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Author: John Baichtal

A Dozen Geeky Cocktails For Your Labor Day Weekend

August 31, 2013John Baichtal1

Whether it’s a special kind of ‘tini for tinkering or a hearty grog for saluting an awesome rocket launch, certain cocktails are perfect for specific geeky pursuits. For the non-teetotalers among you, here are some geeky cocktails to sample over this long weekend as you pursue whatever it is that makes your geeky heart happy.

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Make a Levitating Motor out of Pencils and Magnets

February 11, 2013John Baichtal

How often, really, do you get to see something levitate? I did, at (where else?) Maker Faire New York last September. Chris Connors showed me this project. It consists of a base made out of pencils and 3D-printed connectors, with …

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Go Villain With the Book of Vile Darkness

October 9, 2012John Baichtal

Add a little evil to your next D&D campaign with the help of the Book of Vile Darkness, a resource packed with ideas for nefarious NPCs and PCs. One of the most enjoyable roleplaying experiences I can remember was as …

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Unboxing D&D’s Dungeon Command Skirmish Game

June 27, 2012December 16, 2017John Baichtal

In the past few years, Wizards of the Coast has been assiduously releasing board games based off their D&D franchise — check out Michael Harrison’s review of Lords of Waterdeep. Enter the company’s latest effort, Dungeon Command, a game of …

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GeekDad’s Exclusive Magic: The Gathering M13 Spoilers

June 14, 2012John Baichtal

The M13 Core Set is Wizard of the Coast’s compilation of the best cards, classics that have entered into the Magic canon. With every set we release an exclusive spoiler, but this time we have two! Well, sorta. Click through …

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Lego for Girls, Done Right

May 24, 2012John Baichtal

A lot of people were up in arms about Lego Friends — unfairly, for the most part. A Lego set is only what you make of it. Still, a lot of people bemoaned how the geekiest set, Olivia’s Inventor’s Workshop, …

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More Awesome Lego Batman 2 Villain Reveals

May 10, 2012John Baichtal

I love these renderings from Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, showing bad guys Bane, the Riddler, and Two Face! Over the next few weeks we’ll be posting exclusive villain shots from the game. Stay tuned for more baddies! Click through …

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GeekDad’s Exclusive Lego Batman 2 Villain Reveals

April 26, 2012John Baichtal

You won’t see these baddies anywhere else, pretty much in the universe! That’s right, in the next few weeks, GeekDad will be featuring exclusive villain pics from the upcoming blockbuster, LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes.

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Top 10 Evil Geeks in the Movies (GeekDad Wayback Machine)

April 18, 2012John Baichtal

Around here, we’re always talking up the positives of geeks. It’s a natural thing because that’s who we are. And while we always want to root for the geek heroes in books and movies, we have to acknowledge there are …

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GeekDad’s Exclusive Avacyn Restored Spoiler Card

April 13, 2012John Baichtal

Our latest Magic: The Gathering spoiler card is for Avacyn Restored, the final set of the Innistrad block, which features a dark land overrun by vampires, zombies, and werewolves.

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Tricorder Project Seeks to Build a Mobile Sensing Device

March 31, 2012John Baichtal

Everyone’s favorite deus ex machina tech from Star Trek may become a reality! (OK, I take it back, replicators, the holodeck, and inverse-phase tachyon bursts routed through the forward deflector array are higher on the wishing-for totem.) The Tricorder Project …

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Attach a Pencil to Your Lego Moleskine

March 29, 2012John Baichtal

Over on BoingBoing, Mark Frauenfelder posted this clever idea for attaching a pencil to your Lego Moleskine with the help of a Lego brick connected to the pencil. The creator, Michael Pusateri, described in the BB post’s comments how he …

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The Origin of the Skylanders Portal of Power

March 15, 2012John Baichtal

If you’re a Skylanders fanatic — and we have a lot of those here on GeekDad — be sure to check out Blake Maloof’s post on Make, Alt.GDC: Developing Skylanders’ Innovative “Portal of Power,” in which he interviews Robert Leyland …

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GeekKid’s Rube Goldberg Machine Beats the Odds, Traps the Monster

March 10, 2012John Baichtal

Seven-year-old Audri gave himself one chance of success for every 10 failures. Watch the video to see how he did! So amazing that he’s prepared to sit through 20 failures. Actually, everything else in the video is amazing. Bravo, Audri! …

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Lego Friends Robotics Lab, Now Roboticized

February 29, 2012John Baichtal

I disagree with those who hate on Lego’s Friends line precisely because those sets are not the culmination of the creative process of building with Lego, but instead are the beginning. Case in point, 17-year-old Anika Brandsma of the Netherlands …

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Fling Blocks With This Laser-Cut Jenga Pistol

