User Release 1.0 "Soren Tesla" March 11, 2015 9:18 AM   Subscribe

It is my pleasure to welcome a new member into the Mefi family: Twain Device and his wife Allison welcomed their first child, Soren Tesla, to the world this morning.

Mom and Dad and baby Soren are all happy and healthy and resting comfortably. Congrats to everyone involved on finishing 9 months of beta testing and the end-user release. I'm told that Soren comes with a special early release feature: eyebrows!
posted by WidgetAlley to MetaFilter-Related at 9:18 AM (48 comments total) 4 users marked this as a favorite

Congrats, you crazy kids!
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:19 AM on March 11, 2015 [3 favorites]


I'm told that Soren comes with a special early release feature: eyebrows!

See, that's why you pre-order.

Congratulations!
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 9:27 AM on March 11, 2015 [4 favorites]


Aw, yay, very best wishes to all of you!
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 9:29 AM on March 11, 2015 [1 favorite]


Am guessing Twain Device is asleep right now.
posted by Melismata at 9:30 AM on March 11, 2015 [2 favorites]


Melismata: "Am guessing Twain Device is asleep right now."

ho ho oh-ho ho ho.

Best wishes to Twain, Allison and Soren T. Device.
posted by boo_radley at 9:35 AM on March 11, 2015 [3 favorites]


Awake but only for the moment! Thanks for the well wishes everyone. Expect a few thousand AskMe questions over the coming years. I have no doubt that the Mefite family will be the best support group imaginable
posted by Twain Device at 9:36 AM on March 11, 2015 [9 favorites]


Congratulations! Show us this baby or we'll pull out our pitchforks!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 9:44 AM on March 11, 2015 [3 favorites]


Expect a few thousand AskMe questions over the coming years.

Hire a lawyer and a therapist for the baby, and don't eat any of them.
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:51 AM on March 11, 2015 [29 favorites]


May the holy trinity of sleeping, eating and pooping be with you. Especially the baby.
posted by sapere aude at 9:55 AM on March 11, 2015 [1 favorite]


Congratulations☺!

And what a great name you chose for your little one.
posted by SpacemanStix at 10:06 AM on March 11, 2015


many congratulations. you chose a wonderful name!!
posted by treehorn+bunny at 10:09 AM on March 11, 2015


Hire a lawyer and a therapist for the baby, and don't eat any of them.

But most definitely do not DTMFA.
posted by Melismata at 10:11 AM on March 11, 2015 [3 favorites]


Congratulations on the babbyness!
posted by billiebee at 10:12 AM on March 11, 2015


This Tesla, it's Soarin'? Congrats. Every day will be amazing and it gets more amazing as you go along.
posted by beagle at 10:13 AM on March 11, 2015


KILLER name. Well done.
posted by KathrynT at 10:20 AM on March 11, 2015


Congrats!
posted by maryr at 10:23 AM on March 11, 2015


Congrats!

Twain Device, I'm curious how you came upon the name Soren. My SO and I have that short-listed as one of our hypothetical male names for our hypothetical future children. For us is an anglicization of a Norwegian name (SO is of Norwegian ancestry).
posted by radioamy at 10:32 AM on March 11, 2015


Yay, baby! Best wishes to all involved!
posted by Lexica at 10:36 AM on March 11, 2015


Excellent!!!
posted by Sophie1 at 10:41 AM on March 11, 2015


Baby threads= best threads
Hurrah and remember sleep!
posted by clavdivs at 10:41 AM on March 11, 2015


Yay! Welcome to the world, little one. :)
posted by zarq at 10:50 AM on March 11, 2015


New-baby threads oughta have the same rule as pet questions: pictures required. But other than that, congrats to the whole family!
posted by easily confused at 11:18 AM on March 11, 2015


Is this a Star Trek name?
posted by Tanizaki at 11:20 AM on March 11, 2015 [2 favorites]


Kierkegaard has been, and always shall be, my friend.
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:24 AM on March 11, 2015 [5 favorites]


Hello, Soren. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, Soren—God damn it, you've got to be kind.
posted by zamboni at 11:28 AM on March 11, 2015 [3 favorites]


According to my count, this is Metafilter Baby #23. Good work, team!
posted by zamboni at 11:34 AM on March 11, 2015 [1 favorite]


Expect a few thousand AskMe questions over the coming years.

