Tag Archives: Electronic Geek
Ninja Versus OMG! Pirates! on the iPhone
“Ha! Foolish Ninja! Behold the power of rum-powered technology!”
So says one of the pirate bosses in Mika Mobile’s newest game for the iPhone (and iPod touch). OMG! Pirates! is a heaping serving of awesome. Unless, of course, you side with the pirates, in which case you are a fool. In this game, you take the […] Continue reading
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Tagged arcade, Electronic Geek, iPhone App, ninjas, Pirates, Toys and Technology, Videogames
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R/C Gran Turismo Mashup
My childhood joys revolved around Radio Controlled cars and Video Games. It was with some excitement then that I unpacked the Gran Turismo-designed HPI Ford E10 radio controlled car (kindly provided for review by Eclipse Hobbies). Not only was this a car from high-end R/C manufacturor HPI, but it had all the detail and shine […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, car, Electronic Geek, Electronics, R/C, race, videogame
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Best of the Geek Decade – Movies
In this extremely unscientific but fun poll of our collective geek kids, we tried hard to keep it to what was new this decade. For movies, that mean Harry Potter was eligible, since all the films belong to this decade. And while the boy wizard was popular, the big winner was the collective output from […] Continue reading
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Best of the Geek Decade – Music
And last, but not least, the tunes our kids like – wonderfully out of the mainstream, and very geeky!
Best Music:
They Might Be Giants (Brian & Brian’s Son, Jenny’s entire family) Yes, they’ve been around for years. But their kid stuff is relatively new. And now the kids understand when you chant “Particle man, particle man” […] Continue reading
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Loft-y Cinematic Sound on a Budget
I’ve been tinkering away on a project for our loft bedroom for about 6 months now. I’m slowly turning the room into a dual purpose sleeping space and cinema. The reason it’s taken me so long though is that this is all on a tight budget.
Having organized a second-hand screen to magically appear from behind […] Continue reading
MIT’s SENSEable City Lab Brings Formula One Technology to Bicycles
During the climate conference in Copenhagen on Tuesday, MIT’s SENSEable City Laboratory announced a new project for bicycles that uses an energy recovery technology similar to a program used in Formula One racing.
The project, called the Copenhagen Wheel, is a regenerative brake that captures kinetic energy created under braking and stores the power in batteries […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, Bicycle, Copenhagen Wheel, Electronic Geek, energy, Kinetic energy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Regenerative brake, United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009
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GeekDad Attends Magic: The Gathering’s Community Cup Challenge
Last month, Wizards of the Coast (WotC) graciously invited me to participate in a Magic: The Gathering tournament with an intriguing premise — pit eight bloggers and members of the Magic forums against eight Wizards staffers, with the victors getting a big shiny silver cup and bragging rights. The arena: Wizards’ Magic: The Gathering Online.
The […] Continue reading
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Tagged Electronic Geek, Magic the Gathering, Mtg, mtgo, Toys and Technology
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Comic Spotlight on the New Teen Titans
Happy New Comic Day!
This week, I’m looking at a series that is part of the reason I fell in love with comics:
The New Teen Titans by Marv Wolfman and George Perez.
I collected this on first run starting in 1980, though I lost track of it when DC decided to shift the new stories to […] Continue reading
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Keen Hawk R/C Racer Becomes a Family Project
Continuing my radio-controlled trip down memory lane, I’ve been trying out a recent 4WD car from Tamiya. Fusion Hobbies provided us the Keen Hawk to put through its paces and compare to the 2WD Sand Viper. While I was looking forward to the improved performance and better pulling power, I’d forgotten how much more complex […] Continue reading
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Tagged build, car, electric, Electronic Geek, hobby, project, Projects and Activities, radio-controlled
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