Tag Archives: Projects and Activities
Channeling Calvin on a Snow Day
Indiana has been a kid’s paradise recently. Snow days abound, and winter looks like winter. Throw in a birthday gift of The Complete Calvin & Hobbes, and we had the makings of a very geeky afternoon. Continue reading
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I Swear to Good You Are God At This
That’s the brain-twisting name of a new book dedicated to showcasing websites that highlight the creative arts. It’s published by Holiday Matinee, a marketing company that specializes in artists and graphic design.
I looked at the review copy I received with an eye to finding something new that might interest my kids.
I found a few possibilities. […] Continue reading
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Leftover Valentine’s Chocolate? Use It to Measure the Speed of Light
If you’re a long-time reader, you may remember the great leftover Easter Peeps microwave experiment. Well, today we’re going to be nuking leftover Valentine’s Day chocolate to demonstrate one of the constants of physics, the speed of light. Chocolate makes a very appropriate medium, because the heating property of microwaves was first discovered by a […] Continue reading
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Minne-Faire: A Twin Cities Mini Maker Faire This Saturday
Twin Cities Maker is going to have a Mini Maker Faire at the Hack Factory on February 13th, 2010! Come one, come all! We’re planning to have the fun start at 2 PM with local makers exhibiting and playing in the newly acquired space. We will also have an Art Show and Party later that […] Continue reading
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These Are the Folds You’re Looking For: Star Wars Origami
Hubert de Lartigue takes Parisian subway tickets and turns them into Star Wars ships–the Millennium Falcon, X-wing fighters, TIE fighters, and imperial shuttles have all come under the loving touch of his x-acto knife. At de Lartigue’s website, you can find tutorials for the X-wing and the Millennium Falcon. (The latter a mere 9 pages […] Continue reading
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After 100 Years, Are The Boy Scouts Still Relevant?
Today, February 8th, marks the centennial of Boy Scouts in America. Over the past century, more than 110 million boys, young men, moms and dads have been members of the BSA. However, with such a momentous celebration at-hand, the Boy Scouts, in many ways, are a struggling organization. At a time when shows like “Man […] Continue reading
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When Life Gives You Snow, Make Some Snow Ice Cream
Frank Zappa’s famous warning is wise, but don’t let it scare you off from eating the good, white stuff.
Snow ice cream is a great recipe for kids: cheap ingredients, no cooking, big payoff at the end, long-lasting memories. (I remember having some circa 1975.)
You can look around on the Web for a recipe if you […] Continue reading
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GeekDad Fundraising Drive for Haiti Relief – $2,500 And Counting!
DONATE TO HAITI RELIEF THROUGH THE GEEKDAD GIVING PAGE!
We all know what has happened, and how desperate the need for medical resources is right now in Haiti. There are plenty of good avenues for charitable donations out there, and by no means to we mean to replace any of them, but all of us at […] Continue reading
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Discover Discover the Desert
Our world is full of many different types of ecosystems. We tend to be very familiar with the ones in which we live, and with the ones where we spend a great deal of time. But we’re often unfamiliar with many of the others. Since the world’s deserts are only a small part of what […] Continue reading
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