared for Father&#8217;s Day?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_share_on_mastodon":"1"},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}