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Side Pocket is the first fanny pack in the world that wirelessly charges your device while it is in the bag. Courtesy: https://amperetech.co
Continue ReadingSide Pocket is the first fanny pack in the world that wirelessly charges your device while it is in the bag. Courtesy: https://amperetech.co
Continue ReadingEverything else is going “smart” these days, so why not a padlock? The Tapplock lite is a smart fingerprint padlock that is aiming to do just that.
Continue ReadingMany people these days opt not to have landline telephone service and completely depend on cellular. This makes battery and power management even more critical. So how do you best prepare to be without power, potentially for weeks, and still ensure you have at least one cell phone on for emergency communications?
Continue ReadingI think David Calcano nailed it: ‘The Making of A Farewell to Kings’ graphic novel is something that both Rush fans and comic book fans both can appreciate (but especially Rush fans).
Continue ReadingDo you ever get the urge to play your favorite board game but have no one else to play it with? If one of your favorite board games is ‘Catan’ then Nintendo Switch has you covered.
Continue ReadingWe have covered the board game ‘Ticket to Ride’ a lot here on GeekDad, so we were excited to see the announcement this week from Days of Wonder about the release of ‘Ticket to Ride: 15th Anniversary Special Edition.’
Continue ReadingIf there is a downside to ‘Monopoly’ it is that games can sometimes run a little on the long side. Well, ‘Monopoly’ has shifted into high gear with the all new ‘Voice Banking Edition’ from Hasbro.
Continue ReadingI do believe that is exactly what Fred Rogers would be doing right now if he were still with us, which is helping to mend the political gap in our society… one friendship and one child at a time. And it is exactly Fred Rogers’ approach to friendship that makes his message so important to us as parents and adults.
Continue ReadingSoviet female fighter pilots, World War II, and silent death from above… Even if you are just a history buff and not a comic book fan, you have a lot of reasons to check out ‘The Night Witches’ graphic novel from Dead Reckoning.
Continue ReadingI have to say it was a little intimidating having to explain to my group what to expect when we enter the parabola for lunar gravity when one of the people in my group had actually walked on the Moon!
Continue ReadingPad and Quill are discontinuing and clearing out all of their Lowry Leather Cuff Apple Watch bands, so they are only $49.
Continue ReadingPower iOS users will really appreciate being able utilize all of the capabilities that DoBox offers without having to buy many hundreds of dollars worth of dongles and devices and then having to carry around all of those items with you.
Continue Reading‘Contra’ was one of those games that you could come back to again and again. Slap your favorite 80’s rock cassette tape into your Walkman, don a pair of those cheesy foam headphones, and get lost in the world of an additively fun game.
Continue ReadingBetween the intuitive to use physical switches and remotes and the dead simple automation and scheduling through the Lutron iOS app, the Caséta Smart Fan Speed Control Switch definitely hits the simple yet powerful sweet spot for which all technology should aim.
Continue ReadingI’m a huge history buff (and of course a tech geek), so when the two intersect I am all over it and that is definitely the case with the new ‘Statue of Liberty’ app for iOS.
Continue ReadingWhat makes the AirSnap such an interesting product for AirPod owners is that it is more than just a pretty skin for your AirPod case. (Twelve South calls it a “leather shield for your AirPod case.”) I like to think of it more like a leather gauntlet.
Continue ReadingI have found a new way to automate sending articles from the web to both a read it later service like Pocket or Instapaper and also to DEVONthink, so you can keep your own library of articles and most importantly search them.
Continue ReadingPart 2 of this article series dives into the details of how to use Launch Center Pro to kick your iPhone addiction.
Continue ReadingOvernight in 2007, we went from having to physically sit in front of a computer to being able to carry around one in our pants pocket and use it anywhere and everywhere we go. As you can imagine, overall computer usage went up… dramatically.
Continue ReadingFolks are hanging onto their smartphones longer these days, so why not splurge a little on a case and get something that will last?
Continue ReadingIf you own an iPad you already have at your fingertips an impressive piece of display technology, so why not put that to work with your Mac as a second display?
Continue ReadingMarch 29th was the one year anniversary of the debut of ‘Ready Player One’ in theaters. So, in light of that important milestone, I wanted to share with everyone a couple of different ways I have been customizing my tech gear with ‘Ready Player One’ artwork.
Continue ReadingAmazon is running a couple of sales right now on iPhone and Apple Watch that make it about as cheap as it has ever been to setup your child with an Apple Watch so they don’t have to carry a cell phone around with them.
Continue ReadingThe Tempest X Replicade by New Wave Toys brings the “Tempest” arcade experience to your home. So crack open a Tab, put on some Duran Duran, and get your “Tempest” arcade fix!
Continue ReadingIf you are going to carry technology around, you might as well do it with some utility and a bit of style. One of the latest bags from Waterfield, the Sutter Tech Sling, manages to do both.
Continue ReadingFor the entire month of March Waterfield will be releasing two new wallets each week that have resulted from these design efforts.
Continue ReadingLast week (Feb 13th) Nintendo updated their catalog of Nintendo Switch Online games to include Super Mario Bros. 2.
Continue ReadingCaséta by Lutron does a great job of retaining all the familiar features of the analog solution and then seamlessly adding on the power of automation so you get the best of both worlds.
Continue ReadingPeople view Apple like some ‘Star Wars’ fans view the Jedi and are in awe of their ability to wield a lightsaber. But they have it all wrong. It isn’t the lightsaber that makes the Jedi great, it is The Force.
Continue ReadingI have to rely on a strong task management strategy to keep me afloat. So I thought I would share with our readers a peek under my task management hood and show you a bit of behind-the-scenes work that goes into writing for a blog like GeekDad.
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