I discovered the ‘Poorly Drawn Lines’ webcomic a number of months ago and loved it so much that I went back to the beginning of the comic’s history and literally read every one on Reza Farazmand’s website. And now there’s a book. Huzzah!
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I thought that it might be too much for Colin. He had trouble following directions. He lacked the fine motor skills to engage his lightsaber. I knew he would get frustrated. Maybe it was the ‘Star Wars’ fan in me, but autism or no autism, I believed that he could do this.
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Take some classes at Ancestry Academy to get started with your family history research, or to uncover new resources for your already-extensive records.
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Today is ‘Back to the Future’ day! It’s the day that Doc and Marty McFly travel to in Back to the Future II to help out Marty and Jennifer’s kids.
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For long time readers of the blog, you may remember my series from four years ago entitled “Genealogy for Geeks,” in which I went through much of Ancestry.com’s functionality, along with other genealogy websites and services. This post begins a new series, reviewing Ancestry again, along with some new sites that are connected to Ancestry, the now-released 1940 census, and more. But I’ll begin with an introduction to genealogy and family history itself.
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ThinkGeek is a one-stop shop for dressing up for Halloween from your favorite fandom, including ‘Doctor Who.’
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Microsoft recently announced the newest in their line of Microsoft-branded computers. They’ve updated the Surface Pro to model number 4, and they’ve come out with the Surface Book, which is a larger, beefier, more powerful machine that looks more like a laptop than the other Surface models.
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Have you ever wished to be a citizen of another country, but you haven’t ever found one that strikes your fancy? Why not just invent your own?
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Other than the attractive but questionable title (which sometimes wreaks havoc on precise search engine searches), I love this book. I mean, you’ve got space. You’ve got photography. And I’m pretty sure there are very few people out there who do astrophotography better than NASA.
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Playing pretend as a kid was one of my happiest memories. I’m not so good at it as an adult, but I still fully appreciate the wonder and magic that I see on my own kids’ faces when they pretend to be made-up characters or plan trips and pretend to take them. (I long since learned to check bags and backpacks when they were missing a toy or other item.)
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Kids love to create and come up with some of the most ingenious stories and drawings.
Continue ReadingFor those weekend afternoons when your kids come to you, yet again, saying, “Mom, I’m bored,” here are a few new suggestions to give their play some direction.
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I’ve had my eye on Megan Lee’s scientist art for quite some time. It’s the perfect mixture of simplicity, unity, and graphics, all with science history as the underlying theme. Most of the scientists she has profiled in art are at least somewhat known if not very well known. But for a few, I actually had to research who they were and what they have done.
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Unless you write fanfiction or love to cosplay as someone from the Batman universe, you’ve probably not concocted your own Batman tales. Perhaps you would prefer a different origin story. Or maybe you think Batman should become one of the bad guys for once. Or you just want to solve custom crimes, chosen by you, with Batman at the helm. You can make these stories a reality with this new dice set.
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Subscription boxes. They are everywhere these days. There are boxes that cater to your taste in food, writing implements, tea, engineering for kids, craft projects, wine, superheroes, and your own style of geek. But what if your favorite fandom is a little more specific?
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The right headphones can make a big difference in how well you can focus on the task at hand. Less sound clutter means more peace, more productivity.
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Though much of the country has already had their first day of the school year, some school districts still don’t start until the day after Labor Day. But whether your kids have already started or will start soon, it’s never too late to make an effort to make back-to-school time fun for your geeklings of all ages.
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Exposure to other cultures, languages, geography, and ways of life is vital for our kids to learn that they aren’t alone in this world. They inhabit our planet along with billions of others, most of whom don’t share a common language, diet, or sense of fashion. Lonely Planet Kids continues to put out enjoyable books for kids to broaden their horizons.
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Dav Pilkey has written a new ‘Captain Underpants’ book, which comes out later this month. GeekMom Jenny got the chance to talk with Dav about the new book and other topics.
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If designing some hilarious pirate crews to sail a pirate ship while stealing pirate parts from your opponents to create the best crew possible sounds like fun to you, check out the card game ‘Skallywaggs.’
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These days we have the internet. It’s the easiest and fastest place to find information. But it’s not always the best or most interesting place to find it. I posit an argument saying that every home should also have a good selection of physical reference books.
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For those people who like to play with as many different versions of ‘Minecraft’ as possible, there is now a new one available.
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At my house, we work at home. Rory and I do our jobs from home, and I homeschool the kids. And each of us has plenty of room on and around our desks for our work companions: our two cats, Ezra and Lavinius.
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Whether you currently have Windows 7, Windows 8.1, or even something earlier, it’s a good idea to consider upgrading. Windows 10 will have some interesting features.
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Only just recently, publishers have caught on that sometimes adults like to color too. They have started publishing books in many different styles to appeal to adults of different styles. Florals, geometric shapes, architecture, organic shapes, themed collections, works of art, and more are represented in these books.
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Today, Microsoft Office includes many programs, including Outlook, Power Point, Access, Publisher, and more. You can get all or some of them, depending on what version of Office you purchase. Microsoft still offers one-time purchases of Office versions, but there are some distinct advantages to the subscription to Office 365.
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‘Literary Paper Dolls’ is a fun way to play paper dolls with your kids (or, frankly, by yourself) that will amuse and stimulate your more mature sensibilities. Probably designed mostly for grown-ups, it also offers plenty of discussion opportunities with your kids.
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As any geek or parent knows, it’s sometimes difficult to get the Lego set that you or your kids have your/their heart set on, so it’s great to have options for where to find them. Being an authorized Lego retailer, Brick Marketplace is another viable option for fulfilling your (and your kids’) Lego dreams.
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For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved to look at maps. Maps of all kinds. Road maps, house floor plans, diagrams, graphs, and more. I love to know how things work and how they are laid out. I adore any well-done visual representation. I often explain my feelings as graphs. So when I saw these two books, they caught my attention right away.
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Usher’s newest masterpiece, ‘Lists of Note: An Eclectic Collection Deserving of a Wider Audience,’ is now available. Also a large, high-quality hardback complete with ribbon bookmark, this is another book that will sit in my bedside bookcase, at the ready to inspire.
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