After several years reading the green I can confidently tell you that you shouldn't declaw the baby.
posted by phunniemee at 11:58 AM on March 11, 2015 [7 favorites]


Congratulations to the Device family!
posted by Metroid Baby at 12:01 PM on March 11, 2015 [1 favorite]


Yay, congratulations!
posted by LobsterMitten (staff) at 1:12 PM on March 11, 2015


Congratulations! Now you can catch up on all the sleep you missed while preparing for ST's arrival. Enjoy!
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 2:35 PM on March 11, 2015


Mazel tov, that is wonderful.
posted by jessamyn (retired) at 3:01 PM on March 11, 2015 [1 favorite]


Congratulations to the Device family!

Any relation to Anathema Device?

Regardless, felicitations to all!
posted by ocherdraco at 3:35 PM on March 11, 2015 [1 favorite]


Ask and ye shall receive. Look at this cuteass baby you guys! He's got little eyebrows and it's literally killing me!

(Posted with Twain Device's blessing, I'm not creepin' his kid, I promise.)
posted by WidgetAlley at 5:37 PM on March 11, 2015 [11 favorites]


I hate babies so my uglybaby-dar is pretty well tuned.

That is a certifiably cute baby. Well done, folks.
posted by phunniemee at 6:06 PM on March 11, 2015 [1 favorite]


Wow for version 1.0 you did pretty damn well in the looks dept.
posted by radioamy at 8:14 PM on March 11, 2015


Congrats! In lieu of askmefi I offer my mom's wisdom, passed down when my son was born:
"Don't be a perfect mother!"
Works equally well for dads.
Relax and enjoy, it goes fast.
posted by chapps at 10:53 PM on March 11, 2015 [1 favorite]


That is a very cute babby.
posted by potsmokinghippieoverlord at 11:23 PM on March 11, 2015


Whoa, so round! That babby is very well-shaped for someone so young. Congratulations! Try not to freak out too much, but when you do, keep in mind that the freaking out dies down over time!
posted by ignignokt at 6:52 AM on March 12, 2015


do internet people give their babies usernames/pseudonyms as well as real life names?
posted by rebent at 7:57 AM on March 12, 2015


That is a well-formed babby.

Congratulations!
posted by cooker girl at 9:45 AM on March 12, 2015


Baby With An Interesting Name! Congrats!
posted by Devils Rancher at 10:12 AM on March 12, 2015


Congratulations, parents, and welcome to the world, Soren Tesla!
posted by Lynsey at 10:33 AM on March 12, 2015


Radioamy, we chose the name because we really love Scandinavia. We honeymoon'd there and make frequent vacays there. She suggested it but it also happens to be a fictional character in the Magic the Gathering card game. So that was pretty hilarious.
posted by Twain Device at 3:02 PM on March 12, 2015 [1 favorite]


And Tesla is the for the inventor(not the car, though I do want one of those too)
posted by Twain Device at 3:07 PM on March 12, 2015 [1 favorite]


Oh, that second picture--! Look at the happiness and wisdom there. Joy! This is excellent news; congratulations!
posted by MonkeyToes at 4:06 PM on March 12, 2015


( it's a lovely name, & I was also riffing on your username, which if I recall correctly stood for "thing without an interesting name." )
posted by Devils Rancher at 10:35 PM on March 12, 2015


That is correct. One of my favorite tech acronyms!
posted by Twain Device at 3:29 AM on March 13, 2015


From this errant process...

Congratulations!

\o/
posted by PROD_TPSL at 3:52 PM on March 14, 2015


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