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7 Things About the SevenHugs HugOne

September 7, 2016Nivi Engineer

SevenHugs HugOne Sleep Monitor gathers lots of data. Doing something with it is up to you.

Protect Your Photos, Video, Documents, and Data With Drobo

December 19, 2015Jenny Bristol

Drobo makes an extensive line of extremely easy-to-use external storage and network attached storage solutions that keeps your data safe. Perfect for anyone’s storage needs.

Data Mining May Make You Less Troll-Like (In-Game and Out)

December 3, 2015Garth Sundem

By compiling millions and millions of League of Legends data points, researchers hint at “psychological traits across global populations.”

The Davis Instruments Weather Box Fills My Need for Data

November 21, 2015Jenny Bristol

Weather stations can bring a lot of fun and education, as well as weather data, into your home. If your family is into science, a weather station is a great buy.

Image of a secret volcano, labeled "Maybe here. Maybe not."

Under the Volcano With Bruce Schneier

April 1, 2015Bill Shribman

I’m in a locked room, underneath a volcano somewhere in the southern hemisphere talking to one of the world’s leading security experts, Bruce Schneier.

Science Literacy: Statistics Shmatistics

November 13, 2014Rebecca Angel

Reading GeekMom will make your day 39% happier, your children 50% smarter, and the world 100% better. Hmm…maybe learning about statistics would help.

Learn About the World With World Factbook Visual Edition

August 19, 2014Jenny Bristol

See the world’s data in a very visual, interesting, and study-able way with this new app.

Ford Tackles Big Data And How It Can Improve Our Lives

July 11, 2014Nicole Wakelin

The annual Ford Trend conference tackled the issue of data collection and how companies use that data to improve customer interactions.

Fitness-Oriented Data Lovers Will Adore Fitbit Flex and Aria

May 28, 2014Jenny Bristol8

The Fitbit Flex and Aria will help you get or stay fit, and allow you to lose yourself in exercise and fitness data.

Zombies, D-Bags & Cutting-Edge Content Marketing: Q&A With Estately's Ryan Nickum

May 21, 2014Garth Sundem

Maps of kale preference, Crossfit, livability for hippies and more are the brain child of one man, Ryan Nickum, blogging for the real estate site Estately. Is content marketing via the inane intersection of data and geekified awesomeness genius or madness? We called Ryan Nickum to find out.

Why Librarians Matter

April 17, 2014December 14, 2017Rebecca Angel5

If you think librarians are all prim women, shushing loud children, you need to visit your local library and update your thinking. Librarians are the gateway to knowledge, defenders of freedom, and more!

Star Trek Week: 28 Universally Known Star Trek One-Liners

September 27, 2012November 22, 2017Jules Sherred

Here is a list of 28 Star Trek one-liners of which most people are aware. Some of these quotes have made their way into other areas of pop-culture. Some of these quotes have been paraphrased. Some have been used by judges when giving verdicts.

Star Trek Week: Battle of the Star Trek Characters

September 26, 2012November 22, 2017Jules Sherred

Fans of Star Trek, and geeks in general, are very familiar with the battle of Kirk versus Picard. In honor of Star Trek: The Next Generation’s 25th anniversary on September 28, 2012, let’s pit three additional Star Trek: The Original Series senior officers against three Star Trek: The Next Generation senior officers.

ThingsWeStart: A New Source for Kickstarter Stats

September 10, 2012December 13, 2017Jonathan H. Liu

If you’re a Kickstarter fan (like me), then you’ve probably spent time surfing the Kickstarter page looking for cool projects. I often just browse the “board and card games” category and I also look at the “Portland, Oregon” section to …

Geek Fitness Week: Get Fit in a Bit With FitBit

May 10, 2012James Floyd Kelly

Earlier this week I covered a book (Fitness for Geeks) and fitness tracking service aimed at kids (GeoPalz). The book has a chapter devoted to fitness devices as well as plenty of software mentioned for those interested in tracking variables …

Choosing a School by the Numbers

February 9, 2012Garth Sundem

Lately, my wife and I have been staring slack-jawed at elementary school options, little ropes of drool hanging zombie-like from the corners of our mouths – and so we’ve decided to cede our choice to the numbers. But when you …

Geek Celebrates Hanukkah With Science: Day Three

December 22, 2011December 13, 2017GeekMom

Unconventional holiday traditions are fun for the whole family! So far this year, my family has celebrated Hanukkah by launching rockets indoors and constructing small boats in order to sink them. Today we’re delving deeper, into the very language of science. That’s right; it’s math time. Roger Bacon said, “Mathematics is the gate and key […]

Coming Soon: Superman’s Memory Crystals

August 22, 2011Kevin Makice

While the self-replicating properties of these crystals are still an unknown, real-life scientists are trying to unlock the data storage capabilities of glass. The process has resulted in a storage capacity of 50 GB (the equivalent of a Blu-ray disc) …

Into Data Visualization? Here’s Some Catnip.

December 25, 2010Kate Miller2

Holy crap, people. I’m in shock. How have I not discovered visualizing.org until now? It’s an open playground for data visualization geeks like me. Ever sweated over how to make the data in your PowerPoint chart more eye-catching? Well, the data visualizations on this site catch eyes, suck them out of their sockets, and send […]

Into Data Visualization? Here’s Some Catnip

December 25, 2010Admin

Zen and the Art of Navelgazing

April 16, 2010Jonathan H. Liu

In roughly the first half of 2009, I spent 5,173 miles in a car, 205 miles on a bike, and ran 125 miles. Spent roughly 1248 hours asleep (and took 27 naps), shaved 79 times, had 6 haircuts, and missed …

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