Tag Archives: Electronic Geek
Wii Are Just Good Enough
It’s taken me a month or two but I’ve finally got around to writing something in response to Robert Capps’ article in Wired. His was a brilliant piece reflecting on the success of technology that is just good enough for its purpose – bringing savings in accessibility, simplicity and price. But I won’t rehearse that […] Continue reading
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Would You Track Your Kid by GPS?
Question: if you had the ability to track your child’s every movement during the day, would you do so? Or is this an example of helicopter parenting taken to extremes? How about tucking a portable GPS unit in her backpack?
Partaking in my Saturday morning ritual of coffee accompanied by a laptop to scan through the […] Continue reading
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Tagged Add new tag, Electronic Geek, Entourage, Global Positioning System, Handhelds, iPhone, Smartphones, Television, Toronto Star, Video camera
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The Drawer of Redundant Technology
At last the festivities are over, the decorations have been put away, the cards and tree have been recycled, and I can finally play with one of my presents to myself – a home cinema kit. That’s not what this post is about, but it does need a little bit of a backstory…
A few years […] Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, cables, Electronic Geek, Flickr, Gadgets, junk, old, retro, technology
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Cool Timeline of Consumer Tech is a Scrapbook for Geeks
Online ad company Permuto put up this nifty graphic on their company blog, showing a timeline of consumer technology from Pong forwards. Obviously we GeekDad could have added a few dozen suggestions to the list, but how many of the devices played a part in your formative years? And what will the devices that fill […] Continue reading
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Review and Giveaway: Every Geek’s Eyes Deserve Gunnars
The odds are that, if you don’t already have one, you could use a set of Gunnar Optiks glasses right now. If, like most geeks, you spend some significant portion of your day in front of a computer monitor — whether for work or for play — you’ve been straining your eyes. Ever get a […] Continue reading
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Tagged computing, Electronic Geek, Gaming, Glasses, Gunnar, Gunnar Optiks, Toys and Technology
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Build Your Own Dinosaurs With DinoMixer
Don’t you ever wish you could combine the head of a Triceratops, the body of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and the spiky tail of a Stegosaurus? (No? Okay, maybe it’s just me.) Now you can, without all the cutting and stitching or DNA manipulation! All you need is an iPhone or iPod touch. DinoMixer is a […] Continue reading
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Tagged dinosaurs, Educational, Electronic Geek, iPhone Apps, kids, Science and Education, Toys and Technology
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A Trip Inside ThinkGeek – GeekDad Wayback Machine
With ThinkGeek just getting cooler and cooler (what with the exclusive GeekDad T-Shirt available), you might enjoy this behind-the-scenes look at the company which ran one year ago, by Ken Denmead.
We’re big fans of ThinkGeek here at GeekDad, and we’ve been thrilled to have them sponsor our Puzzle of the Week posts that so many folks seem […] Continue reading
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The One Time When Bricking Your iPhone Is A Good Thing
There’s a great little app that’s just made its way to the iTunes store. It’s called LEGO Photo (links to iTunes), and it allows you to take any photo from your camera lens or your existing library and turn the pixels into LEGO bricks. It’s simple to use – just take or pick out a […] Continue reading
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Tagged Electronic Geek, iPhone, iPhone Apps, ITunes Store, Lego
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World of Zoo Is A World Of Fun
At first glance, it would be easy to mistake World of Zoo for a cuter version of Zoo Tycoon, but once you start playing the game, the different approach between the two zoo sims becomes obvious. While the Zoo Tycoon series tended to focus on the planning and management aspect, World of Zoo is more […] Continue reading
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Tagged christmas, Electronic Geek, National Geographic, National Geographic Society, Nintendo DS, Personal computer, Toys and Technology, wii, World of Zoo, Zoo Tycoon
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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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