Geekdad Community member Rob Keisacker celebrates his son’s 4th “re-birthday” – he after battled cancer for 18 months, and now is participating in a St. Baldrick’s Fundraiser to help conquer kids’ cancer.
Continue ReadingGeekdad Community member Wayne McManus shares his experience of competing in Capcom’s Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Tournament.
Continue ReadingOur weekly round up of what’s happening over on the GeekDad Community.
Continue ReadingGeekDad Community member Martin Williams shares some thoughts on reading The Hobbit with his children, before the upcoming movie changes the whole experience.
Continue ReadingThere’s so much to see and do on the Geekdad Community website! Each week features a wide array of fun and geeky projects, pictures, and musings from our wonderful community members.
Continue ReadingGeekDad Community member Andrew Terranova shares a summary of his “Let’s Make Robots” workshops from Maker Faire New York.
Continue ReadingGeekDad Community member Glenn Gass reviews the new animated version of Frank Miller’s classic Batman graphic novel, “The Dark Knight Returns” with some background on the original.
Continue ReadingToday’s GeekDad Photo of the Day, by GeekDad Community member Rob Keisacker, captures Darth Vader and some Stormtroopers gazing up at …
Continue ReadingGeekDad Community’s Martin Williams shares with us his first trip to Disneyland with kids, as opposed to just going as an adult.
Continue ReadingRead highlights from this week over on the GeekDad Community, including a trip to the Tate Modern and why Preggie Pops are the pits.
Continue ReadingRead about some highlights from this week over on the GeekDad Community, including fun forum games and Fantasy Football.
Continue ReadingGeekDad Community member (and regular blog contributor) James Floyd Kelly shows us how to make a lightsaber from plumbing parts for under 25 bucks.
Continue ReadingThe New York Times recently ran an opinion piece entitled Is Algebra Necessary? It questions whether schools focus too much on trying to teach a subject that causes many students to drop out of school entirely, with some schools seeing …
Continue ReadingGeekDad Community member Paul Brown shares his experiences at the start of a 6 month stint of being a stay-at-home Dad.
Continue ReadingBack in 2010 I built a cabin bed for my daughter’s room (see the plans and build), then, when we launched the GeekDad Community, I reposted it as a project there too, and it even featured as part of our …
Continue ReadingAbout a year ago our kids were lamenting the fact that they never got that same white bread for the sandwiches in their school lunches. I explained the usual set of reasons why: white bread has no nutrients, no fiber, etc. …
Continue ReadingLast week, we shared a geeky poem that the GeekDad Community had written. It was a fun exercise and the end result was pretty good too. Lucky for us, John Anealio thought so too. The “top 10 geek-rock artist” decided …
Continue ReadingRecently, a number of users over at the GeekDad community got together to write a geeky poem, just one of the fun things going on over at the GeekDad Community. After the poem was begun, each message board poet finished …
Continue ReadingEver since he was able to look at a book, my son (6) has been fascinated by superheros, comic books and anything remotely sci fi. Whenever he was asked what he wanted to do when he grew up, he …
Continue ReadingTonight’s big project was starting some flower seeds. While Mom was at class, the four mini-geeks and I set up on the dining room table and got to it. First, we amassed our supplies. Foremost, and I guess the reason …
Continue ReadingWe are so happy with the early reaction to our new Community Site! Over 1,000 people have joined up in the last 2 weeks, and the energy continues to build. But there’s plenty of room for more! So please, accept …
Continue ReadingThis weekend my oldest son finally got around to building the tin can robot kit he received for Christmas. While calling it a robot might be a little generous — tin can electric vehicle is probably more accurate, it was a fun …
Continue ReadingYes, that’s what we said! Wired magazine is going all-on for Father’s Day this year, and they want some projects from the GeekDad Community. If you post a project to our Projects area between now and the 21st, it may …
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