So, the GeekDads are back from Gen Con, but—let’s be honest—our minds are still there, retracing our steps through the exhibit hall, replaying great moments in the games we played, and regretting the things we missed. Today: my list of lists about Gen Con 2016.
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When I was a kid, we entertained ourselves with those waxy board things with plastic pull-up covers. When my kids were little, it was the Magnadoodle. Now, there is the Boogie Board Jot 8.5 eWriter.
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I’m an introvert. I also love cats. Cats are my favorite type of pet. And I’ve had plenty. Dogs, cats, dwarf hamsters, rats, snakes, bunnies, and even a hedgehog. (Audrey. She was the cutest.) But I’ve found that cats fit in best with my lifestyle. They basically take care of themselves, with a small bit of work on my part. I believe that cats are an introvert’s perfect pet. Here are some reasons why.
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A list of ten geeky things we at GeekDad are thankful for today. Happy Thanksgiving!
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Listicle alert! We revisit out hugely popular list of things your kids may never know about to see what’s changed over the last five years.
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The folks at Disney say that no plans for Frozen 2 have yet been made. Here, then, are some suggestions for the sequel, based on seriously, and deliberately, overthinking the film.
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Villains who tug at the heartstrings more than they should. They don’t deserve to win, but seeing them lose isn’t as satisfying as you’d think it should be.
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Jackie Chan turns 60 years old today, and in honor here is our list of the five best Jackie movies to share with your kids.
Continue ReadingThe GeekDad community at Wired.com is committed to helping you raise geek generation 2.0. Back in March of 2012 we put out a post of our favorite books to read aloud to our kids before the age of ten. Well …
Continue ReadingWe’ve already covered the serious side of Earth Day today, so now we invoke the spirit of geekitude and take it to an extreme. So, then, how should Middle-earth Day be celebrated by its residents? We have nine (like The …
Continue ReadingIn the summer of 1985 while at at a two-week camp in Terre Haute, I met a media professor from Indiana State. He told me about a game his colleagues had been playing for a few years. It involved real …
Continue ReadingIn the summer of 1985 while at at a two-week camp in Terre Haute, I met a media professor from Indiana State. He told me about a game his colleagues had been playing for a few years involving real football …
Continue ReadingLists are great. They provide an simple way to impart knowledge and facts in a simple layout that can be scanned through and dipped in and out of quickly. We’ve been known to run the odd one or two here …
Continue ReadingWe’d just like to thank the fine folks over at KneeBouncers.com blog for including both GeekDad, and our companion site GeekMom, as sites to follow. You can check out their list here. And be sure to explore their games for …
Continue ReadingDuring the GeekDad panel at PAX East, we made a number of recommendations for games, books and comics that we really like. A few people asked us after the panel if we’d make the list available, so here it is. …
Continue ReadingAs I wrote up the review of the customizable doorbell, it occurred to me that this is totally untapped list fodder. Just like we use ringtones on our phones to define and display our personalities (mine is the Guan-di song …
Continue ReadingI have had a love/hate relationship with end-of-year “Top Music” lists. At their best, they’re insightful, helping me save time and money by sorting through the morass of music out there and singling out the experiences I might enjoy most. At their worst, though, they are akin to a retelling of someone else’s dreams: abstract, […]
Continue ReadingThis month, the nominating committee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame meets to assemble a slate to vote on for 2011′s induction class. The factors that go into deciding who should be considered for induction aren’t well known …
Continue ReadingTwo weeks ago, we published a list of 150 people that we thought anyone interested in geeky media of all sorts ought to be following on Twitter. The list was well-received, but, as with all such lists, mistakes were made. …
Continue ReadingNOTE: An updated list has been published. The list contained in this article is now out-of-date. Whether you’ve been using Twitter since 2006, are determined never to use it unless dragged kicking and screaming, or are somewhere in between, you …
Continue ReadingNBC announced its plans last July to revive “The Rockford Files” with David Shore (House) leading the creative team. Until now, only Emmy-winning James Garner has played Jimbo Rockford. The 81-year-old star may be able to play Rocky, but his …
Continue ReadingIn an extremely unscientific but fun poll of our geek kids, GeekDad has compiled a best-of-the-decade list. We tried hard to keep it to what was new this decade, though we made an exception for Lego sets (in some cases it …
Continue ReadingThe geek hive mind was set to silly this weekend on Twitter, as the tag #starwarsbandnames ran amok. With many of the GeekDad writers contributing to the frivolity, we felt it important to record some of the results for our …
Continue ReadingFormer detective Adrian Monk begins his eighth and final season of quirky crime solving on the USA Network. Over the past seven years, the Defective Detective has inadvertently inspired some parenting tips. Here’s what happened …
Continue ReadingThis is a really neat list to be on, especially since it has to do with education. The Online College Blog (a site for finding information about, you guessed it, online college education) named us to the technology section of …
Continue ReadingRecently, I made a parenting mistake. I showed my kids the best video on the internet: Lemon Demon’s great song, “Ultimate Showdown,” describing an epic battle. I was focused mostly on the great beat and all of the references to …
Continue ReadingTwitter has of late been inundated by, shall we say, “normals.” What was once our little playground has become rather more populated. But that doesn’t make it any less effective a tool for communication. It just means we have to …
Continue ReadingMy Mother – Happy Mothers day, Mom! – recently dipped her toe into Facebook. It seems some of her old high school friends had discovered the service, and coerced her into joining. After making her profile, her first action was, …
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