February 29, 2012John Baichtal

I love how Instructables is starting to sell kits. Case in point, this rubber band gun that shoots Jenga blocks with the help of a rubber band. You can even play Jenga with it! If you want to make your …

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Circuit Playground App Caters to Electronics Hobbyists

February 10, 2012John Baichtal

Last August I reviewed Collin Cunningham’s Circuit Sidekick, an iPad app that performs a plethora of electronic computations like figuring resistance and capacitance. Now, Collin has teamed up with DIY electronics superstars Adafruit Industries to create a similar app, called …

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Lego Imperial Shuttle Challenges and Rewards Builders

February 10, 2012John Baichtal

Recently I built the Lego Star Wars Imperial Shuttle (Vader’s Lambda-class whip from Episode VI) with the help of my kids. It’s a monster set consisting of 2,503 pieces including five minifigs, and it took us several evenings to complete. …

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Win Your Character a Role in a D&D Comic

January 28, 2012John Baichtal

Everyone who has played a RPG has at one point fancied that one of their characters was cool enough to star in a comic book or movie. Now you have the chance! Have you ever dreamed of seeing your character …

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Thingamagoop, a DIY Electronic Instrument

January 24, 2012John Baichtal

The Thingamagoop is a fun music maker, a self-contained synthesizer that creates beeps, squawks and howls and other electronic noises when you play with the buttons, switches, and knobs. One of the most unique aspects of the Thingamagoop is its …

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Shadowrun Runner’s Toolkit Packs Critical GMing Tools

January 14, 2012John Baichtal

I recently bought the Shadowrun Runner’s Toolkit box set by Catalyst Game Labs. I had heard that there was a kickass GM’s screen and since I run an SR game, I wanted to check it out. Before even opening up …

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GeekDad’s Exclusive Magic: The Gathering “Dark Ascension” Preview Card

January 10, 2012John Baichtal

I’m awfully excited about the Dark Ascension card we’ve been given to preview. It’s powerful and sinister, a game-changer that can put the fear of destruction in your opponent toward the end of the game — the monster is actually …

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GeekDad Holiday Gift Guide #6

December 14, 2011John Baichtal

This is our final gift guide of the year. Thanks to all of my GeekDad brethren (and sistren!) for contributing their best ideas — this edition contains suggestions from Charles Laughton (CL), Matt Blum (MB), Curtis Silver (CS), Z (Z), …

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GeekDad Holiday Gift Guide #5

December 5, 2011December 14, 2017John Baichtal

We’re into December, and that means you’ve got only a few weeks left! But no worries, we have the ultimate gift suggestions. And if you don’t see it here check out our previous gift guides. Individual reviews are by Kathy …

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Great Gibbering Electronics Kits, GeekDad!

December 1, 2011John Baichtal

Be sure to check out the Kit-a-Day Giveaway being put on by our friends over at MAKE. They’ve got $9,000 worth of kits to give away, including 4 MakerBot Thing-O-Matic 3D printers We’re so excited to be launching our massive …

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GeekDad Holiday Gift Guide #4

November 28, 2011December 14, 2017John Baichtal

Here’s part 4 of our holiday gift guide, the Cyber Monday edition! Don’t forget to check out previous years’ gift guides. Note that the individual entries are by Matt Blum (MB), Kathy Ceceri (KC), Jonathan Liu (JL), Jenny Williams (JW), …

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GeekDad Holiday Gift Guide #3

November 21, 2011December 14, 2017John Baichtal

Here’s part 3 of our holiday gift guide. Don’t forget to check out previous years’ gift guides. Note that the individual entries are by Natania Barron (NB), Matt Blum (MB), Jonathan Liu (JL), Curtis Silver (CS), Jenny Williams (JW), Z, …

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Lego’s Life of George Takes Building to the Smartphone

November 16, 2011John Baichtal

One of Lego’s latest projects is Life of George, an intriguing experiment which challenges builders to create models, them shoot them using a mobile phone app, thereby getting a rating on construction speed and accuracy. It’s a fascinating concept — …

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GeekDad Holiday Gift Guide #2

November 14, 2011December 14, 2017John Baichtal

Our gift suggestions continue with part 2 of our holiday gift guide. Don’t forget to check out previous years’ gift guides. Note that the individual entries are by Jenny Williams (JW), Jonathan Liu (JL), Kathy Ceceri (KC), and myself (JB). …

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GeekDad Holiday Gift Guide #1

November 7, 2011December 14, 2017John Baichtal

As summer turns to blustery fall, a nip of frost in the air reminds us that a carbonite-like winter is on the way, and soon the holidays will be upon us. That’s right, GeekDad’s annual Gift Guide extravaganza is back. …

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