Made in Me brings its BAFTA nominated educational game, The Land of Me, to the iPad with three apps, one based around storytelling, one dealing with songs and rhyming and the third adding a little dose of physics fun into …
Continue ReadingUnbored: The Essential Field Guide to Serious Fun is a wonderful collection of makes, activities, inspiration and knowledge beautifully presented and well worthy of a space in any GeekKid’s library. Leave a comment for a chance to win a copy.
Continue ReadingHave a look at what the iconic Lego minifigures could look like like if they were hand carved from solid oak, by French designer Malet Thibaut.
Continue ReadingWe take a look at some great sandwich art that a GeekDad fan makes every schoolday for his kids.
Continue ReadingWe take a look at the updated version of Me Books for iOS devices, featuring new books, narrated by celebrities and you!
Continue ReadingWatch the new ‘Anthem’ video from DIY.org – the maker community for kids, and help your kids be inspired to earn their new Skills badges.
Continue ReadingParamount Pictures unveil plans for a two billion-pound theme park and entertainment complex just outside London in the UK.
Continue ReadingWith the new series of British sci-fi sit-com starting on TV tonight in the U.K., we attend a Q&A session with stars Craig Charles, Robert Llewelyn and Chris Barrie and writer Doug Naylor
Continue ReadingArtkive is a new app that helps you digitize and store all of your children’s artwork safely in the clould, and share it with your friends and family.
Continue ReadingWell, that was that then. The 30th Olympiad of the modern era is over. All of the finals of London 2012 have been played and the last medal has been awarded, and at least one GeekDad made it to the …
Continue ReadingWatch a short animated film by the Lego Group all about the history of the plastic brick building company, released to celebrate their 80th birthday this past week.
Continue ReadingWe test out the new iPics2go photo, slide and negative scanner from Ion, a gizmo that you slot your iPhone into which allows you to take digital photos of your old printed photos and slides/negatives.
Continue ReadingOver the weekend, the family and I visited our local Car Boot Sale. I’m not sure if there is an equivalent of this institution in the US, but they’re somewhere between a Yard/Garage Sale and a Flea Market. Lots of …
Continue ReadingBack in 2010 I built a cabin bed for my daughter’s room (see the plans and build), then, when we launched the GeekDad Community, I reposted it as a project there too, and it even featured as part of our …
Continue ReadingJudge Dredd was one of the first characters created for British comic 2000AD back in the late 1970s by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra, and has been its most popular character ever since. Based on an extreme version …
Continue ReadingWow, Google has really outdone itself with today’s doodle (currently live in countries where it’s already May 23rd). We’ve had plenty of great ones before featuring great writers, artist, scientists and, er, snowflakes, but this one features some of the …
Continue ReadingVintage photo collection website The Retronaut offers up a wonderful collection of behind-the-scenes photos from sets of all three Back To The Future movies, including this great one of Marty with the judge who crushed his musical dreams — a …
Continue ReadingIf you recognize the word ‘DROKK’, then you’re already halfway to understanding what this post might be about. For those that don’t, it’s a made up, sci-fi expletive along the lines of BSG’s ‘Frak’ or Red Dwarf’s ‘Smeg’. It’s found …
Continue ReadingDIY.org is an new app and website for you kids to create their own portfolio or their artwork.
Continue ReadingKids seem to have an endless supply of creativity. Drawing, painting, writing, building, colouring, storytelling – anything can spark it off and it can lead to hours of fun. And stacks and stacks of art of all forms decorating your …
Continue ReadingDutch filmmaker and photographer Frans Hofmeester has produced two wonderful time-lapse movies of his children growing up. Big deal you say, we’ve seen hundreds of time-lapse movies before – but the twist this time is that Frans has filmed them, …
Continue ReadingAt last, the galaxy far, far away has come to Legoland Windsor. Just over a year after the Star Wars Miniland opened in Legoland California (read Dave Banks’ excellent write up of that one here) the Lego master builders have …
Continue ReadingTurns out I was only looking at a model of the model though. The reason we had been slowly rising became apparent as we entered the next room, coming out onto the second floor. There, spread over at least 15 …
Continue ReadingA couple of months back I reviewed Algoriddim’s Djay software for the Mac and found it to be a fantastic app with an intuitive interface and powerful effects and tools that made it simple for anyone to use and start …
Continue ReadingTangled was one of the first Disney movies made after the buyout of Pixar and I think it’s safe to say it was one of the best to come from the house of mouse in a long time, thanks in …
Continue ReadingIt’s been two months now since Lego unleashed the new Friends line into its apparently male-dominated range and by all accounts it’s flying off the shelves. One member of the Lego staff at their London Toy Fair stand told me …
Continue ReadingStar Wars fans have had a lot to talk about over the last few months, some of it good and some of it bad. We’ve seen the proper release of the crowd sourced Star Wars Uncut and the takedown of …
Continue ReadingA long time ago, there were these three great films set in space. Then, not so long ago, their director wanted to make some more films set in space. We were all so massively excited, and then so massively disappointed. …
Continue ReadingUndeterred by the recent removal of his previous “Filmumentaries” from YouTube by 20th Century Fox, Jamie Benning has embarked upon a new adventure. This time turning his attention to the first film in the Indiana Jones “Trilogy” (his words, not …
Continue ReadingAs soon as I saw Jenny’s post about the Lego VW Camper Van back in October I knew I had to have it, just as she did when she first saw it. I was a good boy all year, so …
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