Author Archives: Matt-Blum
100 Games + 100 Cupcakes = Sweet!
We’ve posted about cool cake art on GeekDad before, and about cupcakes, and of course about games. But we’ve never posted about all three topics at once, until now.
A graphic design and jewelry artist named Robin Dahlberg and several of her housemates made a set of one hundred of the most awesome cupcakes ever. Each […] Continue reading
You, Too, Can Make Amazingly Beautiful Fractals With Apophysis
I’ve loved fractals since I was a kid. I remember writing lots of programs to generate them when I was in high school, including (just because I could) programming my graphing calculator to display a monochromatic version of the Mandelbrot set. Fractals are the perfect intersection of math and art, but they’re not easy for […] Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Electronic Geek, Science and Education, Software
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10 (More) Geeky New Year’s Resolutions
Repeat after me: “I hereby resolve that in the new year I…”
1. Will faithfully read every new xkcd, Penny Arcade and of course Dork Tower strip as it appears. If the joke in a strip is too esoteric for me, I will of course promptly Google it and subsequently pretend that I understood it immediately.
2. […] Continue reading
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Tagged Everything Else, Hacking the Holidays, iPhone, New Year, Penny Arcade, Top 10
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Review: Voltron iPhone App — Megathrusters GO!
Here’s a quick test to see if you’d enjoy the Voltron iPhone game: Do the phrases “Activate interlock!” and “Form feet and legs!” invoke feelings of nostalgia, and can you recite the next lines? If so, I can virtually guarantee this game is for you; if not, you’ll probably still enjoy it.
I loved the Voltron […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, Electronic Geek, iPhone, IPod Touch, Video game, Voltron
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10 News Stories From the Upcoming Decade
As 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 our Jedi powers to see the future and divulge to you the ten most significant […] Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Savage, Everything Else, future, Joss Whedon, Star Wars, Steve Jobs
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Paul and Storm Channel TMBG in “It Might Be Christmas”
As Christmas approaches, and every store is filled with seasonal music, you’ve probably asked yourself the same question as all other geeks: When are They Might Be Giants going to come out with an album of Christmas music? Well, wonder no longer, my fellow geek, for such an album is in the works… with a […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, christmas, Christmas music, Hacking the Holidays, Music, paul and storm, They Might Be Giants, TMBG
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10 Geeky Versions of Popular Christmas Songs
Have you ever heard a song so many times in a short span of time that you found yourself rewriting it in your head just to keep yourself sane? It’s a condition that (I find) often strikes this time of year, when it seems impossible to escape Christmas and related winter songs no matter where […] Continue reading
Weird Image in the Norwegian Sky — Could It Be Spiral Marketing?
This picture was taken of the sky over northern Norway early this morning local time.
My first reaction on seeing this picture was: “What a badly Photoshopped picture!” But similar pictures have come in from enough sources across Norway that, if it’s a hoax, it’s a really well-planned one. I still don’t know what to make […] Continue reading
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Tagged Norway, Science and Education, Space, spiral
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7 Questions With GamersGate CEO Theo Bergquist
For all the hype around console games, the many awesome games for home computers often get overlooked by everyone but the hardcore players. This is somewhat ironic, considering how easy it’s become of late to get such games, due to the advent of legal game download sites.
The biggest player in this market is Steam, to […] Continue reading
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Tagged Digital distribution, Electronic Geek, Gamersgate, Games, Paradox Interactive, The Internet
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Top 10 Geeky Christmas Decorations
We’ve all seen the ornaments Hallmark comes out with every year, and to be fair, some of them are excellent. There are a few Star Trek ones each year, and Star Wars ones, and other somewhat geeky ones, but they’re mainstream — and while there’s nothing inherently wrong with mainstream Christmas decorations, we are geeks […] Continue reading
