GeekDad Daily Deal: The Ockel Sirius B Windows 10 Pocket PC
A computer in your pocket with the Ockel Sirius B Windows 10 Pocket PC!
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Tag: computers
Kickstarter Alert: Program a Mechanical Computer With ‘Turing Tumble’
If you’re a fan of puzzle games and programming, this Kickstarter project is a must-see!
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Business or Pleasure: Which Laptop Is Best for Your Family?
New Year, New Devious Plans. I need some new hardware but I’m not sure which laptop best suits our Evil Genius needs. So, ASUS sent me two. *grin
Continue ReadingHour of Code Lesson Ideas: Back to Basics
When I say ‘Lesson Plan’, it comes with a disclaimer. But yeah—I am totally taking over the world, and my kids’ classroom, for an hour of code next week.
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Find Your Way with Moana in the Hour of Code
In 2014, kids were Frozen to their computers. In 2015, they were Awakened. This year, prepare to go Wayfinding with Moana in The Hour of Code.
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Kangaroo Looking for a Few Good STEAM Teachers
The Kangaroo Pro is a full-featured desktop PC for under $200 that fits in your hand. They’re looking for teachers to see what it can do in the classroom.
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10 Things I Didn’t Know About Computer History
Computer history has plenty of dark corners where the light no longer shines. Learn about several interesting parts of history that might be news to you.
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Apple’s Wasteful Press Event
According to Apple’s Senior VP of Marketing, having an older computer is shameful. You know what I think is shameful? That attitude. In fact, I think it’s downright harmful.
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Super Deals Today on Preschool Toys, Computer Components, and Madden ’16
The holiday shopping season, though not officially begin, is already starting to ramp up, and Amazon’s daily deals are quite reflective of that. Plus, they’re giving us some great choices and deals on stuff for a wide range of family members, making it really easy to get some shopping out of the way early.
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GeekMom Holiday Gift Guide #2: Gadgets and Accessories
Gadgets and accessories are well integrated into our lives. Find out which ones are the GeekMoms’ favorites.
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What Are Little Coders Made of?
Every parent dreams of their children turning into adults with successful careers they love. But how can you tell if your kid has a bright future in one of the fastest-growing industries in the world?
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A Bevy of K’NEX and a Very Good UPS Back-up Are Your Amazon Daily Deals
You never know what you’ll get with the Amazon Daily Deals. Today’s best picks are fun and useful.
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Starting From Scratch: Developing Interest
In my experience, it is nearly impossible to teach a child something they’re not interested in learning. Before I begin discussing codes and programming languages, I wanted to get my son interested in the subject at a surface level.
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Why I Don’t Use My Computer for Gaming
When you work out of the house, it can be difficult to separate work time from play time, especially when work and play use the same tools. At the heart of this conundrum is the computer. If I’m sitting in front of it, I get the feeling that I should be working. Sure, I use it to surf the web and read blogs and check Twitter. But mostly, I’m working.
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Common Sense Things to Know About Parental Controls
From simple content filters to robust home network solutions, new parental controls offer a range of media-management options.
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Build a Hot Gaming Rig With Today’s Amazon Deals
You can get much of what you’d need to build your own sweet gaming PC with the computer components included in today’s Amazon Deals.
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Panasonic 3E Convertible 2-in-1 Is Built for Education
Panasonic, along with Intel and Microsoft, has created a purpose-built computer for the K-12 education market. It won’t keep kids stuck in the classroom, however. It’s extremely portable, even having a carrying handle, and is intended to be brought out into the field to look at things in nature and study the world.
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Daily #DadJoke for April 04, 2015
My daughter lost her footwear as we were getting into the car.
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GeekDad: The Formative Years II
Enjoy the second part in our series–a tribute to the people, places, things, and ideas that made us the geeky adults we are today.
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GeekDad: The Formative Years
A tribute to the people, places, things, and ideas that made us the geeky adults we are today.
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Need a New Desktop? Build Your Own!
Recently, I had a crazy idea. I had identified that I needed a new desktop machine. Ok, needed is a stretch. I wanted a new desktop computer. I had the desire for a more powerful, dedicated machine that could run some games and handle 3D rendering and other higher-performance duties well. It had to be Windows-based for some of the utilities I wanted to run and didn’t want to bother with VM performance or dual booting. I started looking at the traditional pre-built sites like Dell and even some amazing high-end market providers like Maingear. I was impressed by what I saw, but what I really longed for was something I hadn’t done since about 1992: build my own computer from scratch. It was easy enough when I built a 486-based machine. I was in for a lesson on exactly how much had changed under my nose while I was buying computers in a commodity style.
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HP Pavilion x360: A Holiday Gift To Myself
The HP Pavilion x360 is the perfect laptop for parents on the go.
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Raspberry Pi Gets Smaller, Better, Cheaper
Everyone’s favorite microcomputer just took a step up in features, and a step down in size and price.
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How Popular Programming Languages Got Their Names
Ever wondered why C++ ended up with two pluses instead of one? Did the creators of Java have a particular fixation with coffee? Read on to find out!
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100 Things Your Kids May Never Know About (Revised and Updated)
Listicle alert! We revisit out hugely popular list of things your kids may never know about to see what’s changed over the last five years.
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The Maingear Spark is Big Gaming Fun in a Tiny Box
The Spark from Maingear has everything you want in a gaming PC, in a teeny tiny box.
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Back to School with the Lenovo Flex 2
Dakster checks out the Lenovo Flex 2 laptop to see if it meets her back to school needs.
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Making a Reader Out of My Son With The Minecraft Essential Handbook and The Redstone Handbook
Minecraft used to just be an obsession for my son. Now it’s a learning experience thanks to the new Minecraft Guides by Scholastic Books.
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Samsung ATIV One5 Stylus PC Review
If you’re a Samsung fan, listen up! The new Samsung ATIV One 5 Stylus computer is something you might want to think about adding to your technology arsenal.
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Man vs. Machine: Ping Pong Champ Wins One for Humanity
There is heartening news for pro-humanity partisans. In at least one field of endeavor, human beings still reign supreme over our would-be robot overlords. A human ping pong champion has triumphed over an agile robot. But how long will it be before robots surpass us in every field, and what sort of world will that create for our grandkids?
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