Tag Archives: Armchair Geek
Learn Physics Fast With the Instant Egghead Guide
You’ve gotta love a book that follows “Chapter One: Matter” with “Chapter Two: Quantum Theory.” The Instant Egghead Guide: Physics by Brian Clegg and Scientific American does just that, and then continues on through chapters about Light, Relativity, Forces and Energy. The cover calls it “60-Second Science,” and each subject is a two-page spread that […] Continue reading
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Interview: Nathan Fillion Talks Firefly, Dr. Horrible, and Why Kids Need to Read
Nathan Fillion has, in the space of seven years, risen to the status of a geek icon. Beginning with his best-known role as Captain Mal Reynolds on Firefly, his work on several of Joss Whedon’s projects has transformed the former soap opera actor into a huge draw for the geek crowd. But there’s a lot […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, Firefly, interview, Kids Need to Read, Nathan Fillion, People, PJ Haarsma, Science and Education
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This Week in The Clone Wars: Ahsoka’s Lost Lightsaber
The last several episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars have been jam-packed with high-quality battles. But it wouldn’t be the Star Wars Universe if you didn’t take a break every now and again for some pseudo-mystical spirituality, in which a galaxy far, far away starts to sound a bit like the home of California-style […] Continue reading
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The Thief Who Stole Sherlock’s Watch
Arsene Lupin — the anti-hero of a series of French crime stories published 100 years ago — really did steal Sherlock Holmes’ watch.
Or perhaps I should say Holmlock Shears. Or perhaps Herlock Sholmes.
You’ll find that Sherlock’s name changes depending on which version of which book you and/or your Geeklet pick up. (Explanation on Wikipedia.) Apparently, […] Continue reading
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Dork Tower Wednesday
Read all the Dork Towers that have run on GeekDad.
Find the Dork Tower archives, DT printed collections, more cool comics, awesome games and a whole lot more at the Dork Tower Website.
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Tagged Armchair Geek, Dork Tower, John Kovalic, Munchkin
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Comics Spotlight On: Birds of Prey
Happy Comic Release Day!
I picked Birds of Prey this week for two reasons. The first is that the canceled series is being relaunched this spring with Gail Simone as writer and Ed Benes as artist, a team also responsible for the comic’s definitive run.
The second is that this book is the one that brought me […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, Birds of Prey, Chuck Dixon, Comics, Gail Simone
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10 Days in… Geography Game Heaven!
I have loved games, maps and geography for as long as I can remember. Having all of them at once is only that much sweeter. A few years ago I discovered the 10 Days in.. games from Out of the Box, but I never did buy them. They’ve been on my Amazon Wish List for […] Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Armchair Geek, Asia, board game, Europe, Games, John Kovalic, Science and Education, United States
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Gamers Help Haiti
As some of you may already know the OneBookShelf websites are raising money to help support the relief effort in Haiti and whilst GeekDad is doing it’s on drive for donations you can also head on over there and they will match every penny donated there by you.
For one day only what they have also […] Continue reading
Robots + Monsters is Back to Help Haiti
More than two years ago I blogged about Robots + Monsters, the brainchild of artist Joe Alterio, selling geeky custom illustrations to raise money for good causes. The program had been on hiatus for a while, but in light of the recent events in Haiti, they’re back.
The destruction and human suffering wrought by the earthquake […] Continue reading
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Smoking in Avatar Ruffles Feathers and Highlights Hypocrisy
Smoking in movies has always been a hot topic and reason for controversy. Now with the very popular Avatar coming under fire for depicting smoking, one has to wonder – is smoking in movies really a threat to our way of life? Continue reading
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