Tag Archives: Everything Else
Ad Astra Per Aspera: Remembering Our Lost Astronauts
On this day in 1967 three brave astronauts lost their lives when a fire started inside their Apollo command module during a test on the launchpad. Tomorrow marks the anniversary of the 1986 Challenger disaster where seven more astronauts lost their lives. Finally, next Monday is the seventh anniversary of the Columbia tragedy where seven […] Continue reading
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Tagged Apollo 1, Challenger, Columbia, Everything Else, NASA, Space
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Talking Carl: The Best 99¢ I’ve Spent In A Long Time
As a parent of a three-year-old, distractions can be a powerful tool. Whether you’re at a restaurant waiting for food to arrive, visiting friends without your child’s favorite toy, or stuck in traffic in a car, being able to distract your child with something entertaining can be quite a relief. And while not suitable every […] Continue reading
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Open Letter to Retail Customer Service: Get it Together
This is an open letter to the retail customer service representatives who appear to have lost all sense of what it means to provide competent service at walk-in retail stores. Continue reading
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Tagged customer service, Electronics, Everything Else, Open Letter, Places, Rant, Retail
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10 Updated Colloquialisms for the Modern Age
While pop culture itself is full of colloquialisms, catch phrases, social niceties and even a fair share of vulgarities, it seems that many of us repeat, verbatim, the things that we heard our parents say. Many of these are still relevant today, but a good lot of the clichés we use today have no meaning […] Continue reading
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Tagged catch phrases, cliches, colloquialisms, english, Everything Else, Language
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Mr. Lopart and Spongebob Stop By: A Chat With Voiceover Legend Tom Kenny
This Monday, January 25th, Playhouse Disney are rolling out a new series of shorts based around the ever popular preschooler’s show, ‘Handy Manny’ called ‘Handy Manny’s School for Tools.’ The three-minute episodes feature 11 new tools, and to introduce us to the series, GeekDad was fortunate enough to get to talk to animation voiceover legend […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, Everything Else, Handy Manny, People, SpongeBob Squarepants, Tom Kenny
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GeekDad Puzzle Of The Week: A Very Shifty Situation Solution
As I’ve heard, it’s always nice to have a distraction. And, judging by the number of answers this week, quite a few of you enjoyed this cryptogram. A big thanks to everyone who turned in an answer to this week’s puzzle, my first as co-puzzle master. As quite a few of you pointed out, there was […] Continue reading
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Traders Pack Reinvigorates Carcassonne
My family have slowly been converting to board games from video games over the last few months. We really enjoy the more interactive and tactile nature of the physical board and piece, and we seem to talk more as we play as well.
We had played Carcassonne before, but the recent Traders and Builders set (provided […] Continue reading
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Tagged boardgames, Everything Else, Meeples, Tactical
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Glass Robot Invasion From Oregon
Sure, you could build a robot with things like circuit boards and solder and allen wrenches, and it could, you know, do stuff.
Or, you could do what Eric Bailey does: Take some glass into your home-built-and-wired workshop and use some serious heat to turn it into a slick-looking retro-bot. Art? Check. DIY? Check. Geek? No […] Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Everything Else, flameworking, Robots
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Robot 13 Comes to the iPhone
Robot 13, a comic about a skull-headed robot who fights ginormous monsters, is now available for the iPhone. This is Robot Comics’ first adaptation that incorporates transition effects and simple animation, making the mobile version more than just a cut-to-size version of the original.
As always, the first episode is free, so if you didn’t check […] 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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