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Tag: GeekDad POTD

A Picture for Superb Owl Sunday (GeekDad PotD)

February 3, 2013Matt Blum

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)

February 5, 2012Matt Blum

Photo: "Dazzie D" Flickr user; used under Creative Commons Attribution license.

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Portal-ized Christmas Tree: Huge Success (GeekDad POTD)

December 25, 2011Matt Blum

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 …

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Meet R2-22! (GeekDad POTD)

November 4, 2011Matt Blum

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.

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Target Acquired! (GeekDad POTD)

October 27, 2011Matt Blum

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.

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How to Get a Complete Set of Marriage Power-Ups? (GeekDad POTD)

October 11, 2011Matt Blum

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.)

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Star Trek Toys We’d Like to See (GeekDad POTD)

June 30, 2011Matt Blum

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 …

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If Sauron Had Been a Lego Enthusiast… (GeekDad POTD)

June 26, 2011December 14, 2017Matt Blum

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.

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Welcome to the World, GeekKid! (GeekDad POTD)

June 23, 2011Ken Denmead

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!

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The Legion of Super-Groomsmen (GeekDad POTD)

May 19, 2011Matt Blum

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 …

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Orcrist Hits for Extra Bases (GeekDad PotD)

May 9, 2011Ken Denmead

Uploaded to Imgur by Reddit user bushytop

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This Is a Triumph (GeekDad POTD)

May 6, 2011Matt Blum

We’re making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS. [Thanks to GeekDad Dave Banks for suggesting this as a POTD.]

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Harry Potter and the African Ungulates (GeekDad POTD)

April 28, 2011Jonathan H. Liu

My second-grader brought this worksheet home from school today. Looks like she has Harry Potter on the brain.

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Jamie Hyneman = Painter + Mad Scientist? (GeekDad POTD)

April 21, 2011Matt Blum

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.

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Not an Episode of Heroes (GeekDad PotD)

April 19, 2011Ken Denmead

Love triangle? (Photo by Nathan Barry)

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GeekDad POTD: If Wishes Were Fishes…

March 31, 2011John Booth

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 …

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Fully Articulated Lego Skeleton (GeekDad POTD)

March 28, 2011John Baichtal

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]

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Well-Guarded Castle (GeekDad POTD)

March 25, 2011Jonathan H. Liu

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 …

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Exciting! Safe! Even Dagwood Knows It! (GeekDad POTD)

February 10, 2011John Booth

“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 …

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Superb Owl! (How It Relates to Football, We Don’t Know) — GeekDad POTD

February 6, 2011Matt Blum

Photo: Chris Page; used under Creative Commons Attribution license.

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Quite the Little Trooper! (GeekDad POTD)

February 3, 2011Matt Blum

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.

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Gives Boxing Day a Whole New Meaning (GeekDad POTD)

January 30, 2011Ken Denmead

Image by Flickr user Olaf, found by Jonathan Liu.

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Don’t Let Them Reach the Ion Canon (GeekDad POTD)

January 27, 2011Ken Denmead
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Boba Fett, Playing the Accordion (GeekDad POTD)

January 26, 2011Matt Blum

The accordion player’s name is really Nathan Stodola, and there’s a nice short documentary about him available online. Via Reddit.

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Ready for Blast-off! (GeekDad POTD)

January 25, 2011Ken Denmead

Another in a long line of awesome rocket photos by GeekDad alum Steve Jurvetson, shared via the GeekDad Flickr Group.

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Angry Birds on a Cake (GeekDad POTD)

January 19, 2011Jonathan H. Liu

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? …

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Lego Angry Birds? Do I Need to Update the App to Get Those? (GeekDad POTD)

January 18, 2011Matt Blum

You can see closeup shots of the models in the photographer’s Facebook photo album.

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Atlanta Winter Olympics 2011 (GeekDad VOTD)

January 14, 2011Ken Denmead

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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