Countdown to Big School
Four and a half years already? Where did that time go? It seems like only yesterday that I quit my job to become a full time dad to my then one year old. Over those three and half years, we’ve …
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A GeekDad Builds A Cabin Bed
I wonder if there is a mathematical formula describing the rate at which children accumulate toys and junk? It seems to grow at an exponential rate round here and when you factor in a small house and bedroom, you soon …
Continue ReadingHow-to: Create a Chapterized Audio File of Your Kids’ Audiobooks (or Your Own Mixed CDs)
Step 7 As a final touch, you’ll want to get the album artwork and you’ll probably need to hunt the internet to find it as the iTunes store probably won’t have it. Doug’s Scripts has a couple of scripts which …
Continue Reading10 Great Technologies We Got From Science Fiction
A while back GeekDad Matt Blum postulated on The 10 Most Useful Gadgets From Science Fiction and Comics, and this reminded me of one of Philip K. Dick’s short stories called ‘The Waterspider’ (available in The Minority Report and Other …
Continue Reading10 Steps to an Awesomely Geeky Kids Birthday Party
Birthday season is upon us here. Seven weekends in a row we have parties to attend, with our little girl’s right in the middle. At the end of last year, around the time that Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox came …
Continue ReadingThe Drawer of Redundant Technology
At last the festivities are over, the decorations have been put away, the cards and tree have been recycled, and I can finally play with one of my presents to myself – a home cinema kit. That’s not what this …
Continue ReadingEight Piratical Apps For Your ayePhone
What better way to help celebrate International Talk Like A Pirate Day than to waste some of the day messing around with your favorite gadget? Okay, there are probably lots of better things to do, especially if our other halves …
Continue ReadingOkido – An Alternative to Branded/Licensed Magazines
Ben 10, Dora the Explorer, In the Night Garden, Power Rangers, Charlie & Lola. All great shows for the kids – entertaining, even educational at times, and we all need the little break from the 24/7 they afford us every …
Continue ReadingGeekDad goes to The Observatory in Herstmonceux
Back in 1675 by King Charles II decided he liked astronomy and founded The Royal Greenwich Observatory on top of a hill at latitude 0 in Greenwich, London. Fast forward 300 odd years to just after WWII and the lights …
Continue ReadingEvery Star Wars Lego Minifig Ever!
The clever geeks over at Gizmodo have put together a page containing photos of every Star Wars Lego Minifig ever, all taken from a poster published as part of the Lego/Star Wars 10th anniversary celebrations. Who’s your fave?
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