Viticulture and GeekDad Team up in Auction to Benefit Charity
GeekDad and Stonemaier Games team up to benefit charity with a short term auction of a limited edition version of the great worker placement game, Viticulture.
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Holiday Gift Guide #1: Those Wonderful Toys!
Zoinks! Is it really time to start thinking about what to get your family and friends for the holidays? It is! Don’t worry though, GeekDad has you covered with our popular series of gift guides. This week: toys!
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From Drawing to Code-Cracking, The Super Book for Superheroes Has It All
The Super Book for Superheroes is super-packed with super-fun things to do that any superkid will enjoy.
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Computers, Lights and Music Put to Evil Use: Halloween Lights Show Set to The Fox (What Does the Fox Say)
First of all, I’m sorry. I have a pair of 11 year-old boys in the house and that means I’ve heard “The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?)” by Ylvis roughly 8 million times. It’s on when their room is being cleaned, while they’re chillaxing, when they’re tormenting their older sister, even as a soundtrack when playing Call of Duty (something very incongruous about that one). I know how painful it can be, so I apologize in advance for inflicting the song on the GeekDad readership. Still, Halloween is approaching and this home has put on a pretty impressive light show. That it’s set to “The Fox (What Does the Fox Say)” is probably a big reason why it has over 1.3 million views (and counting). Once again, I’m sorry. Happy Halloween.
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World Maker Faire 2013!
A few of us from GeekDad and GeekMom will be hanging out in Robot Row all weekend. Robots aren’t known for their conversational skills so we’d love to have you drop by say hi. We will have a few activities for the geeklets including a large HEXBUG build and gaming table.
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Join GeekMom and GeekDad at PAX Prime 2013!
GeekMom and GeekDad are back at PAX this year to bring you “Raising the Next Generation of Geeks” on Saturday, August 31.
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A 3D Printing Neophyte Spends Three Weeks With a Cube 3D Printer
I’m one of those people who is obsessed with technology and gadgets, so it may be somewhat of a surprise that up until a month ago, I hadn’t yet dabbled in the world of 3D printers. I’m not sure why it took so long to cross paths, but I finally took the leap and spent a few weeks playing with one of the first mass-market 3D printers, 3D Systems’ Cube, a device that’s now available on store shelves at retailers like Staples. It’s easy to see 3D Systems is laser focused on the home and small business market with this device — the printer itself is designed to look like a colorful small kitchen appliance (in other words both chic and non-threatening), it’s compact, relatively easy to use and carries a $1,299 price tag. After two weeks, I believe that 3D printing is an interesting technology, but it’s still largely at the hobbyist level. The combination of cost and limitations in the technology mean 3D printing isn’t ready for prime time — yet.
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GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Progressive Triplets
Did you get the right count of non-unique, two-digit cumulative differences between the squares of descending triplets of arithmetic sequences?
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GeekDad Puzzle of the Week – Progressive Triplets
This week’s puzzle is short to state, but hard to solve: How many non-unique, two-digit cumulative differences between the squares of descending triplets of arithmetic sequences are there?
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Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction Returns With Small Siege Weapons
The third volume of Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction focuses on siege weapons from the Dark Ages. Your living room floor or cubicle will soon be under attack from catapults, crossbows and other easy-to-build models, crafted from items found in most junk drawers.
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Ryobi TEK4 AllPlay Revisited: The MP3 Player for Those Who Play Hard and Hate Charging Batteries
I’m a bit of a gadget geek. Between my own electronics collections and writing product reviews for outlets like GeekDad, I’ve had plenty of opportunities to play with gear. With Father’s Day fast approaching, I though I’d revisit one of my favorite portable music devices — one that’s inexpensive to boot — the Ryobi TEK4 AllPlay music player. Basically, this is a ruggedized, ultra long battery life MP3 player built around a rechargeable power tool battery. There’s nothing elegant about it and it does nothing but play music, but it will do that virtually forever. I’ve had one since a 2010 review, and it continues to amaze me with its performance. Amazon’s currently got it on sale for $25 — if you’re looking for a Father’s Day gift, it’s pretty hard to beat that price.
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Why GeekMoms Rock!
When you’re a woman you’re supposed to be grateful for crumbs. I don’t want crumbs anymore I want the whole cake and the icing too.
—Billie Jean King 2005
A Big Congratulations to GeekDad’s Ken Denmead!
