This year, the pumpkin spice is everywhere. During these weeks leading up to Halloween, store shelves are loaded down with seasonal pumpkin-flavored coffees — as well as breads, cakes, cookies, mints, trail mix, yogurts, sodas, health bars, teas, oatmeal… Ice cream? Jell-O? And so much more.
Continue ReadingI have a game that I play with my son. We read books before bed together every night (my wife and I take turns), and each time he and I read, we play the game.
The game doesn’t have a name, …
Continue ReadingOne of the most annoying problems with using a smartphone is how so many of its functions are a pain to use one-handed. For such a small mobile device to require two hands can be immensely frustrating, especially when you’re …
Continue ReadingFat Kid Rules the World is a Kickstarter project to distribute a movie that’s a terrific coming-of-age story from director Matthew Lillard.
Continue ReadingThe crowdfunding website Kickstarter has become the launch point for a number of clever and useful smartphone accessories in the past two years. Now Portland-based photographer and design engineer Charles Waugh is using Kickstarter to raise funds for his own …
Continue ReadingThe economy is still troubled, and that means layoffs are still happening in almost every job field. It can hit anyone at any time, as I experienced personally when my wife was laid off last month.
Continue ReadingWhat would you do with 780,000 Lego studs?
Zachary Pollock wants to combine them with another childhood classic. He’s started a Kickstarter project to build an enormous mosaic, recreating the entire level 1-1 of the original Super Mario Brothers video game.
Continue ReadingTom Lehrer – mathematician, satirist, singer-songwriter and hero to geeks taking chemistry tests everywhere – was born on April 9, 1928, making today his 84th birthday!
Continue ReadingThe new series from Nickelodeon, The Legend of Korra, will premiere on April 14. But Nick keeps giving impatient fans new tantalizing teasers!
Last week the first two episodes of the series were made available to watch on the Nickelodeon website. …
Continue ReadingFans of the television series Avatar: The Last Airbender, clear your calendars. On April 14, Nickelodeon will premiere the new series The Legend of Korra. This sequel begins seventy years after the end of The Last Airbender, and stars …
Continue ReadingDespite my wife and I sharing a dislike for the new Lego Friends sets, yesterday we decided to pick up two of the smaller sets. There were several reasons for it – we didn’t want our son, who loves Lego …
Continue ReadingScience education and Doctor Who references, together at last! Expect nothing less when geeks are given the stage. Scishow is a thrice-weekly education channel on YouTube. Hosted by singer/songwriter, entertainer, entrepreneur and Vlogbrother Hank Green, Scishow delves into all thing …
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