Waxy v2.0

Posted Jan 22, 2004

I'd like to give everyone a sneak preview of my newest and greatest project, currently 19 weeks in development... With a tentative release date of June 13, I'm proud to announce Waxy v2.0!

The doctors say he's perfectly healthy, and my wife started to feel him move actively in the last week or so. (We've picked out a name, but we're still working out the spelling.) I'm joyous and terrified and wistful and optimistic, often all at once.

Mostly, I'm just excited that I'll have someone to play video games with!

57 Comments (Add Yours)

Jan 22, 2004
6:55 AM

mike wrote:

Congratulations to you & Mrs. Waxy.

Jan 22, 2004
6:56 AM

Charles wrote:

Congratulations

Jan 22, 2004
7:07 AM

Michael wrote:

Wonderful news!

Get your movie watching and dining out going into full steam. Once 2.0 arrives, you won't have the time or energy.

Jan 22, 2004
7:13 AM

George wrote:

Congratulations!

Jan 22, 2004
7:15 AM

Scotto wrote:

Outstanding! Congrats!

Jan 22, 2004
7:20 AM

Jonathan wrote:

That ultrasound looks suspiciously Geigeresque - are you sure your wife wasn't attacked by a facesucker from the movie Alien?

Jan 22, 2004
7:26 AM

Mike K wrote:

Congratulations!

Jan 22, 2004
7:29 AM

gesikah wrote:

CONGRATS!!

Jan 22, 2004
7:34 AM

Gordon wrote:

Congrats!

Taking the ultrasound pictures to a whole new level, not seen that before!

Jan 22, 2004
7:46 AM

Matt wrote:

Congrats Andy!

Jan 22, 2004
7:49 AM

roXet wrote:

Good job Andy! I'm so dense,I thought you were talking about a new version of the website. Then again I am running linux and the video didn't work in Firebird for me.

Jan 22, 2004
7:49 AM

Joe Crawford wrote:

Awesome!

Jan 22, 2004
8:01 AM

Bill wrote:

Congratulations to you and your wife!

Jan 22, 2004
9:01 AM

jkottke wrote:

Many congratulations, Andy.

Jan 22, 2004
9:23 AM

Jonah wrote:

So, how long before we see a remix of this vid with light sabers and sound effects?

Very exciting Andy, congrats.

Jan 22, 2004
10:24 AM

alan taylor wrote:

Many congratulations to you both Andy! My little Boy turns One Year Old tomorrow, so I can tell you from fresh experience that your world is about to change in a very big way. (in a good way, y'know).

You need to get those 3D Ultrasound pictures - easier to remix, and maybe your boy can use the data as a bizarre avatar in Quake V, or whatever you end up playing with him.

Jan 22, 2004
11:41 AM

Alex wrote:

Many congratulations!

Jan 22, 2004
12:56 PM

heather wrote:

Bravo! Congratulations to you both.

Jan 22, 2004
1:01 PM

Ryan wrote:

Fantastic Andy! Congratulations all round! I wish your family supreme health and happiness =)

Jan 22, 2004
1:18 PM

Matt wrote:

The video was a little spooky, but congrats nonetheless!

Jan 22, 2004
1:30 PM

Chris Vincent wrote:

I thought the video was adorable. :P
Congrats on the boy!

Jan 22, 2004
1:31 PM

One wrote:

Congratulations to the both of you!

Jan 22, 2004
2:10 PM

mat wrote:

Congratulations to alll three of you, Andy!

Jan 22, 2004
2:21 PM

Jack wrote:

Man, congratulations!

Jan 22, 2004
2:41 PM

ryan wrote:

Wonderful, my friend! I just hope he has trackbacks and comment registration.

Jan 22, 2004
3:19 PM

Ilya wrote:

Congratulations! May the project release be on time, and go smoothly :)

Jan 22, 2004
4:07 PM

Karan wrote:

Babies are good. Congratulations!

Jan 22, 2004
4:11 PM

Karim wrote:

Awesome man. We have 9 weeks to go for Paizen2.0. Give lots of back rubs to your wife. CocoButter is really nice. AND get a GE 4D ultrasound if you can. Its unbelievable - http://www.gemedicalsystems.com/rad/us/4d/index.html. I can send you my vid if you like.

Jan 22, 2004
5:35 PM

Grandma Peggy wrote:

I love my little grandson...he's the most adorable ultrasound ever!

Jan 22, 2004
7:18 PM

greg.org wrote:

1. congratulations
2. wow, that's awesome video. we just went for our second ultrasound, and all we got was one 3D still. And peace of mind, of course. But POM+4D>POM.