Ken Denmead invited me to join the GeekDad crew almost two years ago, and since then I’ve met him in person twice (I’m in Georgia, he’s in California), both times at Maker Faire in San Francisco. Ken was manning the GeekDad booth in May 2011 and May 2012, and it just seemed to be an appropriate venue to meet the leader of this great group of folks with which I get to work and play on a regular basis… a gathering of DIYers, makers, tinkerers, and all-around smart people.
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How to Support the New GeekDad
By now hopefully you’re aware we’ve stepped out on our own, and out from under corporate patronage. While that’s bringing us a great deal of freedom, it’s also ended our steady funding and eliminated the SEO we had on over 14,000 previously-pubished posts. As such, the GeekDad team is working hard behind the scenes to replace what we’ve lost, and we need your help.
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Welcome to the New GeekMom!
The Editors and Contributors of GeekMom are very excited (and not a little bit nervous) to announce today that we’re flying solo once again! What we mean is that we’re back doing this blogging thing all on our own now, as we did before we moved over to Wired last May. We are no longer […]
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What Do You Think of GeekDad’s New Look?
[poll id=”3″] With our big change comes a reason to try on some new duds. It’s a big change from what we’ve looked like in the past and we’re curious what you think. Take our poll and let us know in the comments!
Continue ReadingThe Ogio Renegade RSS is a Great Bag for Geeks
The Ogio Renegade RSS is a great backpack for transporting to and from work, carrying swag at a con, or even taking on a short weekend trip.
Continue ReadingDon’t Be Bored, Be Unbored – Review and Giveaway
Unbored: The Essential Field Guide to Serious Fun is a wonderful collection of makes, activities, inspiration and knowledge beautifully presented and well worthy of a space in any GeekKid’s library. Leave a comment for a chance to win a copy.
Continue ReadingGeekDad Holiday Gift Guide #5 — Gadgets
GeekDad’s Holiday Gift Guides series takes a look at those wonderful gadgets we all love.
Continue ReadingGeeky Things to Be Thankful for, 2012 Edition
Here at GeekDad, we’re pretty psyched by some developments in the geekosphere, as well as stuff that’s going on in our personal lives. So in the spirit of past GeekDad “what to be thankful” posts, we present a few of …
Continue ReadingGeekdad Holiday Gift Guide #2 — Books, Chapter Two!
We love books! How much? So much that they couldn’t be contained in one guide! This second part of our holiday book guide includes selections from …
Continue ReadingGeekdad Holiday Gift Guide #2 — Books, Chapter One
We sat down to come up with a list of our favorite books and we ended up with a pretty long list. In fact, it was so long we had to break it into two parts (look for chapter two …
Continue ReadingGeekDad Holiday Gift Guide #1 — Toys
With feet of snow covering the Appalachians, early darkness upon us again, and cold, cold floors greeting our toes each early morning, that can only mean one thing — winter is almost here. Will it be Hoth-like in its intensity …
Continue ReadingTrick or Treat! GeekDad’s Giving Away Copies of Forza Horizon
Do you yearn for the open road? Long stretches of highway, twisting mountain roads, and a casual disregard for speed limits? If your answer isn’t just yes, but an emphatic “Heck, yeah!”, then Forza Horizon is the game for you. …
Continue ReadingGuinness World Records 2013 Goes Augmented Reality
When I was a kid, comic books cost a quarter, Atari made video game consoles and personal computers — not just software — and the Guinness Book of World Records was a thick paperback book. A copy of the 2013 …
Continue ReadingGeekDad Community Weekly Round-Up
Our weekly round up of the goings on over on the GeekDad Community
Continue ReadingGiant Robot Spotted Near Toronto and (Unrelated) Break in the Great Maple Syrup Heist
It’s not very often that I pull the Canadian news bureau approach with GeekDad, but given the interest in the previously reported great Global Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve heist, I thought it was important to note that there have been …
Continue ReadingThis Week in the GeekDad Community
There’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 Photo of the Day: Piggyback
Another day, another great photo from the GeekDad Community – this time Michael Tierney shares an awesome shot of the space shuttle Endeavour, piggybacking a ride on a 747 over California.
Continue ReadingThis Week on the GeekDad Community
Our weekly round up of some of the cool stuff happening over in the GeekDad Community.
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