Tag Archives: The Internet

Take a Tour of the Street With Your Name

Posted on January 17, 2010 by Corrina-Lawson

If your child has a common name, you’ve probably passed a street of the same name and then showed “their” street to your child.
The enterprising geek dad who brought up the McDonalds Map of the U.S. took that one step further.
Stephen Von Worley said he was inspired to look up streets named John on Google […] Continue reading →

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Capture Your Light Bulb Moments With LEGO CLICK!

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Curtis-Silver

Eureka! LEGO has created a social media based portal for the world to share all of their aha! moments! It’s called LEGO CLICK and it’s LEGO! Continue reading →

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Five New Year’s Resolutions for the Responsible Internet User

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Ken-Denmead

Though 2010 is already a few weeks in, it’s never too late to come up with some good New Year’s Resolutions. While “I will go to the gym” and “I will stop smoking” seem to be at the top of most lists, here are some tips and ideas to help ensure the “health” of […] Continue reading →

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Why Don’t They Read the Evil Overlord List?

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Corrina-Lawson

Last Saturday night, I sat down with my husband and my eldest son (14) to watch the second half of Dr Who: The End of Time on BBC America.
About three-quarters of the way through, my son exclaims: “Mom! This guy didn’t read the evil overlord list, did he?”
And before I go any further, a cut […] Continue reading →

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What’s the Frequency, Kenneth: How GeekDads Tweet

Posted on December 31, 2009 by Kevin-Makice

Sure, we GeekDads can blog, but can we microblog, too? An ongoing visualization project by developer Anthony Starks reveals some interesting insights about how we use Twitter.
The project—TweetFreq—originated last May after Starks noticed certain profile pictures (ahem and ahem) showing up often in his Twitter timeline. Starks, a consultant with interests in visualization and design, […] Continue reading →

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Comics Spotlight on Batman & Sons

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Corrina-Lawson

Happy Comic Release Day!
In this holiday season, it seemed appropriate to focus on something that can be enjoyed for free and in the spirit of the holidays.

Summary:
Batman & Sons is a web comic that is an adorable riff on Batman as the father of not only three Robins–Dick, Jason and Tim–but little baby Terry from […] Continue reading →

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Kids Will Love the Virtual Toys at Poisson Rouge

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Jenny-Williams

With a lot of kids’ time so planned out these days, with their fun and learning both quite regimented, it is important to let them just be free to explore interests on their own. There are lots of ways to do this off-line, but some free form places exist online as well.
One of my kids’ […] Continue reading →

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Best of the Geek Decade -Websites

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Corrina-Lawson

Here is where the best-of-the-decade rule became a little problematic. Websites are ever-evolving with new content all the time. So this time, we merely asked our kids where they liked to go the most.
Several sites associated with toys were popular, though not all. When I asked my younger son about Webkinz, he said the stuffed […] Continue reading →

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Asus Disney NetPal Review

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Dave-Giancaspro

I was recently sent a Disney Netpal for review. My choices were “Blue Magic” which is dark blue with tiny Mickey heads, or “Princess Pink.” Figuring on getting my son’s input, I opted for “Blue Magic” to avoid any hassles.
Hardware:
Here are the Hardware Specs of the unit I received:

1.6 GHz Atom Processor
1 Gig of RAM
72 […] Continue reading →

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