3. Careful spelling choices for the baby's name may ensure domain name availability, too, of course.

Jan 22, 2004
8:10 PM

Mikester wrote:

Good show, Andy! Congratulations to both of you.

Jan 22, 2004
8:43 PM

Aunti Angel, Uncle Bud and Jakester wrote:

Hey lookin' good! Can't wait to meet your little man! We are very happy for you, brings back alot of good memories. You are in our thoughts, love ya.

Jan 22, 2004
9:44 PM

vlado wrote:

Congratulations...

Jan 23, 2004
1:03 AM

Jehan wrote:

Congrats! If your offspring is one tenth as cool as his dad, he'll be something special for sure!

Jan 23, 2004
3:15 AM

Cocovan wrote:

Congrats Waxy - to you and the mrs! He Looks like a fine lad! All the best!

Jan 23, 2004
6:36 AM

jerel wrote:

Andy, reading the abstract I thought it was a new site launch as well. Being the curious sort, I clicked through. And as the movie started, I thought boy he is really going to great lengths with this metaphor...

Congratulations to all three of you. Send my best to Ami.

Jan 23, 2004
7:21 AM

Jesper wrote:

Here's my official congrats: Congrats!

Be sure to let us all know of how life is in the 'extended beta'. :)

Jan 23, 2004
7:34 AM

Melissa wrote:

I've seen many sonograms in my lifetime, but they still have the ability to give me goosebumps. It's almost surreal.

Congratulations! :)

Jan 23, 2004
10:10 AM

mojo_iv wrote:

Congratulations!

Jan 23, 2004
11:26 AM

toni wrote:

I'm going to be a grandmother. That's impossible, I'm too young to be a grandmother. All kidding aside, I couldn't be happier, or more proud.

Jan 23, 2004
11:31 AM

Rob wrote:

Congrats - that's great. My son is 15 months old now . It truly is the most challenging and most rewarding thing you'll ever do.

Jan 23, 2004
6:15 PM

noz wrote:

i thought it was a new layout too, but congratulations!!

Jan 23, 2004
8:57 PM

Number Two wrote:

Congratz. Mine just went into post-production.

Jan 24, 2004
12:36 PM

Andy M. wrote:

Congratulations, Mr. Baio.

Jan 24, 2004
3:27 PM

Ken Edwards wrote:

congratulations on 'waxy 2.0' !!!

Jan 24, 2004
7:04 PM

kaf wrote:

Congratulations, Andy. Papa Waxy!

Jan 27, 2004
7:06 AM

cathy wrote:

congrats andy!!! *lifts up a russian vodka shot*

Jan 28, 2004
1:05 PM

Matt wrote:

I have to say, I think that having a child solely to have someone to play videogames with is a pretty reasonable excuse. Congrats.

Feb 1, 2004
2:40 PM

BazzX wrote:

Looks like 2.0 is now someones official name!

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Midwest/02/01/offbeat.baby.version2.0.ap/index.html

BazzX

Feb 2, 2004
5:54 AM

BluChrome wrote:

Congrats!
Link here too: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3451207.stm

Feb 2, 2004
10:42 AM

Ask Bjørn Hansen wrote:

Congratulations Andy!

- ask

Feb 5, 2004
8:39 PM

Matthew Baldwin wrote:

One of us ...

Feb 11, 2004
4:24 PM

Fred wrote:

Nice, Andy and Mrs. Andy! It's nice that us bloggers are not such geeks that we can't reproduce. A good omen to the long-term health of the field.

Did you see the new "Little Dead Parrots?"

Feb 12, 2004
2:01 AM

no name yet wrote:

a belated congrats! i hadn't dropped by in a while and was surprised to see the news! welcome to the expecting bloggers family. i'm at 30 weeks now

Mar 12, 2004
9:20 AM

hary wilke wrote:

contratulations!

