Twinkly Gen II LED Lights Will Make Your Holiday Tree Magical
Turn your tree or other holiday light display into something special with these easily programmable LEDs.
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A Meal Fit for a King: Thanksgiving With ‘Heroes’ Feast’
In our house, this year’s Thanksgiving dinner is based on recipes from the newly released ‘Heroes Feast: The Official D&D Cookbook.’
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2020 Holiday Gift Guide – Gadgets and Toys Part 1
Nothing quite defines geeks like their affinity for gadgets and toys. Regardless of our specific geekdom, we often find ourselves ogling some cool new tech toy, or handy gadget to make our lives more fun. This year it appears that our contributors have been wooed by a plethora of items. Below we present part one […]
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13 Monstrously Fun Games for Halloween
October is here, and you know what that means: time to break out the monsters, ghosts, and ghouls at game night! Here’s a list of thirteen titles to help send shivers up your spine!
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5 Classic Halloween Specials (That Aren’t ‘It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown’)
There’s more to Halloween television viewing than just ‘It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.’ Here are five classics to rediscover with your family.
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Stack Overflow: Civics for Kids
In honor of RBG, today’s stack includes books that teach kids about equality, voting, and being a good citizen.
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Stack Overflow: 5 Comic Book Biographies
Comic books are a fascinating medium for biographies. Today’s stack includes five biographies: four are about artists, and the last is about a scientist.
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GeekDad Visits St. Thomas Elevated Park
St. Thomas, Ontario has its own version of New York’s High Line, an elevated park on an 850 foot long, 1929 vintage railroad bridge.
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Goodbye to Grant Imahara
Grant Imahara: electrical engineer, robot-builder, co-host of ‘Mythbusters,’ and all-around good, geeky person, has passed away too soon.
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Happy 60th Anniversary to Etch A Sketch!
This year is Etch A Sketch’s 60th birthday, and there are a number of special editions to celebrate.
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Black Lives Matter.
We are grieving. We have work to do.
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Watch the Pop-Up Magazine’s Spring Issue at Home!
Pop-Up Magazine’s Spring Issue will be free to watch on YouTube!
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Stack Overflow: Celebrating Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month
May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, a time to recognize the ways that Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans have contributed to our culture here in the United States. Here’s a stack of books to help you celebrate!
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Stack Overflow: Happy Earth Day!
For the 50th Earth Day, here are some books about nature!
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Stack Overflow: More Books for Women’s History Month
I’m continuing the theme from last week: here are more books celebrating Women’s History Month!
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Locked Down Family Misses Disneyland Vacation – Creates Pirates of the Caribbean Ride at Home
A family who missed their Disneyland vacation while things are in lockdown in California decided to pass the time recreating one of their favorite rides at home.
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Are You in Lockdown? Celebrate Your Community by Putting Your Holiday Lights Back Up! #CoronaLights
We want to start a new tradition; in these darkening times let’s put our holiday lights back up and celebrate each other.
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Stack Overflow: Celebrating Women’s History Month
March is Women’s History Month here in the United States, so today’s column is a collection of books about women!
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Our Favorite LEGO Creations From Bricks Cascade 2020
Bricks Cascade, Portland’s LEGO convention, is happening this weekend! Here are a few of our favorites from the show.
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Stack Overflow: Black History Month
Today’s stack is mostly picture books (plus a handful of others) that are great reading for Black History Month—from the Queen of Soul to the First Lady, from a little kid to the oldest student, these are stories worth sharing.
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Geek Links: Take a Tuneful Tour of Universal Studios Japan’s Super Nintendo World
A new promo video from Swedish electro duo Galantis and English vocalist Charli XCX provides fans the world over with our first (sur)real look at Super Nintendo World Japan. Courtesy: Nintendo of America
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SacAnime Returns at CalExpo
Sacramento’s Anime/Pop-Culture Convention occupies the CalExpo fair grounds this weekend while its home convention center is rebuilt.
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How Geeky Was Your Holiday Haul?
Did you get any particularly geeky presents? Share your geekiest gifts with us in the comments, or on social media!
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NYCC: Walking the Floor
Press play and listen to the words of a GeekDad swimming upstream in what we call NYCC 2019.
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The Best Drinks for Holiday Parties and Family Festivities
Special brews, bottles, and old family drink recipes are a staple of the holidays. What are your favorites?
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2019 Holiday Gift Guide: Books
Books have been very popular with our writers and readers this year. Here is a list of 22 of the books we have bought or recommend to our friends and family.
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Q&A With ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ Author Jeff Kinney
Eric spoke with ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ author Jeff Kinney about the new book and Midwest tour.
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2019 Gift Guide: ‘Dungeons & Dragons’
Looking for some excellent ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ gifts? Look no further, GeekDad has collated 10 of the best ‘D&D’ gifts to suit all sizes.
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Portland Book Festival This Weekend
The Portland Book Festival is coming this weekend: Saturday, November 9!
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RI Comic Con Preview: Putting Fan Interest Above Corporate Interest
This weekend’s Rhode Island Comic Con is the rare fan event that hasn’t grown too big, hasn’t succumbed to rampant corporatization, and provides an inspired curation of guests from across all worlds of geek and pop culture.
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