Steve Jobs Graphic Bio Is Insanely Great… For Older Kids
A review of the graphic biography ‘Steve Jobs: Insanely Great.’
Continue ReadingA review of the graphic biography ‘Steve Jobs: Insanely Great.’
Continue ReadingTrue story — in 1984 my dad made what I believe to be one of the most important purchases in my 14-year-old life. He bought our family one of the very first Macintosh computers. Correction — while my younger brother and sister used it, I am under no illusions that this purchase was primarily for my dad and myself. I can’t remember my mom ever using it, and years later I would realize what a sacrifice my parents made to purchase that quite expensive computer (for the time) and give their oldest son access to what was most likely the hottest growing sector at the time.
Continue ReadingDo I like things just because they’re new? Why, of course not. I just want them. And they all begin with Apple (or “i”, as it were).
Continue ReadingFunny Or Dies Steve Job’s movie iSteve has now been released online. The movie stars Justin Long as Steve Jobs and Lost’s Jorge Garcia as Steve Wozniak.
Continue ReadingThe Zen of Steve Jobs is a “re-imagining” of the relationship between Steve Jobs and Kobun Chino Otogawa around the period of Jobs’s departure from Apple in 1985. The book tells the story of their relationship in pen and ink …
Continue ReadingThere are some historical moments whose significance is obvious at the moment, where you know it will be remembered and commemorated in years to come. But I suspect most people wouldn’t be able to recall the events in their lives …
Continue ReadingIn 1984, my dad told my brother and me to climb into the car with him for a special trip. We drove to whatever computer store in Gulf Breeze, Florida it was that sold Apple computers, and came home with …
Continue ReadingYou’ve probably already read a lot of posts like this one today and will no doubt read many more. I haven’t read any yet, as I wanted to collect my thoughts on the sad death of Steve Jobs before reading …
Continue ReadingLike everyone else on the Internet, all of us at GeekDad are shocked and deeply saddened by the passing of Steve Jobs. The outpouring of grief and fond remembrances on the various social media shows far better than any poor …
Continue ReadingI am a father. But I’m not just a dad, I’m a geeky dad. I love technology, and have loved her for a long time. And, if all you dads out there are anything like me, you want the best technology. To me, the best technology …
Continue ReadingThis is just too funny. And there’s a complete how-to! Done by our friend Ken of Hammy the hamster fame. Make the Steve Jobs cheese head. See also: Hammy the Hamster Goes Organic Hammy the Hamster Rides Again
Continue ReadingThere has been, and surely will continue to be, a lot of speculation in these weeks leading up to the expected announcement of Apple’s tablet computer on January 27. This is the normal state of things, it seems, ever since …
Continue ReadingIn my experience, when it comes to home media centers, there are two main camps and an outlier. In the main camps are the uber-geeks who want to build everything from the ground up and those who go with a …
Continue ReadingAs 2009 winds down to its conclusion, much is being made of the decade drawing to a close, inspiring “best of” and “worst of” lists galore. But what about the decade that’s about to begin? Follow us as we use …
Continue ReadingSansa tries to find an opening in the mp3 player market between the Shuffle and the Nano with a clip-on player that includes a small screen and 1,000 ‘free’ songs. But can the slotRadio Player hold a candle toApple? The …
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