Mar 19, 2004
8:17 PM

treva wrote:

Mostly, I'm just excited that I'll have someone to play video games with..........H A!!!! YOu think you will have someone to play video games with. Much to your chagrin, you will not be playing video games with your "new buddy to be", for you will not be allowed anywhere near the games once the "offspring" lay their hands on it. Ownership of everything in your life switches from "used to be Andies" to "juniors game,juniors house, juniors "MOM".....yes, even ownership of your wife changes hands due to this usurper who you so anxiously await. LOL
Some have mentioned how your life will change and I must admit that wiping poopy butts was not what I was thinking of when I had my graduation picture snapped!
congratulations.
treva

Nov 3, 2008
3:08 PM

Diminco2 wrote:

�� !!! �� ��

iPod shuffle II 2Gb

4 800
*
iPod Nano 4Gb

10 000

*
Nokia 6555

15 000
*
MSI Wind U90

24 000
*
Nokia 6500 Slide

24 000

*
ASUS Eee 1000H

36 000
*
iPhone 3G 16Gb

60 000
*
Canon EOS 40D

90 000

*
MacBook Pro

140 000
*
Sony KDL-52W3000

200 000
*
�hevrolet Lacetti SX

1 000 000

*
AUDI A4

2 400 000

�� !!!!!!!!!!!��!!!!!!!!!!

Waxy Links

November 20, 2009

Regretsy gets a book deal — the anonymous author turned out to be April Winchell, collector of audio oddities

Google Chrome OS Demo — a world without a local filesystem and apps; also, the Chrome UI concept video (via)

Patrick Moberg's Internet Vices — funny, Tumblr feels more like beer than wine to me

Charlotte Gainsbourg and Beck's "Heaven Can Wait" — Keith Schofield's surreal video and insane treatment were inspired by FFFFOUND and Reddit, but maybe too explicitly (via)

November 19, 2009

YouTube adds machine-translated automatic captions — starting with some partner channels, but auto-timing is available to everyone today

Microsoft tries to patent Edward Tufte's sparklines — they were recently added to Excel

Leonard Lin's Retweet Avatars for Greasemonkey — a subtle change, but a big improvement

Web-ops god John Allspaw leaves Flickr to join Etsy — he's the last of the original Ludicorp team to go (via)

November 18, 2009

Laptop Steering Wheel Desk — don't miss the product photos

Interview with Ralph Eggleston, Pixar's production designer on WALL-E — from last February, but new to me; I didn't know the Axiom had three passenger classes

NSFW: Animated pixel-art video for Flair's "Trucker's Delight" — warning: very offensive and sexist, but the attention to 16-bit detail by director Jérémie Perin is incredible

NY Observer on Anil Dash's new government 2.0 incubator project — Expert Labs debuted at Web 2.0 today, funded with a $500k grant from the MacArthur Foundation

November 17, 2009

Google's Dan Morrill explains how the Droid autofocus breaks every 24.5 days — this gets second-place for quirkiest Android bug (via)

Conan O'Brien and Andy Richter on Zach Galifianakis' Between Two Ferns — his style of comedy usually makes me uncomfortable, but this made me laugh

The Pirate Bay shuts down their tracker for good — they're switching to DHT instead

November 16, 2009

How Darren at Link Machine Go found Belle de Jour's identity five years ago — Brooke was part of the early UK blog scene

ICU64, real-time visualization of Commodore 64 memory — the developer also posted videos of Paradroid and Boulder Dash (via)

Russell Davies on pretending and "barely games" — his SAP prototype looks like great ambient fun (via)

NYT Magazine on the indie gaming movement — nothing new here, but good overview with a wonderful closing anecdote from Cactus

Tim O'Reilly on the pending War for the Web — "more than that, it's a war against the web as an interoperable platform"

November 14, 2009

Jason Scott rounds up Geocities' top 10 most popular MIDI files — along with a torrent with 51,000 MIDIs rescued by Archive Team

Matt Haughey on the discovery of his brain tumor, treatment, and the Internet's response — there were about 1,000 #mathowielove tweets in 24 hours

Belle de Jour reveals herself after six year of anonymity — only six people in the world knew, she only told her parents yesterday (via)

Paul F. Tompkins debates comedy ethics with Improv Everywhere's Charlie Todd — great discussion, and it's hard not to see where both are coming from (via)

November 13, 2009

Rogue Amoeba stops iPhone app development after App Store idiocy — I'm with Marco, the only fix is allowing external apps, but it's unlikely (via)

Numb3rs on IRC — "Luckily, I speak l33t."

Prank War 8: The Skydiving Prank — hard to say if life-threatening situations are funnier than public humiliation

301 Works, Internet Archive works to preserve URL shortener data — the shorteners will provide regular backups and hand over data on closure, though TinyURL's conspicuously missing

November 12, 2009

Quizipedia — simple game with trivia scraped from Wikipedia entries

Kill Screen, funding a new art magazine about videogames — sounds like the English analogue of Amusement I was hoping for

Waxy v2.0

57 Comments (Add Yours)

Leave a comment