A Picture for Superb Owl Sunday (GeekDad PotD)
It’s the day when Americans honor the majestic owl by playing a slightly popular televised football game.
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Superb Owl! (GeekDad POTD)
Photo: "Dazzie D" Flickr user; used under Creative Commons Attribution license.
Continue ReadingPortal-ized Christmas Tree: Huge Success (GeekDad POTD)
We don’t know exactly who it was who made this tree, but it truly is a work of geeky Christmas genius. Added: Since this article’s initial publication, I’ve heard from Jason Roberts and Ryan Kelly, two of the people responsible …
Continue ReadingMeet R2-22! (GeekDad POTD)
We’d heard of battle droids before, but this is the first ballet droid we’ve encountered. Photo copyright by Flickr user “Leeloo (J!NX).” Found via Reddit.
Continue ReadingTarget Acquired! (GeekDad POTD)
Neil Fraser, a software engineer at Google, made this awesomely geeky pumpkin Portal turret last Halloween. This is a triumph, if ever there was one.
Continue ReadingHow to Get a Complete Set of Marriage Power-Ups? (GeekDad POTD)
It’s worth a try, right? Via Reddit. Check out the geeky wedding POTD we published back in May, too. (In case you don’t get the joke, have a hint.)
Continue ReadingStar Trek Toys We’d Like to See (GeekDad POTD)
It’s never too early to begin the geekification process, and it’s a sure thing these toys would help. CBS Studios (owners of the rights to Star Trek) and kids’ toy companies, take note. Yes, we’re aware that the figures include …
Continue ReadingIf Sauron Had Been a Lego Enthusiast… (GeekDad POTD)
For more-detailed pictures of this amazing Lego replica of Barad-Dûr, by Kevin J. Walter, see Walter’s page on the project. You can see even more detail in his Flickr set.
Continue ReadingWelcome to the World, GeekKid! (GeekDad POTD)
We’d like to send our huge congratulations to GeekDad Dan Donahoo, who welcomed his new son, Liam David Donahoo, into the world today. Actually, he’s in Australia, so it was tomorrow. Anyway, congrats to dad, mum, and little tyke!
Continue ReadingThe Legion of Super-Groomsmen (GeekDad POTD)
This is such a great idea I wish I could go back in time to my wedding and do it myself. It’s possible my wife would not agree with this sentiment. Photo used by kind permission of Hoffer Photography. (Hat …
Continue ReadingOrcrist Hits for Extra Bases (GeekDad PotD)
Uploaded to Imgur by Reddit user bushytop
Continue ReadingThis Is a Triumph (GeekDad POTD)
We’re making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS. [Thanks to GeekDad Dave Banks for suggesting this as a POTD.]
Continue ReadingHarry Potter and the African Ungulates (GeekDad POTD)
My second-grader brought this worksheet home from school today. Looks like she has Harry Potter on the brain.
Continue ReadingJamie Hyneman = Painter + Mad Scientist? (GeekDad POTD)
A huge Thank You to Michele Wallukait Rajput for posting this awesome construction of a minifig Jamie Hyneman (from MythBusters, of course) to the GeekDad Facebook fan page.
Continue ReadingNot an Episode of Heroes (GeekDad PotD)
Love triangle? (Photo by Nathan Barry)
Continue ReadingGeekDad POTD: If Wishes Were Fishes…
FoxTrot comic strip creator Bill Amend brought this to our attention via his Twitter feed. It’s the creation of pet store employee Jeff Gretz and his co-worker Sarah, inspired by a customer comment about Amend’s March 6 FoxTrot. (“It was …
Continue ReadingFully Articulated Lego Skeleton (GeekDad POTD)
Clay Morrow’s Lego skeleton demonstrates the lengths AFOLs take to recreate the things around them — or IN them — with their beloved bricks. Great stuff! [Via The Brothers Brick]
Continue ReadingWell-Guarded Castle (GeekDad POTD)
Ok, so I’m being totally shameless and using my own photo as the Picture of the Day, but I just had to share. My seven-year-old daughter got out her little watercolor paints and went upstairs and worked for quite a …
Continue ReadingExciting! Safe! Even Dagwood Knows It! (GeekDad POTD)
“I’m sure that in 1985, plutonium is available in every corner drugstore, but in 1955, it’s a little hard to come by.” – Dr. Emmett Brown, Back to the Future Uranium, on the other hand: During a visit to San …
Continue ReadingSuperb Owl! (How It Relates to Football, We Don’t Know) — GeekDad POTD
Photo: Chris Page; used under Creative Commons Attribution license.
Continue ReadingQuite the Little Trooper! (GeekDad POTD)
Could there be anything more heartwarming to a geek parent than the sight of a clone trooper and his kid… or could that be his clone? Via Reddit.
Continue ReadingGives Boxing Day a Whole New Meaning (GeekDad POTD)
Image by Flickr user Olaf, found by Jonathan Liu.
Continue ReadingBoba Fett, Playing the Accordion (GeekDad POTD)
The accordion player’s name is really Nathan Stodola, and there’s a nice short documentary about him available online. Via Reddit.
Continue ReadingReady for Blast-off! (GeekDad POTD)
Another in a long line of awesome rocket photos by GeekDad alum Steve Jurvetson, shared via the GeekDad Flickr Group.
Continue ReadingAngry Birds on a Cake (GeekDad POTD)
Just one more remarkable Angry Birds photo. They’re back —a nd this time, they’re edible! Wouldn’t this set of birds and pigs, made by the Artisan Cake Company in Portland, look just great on top of a wedding cake? No? …
Continue ReadingLego Angry Birds? Do I Need to Update the App to Get Those? (GeekDad POTD)
You can see closeup shots of the models in the photographer’s Facebook photo album.
Continue ReadingAtlanta Winter Olympics 2011 (GeekDad VOTD)
This is Atlanta. It’s like being able to cross-country ski in Bakersfield! Added to the GeekDad Flickr Group by lazaro.
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