Author Archives: Dave-Giancaspro
Geekdad Puzzle Of The Week: Geeklet Playdate Solution
First let me thank everyone who participated in my first puzzle for Geekdad. I had fun putting it together and I had fun reading your answers. I admit there were some ambiguities especially the Space Ship transforming into a Space Station, so if you attempted the puzzle I threw your name in the […] Continue reading
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Barbie’s Looking For A Job … Lets Make It A Geeky One
Barbie has had over 120 careers in her day. From astronaut to Heidi Klum and everything in between. As the father of a young girl I’ve been pretty disappointed in the Barbie line my daughter has been exposed to in the past few years. Pop diva’s, fashion models and princesses in distress […] Continue reading
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GeekDad Puzzle Of The Week: Geeklet PlayDate
Ken, Matt, Dave, and Curtis got their kids together for a play date. The dads dressed their kids in their finest geek t-shirts. The kids brought along their favorite building toys and had a great time building different things. See if you can match The dads to the kids and the kids to […] Continue reading
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Take A Guided Tour Of The Universe In New York City
The First Tuesday of every month The Museum of Natural History hosts The Known Universe:A Grand Tour at the Hayden Planetarium. Guests are taken from earth to the edge of the known Universe with an astrophysicist as the tour guide.
Tuesday January 5th at 6:30 P.M. you can join astrophysicist Brian Abbott on the biggest […] Continue reading
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MIT’s Summer Technology Program for Girls
Every year, women in MIT’s Graduate School design and teach a summer program aimed at High School girls. The Women’s Technology Program (WTP) hosts 60 High School seniors for a four week residential summer program. During the program the girls will explore engineering through hands on classes, labs and team projects. There are two programs […] Continue reading
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Asus Disney NetPal Review
I was recently sent a Disney Netpal for review. My choices were “Blue Magic” which is dark blue with tiny Mickey heads, or “Princess Pink.” Figuring on getting my son’s input, I opted for “Blue Magic” to avoid any hassles.
Hardware:
Here are the Hardware Specs of the unit I received:
1.6 GHz Atom Processor
1 Gig of RAM
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WGBH Is Helping Girls Discover The Joy Of Engineering
WGBH with the National National Academy of Engineering has launched a program to get more girls interested in engineering through a website called Engineer Your Life. With the President’s recent STEM initiative, this web site is exactly what we need to show high school aged girls why engineering is a cool, creative and rewarding career.
It’s […] Continue reading
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Astro Boy at The NYC Childrens International Film Festival This Weekend
Heads up NYC ! this weekend The Childrens International Film Festival is having a retrospective on the groundbreaking work of Japanese animator Osama Tezuka. Tezuka is considered by some the Walt Disney of Japan, and this weekend New Yorkers have a chance to catch three of his films this weekend. On November 28th and 29th […] Continue reading
